Lepidium obtusatum Kirk (1892 "1891":423)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Lepidium loulanicum C.H.An & G.L.Zhou in Fl. Xinjiangensis 2(1): 374 (1995)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Wilson & Given, 1989 fide Norton, 1991:52; de Lange et al., 2013:11; de Lange, 2014; Humphreys et al., 2019; Abeli et al., 2022b; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1950 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024); 1950 (wild) (de Lange, 2014); 1951 (de Lange et al., 2013)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 46/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022).
Distribution
North Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa:
SP030108 (collected January 1914)
SP030110 (collected 9 December 1891)
Media
Above: Lepidium obtusatum Kirk, collected January 1914, Seatoun, New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP030108)
Above: Lepidium obtusatum Kirk, collected Port Nicholson [entrance to], New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP030109)
Above: Lepidium obtusatum Kirk, collected 1931, Seatoun, New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP081926)
Above: Lepidium obtusatum Kirk, collected 9 December 1891, Port Nicholson (entrance to), New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP030110)
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