PROVISIONAL RED LIST OF TREES OF MESOAMERICAN DRY TROPICAL FORESTS

The seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) of MesoAmerica (Central America and Mexico) cover approximately the coastal plain of the Pacific, from north west Costa Rica to southern Sonora in north western Mexico and the north and west of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. During 2005, a desk study was carried out to make preliminary conservation status assessments of trees native to Mesoamerican dry tropical forests.

The study drew on published checklists and the author’s knowledge, the resulting assessments being largely based on extent of occurrence below a certain threshold, severe fragmentation of the habitat and continuing decline in quality of habitat.

In total 549 trees and shrubs were assessed. This resulted in one species being categorised as Critically Endangered, 17 as Endangered and 28 as Vulnerable. A further six species were categorised as Data Deficient and 39 as Near Threatened. The remaining 458 species were assessed as Least Concern. These numbers include seven species that had been previously assessed but were assigned a new category from this work and five species that had been previously assessed but whose status was left unchanged.

Given the limited scope of this work, in particular the lack of consultation with in-country experts, these assessments should be regarded as preliminary.

Download the assessment methodology and references
Download the data forms for Critically Endangered, Endangered & Vulnerable species
Download the data forms for Data Deficient species
Download the data forms for Near Threatened species
Download the list of previously assessed species whose status was unchanged
Download the list of Least Concern species

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