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Punica granatum

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA MYRTALES LYTHRACEAE

Scientific Name: Punica granatum
Species Authority: L.
Common Name/s:
English – Pomegranate

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2007
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)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
A widespread species with a large extent of occurrence. Population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population size criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., less than 10,000 mature individuals in conjunction with appropriate decline rates and subpopulation qualifiers). Population trend has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the threshold for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations), although livestock grazing is a threat in at least parts of the range. For these reasons, it is evaluated as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Widespread in central Asia, the Caucasus, south-west Asia and the Mediterranean. The list of countries of occurrence is incomplete.
Countries:
Native:
Afghanistan; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): In central Asia threatened by livestock grazing.
Citation: Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006) 2007. Punica granatum. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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