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Ornithogalum visianicum Tomm.

Visiani's star of Bethlehem

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1911 (Bogdanović, 2014)

Since rediscovered (Bogdanović et al., 2020; Abeli et al., 2021)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

Distribution

Palagruški Archipelago, Croatia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Abeli, Thomas et al. (2021). Seventeen ‘extinct’ plant species back to conservation attention in Europe. Nature Plants 7: 282-286. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00878-1

Bogdanović, S. (2014). Plant diversity in the Vis Archipelago. The future of island villages and indigenous food crops, 3rd Anatomy of Islands Symposium. Vis, Croatia.

Bogdanović, S., Brullo, S., Ljubičić, I., Rat, M. and Salmeri, C. (2020). Cytotaxonomical remarks on Loncomelos visianicum (Hyacinthaceae), a poorly known species endemic to Croatia. Phytotaxa 430: 95-108.

Jasprica, N. (2015). Ornithogalum visianicum. In: Nikolić, T., Milović, M., Bogdanović, S. and Jasprica, N. (eds) (eds), Endemics in the Croatian flora, pp. 32-33. Alfa, Zagreb.

Lansdown, R. V. (2018). Ornithogalum visianicum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T13153154A18612385. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T13153154A18612385.en. Accessed on 14 June 2022.

van der Maarel, E. and van der Maarel-Versluys. (1996). Distribution and conservation status of littoral vascular plant species along the European coasts. Journal of Coastal Conservation 2: 73-92.

 

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