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Newbouldia laevis
Assessment by: IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens
Conservation International (BGCI)

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Taxonomy
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Bignoniaceae

Scientific Name: Newbouldia laevis (P.Beauv.) Seem.

Synonym(s):
• Spathodea laevis P.Beauv.

Taxonomic Source(s):
Missouri Botanical Garden. 2015. Tropicos.org. St. Louis Available at: http://www.tropicos.org/.

Assessment Information
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published: 2022

Date Assessed: May 17, 2021

Justification:
This widespread tree species is native to Burkina Faso, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central
African Republic, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo. It is known from
at least 750 collections, representing 610 unique occurrences. In the absence of population data, this
species was not considered under Criterion A. It has an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of
16,278,534 km2 and area of occupancy (AOO) of 1,224 km2. It is likely to occur in more than 10 locations.
The EOO and/or AOO exceed the thresholds for a threatened category. It is assessed here as Least
Concern.

Geographic Range
Range Description:
This widespread tree species is native to Burkina Faso, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central
African Republic, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo. It is known from
at least 750 collections, representing 610 unique occurrences. It has an estimated extent of occurrence
(EOO) of 16,278,534 km2 and area of occupancy (AOO) of 1,224 km2.

Country Occurrence:
Native, Extant (resident): Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The
Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-
Bissau; Liberia; Mauritania; Nigeria; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Togo

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Distribution Map

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Habitat and Ecology (see Appendix for additional information)
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats (see Appendix for additional information)

Throughout the range of this species, several threats (such as urbanisation, clearance for agriculture and
logging) will have likely reduced the extent and/or quality of suitable habitat.

Conservation Actions (see Appendix for additional information)

This species has been previously assessed as Not Threatened (Onana 2011) and Threatened (Schmidt et
al. 2017).

Credits
Assessor(s): IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation
International (BGCI)

Reviewer(s): Onana, J.-M., Texier, N. & Stévart, T.

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Bibliography
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BGCI. 2019. ThreatSearch online database. Richmond, UK Available at:

http://www.bgci.org/threat_search.php. (Accessed: 2019).

BGCI (Botanic Gardens Conservation International). 2018. PlantSearch online database. Richmond, UK
Available at: www.bgci.org/plant_search.php. (Accessed: 2018).

GBIF. 2018. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Occurrence data for Porpolomopsis
calyptriformis. Available at: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5955209.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org.
(Accessed: 21 July 2022).

Onana, J.M. 2011. The vascular plants of Cameroon : a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments .
Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Yaounde, Cameroon.

Schmidt, M., Zizka, A., Traore, S., Ataholo, M., Chatelain, C., Daget, P., Dressler, S., Hahn, K., Kirchmair, I.,
Krohmer, J., Mbayngone, E., Muller, J. V., Nacoulma, B., Ouedraogo, A., Ouedraogo, O., Sambare, O.,
Schumann, K., Wieringa, J. J., Zizka, G. and Thiombiano, A. 2017. Diversity, distribution and preliminary
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Citation
IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). 2022.
Newbouldia laevis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T87719569A204796584.
https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T87719569A204796584.en

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 Appendix

Habitats
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Major
Habitat Season Suitability
Importance?

1. Forest -> 1.6. Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland - Suitable -

Plant Growth Forms

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Plant Growth Form

T. Tree - size unknown

Threats
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Threat Timing Scope Severity Impact Score

1. Residential & commercial development -> 1.1. Ongoing - - Low impact: 3

Housing & urban areas

2. Agriculture & aquaculture -> 2.1. Annual & Ongoing - - Low impact: 3
perennial non-timber crops -> 2.1.4. Scale
Unknown/Unrecorded

5. Biological resource use -> 5.3. Logging & wood Ongoing - - Low impact: 3
harvesting -> 5.3.5. Motivation
Unknown/Unrecorded

Conservation Actions in Place

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Conservation Action in Place

In-place species management

Subject to ex-situ conservation: Yes

Additional Data Fields

Distribution
Estimated area of occupancy (AOO) (km²): 1224

Estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) (km²): 16278534

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