Afrocarpus dawei

Podocarpaceae Afrocarpus dawei (Stapf) C. N. Page

Etymology
Afrocarpus refers to ‘African’ (afro) and ‘fruit’ (carpus); indicating its habitat in Africa.
dawei refers to the botanist M. T. Dawe, who collected it.

Colloquial Name
Dawe’s yellowwood

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
2, 23, ZAI, 25, TAN, UGA

Habitat
The natural habitats for Afrocarpus dawei are subtropical/tropical swampy forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1200 up to 1200 metres. There are no conifers associated with Afrocarpus dawei that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 10
Afrocarpus dawei is hardy to USDA Zone 10 (estimated), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -1.1C (30F) to 4.4C (40F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Afrocarpus dawei is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Afrocarpus dawei and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Afrocarpus dawei has been assigned the status of NT(Near Threatened). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not threatened, but is close to having this status.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Afrocarpus dawei is Afrocarpus. The coordinate taxa for Afrocarpus dawei are therefore:

Afrocarpus dawei is also placed under Podocarpaceae.

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