Shorea contorta

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	THEALES	DIPTEROCARPACEAE

Scientific Name:

Shorea contorta

Species Authority:

Vidal

Common Name/s:

English

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White Lauan

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A1cd ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Ashton, P.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Not Threatened (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	Endemic to the Philippines.
Countries:	Native: Philippines
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Habitat and Ecology:	This large tree is found in the ever-decreasing lowland seasonal semi-evergreen dipterocarp forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	It is suffering from exploitation for the light red meranti (or white lauan) timber.

Major Threat(s):

It is suffering from exploitation for the light red meranti (or white lauan) timber.

	Ashton, P.S. 1990. Annotations to: conservation status listings for Dipterocarpaceae. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. 1948. Flora Malesiana. Flora Malesiana Foundation, Leiden.

Ashton, P.S. 1990. Annotations to: conservation status listings for Dipterocarpaceae.

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

Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. 1948. Flora Malesiana. Flora Malesiana Foundation, Leiden.

Citation:	Ashton, P. 1998. Shorea contorta. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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