Laelia gouldiana Rchb.f. (1888:41)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: × Schombolaelia gouldiana (Rchb.f.) Peraza & Carnevali in Taxon 65: 1258 (2016)
Possibly of hybrid origin (POWO, 2024).
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild (Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last wild record: uncertain (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution
Hidalgo, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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]
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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]
Martínez-García, M., Urrutia, E. L., Campos, J. E., Aguirre-León, E., & Santos-Hernández, L. (2005). An assessment of conservation alternatives of Laelia albida (Orchidaceae) in Zapotitlan Salinas, Puebla, through the Mexican Wild Species Extinction Risk Evaluation Method (MER): Culture and uses of the biological resource. Environmental Science & Policy 8(2): 145-151.
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 31 October 2024]
http://www.mnrjournal.co.uk/article.cfm?id=107090&headline=Christmas%20plan%20to%20save%20extinct%20orchid§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laelia_gouldiana