Lychnophora damazioi
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Lychnophora damazioi faces severe pressure from habitat destruction in Brazil's cerrado and campo rupestre ecosystems, where mining activities and agricultural expansion have fragmented its specialized rocky outcrop habitats. The species' extremely restricted range and small population size make it particularly vulnerable to local extinctions from fire regime changes and invasive grass species that alter the natural vegetation structure of its montane environments.
Habitat
This endemic Brazilian species inhabits specialized rocky outcrops and campo rupestre vegetation in montane cerrado ecosystems. It requires well-drained, nutrient-poor soils typical of quartzite and sandstone formations at elevations between 900-1400 meters.