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Terminalia acuminata (Allemão) Eichler (1867:92)

merindiba, guarajuba

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last wild record: 1942 (Silva, 1998)

Since rediscovered in the wild (Fernandez et al., 2021)

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

 

Still listed as Extinct in the Wild by (Humphreys et al., 2019).

 

Distribution

Mata Atlantica Hotspot, Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Allemão y Cysneiros, F. F. (1844). Vicentia acuminata. Plantas Novas do Brasil 1.

de Lima, Renato A. F., Dauby, Gilles, de Gasper, André L., Fernandez, Eduardo P., Vibrans, Alexander C., de Oliveira, Alexandre A., Prado, Paulo I., Souza, Vinícius C., de Siqueira, Marinez F. and ter Steege, Hans. (2024). Comprehensive conservation assessments reveal high extinction risks across Atlantic Forest trees. Science 383(6679): 219-225. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq5099 [Figs. S1-S17, Tables S1-S7Data S1 to S4]

Fernandez, E. P. (2016). Back from the brink? The future of as Extinct in the Wild tropical timber rediscovered. MSc thesis. University of Reading.

Fernandez, E., Moraes, M., Negrão, R. and Loiola, M. (2021). Terminalia acuminata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T37996A209388022. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T37996A209388022.pt. Accessed on 12 October 2024.

Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]

Marquete, N. F. D. S. (1984). Combretaceae do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Subtribo Terminaliinae. Rodriguésia 36(e): 91-104.

Marquete, N. F. D. S., Teixeira, J.ey Valente, M. D. C. (2003). Terminalia L. (Combretaceae) na Região Sudeste do Brasil. Bradea 16: 99-123.

Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.

POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 12 October 2024]

Silva, N. M. F. (1998). Terminalia acuminata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T37996A10087533. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T37996A10087533.en. Downloaded on 12 January 2020.

Soares, R. C. R. de S. (2008). Plano de Manejo do Parque Nacional da Tijuca. Ministério do Meio Ambiente. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade.

Stace, C. A. (2010). Combretaceae: Terminalia and Buchenavia with Abdul-Ridha Alwan. Flora Neotropica. New York Botanical Garden Press 107: 1-369.

WCSP. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-flies-future-extinct-wild-tree-rediscovered-eduardo-fernandez

 

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