BIODIVERSITY 2016 CARIBBEAN REGION ANDES AND INTER-ANDEAN VALLEYS Zamia disodon In Colombia, there are Zamia encephalartoides Zamia montana CR Forest y bush T-df EC EN CR Forest T-hf EC Cycads are tropical gymnosperms that represent Zamia muricata Forest T-hf to T-df EC 21 described species Located inside a National EN 3 of tropical cycads, Zamia huilensis Zamia oligodonta the most ancestral group of plants with seeds, EN CR Natural Park Forest T-hf species Forest y bush PM-hf EC Forest PM-hf EC CR Zamia restrepoi and all of them are 8 so they are considered to be living fossils. EC and EV Forest T-hf to T-df EC in some threat Zamia incognita EN especies CR Zamia tolimensis 302 category. Forest T-hf EC Forest PM-hf EC STATUS AND THREATS ACTIONS Zamia melanorrhachis Zamia wallisii ! EN CR Conservation Plans for Populations are extremely small and inhabit Actions for the preservation of populations in forest Forest T-hf EC Located within a PNN Forest PM-hf EC Cycads share characteristics with angiosperms, small forest fragments in landscapes highly fragments (private protected areas) and restoration STATUS AND THREATS ! ACTIONS and it is probable that insect pollination, Threatened Plants degraded by human activities. of populations and habitats are proposed. Education, 8 species are critically Populations are small and inhabit small Actions to protect populations in forest fragments (public and animal seed dispersal, and other ecological communication, and management programs with ! endangered (Andean and forest fragments in landscapes highly private protected areas) and restore populations and habitats are interactions appeared in this group of plants Pacific regions), 9 species are relevant actors must be developed to support efforts degraded by human activities. proposed. Education, communication, and management programs for the first time in evolutionary history. The tropical cycads of Colombia endangered, and 4 species of protection and restoration. are categorized as vulnerable with relevant parties must be developed to support efforts of Cristina López-Gallegoa ! (Pacific and Amazon protection and restoration. There should also be programs for Currently, cycads are not very diverse and are regions). PACIFIC REGION sustainable use of some species (tourism and horticulture). highly vulnerable. More than 60 % of cycads Zamia chigua around the world are in risk of extinction. Forest T-hf EC EN Zamia amplifolia CR Forest T-hf EC ! They are therefore the group of organisms Zamia obliqua VU ORINOQUÍA REGION Forest T-hf EC and EP Zamia pyrophylla that are more threatened on the planet. 6 CR Zamia roezlii Forest bp-T EC Nothing is yet known Zamia sp. nov. VU especies Forest T-hf EC and EE about the status of 1 Forest T-hf EC Tropical cycads by biogeographical region: 2 species being ! populations until now. species Zamia manicata EN described ! 1 species being Status, threats, and proposed actions Forest T-hf EC and EP described Zamia disodon Zamia chigua STATUS AND THREATS ACTIONS ! The implementation of conservation plans Some species are common Zamia muricata Zamia manicata Actions to prevent forest degradation and increase ! should support conservation management by Zamia restrepoi Zamia obliqua in forest habitats with low protection and restoration for critically endangered environmental authorities and other parties. Relevant EXPECTED Zamia encephalartoides Zamia pyrophylla disturbance or protected species are proposed. Education, communication, ! actors in the RESULTS Zamia huilensis Zamia roezlii areas, but two species have and management programs with relevant actors achievement ! small populations in degraded of goals Zamia incognita Zamia amazonum must be developed to support efforts of protection PA forest. ! Zamia melanorrhachis Zamia hymenophyllidia and restoration. There should also be programs ! ACTIONS Zamia montana Zamia lecontei for sustainable use of some species (tourism and Zamia oligodonta Zamia ulei horticulture). Zamia tolimensis Zamia sp.nov. VISION GOALS OBJECTIVES Zamia wallisii Zamia amplifolia ! ! Habitat-region of life Origin Analysis of conservation problematic: RESULTS INDICADORIndicator T-hf Humid Tropical Forest EC Endemic to Colombia Diagnosis of the status and threats on T-df Tropical Dry Forest EE Endemic to Ecuador populations and habitats PM-hf Premontane Humid Forest EP Endemic to Panama ! T-rf Tropical Rainforest EV Endemic to Venezulea Species conservation plans ! THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR PLANT AMAZON REGION CONSERVATION CONSIDERS STRATEGIC ! ! Zamia lecontei TAXONOMIC GROUPS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION ! Forest T-hf Colombia and Brazil EN CR Zamia ulei According to the action plan OF CONSERVATION PLANS. SUCH PLANS DERIVE Chocó Tropical cycad Forest T-hf Colombia and VU Amazonian countries 2 species being INTO SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND HAVE CAPTURED Zamia pyrophylla 4 for 2025, tropical cycads will Zamia amazonum species described THE ATTENTION OF IMPORTANT PARTIES TO Forest (T-rf), Pacific Forest T-hf Colombia and Amazonian VU be recognized as a charismatic ADVANCE IN CONSERVATION EFFORTS FOR A GREAT Endemic countries group to gain support for Zamia hymenophyllidia EN Forest T-hf Colombia and Perú NUMBER OF SPECIES AND THEIR HABITATS. As the leaves of Zamia pyrophylla mature, leaf color changes between species conservation and ! 