Abies beshanzuensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	PINACEAE

Scientific Name:

Abies beshanzuensis

Species Authority:

M.H.Wu

Common Name/s:

English

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Baishan Fir

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered D ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Baishanzu Mountain.
Countries:	Native: China (Zhejiang)
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Population [top]

Population:	Only five living specimens are known in the wild.

Population:

Only five living specimens are known in the wild.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species occurs in mixed forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Expansive agriculture and fires, coupled with poor regeneration, are thought to have largely been responsible for the decline of the species.

Major Threat(s):

Expansive agriculture and fires, coupled with poor regeneration, are thought to have largely been responsible for the decline of the species.

Bibliography [top]

	Cheng, W.-C. 1980. Sylva Sinica. Flora of Woody Plants in China Committee. Li-kuo, F. and Jian-ming, J. 1992. China Plant Red Data Book – Rare and Endangered Plants 1. Science Press, Beijing. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Walter, K.S. 1992. Trip report - Workshop on biodiversity data for the GEF Biodiversity Action Plan for China. Beijing, 9-13 November 1992 (unpublished).

Cheng, W.-C. 1980. Sylva Sinica. Flora of Woody Plants in China Committee.

Li-kuo, F. and Jian-ming, J. 1992. China Plant Red Data Book – Rare and Endangered Plants 1. Science Press, Beijing.

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

Walter, K.S. 1992. Trip report - Workshop on biodiversity data for the GEF Biodiversity Action Plan for China. Beijing, 9-13 November 1992 (unpublished).

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Abies beshanzuensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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