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LIST OF PRIORITY

Identification of timber species and geographic origin

www.globaltimbertrackingnetwork.org

December 2013

GTTN List of Priority Species

REASONS, CRITERIA AND METHODS USED FOR PRIORITISING SPECIES

With more than 800 commercial timber species worldwide, it is necessary to identify priorities for inclusion of species in the project. Priority species lists are needed to locate existing data for immediate use in the database, to identify gaps in knowledge and data for such species, and to raise awareness about species that should be considered in new research.

The criteria considered with respect to species identification include: species that are difficult to recognize in the field or using anatomy, the (CITES, IUCN, regional and national listing) and the existence of barcodes.

For the verification of geographic origin, criteria were the trade importance, management problems (logging intensity, regeneration), the conservation status, the existence of genetic and data, the existence of sample collections suitable for genetic and/or isotope fingerprinting, the species distribution and the geographic representation were included.

Listing of species was done by participants at different workshops:

 The GTTN regional workshops for Americas and for Asia, Pacific & Oceania organised by Bioversity International in 2013;

 Two workshops ( and Germany) organised during the preparation of the International Organisation (ITTO) project Development and implementation of a species identification and timber tracking system in with DNA fingerprints and stable isotopes.

After listing the species, participants at various workshops were also asked to assign different level of priority (Height, Medium and Low) taking into account all criteria listed above.

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SPECIES LISTED

The global list of high (Table 1), medium (Table 2) and low (Table 3) priority timber species are presented below. Figures 1 to 3 present the number of species listed per continent, the level of priority (high, medium or low), and the conservation status (according to IUCN list and CITES appendices). The number of species requiring the development of local barcodes is presented in Fig. 4.

Fig 1: Number of timber species listed per continent

Fig. 2: Level of priority of the timber species listed

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Fig. 3: Conservation status of the timber species listed

Fig. 4: Number of timber species listed requiring the development of local barcodes

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Table 1: Global list of high priority timber species for species identification and the control of the geographic origin

N Botanical species name Common (trade) Need for genetic CITES Appendices IUCN red list category name species identification Africa 1 africana Afzelia/Doussie X VU 2 Afzelia bipindensis Afzelia/Doussie X VU 3 Okoumé/Gabun X VU 4 spp. Madagascar X III (Madagascar) 85 species assessed from DD to EN 5 spp. X II (Madagascar) 96 species assessed from DD to CR 6 cylindricum X VU 7 Entandrophragma utile Utile/Sipo X VU 8 Erythrophleum ivorense, Erythrophleum Tali X suaveolens 9 anthotheca African X VU 10 African mahogany X VU 11 African mahogany X VU 12 Khaya madagascarensis African mahogany X 13 African mahogany X VU 14 X NT 15 Iroko X VU 16 laurentii Wenge EN 17 elata Afrormosia/Assamela X II EN 18 soyauxii African padauk X 19 ivorensis Framire X VU 20 Abachi/Ayous LC Americas

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N Botanical species name Common (trade) Need for genetic CITES Appendices IUCN red list category name species identification 21 odorata American cedar X III (, VU Guatemala, , , ) 22 Cedrela fissilis American cedar X III (Bolivia) EN 23 Ceiba pentandra Ceiba, fromager 24 Dalbergia retusa X III (Guatemala, VU ) 25 Dinizia excelsa Angelim vermelho 26 micrantha Shihuahuaco, Cumaru 27 Cumarú X 28 sp. = Tabebuia sp X 29 Hymenaea courbaril Courbaril X LC 30 Machaerium scleroxylon Santos Palisander, X LC morado, caviuna 31 bidentata Massaranduba X 32 Manilkara huberi Massaranduba X 33 Myroxylum balsanum Bálsamo 34 macrophylla American mahogany X II (Neotropics) 35 Tabebuia aurea Paratodo X Asia, Pacific & Oceania 36 Acacia catechu Khair X 37 Acacia mangium Acacia X 38 Afzelia xylocarpa X EN 39 borneensis Agathis X EN 40 Agathis spp. Adiangu X 16 species from LC to EN 41 Anisoptera costata X EN 42 Aquilaria malaccensis Agarwood X II VU

