Bamigboye SO, PM Tshisikhawe, PJ Taylor
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.85, pp. 333-336, 2016, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2016.85.333
Abstract Over a long period of time, cycads endemic to Africa have been facing high risk of extinction. Several conservation efforts have been made to reduce the risk of losing these highly endangered species. In this study we review the current risk of extinction of all African cycads species. We calculated the percentages of each category of species found in African cycads using the IUCN (International Union of Conservation of Nature) red list of threatened species 2014 version. We compared our result with that of Donaldson (2003) on percentages of different categories of IUCN for cycads… More >