Psychotria petitii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	RUBIALES	RUBIACEAE

Scientific Name:	Psychotria petitii
Species Authority:	Verdc.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2c, D2 ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Occurs in the Taita Hills. Specimens which are arguably a new and highly restricted species have been found at higher altitudes in the same location.
Countries:	Native: Kenya
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is confined to upland moist evergreen forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not possible to keep the seeds in long-term storage but the Plant Conservation Programme in Kenya maintains a living collection.

Conservation Actions:

It is not possible to keep the seeds in long-term storage but the Plant Conservation Programme in Kenya maintains a living collection.

Bibliography [top]

	Achieng, S. et al. 1996. Completed data collection forms for trees endemic to Kenya. Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. Gillett, J.B. 1979. Kenya. Part of appendix to: Possibilities and needs for conservation of plant species and vegetation in Africa. In: I. Hedberg (ed.) Systematic Botany, Plant Utilization and Biosphere Conservation, pp.93-94. Almqvist and Wiksell International, Stockholm. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Turrill, W.B., Milne-Redhead, E., Hubbard, C.E. and Polhill, R.M. 1952. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Published by the East African Community.

Achieng, S. et al. 1996. Completed data collection forms for trees endemic to Kenya.

Beentje, H.J. 1994. Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.

Gillett, J.B. 1979. Kenya. Part of appendix to: Possibilities and needs for conservation of plant species and vegetation in Africa. In: I. Hedberg (ed.) Systematic Botany, Plant Utilization and Biosphere Conservation, pp.93-94. Almqvist and Wiksell International, Stockholm.

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

Turrill, W.B., Milne-Redhead, E., Hubbard, C.E. and Polhill, R.M. 1952. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Published by the East African Community.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Psychotria petitii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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