Myristica yunnanensis

Myristica yunnanensis
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Myristica
Species: M. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Myristica yunnanensis
Y.H. Li

Myristica yunnanensis is a species of plant in the Myristicaceae family. It is found in southern Yunnan, China, northern Thailand,[2] and in Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam.[3] It is a large, evergreen tree, up to 30 m (98 ft) tall.[2]

At the time of the latest IUCN assessment in 1998, Myristica yunnanensis was only known from about 20 trees in two localities in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan; it was assessed as "Critically Endangered".[1] However, later it has been found to have a somewhat broader distribution reaching Thailand and Vietnam too. The Vietnamese record is from the Bến En National Park.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Myristica yunnanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bingtao Li & Thomas K. Wilson. "Myristica yunnanensis". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hoàng Văn Sâm (2008). "Nghiên cứu bổ sung một loài Đậu khấu mới thuộc chi Myristica Gronov. cho hệ thực vật Việt Nam (A Species of Myristica Gronov. (Myristicaceae) A new record for flora of Vietnam)". Journal KHLN (in Vietnamese) (Forestry Science Institute of Vietnam). Retrieved 8 April 2013.