Dalbergia glomerata VU Taxonomic Authority: Hemsl.  Global Assessment  Regional Assessment Region: Global  Endemic to region

Upper Level Taxonomy Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: FABALES Family: LEGUMINOSAE Lower Level Taxonomy Rank: Infra- rank name:  Plant Hybrid Subpopulation: Authority:

General Information Distribution D. glomerata is distributed from Mexico to Costa Rica, Central America.

Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 1000  Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: Lower limit: 50  Antarctic Map Status: Depth  Australasian Upper limit:  Neotropical Lower limit:  Oceanian Depth Zones  Palearctic  Shallow photic  Bathyl  Hadal  Indomalayan  Photic  Abyssal  Nearctic Population This taxon is considered to be rare and recorded by World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998) to have declined by at least 50% as a result of habitat loss and a continued trade in the species for its timber.

Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology D. glomerata is found in humid rainforest.

System Movement pattern Crop Wild Relative  Terrestrial  Freshwater  Nomadic  Congregatory/Dispersive  Is the species a wild relative of a crop?  Marine  Migratory  Altitudinally migrant

Growth From Definition Growth From Definition Tree - size unknow Tree (any size), also termed a Phanerophyte (>1m)

Threats D. glomerata is known to be experiencing a decline as a result in the extraction of the species for its valuable rosewood timber. The habitat is known to be affected by a range of threats most significantly a decline in area and wuality of habitat as a result of conversion to agricultural purposes. Road construction is opening up areas and making them increasingly accessible for logging and other anthropogenic activities (Valero et al 2001). In Costa Rica the forests are being affected by cattle ranching and land clearance; however 75% of the Talamacana montane forest is considered to remain intact (Powell et al 2001).

Past Present Future 1 Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced)  1.1 Agriculture  1.1.1 Crops  1.1.2 Wood plantations  1.1.4 Livestock  1.3 Extraction  1.3.3 Wood  1.3.3.1 Small-scale subsistence  1.3.3.2 Selective logging  1.3.3.3 Clear-cutting  3 Harvesting (hunting/gathering)  3.4 Materials  3.4.1 Subsistence use/local trade  3.4.2 Sub-national/national trade  3.4.3 Regional/international trade  13 None  Conservation Measures This taxon is known to occur within a number of protected areas but seeds have yet to be collected and stored by a seed bank as a method of ex-situ conservation. D. glomerata was previously assessed as Vulnerable in 1998 (Oldfield et al. 1998).

In Place Needed 3 Research actions  3.3 Biology and Ecology  3.4 Habitat status  3.5 Threats  3.6 Uses and harvest levels  3.7 Cultural relevance  3.8 Conservation measures  3.9 Trends/Monitoring  4 Habitat and site-based actions  4.4 Protected areas  5 Species-based actions  5.7 Ex situ conservation actions  5.7.2 Genome resource bank 

Countries of Occurrence

PRESENCE ORIGIN Year Breeding Non- Passage Possibly ExtinctPresence Native Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin Round Season breeding migrant extinct uncertain Introduced uncertain only season only Costa Rica    Guatemala    Honduras    Mexico   

General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 1 Forest 1UnsetSuitable 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland1Unset Suitable 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane1Unset Suitable

Species Utilisation  Species is not utilised at all

Trend in the level of wild offtake/harvest in relation to total wild population numbers over the last five years: Trend in the amount of offtake/harvest produced through domestication/cultivation over the last five years: CITES status: Not listed

IUCN Red Listing Red List Assessment:(using 2001 IUCN system) Vulnerable (VU)

Red List Criteria: A1c Date Last Seen (only for EX, EW or Possibly EX species): Is the species Possibly Extinct?  Possibly Extinct Candidate?  Rationale for the Red List Assessment D. glomerata has a fairly large extent of occurrence (EOO) however as a result of extraction for construction this species of rosewood is argued to have declined by 50% within three generations. As a result of a seemingly unsustainable trade this taxon has ben listed under appendix II of CITES. The taxon is decribed as being rare in mesoamerica and at risk of a continued decline in habitat quality. The species is thus rated as Vulnerable under criterion A (no change has been made to the previous threat category). Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment:  Genuine Change  Nongenuine Change  No Change  Genuine (recent)  New information  Taxonomy  Same category  Genuine (since first assessment)  Knowledge of Criteria  Criteria Revisio and criteria  Incorrect data used  Other  Same category but previously change in criteria Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 12/08/2010 Name(s) of the Assessor(s): Groom, A. Evaluator(s): Notes:

% population decline in the past: Time period over which the past decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): % population decline in the future: Time period over which the future decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): Number of Locations: Severely Fragmented: Number of Mature Individuals:

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