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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species is only known from the area of the Tatai waterfalls on the Tatai River, Koh Kong Province, southwestern Cambodia.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Cambodia
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Population [top]
Population: The species is not uncommon but occurs over a very limited area.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species grows as a rheophyte in a wet, vegetated rocky river bank at elevation less than 20 m above sea level, downstream of the falls and outside the splash zone, but below the peak flood level.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): No information on direct threats, but the species is likely to be threatened by dam construction and other actions which modify the flow character of the river, as well as logging or clear-felling the banks or floodplain of the river. The Tatai waterfalls are a popular tourist site.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Research is needed to confirm the species taxonomic status, current distribution, and to determine the impact of threats.
Citation: Lansdown, R.V. 2011. Areca riparia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199818A9127508. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199818A9127508.en. Downloaded on 26 November 2018.
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