Pterygodium connivens Schelpe (1982:161)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (von Staden et al., 2006; Raimondo et al., 2009) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1982 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024); 30+ years ago (von Staden et al., 2006)
Distribution
Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Anthony, N. C. and Schelpe, E. A. C. L. E. (1982). New species and new combinations in African Pteridophyta and Orchidaceae. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium 10: 143-164.
Other references:
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
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]
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J. C. (2000). Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Helme, N. A. and Trinder-Smith, T. H. (2006). The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2): 205-210.
Hilton-Taylor, Craig (ed.). (1996). Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. Pretoria: South African National Botanical Institute.
Le Roux, Johannes J., Hui, C., Castillo, M. L., Iriondo, J. M., Keet, J.-H., Khapugin, A. A., Médail, F., Rejmánek, M., Theron, G. Yannelli, F. A. and Hirsch, H. (2019). Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots. Current Biology 29(17): 2912-2918.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063
Liltved, W. R. and Johnson, S. D. (2012). The Cape orchids. A regional monograph of the orchids of the Cape floristic region 1: 1-483. Sandstone editions, Cape Town.
Linder, H. P. and Kurzweil, H. (1999). Orchids of southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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 9 November 2024]
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
von Staden, L., Pauw, C. A., Liltved, W. R., Oliver, E. G. H. and Oliver, T. A. (2006). Pterygodium connivens Schelpe. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/08.
Victor, J. E. (2002). South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.