Scaevola macrophylla (Vriese) Benth. (1868:98)

Large-flowered scaevola

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Molkenboeria macrophylla de Vriese in Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Weetensch. Haarlem 10: 44 (1854); Lobelia macrophylla (de Vriese) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 378 (1891)

Conservation Status

Last (and only) record: 1854 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:14)

Rediscovered in 1987 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:14)

Last record: 1990 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:14)

Relocated or rediscovered in 2021 (Barr & Dobson, 2021; Makse, 2021)

Distribution

Western Australia, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Bentham, G. (1869). Flora Australiensis:. In: Volumes One and Two. Reeve and Company, London.

Other references:

Barr, Peter and Dobson, John. (2021, 24 April). 'Extremely rare' West Australian wildflower appears for the first time in 30 years. ABC News (online). Available at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-24/scaevola-macrophylla-wa-wildflower-near-albany/100091714 [Accessed 11 December 2023]

Carolin, Roger C. (1992). 5. Scaevola, pp. 84-146 [133]. In: George, Alexander S. (ed.). Flora of Australia Volume 35, Brunoniaceae, Goodeniaceae. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. 351 pp.

Department of the Environment. (2016). Scaevola macrophylla in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Canberra. Available from: http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat. Accessed Fri, 16 Sep 2016 22:47:22 +1000.

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]

Makse, Sarah. (2021, 27 April). Public snap first photos of elusive rare flower not seen for more than 30 years in Cape Riche. ALbany Advertiser (online). Avilable at: https://www.albanyadvertiser.com.au/news/albany-advertiser/public-snap-first-photos-of-elusive-rare-flower-not-seen-for-more-than-30-years-in-cape-riche-ng-b881854444z [Accessed 11 December 2023]

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.

Robinson, Christopher J. and Coates, David J. (1995). Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Albany District. Western Australian Wildlife Management Program No. 20. Canberra: Australian Nature Conservation Agency / Como, Western Australia: Department of Conservation and Land Management. ix + 615 pp.

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.

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/11806-conservation-advice.pdf

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