Armeniaca vulgaris
– Endangered
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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PLANTAE
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Phylum:
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TRACHEOPHYTA
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Class:
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA
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Order:
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ROSALES
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Family:
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ROSACEAE
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Scientific Name:
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Armeniaca vulgaris
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Species Authority:
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Lam.
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Common Name/s:
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WILD APRICOT (Eng)
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EN B2ab(iii) ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2007
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Assessor/s:
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Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006)
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Evaluator/s:
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Newton, A. & Eastwood, A. (Global Tree Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This species has a very small area of occupancy. Its distribution is severely fragmented and there are continuing declines in area of habitat and number of mature individuals. Consequently it is classed as Endangered.
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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The wild apricot is considered very rare in all four countries where it naturally occurs. In Kazakhstan it is only known from three localities; Talgar, Turgen and Torkulak.
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Countries:
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Native:
China; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Uzbekistan
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Population
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
Threats
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Threats:
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Threats to the species, the origin of all cultivated apricots, include construction, development of tourism resorts, cutting for fuel wood, harvesting of fruit and the collection of germplasm by both national and international plant breeding companies.
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