4 brown, red, orange, yellow, and green from the apex to the base. A STATUS AND THREATS ACTIONS areas of interest for plants . surprising color transformation for a plant of the understory in the tropical humid forests of Chocó. The state of knowledge regarding populations is Actions to prevent habitat degradation, and Conservation plans define strategic actions and mo- very poor, yet it is assumed that all species are very especially to increase the amount of knowledge nitor the accomplishment of conservation goals in order ! common in fragments of forest with low disturbance about species biology and potential threats to to reduce the threats to and improve the status of species One such strategic group are the tropical cycads. With Using available information about geographical or protected areas. Two species have few recorded populations and habitats are proposed. 1 or ecosystems . The plans are complementary to ma- 21 species (and five in the process of description), Co- distribution, population biology, and threats to population localities: Z. hymenophillidia and Z. lecontei, nagement strategies in areas that are protected or have lombia is the most diverse country for this group. Tropical and habitats, a detailed diagnosis of the conservation endangered special management. Since in Colombia there is a huge cycads in Colombia are distributed in all natural regions, status of each species was developed in order to The Colombian Society of Cycads diversity of plants (more than 26,000 species2) it is not and most are endemic4. Unfortunately, all of these species elaborate a conservation plan for tropical cycads. Then, a better relationship between different actors such as (SCC for its initials in Spanish) has feasible to create conservation plans that comprise all of are in some threat category (according to the second eva- in discussion with different parties, short and long term as its main goal to coordinate the environmental authorities and institutions interested in As part of this conservation plan, resources have been them. For this reason, the National Strategy for Plant Con- luation for the Red List4). Tropical cycads (genus Zamia, (10 years) goals were designed. The goals considered implementation of the Action Plan plant conservation was stimulated. The conservation obtained to advance in actions to protect and restore po- servation3 has defined strategic groups to implement con- family Zamiaceae) belong to the plant group of the cycads actions of preservation, restoration, sustainable for the Conservation of Tropical plan proposes many actions, including the creation and pulations, generate knowledge, and implement a program servation plans, which function as umbrella groups and (order Cycadales), the most threatened group of plants on use, management of knowledge, education, and Cycads in Colombia and develop strengthening of private reserves, restoration of some for monitoring and sustainable use. Conservation plans the management of knowledge, allow for the development of conservation efforts that in- the planet and a strategic group for conservation at an in- communication, among others4. In this process, not only More information about populations, formulation of programs for sustainable for plants in the country must be supported, for they are a conservation, and education and 5 tropical cycads in Colombia clude a great number of plant species, their habitats, and ternational scale . was relevant information updated but also necessities in communication for the tropical is available online use (ecotourism and horticulture), and an integrated and priority because plants are the basis for terrestrial ecosys- associated organisms. knowledge and management were identified. Additionally, cycads in the country. www.cycadascolombia.org interconnected management between relevant actors. tems and provide invaluable ecosystem services. Online version Related searches Topics Institutions: a. Universidad de Antioquia. reporte.humboldt.org.co/biodiversidad/en/2016/cap3/302 BIODIVERSITY 2014: 104, 201, 202 | BIODIVERSITY 2015: 102 Threatened species | Conservation | Red lists | Species distribution .