Scaevola attenuata R.Br. (1810:583)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Merkusia attenuata (R.Br.) de Vriese in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2(1): 162 (1851); Lobelia attenuata (R.Br.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 378 (1891)
Now considered a synonym of S. nitida (Carolin, 1992:104; Silcock et al., 2019:SM:14).
Conservation Status
Now considered a synonym of S. nitida (Carolin, 1992:104; Silcock et al., 2019:SM:14).
Distribution
Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Briggs, J. & Leigh, J. (1988). Rare or threatened Australian plants , rev. ed.: 1-277.
Carolin, Roger C. (1992). 5. Scaevola, pp. 84-146 [104-105]. In: George, Alexander S. (ed.). Flora of Australia Volume 35, Brunoniaceae, Goodeniaceae. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. 351 pp.
Hopper, S. D., Keighery, G. J. and Wardell-Johnson, G. (1992). Flora of the karri forest and other communities in the Warren Botanical Subdistrict of Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management Occasional Paper 2/92: 1-32.
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]
Lyons, M. N., Keighery, G. J., Gibson, N. and Wardell-Johnson, G. (2000). The vascular flora of the Warren bioregion, south-west Western Australia: composition, reservation status and endemism. CALM Science 3(2): 181-250.
Marchant, N. G. and Keighery, G. J. (1979). Poorly collected and presumably rare vascular plants of Western Australia. Kings Park Research Notes No. 5. West Perth: Kings Park and Botanic Garden. 103 pp. [p. 87]
O'Donoghue, Mike and Atkins, Ken. (2000). Lost Jewels in the Bush. Landscope 15(3): 23-27.
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]
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