Brachycereus nesioticus

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	CARYOPHYLLALES	CACTACEAE

Scientific Name:

Brachycereus nesioticus

Species Authority:

(K.Schum. ex B.L.Rob.) Backeb.

Common Name/s:

English

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Lava Cactus

Synonym/s:

Cereus nesioticus K.Schum. ex B.L.Rob.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 2.3
Year Published:	2000
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Tye, A.
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Ecuador (Galápagos)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Listed on CITES App. II.

Conservation Actions:

Listed on CITES App. II.

Bibliography [top]

	Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Tye, A. 1999. Revision of the threat status of the endemic flora of Galapagos: a preliminary analysis. In: Galagagos Report 3. WWF, Fundacion Natura. Quito.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Tye, A. 1999. Revision of the threat status of the endemic flora of Galapagos: a preliminary analysis. In: Galagagos Report 3. WWF, Fundacion Natura. Quito.

Citation:	Tye, A. 2000. Brachycereus nesioticus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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