Aspidosperma megalocarpon Müll. Arg.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Aspidosperma megalocarpon:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

LR/nt
Lower Risk/near threatened

Red List Criteria

Version

2.3

Year Assessed

1998
  • Needs updating

Assessor/s

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s

Contributor/s

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Threats:

Major Threats

General habitat losses have been considerable in the last 50 years.
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Aspidosperma megalocarpon:

Aspidosperma megalocarpon is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It can be found in Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela, and NW Brazil.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Subspecies[1]
  1. Aspidosperma megalocarpon subsp. curranii (Standl.) Marc.-Ferr. - Panama, Colombia
  2. Aspidosperma megalocarpon subsp. megalocarpon - from Veracruz to NW Brazil

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Morales, J.F. (2005). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XIX: La familia Apocynaceae s.str. (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) de Costa Rica. Darwiniana 43: 90-191.
  3. ^ Morales, J.F. (2006). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXVIII: le familia Apocynaceae (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) de El Salvador, Centroamérica. Darwiniana 44: 453-489.
  4. ^ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  5. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  6. ^ Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  7. ^ Morales, J.F. (2009). Estudios en las Apocynaceae neotropicales XXXIX: revisión de las Apocynoideae y Rauvolfioideae de Honduras. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 66: 217-262.
  8. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Aspidosperma megalocarpon. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.
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Range Description:

Populations are considered threatened at a national level in Ecuador, Mexico and throughout Central America.

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Distribucion en Costa Rica: Se encuentra en la Vertiente Pacífica, Península de Nicoya, Pacífico Central y Sur, Sarapiquí. Elevaciones de 10 - 200 m.
Distribucion General: México, América Central, Panamá, Colombia, Guyana Francesa.

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Árbol.

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Árbol de 15 a 35 metros de altura. Hojas simples, alternas, de 5 a 19 cm de largo por 2 a 5.5 cm de ancho, por lo general elípticas, margen entero.

Inflorescencias cimosas de 2 a 5 cm de largo. Flores amarillo claro o anaranjadas. Frutos cápsulas suborbiculares a casi reniformes, leñosas, dehiscentes, de 6 a 11 cm de largo.Savia abundante excretada de las partes cortadas, hojas delgadas con los nervios terciarios casi obscurecidos, frutos capsulares leñosos, semillas aladas ">http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/FMPro?-db=imagenes4.fp3&key=34611&-img"> (Ver imagen).
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Holotype for Cufodontia arborea Woodson
Catalog Number: US 1585677
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): C. V. Morton & E. Makrinius
Year Collected: 1933
Locality: Vicinity of Cafetal Concordia., Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
Elevation (m): 400 to 650

  • Holotype: Woodson, R. E. 1934. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 617.
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Possible Isotype for Cufodontia escuintlensis Matuda
Catalog Number: US 2790205
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. Matuda
Year Collected: 1947
Locality: Cacaluta, Escuintla, Chis., Chiapas, Mexico, North America

  • Possible Isotype: Matuda, E. 1950. Madrono. 10 (6): 174.
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