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Aneilema silvaticum

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA LILIOPSIDA COMMELINALES COMMELINACEAE

Scientific Name: Aneilema silvaticum
Species Authority: Brenan

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:
Despite an apparently wide range, this species is only known from seven locations. The area of occupancy for this species is far below the 2,000 km² threshold for criterion B. Where M. Cheek (pers. obs.) has seen the species, it only occupied a site of about 4–5 m². There is assumed to be continuing due to clearance of lowland forest for timber and/or agriculture across the entire range. However, one specimen was recorded as being from farm fallow, so A. silvaticum may be favoured by limited forest disturbance. It is certainly much rarer in the Cameroon (only 2 collections) than A. beniniense (10 collections) with which it is most likely to be confused. Its apparent rarity may partly be attributed to its small and inconspicuous habit.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Known from three collections in Nigeria, three in Congo (Kinshasa) and two in Cameroon.

Occurs in lowland forest; 300–880 m alt.
Countries:
Native:
Cameroon; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Nigeria
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Population [top]

Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Better policing and higher protection of existing forest reserves would help secure the future of this species. Further intensive survey work is likely to yield additional sites.
Citation: Cheek, M. 2004. Aneilema silvaticum. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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