Guarea spp. 
Group:
Plants
Area(s) Where Listed As Endangered:
Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Haiti, Jamaica, Liberia, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Uganda
Status/Date(s) Listed as Endangered:
  Scientific Name Status Listing Date Range
1. Guarea carapoidesVU-IUCN1998Peru
2. Guarea cartaguenyaVU-IUCN1998Colombia, Ecuador
3. Guarea casimirianaVU-IUCN1998Peru
4. Guarea caulobotrysVU-IUCN1998Colombia
5. Guarea cedrataVU-IUCN1998Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Uganda
6. Guarea convergensVU-IUCN1998Brazil
7. Guarea corrugataEN-IUCN1998Colombia
8. Guarea crispaEN-IUCN1998Brazil
9. Guarea cristataVU-IUCN1998Brazil, Peru
10. Guarea guentheriVU-IUCN1998Brazil, Peru
11. Guarea humaitensisVU-IUCN1998Brazil
12. Guarea jamaicensisVU-IUCN1998Jamaica
13. Guarea juglandiformisVU-IUCN1998Brazil, Peru
14. Guarea macropetalaVU-IUCN1998Panama
15. Guarea mayombensisVU-IUCN1998Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Uganda
16. Guarea polymeraVU-IUCN1998Colombia, Ecuador
17. Guarea pyriformisVU-IUCN1998Costa Rica
18. Guarea sphenophyllaVU-IUCN1998Dominican Republic, Haiti
19. Guarea spruceiCR-IUCN1998Brazil
20. Guarea thompsoniiVU-IUCN1998Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo
21. Guarea truncifloraVU-IUCN1998Brazil, Peru
22. Guarea velutinaVU-IUCN1998Brazil


Species/Common Names:
Guarea carapoides
Guarea cartaguenya
Guarea casimiriana
Guarea caulobotrys
Guarea cedrata
Light Bosse
Scented Guarea
Guarea convergens
Guarea corrugata
Guarea crispa
Guarea cristata
Guarea guentheri
Guarea humaitensis
Guarea jamaicensis
Guarea juglandiformis
Guarea macropetala
Guarea mayombensis
Guarea polymera
Guarea pyriformis
Guarea sphenophylla
Guarea sprucei
Guarea thompsonii
Dark Bosse
Black Guarea
Guarea trunciflora
Guarea velutina

Facts Summary:
Guarea is a genus of plants of concern and found in the following area(s): Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Haiti, Jamaica, Liberia, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Uganda.


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