Widdringtonia whytei

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	CUPRESSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Widdringtonia whytei

Species Authority:

Rendle

Common Name/s:

English

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Mlanje Cedar, Mlanje Cypress, Mulanje Cedarwood

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered A1abcd, B1+2abcde 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:	The taxonomic validity of the Mulanje cedar is doubtful. It is most likely to represent a variant of W. nodiflora, which occurs in Zimbabwe and South Africa. It is endemic to Mt. Mulanje, a national park, where the timber has been heavily exploited in the past. The genus contains three or four species, endemic to southern Africa.
Countries:	Native: Malawi
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Mature individuals appear to be dying at a high rate, possibly because of their sensitivity to fires, which have become more frequent. Regeneration, on the other hand, depends on fire and appears to be extremely poor. Pinus patula has become invasive in areas suitable for Widdringtonia colonization.

Major Threat(s):

Mature individuals appear to be dying at a high rate, possibly because of their sensitivity to fires, which have become more frequent. Regeneration, on the other hand, depends on fire and appears to be extremely poor. Pinus patula has become invasive in areas suitable for Widdringtonia colonization.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Licences are available now only for the exploitation of dead trees.

Conservation Actions:

Licences are available now only for the exploitation of dead trees.

Bibliography [top]

	Erfurth, T. and Rusche, H. 1976. The marketing of tropical wood. FAO, Rome. Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Erfurth, T. and Rusche, H. 1976. The marketing of tropical wood. FAO, Rome.

Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998.

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

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Widdringtonia whytei. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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