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N Botanical species name Common (trade) Need for genetic CITES Appendices IUCN red list category name species identification 43 Aquilaria spp. Agarwood X II 44 Chukrana tabularis X 45 Dalbergia cochinchinensis Thai rosewood X VU 46 Dalbergia decipularis Brazilian tulip wood X 47 Dalbergia latifolia Indian rosewood X VU 48 rosewood X EN 49 Dalbergia spp Rosewood X 50 Diospyros spp. Ebony X 51 costatus X EN 52 Dipterocarpus macrocarpus X 53 Eusideroxylon zwageri , VU billian or ulin 54 spp., Ramin VU (Miq.) Kurz , Syn.: G. miquelianus, G. bancanus, Aquillaria bancana Gonystylus macrophyllus Gonystylus warburgianus 55 Gyrinops spp. Agarwood X II 56 Intsia spp. Merbau X 57 Lagerstroemia spp. Banglang X 58 Palaquium hexandrum, Palaquium Nyatoh X 18 species assessed from hispidum, Palaquium impressinervium, LC to CR Palaquium maingayi, Palaquium obovatum, Palaquium regina-montium, Palaquium semaram, Palaquium sumatranum, Palaquium walsurifolium 59 Pinus roxburghii X LC 60 parlatorei Parlatore’s podocarp, I NT Monteromero 61 Pterocarpus santalinus Red X II EN

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N Botanical species name Common (trade) Need for genetic CITES Appendices IUCN red list category name species identification 62 Quercus mongolica Mongolian X 63 Santalum album Sandalwood X VU 64 Santalum spp Sandalwood X 65 acuminate, Shorea dasyphylla, Light Red Meranti X Not assessed to EN , Shorea lepidota, Shorea macroptera, Shorea parvifolia 66 Shorea acuminatissima, Shorea. Yellow meranti y LC to EN Faguetiana, , , 67 Shorea assamica, Shorea bracteolate, White meranti X Not assessed to EN Shorea dealbata, Shorea hypochra, Shorea javanica, Shorea lamellate 68 Shorea atrinervosa, Shorea brunnescens, Balau X LC to EN Shorea crassa, Shorea exelliptica, Shorea foxworthyi, Shorea glauca, Shorea havilandii, Shorea laevis, Shorea leptoderma, Shorea maxwelliana, Shorea materialis, Shorea seminis, Shorea submontana, Shorea sumatrana, 69 , Shorea collina, Shorea Red balau X EN guiso, S. longipetala, Shorea kunstleri, Shorea ochrophloia 70 , Shorea hemsleyana, Shorea Dark Red Meranti X LC - EN macrantha Brandi, King, Shorea rugosa var. vuliginosa, , obtusa, farinosa 71 Shorea laevis Bangkirai, balau LC 72 Light red meranti EN 73 Shorea ovata or Shorea agsaboensis Dark red meranti X EN

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N Botanical species name Common (trade) Need for genetic CITES Appendices IUCN red list category name species identification 74 Shorea robusta Agrak X LC 75 chinensis Chinese yew X II EN 76 Taxus cuspidata Japanese yew X II LC 77 Taxus fuana Chinese yew X II EN 78 Taxus sumatrana Chinese yew X II 79 Taxus wallichiana Himalayan yew X II EN 80 grandis DD = , LC = Least Concern, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CR = ; H = Height, M = Medium, L = Low.

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Table 2: Global list of medium priority timber species for species identification and the control of the geographic origin

N Botanical species name Common (trade) name Need for genetic species CITES Appendices IUCN red list identification category Africa 1 Aningeria altissima Aniegre X 2 Aningeria robusta Aniegre X 3 Baillonella toxisperma Moabi X VU 4 Ceiba pentandra Kapok 5 Cylicodiscus gabonensis Okan 6 Entandrophragma angolense Gedu nohor/Tiama VU 7 Lophira alata Azobe, Ekki/Bongossi VU 8 diderrichii Opepe/ VU 9 Terminalia superba Limba X Americas 10 Calycohyllum spruceanum Mulateiro 11 Andiroba 12 Chorisia integrifolia Lopuna 13 Minquartia guianensis Acariquara, Black manwood NT 14 surinamensis Virola, bicuiba EN Asia, Pacific & Oceania 15 Dalbergia sissoo Sisso X 16 Dalgeria paniculita Rosewood X 17 Diospyros ebenum Ebony X DD 18 Dipterocarpus alatus X EN 19 Hopea odorata X VU 20 Larix gmelinii Sibiran X LC 21 lucida Meranti gerutu EN 22 uviferum Pilgerodendron I VU

