Table 2 Threat assessment of selected species from Itremo, Central Highlands, Madagascar, based on mature seed traits
Taxon | Life form | Geographic distribution | Percent average full seeds | Percent germination (mature) | Percent TTC viability | Conservation priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aerangis ellisii | LP | Core | 27.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 | High priority |
Aerangis sp | EP | Peripheral | 81.3 | 0.16 | N/A | High priority |
Angraecum calceolus | LP | Core | 58.8 | 0 | N/A | Medium priority |
Angraecum rhynchoglossum | EP | Core | 85.3 | 0 | N/A | Medium priority |
Angraecum rutenbergianum | LP | Core | 78.5 | 39.4 | 65.2 | Medium priority |
Benthamia cinnabarina | TR | Core | 85.6 | 4.7 | 85.7 | High priority |
Benthamia rostrata | TR | Core | 86.4 | 8.2 | 10.5 | Medium priority |
Bulbophyllum bicoloratum | EP | Peripheral | 88 | 0 | 0 | High priority |
Bulbophyllum peyrotii | EP | Core | 98.4 | 92 | 87.3 | Not under threat |
Disa incarnata | TR | Core | 60.5 | 8 | 0.3 | Medium priority |
Habenaria ambositrana | TR | Core | 92 | 15.3 | 44.4 | Medium priority |
Jumellea amplifolia | LP | Peripheral | 88.3 | 0 | 0 | High Priority |
Liparis sp | TR | Core | 68.8 | 6.1 | N/A | Medium priority |
Oeceoclades calcarata | LP | Peripheral | 12.6 | 0 | 65.9 | High priority |
Polystachya fusiformis | LP | Core | 70.1 | 65.13 | 43.8 | Not under threat |
Polystachya. sp | LP | Core | 84.8 | 0 | 0 | High priority |
Polystachya. sp | EP | Core | 17.7 | 0 | N/A | High priority |
Satyrum trinerve | TR | Core | 77.7 | 14.9 | 0 | Medium priority |
Tylostigma nigrescens | TR | Core | 76.9 | 28.6 | 36.9 | Not under threat |