Habenaria petromedusa Webb (1849:180)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Catarino et al., 2017; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1787 (specimen) (Catarino et al., 2017); 1800's
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Cape Verde archipelago
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Catarino, S., Duarte, M. C. and Romeiras, M. M. (2017). Habenaria petromedusa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T107426635A107468212. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107426635A107468212.en. Downloaded on 26 January 2018.
Christenhusz, M. and Govaerts, R. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Gardère, M. L. et al. (2019). L'espédition scientifique de João da Silva Feijó aux îles du Cap Vert (1783-1796) et les tribulations de son herbier. Adansonia, sér. 3, 41: 101-176.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Marrero, Á. and Almeida Pérez, R.S. (2013). Las orquídeas en Cabo Verde y redescubrimiento de Eulophia guineensis Lindl. (Orchidaceae) en la isla de Brava. Botánica Macaronésica 28: 63-70.
POWO. (2024). Habenaria petromedusa Webb. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 4 March 2024]
Romeiras, M. M., Catarino, S., Gomes, I., Fernandes, C., Costa, J.C., Caujapé-Castells, J. and Duarte, M. C. (2016). IUCN Red List assessment of the Cape Verde endemic flora: towards a global strategy for plant conservation in Macaronesia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 180(3): 413-425.