Cinnamomum kotoense

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAURALES	LAURACEAE

Scientific Name:	Cinnamomum kotoense
Species Authority:	Kaneh. & Sas.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered C2a ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Date Assessed:

1998-01-01

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Lu, S.Y. & Pan, F.J.

History:

1997

–

Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	A beautiful tree restricted to a few small subpopulations on Lanyu Island.
Countries:	Native: Taiwan, Province of China
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Population [top]

Population:	There are up to 200 or more mature trees.

Population:

There are up to 200 or more mature trees.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Lowland broadleaved forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Only a small fraction of the 200 trees set seed.

Major Threat(s):

Only a small fraction of the 200 trees set seed.

Bibliography [top]

	Chang, C. 1988. Threatened plants of Botel Tobago (unpublished). Lu, S.Y. and Pan, F.J. 1996. Rare and Endangered Plants in Taiwan I. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Pan, F.J. 1997. Completed data collection forms for Taiwanese trees. Yang, J.-C. and Pan, F.-J. 1996. The current status of native woody vegetation in Taiwan. In: D. Hunt (ed.) Temperate Trees under Threat, pp. 89-108. Proceedings of an International Dendrological Society Symposium on the Conservation Status of Temperate Trees, 30 Sept.-1 Oct. 1994.

Chang, C. 1988. Threatened plants of Botel Tobago (unpublished).

Lu, S.Y. and Pan, F.J. 1996. Rare and Endangered Plants in Taiwan I.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Pan, F.J. 1997. Completed data collection forms for Taiwanese trees.

Yang, J.-C. and Pan, F.-J. 1996. The current status of native woody vegetation in Taiwan. In: D. Hunt (ed.) Temperate Trees under Threat, pp. 89-108. Proceedings of an International Dendrological Society Symposium on the Conservation Status of Temperate Trees, 30 Sept.-1 Oct. 1994.

Citation:	Lu, S.Y. & Pan, F.J. 1998. Cinnamomum kotoense. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 April 2014.
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