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Calligonum elegans

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	POLYGONALES	POLYGONACEAE

Scientific Name:	Calligonum elegans
Species Authority:	V.P.Drobow

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B2ab(iii,v) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2007
Date Assessed:	2007-03-01
Assessor/s:	Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006)
Reviewer/s:	Newton, A. & Eastwood, A. (Global Tree Red List Authority)
Justification: This species is endemic to the Sokh river basin (Uzbekistan). It has a very small area of occupancy, and its population is severely fragmented and declining as a result of grazing and cutting. Consequently it is assessed as Endangered.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Restricted to the Sokh river basin, southern Ferghana (Uzbekistan).
Countries:	Native: Uzbekistan
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Population [top]

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Restricted to a narrow ecological niche.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Threatened by cutting and grazing.

Citation:	Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006) 2007. Calligonum elegans. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 March 2014.
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