%0 Journal Article
%T Current knowledge on threatened plant species of French Guiana
%A Bordenave, B.
%A Lehir, F.
%A Lorans, M.
%J Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)
%D 2012
%V 67
%N Suppl.2
%@ 02497395 (Issn)
%F Bordenave_etal2012
%O Export Date: 13 April 2012; Source: Scopus; Coden: Retve; Language of Original Document: French; Correspondence Address: Bordenave, B.; BGB Consultance, Botanique Tropicale, 9 route des grandes roches, 29910 Trégunc, France; email: bruno.bordenave@wanadoo.fr
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%X The elaboration of a first list of the most threatened species of the overseas territory of French Guyana was undertaken in 2009 by the Association for Botanical Conservation in French Guiana in collaboration with the National Botanical Conservatory of Brest. Carried out in synergy with the updating of the species list for Natural Areas of Ecological, Faunistic and Floritic Interests supervised by the Region Science Council for Natural Heritage, this work includes 97 vascular plants, 18 of which can be considered as threatened in the state of current knowledge, according to the IUCN criteria which are recommended by the Federation of National Botanical Conservatories. Among these 18 taxa, threatened because of their rarity and the fragility of their natural habitats, 17 are already protected by a 2001 ministry decree and one is from a new genus, Hekkingia bordenavei; nine of these appear to be of high concern for conservation: Cleistes grandifiora (Orchidaceae), Cornutia pubescens (Verbenaceae), Antirhea triflora (Rubiaceae), Himathantus drasticus (Apocynaceae), Axonopus oiapocensis (Poaceae), Psychotria granvillei (Rubiaceae), Eriocaulon guyanense (Eriocaulaceae) along with two palm species subject to National Action Plans for their conservation since 2009, Astrocaryum minus and Bactris nancibaensis. This study also contributes to the on-going "regional Red List" of the French Guiana flora.
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