Ambuchanania leucobryoides

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	BRYOPHYTA	SPHAGNOPSIDA	AMBUCHANANIALES	AMBUCHANANIACEAE

Scientific Name:	Ambuchanania leucobryoides
Species Authority:	(T.Yamag., Seppelt & Z.Iwats.) Seppelt & H.A.Crum
Synonym/s:	Sphagnum leucobryoides T.Yamag., Seppelt & Z.Iwats.
Taxonomic Notes:	Was previously treated under the genus Sphagnum.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 2.3
Year Published:	2000
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Bryophyte Specialist Group
Reviewer/s:	Hallingbäck, T., Hodgetts, N., Geissler, P. & Tan, B. (Bryophyte Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification: The species seems to have a very restricted distribution. It therefore meets the IUCN criteria for Vulnerable, based on an estimation that the number of localities is less than five.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Few localities in southwestern Tasmania.
Countries:	Native: Australia (Tasmania)
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population Trend:	Unknown

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Buried in wet sandy soil in alluvial wash sites.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Uncontrolled, intensive burning of the sedge vegetation.

Major Threat(s):

Uncontrolled, intensive burning of the sedge vegetation.

Bibliography [top]

	Bryophyte Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website Hallingbäck, T. and Hodgetts, N. (compilers). 2000. Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Bryophytes. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Yamaguchi, T., Seppelt, R. D., Iwatsuki, Z. and Buchanan, A.M. 1990. Sphagnum (sect. Buchanania) leucobryoides sect. et sp. nov. from Tasmania. Journal of Bryology 16:45–54.

Bryophyte Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website

Hallingbäck, T. and Hodgetts, N. (compilers). 2000. Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Bryophytes. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

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

Yamaguchi, T., Seppelt, R. D., Iwatsuki, Z. and Buchanan, A.M. 1990. Sphagnum (sect. Buchanania) leucobryoides sect. et sp. nov. from Tasmania. Journal of Bryology 16:45–54.

Citation:	Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. Ambuchanania leucobryoides. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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