Rapanea seychellarum
| Rapanea seychellarum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Rapanea |
| Species: | R. seychellarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Rapanea seychellarum Mez | |
Rapanea seychellarum, also known as Bwa Klate,[1][2] is a species of plant in the Primulaceae family. It is endemic to Seychelles. It is sometimes considered to be a synonym of Rapanea melanophloeos,[3] a mainland African species.
The species is assessed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered, facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild; the population is estimated to number less than 50 mature individuals.[4][5]
The main sites for the population are Mahé, Silhouette, and Praslin,[4] though other studies have stated the apparent disappearance from Silhouette.[6]
References
- ↑ Seychelles Threatened Species and the Conservation (Plants), Biodiversity, Ministry of Environment Seychelles, retrieved 2008-01-27
- ↑ Kueffer, Christoph; Schumacher, Eva; Beaver, Katy, eds. (March, 2004), Kapisen (PDF) (Victoria, Seychelles: Plant Conservation Action group (PCA)) 1 (1), p. 9 http://www.plantecology.ethz.ch/publications/books/kapisen/kapisen1.pdf, retrieved 2007-01-27 Check date values in:
|date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help);|chapter=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- 1 2 Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles, (NPTS) (1998), written at Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles, IUCN 2008 Red List of Threatened Species — Rapanea seychellarum, Cambs, United Kingdom: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) (published 2008), retrieved 2008-01-27 Missing
|last1=in Authors list (help) - ↑ IUCN 2008 Red List - 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), retrieved 2008-01-27
- ↑ Stoddart, David Ross (1984), Biogeography and Ecology of the Seychelles Islands: Monographiae Biologicae (illustrated ed.), Springer, p. 213, ISBN 90-6193-107-X, retrieved 2008-01-27
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