Heberdenia excelsa

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	PRIMULALES	MYRSINACEAE

Scientific Name:

Heberdenia excelsa

Species Authority

(Ait.) Banks

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Aderno, Sacatero

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable C1 ver 2.3
Year Assessed:	1998
Assessor/s	Bañares, A. <i>et al.</i>

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Laurisilva in Madeira is now said to be increasing in extent.
Countries:	Native: Portugal (Madeira); Spain (Canary Is.)

Population [top]

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	An uncommon species of laurisilva and, at higher altitudes, cloud forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Past exploitation of its habitat has resulted in the reduction and fragmentation of populations. Areas close to habitations are still under the threat of fire.

Major Threat(s):

Past exploitation of its habitat has resulted in the reduction and fragmentation of populations. Areas close to habitations are still under the threat of fire.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species occurs in protected areas and regional legislation.

Conservation Actions:

The species occurs in protected areas and regional legislation.

Citation:	Bañares, A. et al. 1998. Heberdenia excelsa. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2008.
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