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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known only from limestone outcrops of the St Pauls Mountain massif on Palawan.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Philippines
Additional data:
? Number of Locations: 1
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Population [top]
Population: Although it is known from a single locality, this mountain area is quite extensive, and plants are abundant in large, undisturbed populations occur in the most inaccessible sites.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
? Number of mature individuals: 5000
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species grows in crevices on vertical limestone cliffs with no soil.
Systems: Terrestrial
Generation Length (years): 40
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no immediate threats. However, the Aulacaspis cycad scale has been introduced to various islands in the Pacific and Cycas species are particularly vulnerable. Occurrence at a single locality means that C. saxatilis would be vulnerable to extinction if the scale ever reached Palawan.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: This species is listed on Appendix II of the CITES Appendices. Most of the range of C. saxatilis is included in the Saint Pauls Bay National Park.
Citation: Bösenberg, J.D. 2010. Cycas saxatilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178864A7630617. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T178864A7630617.en. Downloaded on 01 December 2017.
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