Psychotria weberbaueri
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Psychotria weberbaueri faces severe threats from ongoing deforestation and agricultural expansion within its extremely limited range in the Peruvian Andes. The species' restriction to specific elevational zones makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, as remaining forest patches become increasingly isolated. Climate change poses an additional threat by potentially shifting suitable habitat conditions beyond the species' narrow altitudinal tolerance range.
Habitat
This species inhabits montane cloud forests and humid premontane forests in the eastern Andean slopes of Peru, typically occurring at elevations between 1,200-2,000 meters. It requires the specific microclimate conditions found in these moist, fog-shrouded forest environments with high humidity and consistent temperatures.