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Uebelmannia buiningii

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA CARYOPHYLLALES CACTACEAE

Scientific Name: Uebelmannia buiningii
Species Authority: Donald

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered C2a(i) ver 3.1
Year Published: 2002
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Taylor, N.P.
Reviewer/s: Stuppy, W. & Taylor, N.P. (Cacti & Succulent Plant Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
According to Braun and Esteves Pereira (1988) and Schulz and Machado (2000) this species is on the verge of extinction and is scarcely if at all in cultivation, where it has proved very difficult. Affected by collection of plants and seed, fire and trampling by cattle. The population has been fragmented into a number of tiny subpopulations.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Found at c. 1,200 m on the Serra Negra in Minas Gerais.
Countries:
Native:
Brazil (Minas Gerais)
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Population [top]

Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: South-eastern campo rupestre (Serra Negra) element: on slabs of quartzitic rock amongst gravel, campo rupestre.
Systems: Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Listed on CITES App. I.
Citation: Taylor, N.P. 2002. Uebelmannia buiningii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 June 2013.
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