Rapanea seychellarum

Rapanea seychellarum
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Rapanea
Species: R. seychellarum
Binomial name
Rapanea seychellarum
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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

  1. ↑ Seychelles Threatened Species and the Conservation (Plants), Biodiversity, Ministry of Environment Seychelles, retrieved 2008-01-27
  2. ↑ Kueffer, Christoph; Schumacher, Eva; Beaver, Katy, eds. (March, 2004), Kapisen (Victoria, Seychelles: Plant Conservation Action group (PCA)) 1 (1): 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)
  3. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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)
  5. ↑ IUCN 2008 Red List - 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), retrieved 2008-01-27
  6. ↑ 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