Govenia floridana P.M.Br. (2000:233)
Florida govenia, Gowen’s orchid
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Knapp et al., 2021; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last record: 1964 (Gann, 2015; Knapp et al., 2021; Svahnström, 2022); 1965 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Florida, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Brown, P. M. (2000). Govenia floridana (Orchidaceae), a new species endemic to southern Florida, U.S.A. North American Native Orchid Journal 6(3): 230-240, 247.
Other references:
Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Carta, Angelino, Mondoni, Andrea, Godefroid, Sandrine, Davis, Charles C., Caneva, Giulia, Albrecht, Matthew A., Alvarado, Karla, Bijmoer, Roxali, Borosova, Renata, Bräuchler, Christian, Breman, Elinor, Briggs, Marie, Buord, Stephane, Cave, Lynette H., Da Silva, Nílber Gonçalves, Davey, Alexandra H., Davies, Rachael M., Dickie, John B., Fabillo, Melodina, Fleischmann, Andreas, Franks, Andrew, Hall, Geoffrey, Kantvilas, Gintaras, Klak, Cornelia, Liu, Udayangani, Medina, Leopoldo, Reinhammar, Lars Gunnar, Sebola, Ramagwai J., Schönberger, Ines, Sweeney, Patrick, Voglmayr, Hermann, White, Adam, Wieringa, Jan J., Zippel, Elke Zippel and Abeli, Thomas. (2022). Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria. Nature Plants 8: 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01296-7 [Supplementary Tables S1-S6]
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Fisher, Diana O. and Humphreys, Aelys M. (2024). Evidence for modern extinction in plants and animals. Biological Conservation 298: 110772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110772
Gann, G. D. (2015). Vascular Plant Species of Management Concern in Everglades National Park. The Institute for Regional Conservation, Delray Beach.
Gann, G. D., Hines, K. N., Saha, S. and Bradley, K. A. (2009). Rare plant monitoring and restoration on Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park: Final Report, Year 5. Final report sumitted to Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida by The Institute for Regional Conservation.
Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Greenwood, E. W. (1991). The Florida Govenia. American Orchid Society Bulletin 69: 867-869.
Greenwood, E. W. (2002). Govenia. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+, Flora of North America North of Mexico. 19+ vols. New York and Oxford. Vol. 26, pp. 638-639.
Knapp, Wesley M., Frances, Anne, Noss, Reed, Naczi, Robert F. C., Weakley, Alan, Gann, George D., Baldwin, Bruce G., Miller, James, McIntyre, Patrick, Mishler, Brent D., Moore, Gerry, Olmstead, Richard G., Strong, Anna, Kennedy, Kathryn, Heidel, Bonnie and Gluesenkamp, Daniel. (2021). Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada. Conservation Biology 35(1): 360-368. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13621 [Supporting Information (Appendix S1)]
Loope, L. L. and Avery, G. N. (1979). A Preliminary Report on Rare Plant Species in the Flora of National Park Service Areas of South Florida. US National Park Service, South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park.
Luer, C. A. (1972). The native orchids of Florida. New York Botanical Garden, New York.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 18 August 2024]
Svahnström, V. (2022). Govenia floridana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T216881863A216881879. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T216881863A216881879.en. Accessed on 27 October 2024.
Thompson, C. J., Koshkina, V., Burgman, M. A., Butchart, S. H. M. and Stone, L. (2017). Inferring extinctions II: an iterative model based on records and surveys. Biological Conservation 214: 328-335.
Wunderland, R. P. and Hansen, B. F. (2003). Guide to the vascular plants of Florida, second edition. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.