Vernonia sechellensis Baker, 1877

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Cacalia sechellensis Kuntze; Vernonia seychellensis Baker [orth. error]; Vernonia seychellarum Baker [orth. error?] (used by Gerlach, 2012:17)

Conservation Status

Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019)

Last record: 1874

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:

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. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T191546A8844089.en. Downloaded on 19 November 2016.

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

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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