Dracaena umbraculifera Jacq. (1797:50)
Umbrella dracaena
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Lomatophyllum umbraculiferum (Jacq.) Bojer in Hortus Maurit.: 349 (1837); Cordyline umbraculifera (Jacq.) Planch. in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 111 (1850); Draco umbraculifera (Jacq.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891); Pleomele umbraculifera (Jacq.) N.E.Br. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914); Dracaena pumila Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 341 (1821)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Still listed as extinct by (Humphreys et al., 2019)
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Bosser, J., Cadet, Th., Julien, H.R. and Marais, W. (1976). Flore des Mascareignes. The Sugar Research Institute, Mauritiu, ORSTOM, Paris, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Edwards, Christine E. et al. (2018). A botanical mystery solved by phylogenetic analysis of botanical garden collections: the rediscovery of the presumed-extinct Dracaena umbraculifera. Oryx. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605317001570 [Abstract]
Edwards, C.E., Bassuner, B., Birkinshaw, C., Camara C., Lehavana A., Lowry II, P.P., Miller, J.S., Wyatt, A. & Jackson P.W. (2019). Dracaena umbraculifera. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T35017A65922100. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T35017A65922100.en. Accessed on 31 May 2024.
Gewin, Virginia. (2018). Botanical gardens rediscover “extinct” species. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16(3): 132.
Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
Strahm, W. 1998. Dracaena umbraculifera. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T35017A9903551. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35017A9903551.en. Downloaded on 17 September 2016.
Strahm, W.A. 1993. The conservation and restoration of the flora of Mauritius and Rodrigues. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis (2 vols.), Reading University, UK.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/01/08/DNA-tests-reveal-plant-species-thought-to-be-extinct/5611515442322/