Sciodaphyllum euryphyllum
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Sciodaphyllum euryphyllum faces severe population decline primarily due to extensive deforestation and habitat conversion throughout its limited range in Central American cloud forests. Agricultural expansion, particularly cattle ranching and coffee cultivation, has fragmented the remaining montane forest patches where this endemic species occurs. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the moisture regimes essential for cloud forest ecosystems, potentially shifting suitable habitat to higher elevations beyond the species' current range.
Habitat
This species is endemic to cloud forests and humid montane forests at elevations between 1,200-2,400 meters in Central America. It requires the persistent moisture and stable microclimatic conditions characteristic of these high-altitude tropical ecosystems.