| Actinodaphne lawsonii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Actinodaphne |
| Species: | A. lawsonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Actinodaphne lawsonii | |
Actinodaphne lawsonii is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. [2] [3] It is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Actinodaphne lawsonii is small tree, growing up to 10 m tall. [1]
Actinodaphne lawsonii is known from about six scattered locations in the Western Ghats, within the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu states. It has an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of 8,173 km2 and an estimated area of occupancy (AOO) of 28 km2. The area of occupancy is estimated from collections only, and may be an under-estimate. [1]
It grows in montane evergreen rain forest between 1,500 and 2,100 metres elevation. [1]
Much of the species' range is within protected areas. It is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation from forest clearance for agriculture. [1]
The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri mountain range, is a mountain range that covers an area of 160,000 km2 (62,000 sq mi) in a stretch of 1,600 km (990 mi) parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, traversing the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the 36 biodiversity hotspots in the world. It is sometimes called the Great Escarpment of India. It contains a very large proportion of the country's flora and fauna, many of which are endemic to this region. The Western Ghats are older than the Himalayas. They influence Indian monsoon weather patterns by intercepting the rain-laden monsoon winds that sweep in from the south-west during late summer. The range runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain called the Western Coastal Plains along the Arabian Sea. A total of 39 areas in the Western Ghats, including national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests, were designated as world heritage sites in 2012 – twenty of them in Kerala, ten in Karnataka, six in Tamil Nadu and four in Maharashtra.
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