Argentipallium × spiceri (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson (1992:458)

Spicer's everlasting

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Helichrysum spiceri F.Muell. in Fragm. 11: 47 (1878); Helichrysum × spiceri F.Muell. in Fragm. 11: 47 (1878)

Now known to be a hybrid (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:11).

Conservation Status

Last record: 4 December 1958 (Buchanan, 1998:71,73)

Rediscovered in: November 1997 (collection); 1997-1998 (recognition) (both Buchanan, 1998:71); December 1997 (Kirkpatrick & Gilfedder, 1999:3); 1998 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:11)

Distribution

Tasmania, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Wilson, P. G. (1992). The classification of some Australian species currently included in Helipterum and Helichrysum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 3 Anemocarpa and Argentipallium, two new genera from Australia. Nuytsia 8(3): 447-460.

Other references:

Buchanan, Alex M. (1998). The presumed extinct Argentipallium spiceri (Asteraceae) rediscovered in Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 132: 71-73. https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.132.71

Hnatiuk, R.J. (1990). Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series 11: 1-650.

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]

Kirkpatrick, J. B. and Gilfedder, L. A. (1999). Threatened plant species in your bush (Kit 5). In: Tasmanian bushcare toolkit. Hobart: Department of Primary Industries Water and Environment.

Mueller, F. (1878). Helichrysum Spiceri. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 11: 47-48.

Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]

Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.

Wilson, Paul G. (1992). The classification of some Australian species currently included in Helipterum and Helichrysum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae): Part 3 Anemocarpa and Argentipallium, two new genera from Australia. Nuytsia 8(3): 447-460.

https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/2083/argentipallium-spiceri-spicers-everlasting

http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=56251

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