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LIST OF PRIORITY SPECIES

Identification of timber species and geographic origin

www.globaltimbertrackingnetwork.org December 2013

GTTN List of Priority Species

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REASONS, CRITERIA AND METHODS USED FOR PRIORITISING SPECIES

With more than 800 commercial timber species worldwide, it is necessary to identify priorities for inclusion of species in the project. Priority species lists are needed to locate existing data for immediate use in the database, to identify gaps in knowledge and data for such species, and to raise awareness about species that should be considered in new research.

The criteria considered with respect to species identification include: tree species that are difficult to recognize in the field or using wood anatomy, the conservation status (CITES, IUCN, regional and national listing) and the existence of barcodes.

For the verification of geographic origin, criteria were the trade importance, management problems (logging intensity, regeneration), the conservation status, the existence of genetic tools and data, the existence of sample collections suitable for genetic and/or isotope fingerprinting, the species distribution and the geographic representation were included.

Listing of species was done by participants at different workshops:

The GTTN regional workshops for Americas and for Asia, Pacific & Oceania organised by Bioversity International in 2013;

Two workshops (Cameroon and Germany) organised during the preparation of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) project Development and implementation of a species identification and timber tracking system in Africa with DNA fingerprints and stable isotopes.

After listing the species, participants at various workshops were also asked to assign different level of priority (Height, Medium and Low) taking into account all criteria listed above.


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SPECIES LISTED

The global list of high (Table 1), medium (Table 2) and low (Table 3) priority timber species are presented below.

Figures 1 to 3 present the number of species listed per continent, the level of priority (high, medium or low), and the conservation status (according to IUCN red list and CITES appendices). The number of species requiring the development of local barcodes is presented in Fig. 4.

Fig 1: Number of timber species listed per continent

Fig. 2: Level of priority of the timber species listed


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Fig. 3: Conservation status of the timber species listed

Fig. 4: Number of timber species listed requiring the development of local barcodes


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Table 1: Global list of high priority timber species for species identification and the control of the geographic origin

N Botanical species name Common (trade) name

Need for genetic species identification

CITES Appendices IUCN red list category

Africa 1 Afzelia africana Afzelia/Doussie X VU 2 Afzelia bipindensis Afzelia/Doussie X VU 3 Aucoumea klaineana Okoumé/Gabun X VU 4 Dalbergia spp. Madagascar

rosewood X III (Madagascar) 85 species assessed from

DD to EN 5 Diospyros spp. Ebony X II (Madagascar) 96 species assessed from

DD to CR 6 Entandrophragma cylindricum Sapele X VU 7 Entandrophragma utile Utile/Sipo X VU 8 Erythrophleum ivorense, Erythrophleum

suaveolens Tali X

9 Khaya anthotheca African mahogany X VU 10 Khaya grandifoliola African mahogany X VU 11 Khaya ivorensis African mahogany X VU 12 Khaya madagascarensis African mahogany X 13 Khaya senegalensis African mahogany X VU 14 Milicia excelsa Iroko X NT 15 Milicia regia Iroko X VU 16 Millettia laurentii Wenge EN 17 Pericopsis elata Afrormosia/Assamela X II EN 18 Pterocarpus soyauxii African padauk X 19 Terminalia ivorensis Framire X VU 20 Triplochiton scleroxylon Abachi/Ayous LC

Americas


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21 Cedrela odorata American cedar X III (Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia)

VU

22 Cedrela fissilis American cedar X III (Bolivia) EN 23 Ceiba pentandra Ceiba, fromager 24 Dalbergia retusa Cocobolo X III (Guatemala,

Panama) VU

25 Dinizia excelsa Angelim vermelho 26 Dipteryx micrantha Shihuahuaco, Cumaru 27 Dipteryx odorata Cumarú X 28 Handroanthus sp. = Tabebuia sp X 29 Hymenaea courbaril Courbaril X LC 30 Machaerium scleroxylon Santos Palisander,

morado, caviuna X LC

31 Manilkara bidentata Massaranduba X 32 Manilkara huberi Massaranduba X 33 Myroxylum balsanum Bálsamo 34 Swietenia macrophylla American mahogany X II (Neotropics) 35 Tabebuia aurea Paratodo X

Asia, Pacific & Oceania 36 Acacia catechu Khair X 37 Acacia mangium Acacia X 38 Afzelia xylocarpa X EN 39 Agathis borneensis Agathis X EN 40 Agathis spp. Adiangu X 16 species from LC to EN 41 Anisoptera costata X EN 42 Aquilaria malaccensis Agarwood X II VU


