Diphysa carthagenensis LC Taxonomic Authority: Jacq.  Global Assessment  Regional Assessment Region: Global  Endemic to region Synonyms Common Names Diphysa robinioides Millsp.

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

General Information Distribution Diphysa carthagenensis species is widespread in and has been collected from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.

Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit:  Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: Lower limit:  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 common.

Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology D. carthagenensis is a tree up to 20m in height that has been collected from thickets, primary and secondary forest and savannah.

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

Age at Maturity Female: Units for Age: Male: Size at Maturity (in cm) Female: Male: Longevity: Units for Longevity: Averate Reproductive Age: Units for Reproductive Age: Maximum Size (in cm): Size at Birth (in cm): Gestation Time: Units for Gestation: Generation Length: Justification: Reproductive Periodicity: Average Annual Fecundity or Litter Size: Annual Rate of Population Increase: Annual Rate of Population Increase: Natural Mortality:

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

Threats This taxon is not considered to be threatened or in decline at present.

Past Present Future 13 None  Conservation Measures There area a number of protected areas within the range of this taxon and seeds have been collected and stored by the Millennium Seeds Bank Project as a method of ex-situ conservation.

In Place Needed 3 Research actions  3.2 Population numbers and range  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 Belize    Colombia    Costa Rica    El Salvador    Guatemala    Honduras    Mexico    Nicaragua    Panama    Venezuela   

General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 1 Forest 1UnsetSuitable 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry1Unset Suitable 2 Savanna 1UnsetSuitable 2.1 Savanna - Dry1Unset Suitable 3 Shrubland 1UnsetSuitable 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry1Unset Suitable

Species Utilisation  Species is not utilised at all

Purpose / Type of Use Subsistence National International 3. Medicine - human and veterinary  9. Construction/structural materials 

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) Least Concern (LC)

Red List Criteria: 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 This taxon has a large geographical distribution, it has been described as common and is not considered to be threatened or in decline at present. A rating of Least Concern has been assigned to this species. 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: 25/08/2010 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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