- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Parmotrema acutatum Kurok.
- Scientific name
- Parmotrema acutatum
- Author
- Kurok.
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Lichens- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Diego Simijaca
- Comments etc.
- Diego Simijaca
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
This is an Endemic species form Mexico inhabiting Quercus forest
Geographic range
Quercus forest of Mexico, including Jalisco, Oaxaca, Nayarit, Estado de México and Aguascalientes.
Population and Trends
Population Trend:
Habitat and Ecology
Epiphyte on Quercus trees and other phorophyte species, but seems to be restricted to Quercus forest.
Threats
Mainly threatened by land use changes associated with the mining of different resources and the use of Quercus wood in building and different activities. Also, the development of recreational areas in the Temperate forest of Aguascalientes and Jalisco increased the deforestation and changes in the habitat of Parmotrema acutatum. Records of Nayarit are threatened by roads and railroads.
Conservation Actions
Parmotrema acutatum has been registered in Natural Protected Areas (Sierra Fria, Sierra de Laurel) on Aguascalientes and Jalisco
Research needed
The size of the population on the different sites where the species has been registered is unknown. Some researchers such as Guzmán-Guillermo et al. 2019, has been detected the
Use and Trade
No documented yet
Bibliography
Country occurrence
Regional Population and Trends
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