Clusia croatii D'Arcy

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Clusia croatii:

Clusia croatii is a species of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae family. It is found in Colombia and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Range Description:

The species is found throughout Panama from Darin, extending into Colombia, to the border with Costa Rica, possibly extending over that border as well. The only known Colombian population is restricted to a very small area.

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Árbol o arbusto.

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Sourcehttp://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubis/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&-Find=&id=6753

Árbol o arbusto, algunas veces hemiepífito, de 4 a 7 m de altura; ramitas verdosas a amarillentas, lisas; savia amarillenta a blanca. Hojas simples, opuestas, de 6-11 cm por 3-6,5 cm, obovado-elípticas, ápice de agudo a acuminado u obtuso, glabras, de 14 a 20 nervios secundarios por lado, borde entero. Inflorescencias panículas, ramificadas, hasta 7 cm de largo.

Flores blancas a rosadas. Frutos cápsulas, de 3-3,5 por 1,5 cm, elongadas a cilíndricas, con el cáliz persistente, verdes a verde vino. Es una especie muy variable morfológicamente. Las hojas generalmente son obovadas, coriáceas, con numerosos nervios secundarios muy juntos y ascendentes. Las ramitas tienen la epidermis verde amarillento, lisa. A veces es epipétrica, es decir, crece muy bien sobre sitios rocosos. Está muy relacionada con C. minor, pero en esta última las ramitas son rojizas y la epidermis es exfoliante, además los frutos son más pequeños, redondeados.
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Localidad del tipo: Panama: Chiriquí: Cerro Colorado, 33.1 km beyond bridge over Río San Felix, 1400 m.
Depositario del tipo: HT: MO.
Recolector del tipo: Croat 37197.

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Habitat and Ecology:

Habitat and Ecology

Occurring in semi-deciduous rainforest above 500 m.

Systems

  • Terrestrial
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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

VU
Vulnerable

Red List Criteria

A2c

Version

2.3

Year Assessed

1998
  • Needs updating

Assessor/s

Mitr, M.

Reviewer/s

Contributor/s

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Population:

Population

In places it is relatively common but never abundant.
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Threats:

Major Threats

Outside national parks the species is under pressure from mining for copper and gold, as in Cerro Colorado, and from increasing settlement of the land in Cocl.
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Conservation Actions:

Conservation Actions

Some subpopulations are protected in national parks.
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