Byrsonima bucherae
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Byrsonima bucherae faces severe threats from agricultural expansion and cattle ranching activities that have fragmented and destroyed much of its native cerrado habitat. The species' extremely limited range makes it particularly vulnerable to localized habitat conversion, while invasive grass species alter the natural fire regimes essential for cerrado ecosystem maintenance. Climate change poses additional pressure through altered precipitation patterns that could affect the seasonal flowering and fruiting cycles critical for this shrub's reproduction.
Habitat
Byrsonima bucherae is endemic to the cerrado savanna ecosystems of central Brazil, specifically occurring in open grasslands with scattered shrubs and gallery forests. This species typically grows in well-drained sandy soils characteristic of the cerrado biome, where it depends on the natural fire cycles that maintain the open savanna structure.
Other threatened species in Malpighiaceae
Threatened in Cuba
Frequently asked questions
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