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N Botanical species name Common (trade) name Need for genetic species CITES Appendices IUCN red list identification category 23 Pinus Kesiya X LC 24 Korean pine X III (Russian Federation) LC 25 Podocarpus elatus LC 26 Podocarpus imbricatus Melur X LC 27 Podocarpus neriifolius Black pine podocarp III (Nepal) LC 28 Podophyllum hexandrum Himalayan may-apple II 29 Pterocarpus dalbergoides X 30 Pterocarpus indicus Amboina VU 31 Pterocarpus macrocarpus X 32 Pterocarpus marsupium X VU 33 Taxus buccata Taxus X LC 34 Terminalia arjuna Terminalia X 35 Terminalia chebula Terminalia X 36 Terminalia manii Terminalia X 37 Terminalia myriocarpa Terminalia X 38 Tetracentron sinense Tetracentron III (Nepal) 39 Toona ciliata Toona X LC DD = Data Deficient, LC = Least Concern, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CR = Critically Endangered; H = Height, M = Medium, L = Low.

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Table 3: Global list of low priority timber species for species identification and the control of the geographic origin

N Botanical species name Common (trade) name Need for genetic CITES IUCN red species Appendices list identification category Africa 1 spp. Bubinga X - 2 Ocotea usambarensis Camphor 3 Pterygota bequaertii African pterygota/ Koto X VU 4 Tectona grandis Teak 5 Vitex keniensis Meru oak VU Americas 6 Amburana cerrensis Cerejeira 7 rosaeodora Brazilian rosewood X II EN 8 angustifolia Paraná pine, Brazilian pine, candelabra tree X CR 9 guianensis Tatajuba X 10 Bertholletia excelsa Castanheira X VU 11 Bowdichia nitida Sucupira X 12 sarmientoi Palo santo X II LC 13 Caesalpinia echinata Brazilwood X II (Brazil) EN 14 Calophylium brasiliensis Jacareúba, palo de maría X 15 Caryocar costaricense Piquia II VU 16 Cedrelinga catanaeformis Cedrorana, tornillo 17 Ceiba samauma Ceiba 18 Dalbergia darienensis Indian rosewood X III (Panama) 19 Dalbergia granadillo Cocobolo X II 20 Brazilian rosewood X I VU 21 Dalbergia stevensonii Cocobolo X III (Guatemala) 22 Dipteryx panamensis Shihuahuaco, Cumaru X III (Costa Rica, )

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N Botanical species name Common (trade) name Need for genetic CITES IUCN red species Appendices list identification category 23 Fitzroya cupressoides Alerce X I EN 24 officinale Pockholz, X II EN 25 Lignum vitae X II EN 26 Hevarú, 27 Hymenolobium elatum Angelim pedra X 28 Manilkara sp X 29 Pachira (Bombacopsis) quinata Pochote VU 30 Platymiscium pleiostachyum Cachimbo, Cristóbal, Ñambar II EN 31 Mexican mahogany X II VU 32 Cuban mahogany X II EN 33 Tabebuia heptaphylla Ipé X 34 Tabebuia impetiginose Pink Ipé, Brazilwood X 35 Tabebuia micrantha X 36 Tabebuia ochracea Ipê-do-cerrado X 37 Tabebuia pilosa Roble X 38 Tabebuia rosea Rosa moroda X 39 Tabebuia serratifolia Ipé X Asia, Pacific & Oceania 40 Dipterocarpus tuberculatus X LC 41 Endospermum moluccanum Sesendok 42 Pinus wallichiana LC 43 Toona sureni Suren X 44 Vitex spp. Leban X 45 Xylia xylocarpa X DD = Data Deficient, LC = Least Concern, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CR = Critically Endangered; H = Height, M = Medium, L = Low.

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