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43 Aquilaria spp. Agarwood X II 44 Chukrana tabularis X 45 Dalbergia cochinchinensis Thai rosewood X VU 46 Dalbergia decipularis Brazilian tulip wood X 47 Dalbergia latifolia Indian rosewood X VU 48 Dalbergia oliveri rosewood X EN 49 Dalbergia spp Rosewood X 50 Diospyros spp. Ebony X 51 Dipterocarpus costatus X EN 52 Dipterocarpus macrocarpus X 53 Eusideroxylon zwageri Borneo ironwood,

billian or ulin VU

54 Gonystylus spp., Gonystylus bancanus (Miq.) Kurz , Syn.: G. miquelianus, G. bancanus, Aquillaria bancana Gonystylus macrophyllus Gonystylus warburgianus

Ramin VU

55 Gyrinops spp. Agarwood X II 56 Intsia spp. Merbau X 57 Lagerstroemia spp. Banglang X 58 Palaquium hexandrum, Palaquium

hispidum, Palaquium impressinervium, Palaquium maingayi, Palaquium obovatum, Palaquium regina-montium, Palaquium semaram, Palaquium sumatranum, Palaquium walsurifolium

Nyatoh X 18 species assessed from LC to CR

59 Pinus roxburghii Pine X LC 60 Podocarpus parlatorei Parlatore’s podocarp,

Monteromero I NT

61 Pterocarpus santalinus Red Sandalwood X II EN


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62 Quercus mongolica Mongolian oak X 63 Santalum album Sandalwood X VU 64 Santalum spp Sandalwood X 65 Shorea acuminate, Shorea dasyphylla,

Shorea johorensis, Shorea lepidota, Shorea macroptera, Shorea parvifolia

Light Red Meranti X Not assessed to EN

66 Shorea acuminatissima, Shorea. Faguetiana, Shorea gibbosa, Shorea hopeifolia, Shorea multiflora

Yellow meranti y LC to EN

67 Shorea assamica, Shorea bracteolate, Shorea dealbata, Shorea hypochra, Shorea javanica, Shorea lamellate

White meranti X Not assessed to EN

68 Shorea atrinervosa, Shorea brunnescens, Shorea crassa, Shorea exelliptica, Shorea foxworthyi, Shorea glauca, Shorea havilandii, Shorea laevis, Shorea leptoderma, Shorea maxwelliana, Shorea materialis, Shorea seminis, Shorea submontana, Shorea sumatrana, Shorea superba

Balau X LC to EN

69 Shorea balangeran, Shorea collina, Shorea guiso, S. longipetala, Shorea kunstleri, Shorea ochrophloia

Red balau X EN

70 Shorea curtisii, Shorea hemsleyana, Shorea macrantha Brandi, Shorea pauciflora King, Shorea platyclados Shorea rugosa var. vuliginosa, Shorea singkawang , obtusa, farinosa

Dark Red Meranti X LC - EN

71 Shorea laevis Bangkirai, balau LC 72 Shorea leprosula Light red meranti EN 73 Shorea ovata or Shorea agsaboensis Dark red meranti X EN


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74 Shorea robusta Agrak X LC 75 Taxus chinensis Chinese yew X II EN 76 Taxus cuspidata Japanese yew X II LC 77 Taxus fuana Chinese yew X II EN 78 Taxus sumatrana Chinese yew X II 79 Taxus wallichiana Himalayan yew X II EN 80 Tectona grandis Teak DD = Data Deficient, LC = Least Concern, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CR = Critically Endangered; H = Height, M = Medium, L = Low.


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Table 2: Global list of medium priority timber species for species identification and the control of the geographic origin

N Botanical species name Common (trade) name Need for genetic species identification


Africa 1 Aningeria altissima Aniegre X 2 Aningeria robusta Aniegre X 3 Baillonella toxisperma Moabi X VU 4 Ceiba pentandra Kapok 5 Cylicodiscus gabonensis Okan 6 Entandrophragma angolense Gedu nohor/Tiama VU 7 Lophira alata Azobe, Ekki/Bongossi VU 8 Nauclea diderrichii Opepe/Bilinga VU 9 Terminalia superba Limba X

