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Dorstenia astyanactis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA URTICALES MORACEAE

Scientific Name: Dorstenia astyanactis
Species Authority: Aké Assi

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Pollard, B.J., Cheek, M. & Bygrave, P.
Reviewer/s: Hilton-Taylor, C. & Pollock, C.M. (Red List Programme Office)
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Justification:
First discovered in Ivory Coast, by Aké Assi, where it is only known from Mt Tonkui, D. astyanactis, described in 1997, is either extinct or on the verge of extinction at this locality due to forest loss (La. Gautier pers. comm.). In Cameroon it is on the edge of destruction by agricultural expansion at all but its Nyale locality (four localities known in Cameroon).

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Recorded from Mt Tonkoui in Côte d'Ivoire; and on the Bakossi Mts and Mt Kupe in SW province of Cameroon and the Nkom-Wum Forest Reserve in the NW Province.
Countries:
Native:
Cameroon; Côte d'Ivoire
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Population [top]

Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Grows as a hemi-epiphyte, usually growing in evergreen submontane forest on tree trunks or branches; 600–1,000 m alt.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Clearance of forest for expanding agriculture and wood are the main threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Conservation education as to the significance of this species may help the survival of this species at Nyasoso, Nyale and at Bu.
Citation: Pollard, B.J., Cheek, M. & Bygrave, P. 2004. Dorstenia astyanactis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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