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Nectandra weddellii

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Species of flowering plant

Nectandra weddellii
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
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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