Vernonia sechellensis Baker (1877:162)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Cacalia sechellensis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 971 (1891); Vernonia seychellensis Baker in Fl. Mauritius: 162 (1877) [orth. error fide Ismail et al., 2011]; Vernonia seychellarum Baker in Fl. Mauritius: 162 (1877) [orth. error?] (used by Gerlach, 2012:17)

Conservation Status

Extinct (Ismail et al., 2011; Baillie & Butcher, 2012:88; Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

Last record: 1874 (Ismail et al., 2011; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

Distribution

Mahé, Seychelles

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Baker, J. G. (1877). Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of those Islands. L. Reeve & Co., Convent Garden, London, UK.

Other references:

Baillie, Jonathan E. M. and Butcher, Ellen R. (2012). Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. London, UK: Zoological Society of London.

Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.

Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]

Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles. Dicotylédones. OSTROM, Paris, France.

Gerlach, Justin. (2012). Red Listing reveals the true state of biodiversity: a comprehensive assessment of Seychelles biodiversity. Phelsuma 20: 9-22.

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]

Ismail, S., Huber, M. J. and Mougal, J. (2011). Vernonia sechellensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T191546A8844089. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T191546A8844089.en. Downloaded on 19 November 2016.

POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 17 November 2024]

Robertson, S. A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Roskov Y. et al. (eds.). (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Senterre, Bruno, Henriette, Elvina, Chong-Seng, Lindsay, Gerlach, Justin, Mougal, James, Vel, Terence and Rocamora, Gérard. (2013). Seychelles Key Biodiversity Areas - Output 6: Patterns of conservation value in the Inner Islands. Consultancy Report, Ministry of Environment UNDP-GEF project, Victoria, Seychelles. 65 pp.

Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. (1940). On the vegetation of the Seychelles. Journal of Ecology 28: 465-483.

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.

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