Americas 10 Calycohyllum spruceanum Mulateiro 11 Carapa guianensis Andiroba 12 Chorisia integrifolia Lopuna 13 Minquartia guianensis Acariquara, Black manwood NT 14 Virola surinamensis Virola, bicuiba EN

Asia, Pacific & Oceania 15 Dalbergia sissoo Sisso X 16 Dalgeria paniculita Rosewood X 17 Diospyros ebenum Ebony X DD 18 Dipterocarpus alatus X EN 19 Hopea odorata X VU 20 Larix gmelinii Sibiran larch X LC 21 Parashorea lucida Meranti gerutu EN 22 Pilgerodendron uviferum Pilgerodendron I VU


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23 Pinus Kesiya X LC 24 Pinus koraiensis Korean pine X III (Russian Federation) LC 25 Podocarpus elatus LC 26 Podocarpus imbricatus Melur X LC 27 Podocarpus neriifolius Black pine podocarp III (Nepal) LC 28 Podophyllum hexandrum Himalayan may-apple II 29 Pterocarpus dalbergoides X 30 Pterocarpus indicus Amboina VU 31 Pterocarpus macrocarpus X 32 Pterocarpus marsupium X VU 33 Taxus buccata Taxus X LC 34 Terminalia arjuna Terminalia X 35 Terminalia chebula Terminalia X 36 Terminalia manii Terminalia X 37 Terminalia myriocarpa Terminalia X 38 Tetracentron sinense Tetracentron III (Nepal) 39 Toona ciliata Toona X LC DD = Data Deficient, LC = Least Concern, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CR = Critically Endangered; H = Height, M = Medium, L = Low.


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Table 3: Global list of low priority timber species for species identification and the control of the geographic origin


CITES Appendices

IUCN red list category

Africa 1 Guibourtia spp. Bubinga X - 2 Ocotea usambarensis Camphor 3 Pterygota bequaertii African pterygota/ Koto X VU 4 Tectona grandis Teak 5 Vitex keniensis Meru oak VU

Americas 6 Amburana cerrensis Cerejeira 7 Aniba rosaeodora Brazilian rosewood X II EN 8 Araucaria angustifolia Paraná pine, Brazilian pine, candelabra tree X CR 9 Bagassa guianensis Tatajuba X 10 Bertholletia excelsa Castanheira X VU 11 Bowdichia nitida Sucupira X 12 Bulnesia sarmientoi Palo santo X II LC 13 Caesalpinia echinata Brazilwood X II (Brazil) EN 14 Calophylium brasiliensis Jacareúba, palo de maría X 15 Caryocar costaricense Piquia II VU 16 Cedrelinga catanaeformis Cedrorana, tornillo 17 Ceiba samauma Ceiba 18 Dalbergia darienensis Indian rosewood X III (Panama) 19 Dalbergia granadillo Cocobolo X II 20 Dalbergia nigra Brazilian rosewood X I VU 21 Dalbergia stevensonii Cocobolo X III (Guatemala) 22 Dipteryx panamensis Shihuahuaco, Cumaru X III (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)


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CITES Appendices

IUCN red list category

23 Fitzroya cupressoides Alerce X I EN 24 Guaiacum officinale Pockholz, lignum vitae X II EN 25 Guaiacum sanctum Lignum vitae X II EN 26 Hevea brasiliensis Hevarú, rubberwood 27 Hymenolobium elatum Angelim pedra X 28 Manilkara sp X 29 Pachira (Bombacopsis) quinata Pochote VU 30 Platymiscium pleiostachyum Cachimbo, Cristóbal, Ñambar II EN 31 Swietenia humilis Mexican mahogany X II VU 32 Swietenia mahagoni Cuban mahogany X II EN 33 Tabebuia heptaphylla Ipé X 34 Tabebuia impetiginose Pink Ipé, Brazilwood X 35 Tabebuia micrantha X 36 Tabebuia ochracea Ipê-do-cerrado X 37 Tabebuia pilosa Roble X 38 Tabebuia rosea Rosa moroda X 39 Tabebuia serratifolia Ipé X

Asia, Pacific & Oceania 40 Dipterocarpus tuberculatus X LC 41 Endospermum moluccanum Sesendok 42 Pinus wallichiana LC 43 Toona sureni Suren X 44 Vitex spp. Leban X 45 Xylia xylocarpa X DD = Data Deficient, LC = Least Concern, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CR = Critically Endangered; H = Height, M = Medium, L = Low.

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