799. METASTELMA ANEGADENSE. (December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goyder, David; Linsky, Jean; Bárrios, Sara; Hamilton, Martin; Woodfield‐Pascoe, Nancy; Clubbe, Colin
• Is Part Of: Curtis's botanical magazine. Volume 31:Part 4(2015)
• Page Start: 321
• Page End: 332
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Subjects: Botany -- Periodicals; Plants, Cultivated -- Periodicals; Plants, Ornamental -- Periodicals; 580.5
• DOI: 10.1111/curt.12084
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4905

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="curt12084-abs-0001"> <title>Summary</title> <p id="curt12084-para-0001"> <italic>Metastelma anegadense</italic> is a twining perennial vine endemic to the British Virgin Islands, with its largest populations on the low‐lying coralline island of Anegada. It is vulnerable in all sites to changes in land use for tourism and development, grazing pressures, and to elevated sea levels and more intensive hurricanes which are likely with global climate change. It has been assessed as Critically Endangered, the IUCN's highest level threat of extinction.</p> </abstract>