Stylidium merrallii (F.Muell.) T.Durand & B.D.Jacks (1902:77)

Merrall's triggerplant

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Candollea merrallii F.Muell. in Vict. Naturalist 5: 76 (1888)

Conservation Status

Last record: 1888 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:19)

Rediscovered in 1976 (initial claim); 1992 (validation) (both Silcock et al., 2019:SM:19)

Distribution

Western Australia, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

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]

Kenneally, Kevin F. and Lowrie, Allen. (1994). Rediscovery of the presumed extinct triggerplant Stylidium merrallii (Stylidiaceae) with an amended description of the species and its conservation status. Western Australian Naturalist 19(4): 269-277.

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. 89]

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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