Global InformationSpruceanthus theobromae information
| Spruceanthus theobromae | |
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Conservation status
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 Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Porellales |
| Family: | Lejeuneaceae |
| Genus: | Spruceanthus |
| Species: | S. theobromae
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| Binomial name | |
| Spruceanthus theobromae (Spruce) Gradst.
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Spruceanthus theobromae is a species of liverwort in the family Lejeuneaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is lowland evergreen forest, and it is threatened by habitat loss.[1] A 2000 IUCN assessment reported it remained only on five tree trunks at one site, and characterized it as Critically Endangered.[1]
A 2001 study found Spruceanthus theobromae on tree trunks at 12 different cacao plantations, across an area of approximately 400 km2 at the foot of the Andes in Ecuador, and concluded that the species properly qualifies as Near Threatened, not as currently threatened or endangered.[2]
- ^ a b c Bryophyte Specialist Group (2000). "Spruceanthus theobromae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T39226A10177576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39226A10177576.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Kautz, T. & Gradstein, S. R. (2001). "On the Ecology and Conservation of Spruceanthus theobromae (Lejeuneaceae, Hepaticae) from Western Ecuador". The Bryologist. 104 (4). American Bryological and Lichenological Society: 607–612. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2001)104[0607:oteaco]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 3244596. S2CID 85606773.