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Scientific Name: Eugenia scheffleri
Species Authority: Engl. & Brehmer
Assessment Information [top]
Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published: 2013
Date Assessed: 2012-04-24
Assessor(s): IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List Authority
Reviewer(s): Hilton-Taylor, C.
Contributor(s): Bangirinama, F., Beentje, H.J., Bujo, F., Gereau, R., Kabuye, C., Kalema, J., Kelbessa, E., Kimeu, J.M., Luke, Q., Malombe, I., Manoko, L.M., Maunder, M., Minani, V., Mwachala, G., Mwangoka, M., Ndangalasi, H. & Sado, H.
Facilitator/Compiler(s): Rodrigues, A.
Justification:
This species has an area of occupancy of 9.9856 km2 and is found in 1 location where the threat is from habitat conversion for agriculture. There is a continuing decline in the extent and quality of habitat. Given that this species has not been recollected in 112 years despite significant surveying in the area, this species may be possibly extinct.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Found in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Last collected in 1900.
Countries:
Native:
Tanzania, United Republic of
Range Map: Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
Population [top]
Population: Three are no population size estimates available for this species however, this species is probably genuinely rare as there has been intensive surveying of the area and this species has not been collected again.
Population Trend: Decreasing
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: A shrub reaching 4-5m. Found in shady forest on decomposing granitic soil with a thick humus layer.
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There is the continuing conversion of forest habitat outside of protected areas in the Usumbara Mountains for agriculture.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Not found in a protected area.
Citation: IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List Authority 2013. Eugenia scheffleri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2015.
Source:
www.iucnredlist.org/details/179356/0
Species Authority: Engl. & Brehmer
Assessment Information [top]
Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published: 2013
Date Assessed: 2012-04-24
Assessor(s): IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List Authority
Reviewer(s): Hilton-Taylor, C.
Contributor(s): Bangirinama, F., Beentje, H.J., Bujo, F., Gereau, R., Kabuye, C., Kalema, J., Kelbessa, E., Kimeu, J.M., Luke, Q., Malombe, I., Manoko, L.M., Maunder, M., Minani, V., Mwachala, G., Mwangoka, M., Ndangalasi, H. & Sado, H.
Facilitator/Compiler(s): Rodrigues, A.
Justification:
This species has an area of occupancy of 9.9856 km2 and is found in 1 location where the threat is from habitat conversion for agriculture. There is a continuing decline in the extent and quality of habitat. Given that this species has not been recollected in 112 years despite significant surveying in the area, this species may be possibly extinct.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Found in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Last collected in 1900.
Countries:
Native:
Tanzania, United Republic of
Range Map: Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
Population [top]
Population: Three are no population size estimates available for this species however, this species is probably genuinely rare as there has been intensive surveying of the area and this species has not been collected again.
Population Trend: Decreasing
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: A shrub reaching 4-5m. Found in shady forest on decomposing granitic soil with a thick humus layer.
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There is the continuing conversion of forest habitat outside of protected areas in the Usumbara Mountains for agriculture.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Not found in a protected area.
Citation: IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List Authority 2013. Eugenia scheffleri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2015.
Source:
www.iucnredlist.org/details/179356/0
