Dalbergia occulta

Dalbergia occulta
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Dalbergia
Species:	D. occulta
Binomial name
Dalbergia occulta Bosser & Rabevohitra

Dalbergia occulta ^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.^[3] Its original description was based on a single collection, which explains its botanical name (from the Latin word occultus "hidden, concealed").^[3][4]

Similar species

• Dalbergia maritima

Conservation status

The IUCN Red List lists Dalbergia occulta as critically endangered.^[5]

Due to overexploitation and the risk of confusion with similar species, Dalbergia occulta and other Dalbergia species from Madagascar were listed in CITES Appendix II^[6] in 2013, currently with a zero export quota.^[7]

References

1. Members of the IUCN SSC Madagascar Plant Specialist Group.; Missouri Botanical Garden, -. (2017). "Dalbergia occulta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T68501511A68712014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T68501511A68712014.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Dalbergia occulta". Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar - Tropicos. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
3. Bosser, Jean; Rabevohitra, Raymond (2005). "Espèces nouvelles dans le genre Dalbergia (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae) à Madagascar" (PDF). Adansonia. 27 (2): 209–216.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. occulto on Wiktionary
5. Members of the IUCN SSC Madagascar Plant Specialist Group & Missouri Botanical Garden (2017). "Dalbergia occulta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T68501511A68712014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T68501511A68712014.en. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
6. "CITES appendices I, II and III". Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
7. How CITES works