Ballantinia antipoda (F.Muell.) E.A.Shaw (1974:161)
Southern shepherd's purse, Southern ballantine, Ballantine
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Capsella antipoda F.Muell. in Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 34 (1855); Capsella antipoda F.Muell. in Pl. Victoria 1: 44 (1862), nom. illeg.; Bursa antipoda (F.Muell.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 21 (1891); Cuphonotus antipodus (F.Muell.) J.M.Black in Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 61: 244 (1937); Ballantinia antipoda (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw in Contr. Gray Herb. 205: 161 (1974) [incorrect author]
Ballantinia antipoda is considered a synonym of B. pumilio by (POWO, 2023).
Conservation Status
Last record: 1840's (Silcock et al., 2021:48) or 1887 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:12)
Rediscovered in: 1965 (collection); 1982 (recognition) (both Silcock et al., 2019:SM:12); 1983 (Nevill & Camilleri, 2010)
Distribution
Tasmania & Leanganook (Mt Alexander), Victorian Midlands, central Victoria, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Balla, Trace. (2020). Landing With Wings. Sydney: A&U Children’s: Sydney.
Briggs, J. D. and Leigh, J. H. (1995). Rare or threatened Australian plants, rev. ed.: 1-466.
DEECA [Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action]. (2023). Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Threatened List: June 2023. Published report by The State of Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Melbourne, Victoria.
Foreman, P. (2011). Review of Ballantinia antipoda (F.Muell.) E.A.Shaw (Southern shepherd’s purse) Brassicaceae Recovery Plan (EPBC Act 1999) and Action Statement (FFG Act 1988) implementation. Unpublished report to Department of Sustainability and Environment, Bendigo. (Blue Devil Consulting: Castlemaine)
Foreman, P. (2014a). Population census of south shepherd’s purse (Ballantinia antipoda) at Mt Alexander Regional Park (MARP), Winter 2014. Unpublished report to the Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Bendigo. (Blue Devil Consulting: Castlemaine)
Foreman, P. (2014b). Southern shepherd’s purse translocation plan implementation. Unpublished report to the Department of Environment and Primary Industries. (Blue Devil Consulting: Castlemaine)
Hewson, H. J. (1982). Brassicaceae, pp. 344-356. In ‘Flora of Australia. Vol. 8. Lecythidales to Batales’. (Eds AS George). (AGPS: Canberra)
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]
Learmonth, K. (2015). Southern Shepherd’s Purse Ballantinia antipoda. Action Statement No. 102. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning: Melbourne.
Leigh, John H., Boden, Robert and Briggs, John D. (1984). Extinct and Endangered Plants of Australia. South Melbourne, Victoria: The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd. viii + 369 pp.
Nevill, G. R. and Camilleri, M. (2010). National Recovery Plan for Southern Shepherd’s Purse Ballantinia antipoda. Department of Sustainability and Environment: Victoria.
POWO. (2023). Ballantinia pumilio (R.Br. ex DC.) Mabb. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 8 December 2023]
Seidel, J. E., Ambrose, G. J., Florentine, S. K. and Wilson, M. E. (2005). Ecology of the endangered southern shepherd’s purse Ballantinia antipoda (Brassicaceae) and the associated moss mat community on Mt Alexander, Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 122: 179-188.
Silcock, Jen L., Collingwood, Teghan, Llorens, Tanya and Fensham, Rod. (2020). Action Plan for Australia's Imperilled Plants. Brisbane: NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub. 339 pp.
Silcock, Jen L., Collingwood, Teghan, Llorens, Tanya and Fensham, Rod. (2021). Action Plan for Australia's Imperilled Plants. Brisbane: NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub. 342 pp.
Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019a). 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]
Silcock, Jen L., Simmons, C. L., Monks, L., Dillon, R., Reiter, N., Jusaitis, M., Vesk, P. A., Byrne, M. and Coates, D. J. (2019b). Threatened plant translocation in Australia: a review. Biological Conservation 236: 211-222.
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