Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus is an endemic cactus from eastern Brazil that occurs on naked gneiss/granite inselbergs in the Atlantic Forest biome. Here we report the extinction of a population of C. pluricostatus and the rapid decline of other populations of the species in eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil due to cochineal insects, diseases and mining operations. We offer some hypotheses to explain this dramatic decline and suggestions for monitoring the populations.
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23 May 2022
A report on the extinction of a population of Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus Buining & Brederoo due to ecological imbalance
Gerardus Olsthoorn,
Luciano Delmondes de Alencar,
Patricia Azevedo,
Maria Imaculada Zucchi
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Bradleya
Vol. 2022 • No. sp40
May 2022
Vol. 2022 • No. sp40
May 2022
Atlantic forest
climate change
cochineal insects
inselbergs
mining