Nectandra weddellii

Species of flowering plant

Nectandra weddellii
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Nectandra
Species:
N. weddellii
Binomial name
Nectandra weddellii
Meissner

Nectandra weddellii is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae.

Distribution

The plant is endemic to Rio de Janeiro state in Southeastern Brazil. It has been collected only from within a 250 kilometres (160 mi) radius of Rio de Janeiro city, in the Atlantic Forest ecoregion.

It is an IUCN Red List Endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Nectandra weddellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T35717A9952558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35717A9952558.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Nectandra weddellii


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