Juglans neotropica

– Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

PLANTAE

Phylum:

TRACHEOPHYTA

Class:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA

Order:

JUGLANDALES

Family:

JUGLANDACEAE

Scientific Name:

Juglans neotropica

Species Authority:

Diels

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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CEDRO GRANDE, CEDRO NEGRO, NOGAL

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:	EN A1acd+2cd ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed:	1998
Assessor/s:	Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996)

Geographic Range

Range Description:	A highland species, with a scattered distribution on the periphery of the Andes and in inter-Andean valleys, often as isolated individuals in agricultural land.
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Threats

Threats:

Declines in habitat have been considerable and the species continues to be exploited for its timber, which is often used for decorative purposes. Its presence in the international timber trade is thought to be increasing. No commercial plantations have been established.

List of Threats:

1.3.3.2

Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood - Selective logging (ongoing)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Anonymous. 1994. Collections of the U.S. National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Brako, L. and Zarucchi, J.L. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: 1-1286.

Calderon, E. (compiler) 1997. Lista de plantas Colombianas en peligro. July 1997 Version. Instituto de Investigacino de Recursos Biologicas Alexander von Humboldt. (unpublished).

Centro de Datos para la Conservación-CDC-CVC. 1980. Lista preliminar de plantas especiales del Centro de Datos para la conservación, CDC-CVC (unpublished).

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

Ferreyra, R. 1977. Endangered species and plant communities in Andean and coastal Peru. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.

National Research Council. 1989. Lost Crops of the Incas: Little Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation. National Academy Press, Washington DC.

WCMC. (comp.) 1996. Report of the Second Regional Workshop, held at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica, 18-20 November 1996. Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project (unpublished).

Wickens, G.E. 1995. Edible nuts. Non-wood Forest Products 5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Citation:	Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica) 1998. Juglans neotropica. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2008.
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