Leiocarpa gatesii (H.B.Will.) Paul G.Wilson (2001:601)

Wrinkled buttons

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Helichrysum gatesii H.B.Will. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, n.s., 35: 24 (1922); Leptorhynchos gatesii (H.B.Will.) J.H.Willis in Vict. Naturalist 73: 200 (1957)

Conservation Status

Last record: 1921 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:11)

Rediscovered in 1984 (White, 1984)

Distribution

Victoria, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Scientific description:

Wilson, P. G. (2001). Leiocarpa, a new Australian genus of the Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae. Nuytsia 13(3): 595-605.

Other references:

Carter, O. (2006). National Recovery Plan for the Wrinkled Buttons Leiocarpa gatesii. Melbourne: Department of Sustainability and Environment.

DEECA [Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action]. (2023). Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Threatened List: June 2023. Published report by The State of Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Melbourne, Victoria.

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]

Leigh, John H., Boden, Robert and Briggs, John D. (1984). Extinct and Endangered Plants of Australia. South Melbourne, Victoria: The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd. viii + 369 pp.

Mueck, S. G. (1997). Survey and recommendations for the protection of Wrinkled Buttons (Leptorhynchos gatesii) between Lorne and Airey's Inlet. Darft Report prepared for Parks Victoria.

NRE. (1999). Flora and Fauna Guarantee Action Statement No. 98: Wrinkled Buttons, Leptorhynchos gatesii. Melbourne: Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

SAC. (1996). Nomination for Listing under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988: Leptorhynchos gatesii - Wrinkled Buttons (H.B. Williamson) J.W. Willis. Nomination No. 415. Melbourne: Scientific Advisory Committee.

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] 

Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. (1999). Flora of Victoria, Vol. 4. Dicotyledons: Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Melbourne: Inkata Press.

White, Mary D. (1984). A plant thought to be extinct is found in a healthy state: Rediscovery of Leptorhynchos gatesii. Geelong Naturalist 21(2): 31.

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