Blakea campii
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Blakea campii faces significant pressure from deforestation and habitat fragmentation across its limited range in Central American cloud forests. Agricultural expansion, particularly coffee cultivation and cattle ranching, continues to reduce the montane forest areas where this endemic shrub occurs. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the moisture regimes essential for cloud forest ecosystems, potentially shifting suitable habitat to higher elevations where less area is available.
Habitat
Blakea campii is endemic to montane cloud forests and humid upper elevation forests, typically occurring between 1,200-2,000 meters elevation. The species requires the consistent moisture and cool temperatures characteristic of these specialized neotropical montane ecosystems.