Asimina tetramera

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	MAGNOLIALES	ANNONACEAE

Scientific Name:

Asimina tetramera

Species Authority

Small

Common Name/s:

English

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Four-petal Pawpaw

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered C2a ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Assessor/s

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

History:

1997	–	Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)
1978	–	Endangered (Lucas and Synge 1978)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Occurring near the Atlantic coast in Jonathan Dickinson State Park, a Palm Beach County park and several privately owned areas.
Countries:	Native: United States (Florida)

Population [top]

Population:	The total population consists of about 500 plants.

Population:

The total population consists of about 500 plants.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A large shrub or small tree of scrub vegetation.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The plant is adapted to disturbance, in the absence of which it becomes shaded out by oaks and pines. Outside Jonathan Dickinson State Park stands have become confined and scattered as the habitat has been cleared for commercial and residential development.

Major Threat(s):

The plant is adapted to disturbance, in the absence of which it becomes shaded out by oaks and pines. Outside Jonathan Dickinson State Park stands have become confined and scattered as the habitat has been cleared for commercial and residential development.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Protected in Jonathan Dickinson State Park. The species is listed under the US Endangered Species Act.

Conservation Actions:

Protected in Jonathan Dickinson State Park. The species is listed under the US Endangered Species Act.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Asimina tetramera. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2008.
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