Muellera virgilioides
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Muellera virgilioides faces significant pressure from agricultural expansion and cattle ranching across its Atlantic Forest range in southeastern Brazil. Habitat fragmentation has isolated remaining populations, reducing genetic diversity and limiting natural regeneration. Urban development and infrastructure projects continue to encroach on the species' remaining forest fragments, while selective logging targets mature trees of this valuable timber species.
Habitat
This leguminous tree species inhabits remnant Atlantic Forest fragments in southeastern Brazil, typically growing in humid montane and submontane forests. It occurs in both primary and secondary forest formations, often found along forest edges and in partially disturbed areas where it can benefit from increased light availability.