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Magnoliopsida
Guaiacum sanctum L.
EOL Text
Antecedentes del estado de la especie o de las poblaciones principales
Esta especie se distribuye naturalmente a lo largo del arco occidental en la amplia región del Caribe. Desde el sur de América Central hacia el norte y el este a través de las Grandes Antillas, y más hacia el norte desde Costa Rica a México, Bahamas, Española, Puerto Rico, Cuba y el sur de Florida (USA). Con poblaciones dudosas en Belice y Panamá. La sobrexplotación durante casi 500 años ha disminuido drásticamente las poblaciones de la especie al punto de ser considerada extinta o extremadamente rara en la mayoría de las islas del Caribe. En América Central y la Florida permanecen poblaciones relictuales bajo amenaza por la pérdida de su hábitat y explotación. También se sabe que se encuentra amenazada en otros 11 países que comprende su rango de distribución, sin embargo no fue incluida en la IUCN Red List of threatened plants, 1997. Las poblaciones de Cuba son las más abundantes y no están decreciendo (U.S. fish and Wildlife Service, 2000).
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 8
Species With Barcodes: 1
Comments: Authors disagree on spelling of genus name; some spell "Guaiacum" (Little, 1978, and Elias, 1980). Kartesz (1994) spells "Guajacum", which follows rule in code of nomenclature: Linnaeus wrote "Guajacum" in his Species Plantarum, and "Guaiacum" in his Genera Plantarum; according to the code of nomenclature the name in the Species Plantarum supersedes.
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Bahamas
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Costa Rica
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Cuba
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Dominican Republic
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Honduras
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Mexico
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Nicaragua
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Puerto Rico
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
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Red List Criteria
Version
Year Assessed
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History
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1998Not Threatened (nt)
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Global Range: RANGE FORMERLY INCLUDED CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND FLORIDA, BUT THE SPECIES HAS BEEN EXTIRPATED FROM MOST CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. POPULATIONS IN COASTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, AND FLORIDA ARE THREATENED WITH HABITAT LOSS AND EXPLOITATION.
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Bahamas
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
Costa Rica
Rounded National Status Rank: N1 - Critically Imperiled
Cuba
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
Dominican Republic
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
Honduras
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
Mexico
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
Nicaragua
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
Puerto Rico
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N2 - Imperiled
Actual
MEXICO / CHIAPAS
MEXICO / NAYARIT
MEXICO / YUCATAN
MEXICO / CAMPECHE / CALAKMUL
MEXICO / CHIAPAS / SAN FERNANDO
MEXICO / CHIAPAS / TUXTLA GUTIERREZ
MEXICO / OAXACA / ASUNCION IXTALTEPEC
MEXICO / OAXACA / SALINA CRUZ
MEXICO / QUINTANA ROO / BENITO JUAREZ
MEXICO / QUINTANA ROO / ISLA MUJERES
MEXICO / YUCATAN / PANABA
MEXICO / YUCATAN / SAN FELIPE
MEXICO / YUCATAN / SINANCHE
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Rounded Global Status Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Reasons: HABITAT LOSS, DIRECT EXPLOITATION, DECLINING NUMBERS.
Distribucion en Costa Rica: Se encuentra sólo en algunas áreas de la provincia de Guanacaste (Puerto Soley, Murciélago, Parques Nacionales Santa Rosa y Palo Verde), Nosara; aunque es probable que haya existido en todas las áreas más secas de esta provincia.
Distribucion General: Nativa desde el Sur de Florida, este de México, Indias occidentales, Centro América hasta el norte de Sur América, además en Las Antillas (Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y Cuba).