Lepidium drummondii Thell. (1906:290)
Drummond's lepidium
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Lepidium papillosum var. drummondii (Thell.) Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 696 (1926)
Conservation Status
Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5 [as 'Possibly extinct']) or Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Whitby, 2023:3408; POWO, 2024) or Extinct in the Wild (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last record: 1840's (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024); 1846 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5)
In cultivation?
Although listed as globally missing or Extinct according to most sources, Christenhusz & Govaerts (2024) state that it still exists in cultivation ("remains in horticulture").
Possible wild population
"there is a specimen from Barnett Peak (2003) that looks close but it is covered in small sharp pointed hairs (rather than needle-like)"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5)
Distribution
Darling Ranges, Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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