Coleocephalocereus purpureus

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	CARYOPHYLLALES	CACTACEAE

Scientific Name:	Coleocephalocereus purpureus
Species Authority:	(Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter
Synonym/s:	Buiningia purpurea Buining & Brederoo

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2002
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Taylor, N.P.
Reviewer/s:	Stuppy, W. & Taylor, N.P. (Cacti & Succulent Plant Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Critically Endangered, since the only known locality is close to a road and may be visited by collectors for plants and seed. It is on privately owned agricultural land whose future must be regarded as uncertain and it is reasonable to project decline in habitat quality and numbers of individuals. The extent of occurrence and area of occupancy is less than 1 km².

Range Description:	Found at c. 250–300 m near the Rio Jequitinhonha, north-eastern Minas Gerais. The range of this species deserves further investigation, but is clearly much more restricted than that of its sister species, C. aureus, and is currently known only from a single locality. Uebelmann (1996) states it is from Itaobim, which is here assumed to refer to the Itinga locality, since the former is the closest town of any size and is the likely starting point for the short journey to Itinga. However, it should not be difficult to determine the extent of the species’ range more precisely, working eastwards from the known locality along the Rio Jequitinhonha valley.
Countries:	Native: Brazil (Minas Gerais)
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Population Trend:	Decreasing

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology:	South-eastern caatinga (inselberg) element: on gneissic inselbergs and lajedos in caatinga.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss and collection of seed and plants.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss and collection of seed and plants.

Conservation Actions:	Listed on CITES App. II.

Conservation Actions:

Listed on CITES App. II.

	IUCN. 2002. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 8 October 2002. Taylor, N.P. 1991. The genus Melocactus in Central and South America. Bradleya 9: 1–80. Taylor, N.P. and Zappi, D.C. 2004. Cacti of Eastern Brazil. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Uebelmann, W.J. 1996. Horst & Uebelmann Feldnummernliste. W. J. Uebelmann, Zufikon, Switzerland. pp. 204.

IUCN. 2002. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 8 October 2002.

Taylor, N.P. 1991. The genus Melocactus in Central and South America. Bradleya 9: 1–80.

Taylor, N.P. and Zappi, D.C. 2004. Cacti of Eastern Brazil. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Uebelmann, W.J. 1996. Horst & Uebelmann Feldnummernliste. W. J. Uebelmann, Zufikon, Switzerland. pp. 204.

Citation:	Taylor, N.P. 2002. Coleocephalocereus purpureus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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