Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from Mexico: checklist, distribution, and conservation assessments
Author
Uc Gala, Victor C.
0000-0002-4627-0642
Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Planejamento e Uso de Recursos Renováveis, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - campus Sorocaba, Rod. João Leme dos Santos, km 110, 18052 - 780, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil & forestal @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4627 - 0642
forestal@hotmail.com
Author
Valdemarin, Karinne Sampaio
0000-0002-9564-1163
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, 13083 - 862, Campinas, SP, Brazil & kvaldemarin @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9564 - 1163
kvaldemarin@gmail.com
Author
Lucas, Eve
0000-0002-7603-435X
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AE, UK & e. lucas @ kew. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7603 - 435 X
e.lucas@kew.org
Author
Negrão, Raquel
0000-0002-4758-8038
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AE, UK & r. negrao @ kew. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4758 - 8038
r.negrao@kew.org
Author
Mazine, Fiorella F.
0000-0002-2604-6088
Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Planejamento e Uso de Recursos Renováveis, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - campus Sorocaba, Rod. João Leme dos Santos, km 110, 18052 - 780, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil & fiorella @ ufscar. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2604 - 6088
fiorella@ufscar.br
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Phytotaxa
2023
2023-02-02
583
2
99
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.1
journal article
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10.11646/phytotaxa.583.2.1
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Eugenia cantuana
Lundell, Wrightia
3: 122 (1965)
EOO:
126.662 km
².
AOO:
12 km
².
Evaluation of IUCN:
Vulnerable.
Eugenia cantuana
is endemic to
Mexico
and occurs in
Morelos
and
Guerrero
states, in Humid Montane Forests and in the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests. The estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO) fall between the thresholds of Critically Endangered and Endangered categories under the criterion B. There are only two known locations based in four records available: one location is represented by the records mainly in areas of well-preserved vegetation and lower anthropic pressure, in the borders of “Parque Nacional El Tepozteco” (state of
Morelos
), and another is within a locality known as Manchón Parotas (
Guerrero
). Although the species occurs within a protected area and in an area with low anthropic impact, from what is not possible to infer a continuing decline of habitat, it is near the urban area and any disruption caused by anthropic activities (fire events or agricultural or urban expansion) could drive the taxon to the CR or EX in a very short time. Therefore, considering its restricted area of occupancy and the number of locations,
Eugenia cantuana
is classified as Vulnerable (VU), as it meets the criterion D2.
Specimens examined
:—
MEXICO
.
Morelos
:
Soto 1391
(
MEXU
);
Guerrero
:
Hilton 10076
(
K
!).