Taxonomy
Red List Status -
Vulnerable (VU) , assessed in 07/04/2017
Description
Publication :
A second species in the endemic New Caledonian genus Gastrolepis (Stemonuraceae) and its implications for the conservation status of high-altitude maquis vegetation: coherent application of the IUCN Red List criteria is urgently needed in New Caledonia
JÉRÔME MUNZINGER(1)*, GORDON McPHERSON(2) and PORTER P. LOWRY (II2,3)
(1)Unité S84 de lIRD, Laboratoire de Botanique et dEcologie Appliquées (NOU), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, P.B. A5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia
(2)Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA
(3)Département Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle, Case Postale 39,57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 157, 775-783.
Gastrolepis alticola is an endemic shrub of New Caledonia, restricted to the southern massif of Grande Terre. It occurs in altitudinal shrubland on ultramafic substrate at an altitudinal range 950-1,500 m asl. This species does not seem directly threatened but bushfires impact lower areas on those mountains. Its area of occupation (AOO) being estimated to 16 km², Gastrolepis alticola is assessed as Vulnerable (VU) with criteria D2 with the possibility that the evolution of bushfires species could rapidly drive the species to CR.
Geographical area
Gastrolepis alticola is an endemic shrub of New Caledonia, restricted to the southern massif of Grande Terre.
Population
It is known of two subpopulations (Kouakoué, Montagne des Sources). It is found as scatterred individuals.
Habitat
It occurs in altitudinal shrubland on ultramafic substrate at an altitudinal range 950-1,500 m asl.
Threats
This species does not seem directly threatened but bushfires impact lower areas on those mountains.
Conservation
Unprotected by legislation, this species is found in two protected areas : Montagne des sources, Massif du Kouakoué
Bibliography
Munzinger, J.; McPherson, G.; Lowry, P.P. 2007. A second species in the endemic New Caledonian genus Gastrolepis (Stemonuraceae) and its implications for the conservation status of high-altitude maquis vegetation: coherent application of the IUCN Red List criteria is urgently needed in New Caledonia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society(157) , p.775-783.
Morat, P.; Jaffré, T.; Tronchet, F.; Munzinger, J.; Pillon, Y.; Veillon, J.-M. and Chalopin, M. 2012. Le référentiel taxonomique Florical et les caractéristiques de la flore vasculaire indigène de la Nouvelle-Calédonie [The taxonomic database « FLORICAL » and characteristics of the indigenous flora of New Caledonia]. Adansonia sér 3(34) , p.177-219.
Munzinger J., Morat Ph., Jaffré T., Gâteblé G., Pillon Y., Tronchet F., Veillon J.-M. and M. Chalopin 2016. FLORICAL: Checklist of the vascular indigenous flora of New Caledonia. vers. 22.IV.2016.
Endemia.nc 2016. Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Experts
Assessor(s): Veillon, J., Amice, R., Bruy, D., Butin, J., Fleurot, D., Garnier, D., Gâteblé, G., Goxe, J., Suprin, B.
Reviewer(s): Pillon, Y.
Facilitator(s): Tanguy, V., Maura, J., Warimavute, G.