Aegiphila purpurascens

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAMIALES	VERBENACEAE

Scientific Name:	Aegiphila purpurascens
Species Authority:	Moldenke

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1

Year Published:

2004

Assessor/s:

Santiana, J. & Pitman, N.

Reviewer/s:

Valencia, R., Pitman, N., Léon-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (Ecuador Plants Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
A tree endemic to Andean Ecuador, where it is known from three populations. The type specimen was collected in an undetermined locale of Azuay province by W. Camp in 1945. The other populations are from an undetermined locale of Chimborazo and from a remnant forest at km 25 of the Loja–Saraguro road, at 2,600 m elevation. Not known to occur in Ecuador’s protected areas network, but expected in the Parque Nacional Podocarpus. The principal threats are mining, deforestation, and disorganized colonization. Classified as Vulnerable in 1998 (Oldfield et al. 1998).

History:

1998	–	Vulnerable (Oldfield et al. 1998)
1998	–	Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This Ecuadorian endemic is currently known only from Azuay province.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Inhabits cloud forest at altitudes between 2,000 and 3,000 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Citation:	Santiana, J. & Pitman, N. 2004. Aegiphila purpurascens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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