Piptostigma calophyllum

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MAGNOLIALES	ANNONACEAE

Scientific Name:	Piptostigma calophyllum
Species Authority:	Mildler. & Diels

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Cheek, M.
Reviewer/s:	Hilton-Taylor, C. & Pollock, C.M. (Red List Programme Office)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Spectacular for its large and beautiful leaves, this small cauliflorous tree is not easily overlooked. It was first published in 1915, based on material from Ebolowa. To-date it is known from less than ten locations and is threatened by forest clearance.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Cameroon: Bakossi (3 coll.), Edea, Ebolowa, Sangmelima (1 coll. each); Gabon (2 coll.). The three known sites in Bakossi constitute over a third of the global total.
Countries:	Native: Cameroon; Gabon
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Found in pristine submontane evergreen forest, 900–1,320 m alt.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Forest clearance for logging and agriculture.

Major Threat(s):

Forest clearance for logging and agriculture.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Education, perhaps through a conservation poster, might facilitate protection of this charming tree here. None of the Ebolowa sites seem under immediate threat, although this cannot be said of those elsewhere.

Conservation Actions:

Education, perhaps through a conservation poster, might facilitate protection of this charming tree here. None of the Ebolowa sites seem under immediate threat, although this cannot be said of those elsewhere.

Citation:	Cheek, M. 2004. Piptostigma calophyllum. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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