Amaranthus brownii Christoph. & Caum (1931:25)
Brown's pigweed
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Wood et al., 2019) or Extinct (Bruegmann et al., 2018; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last record: 1983 (Bruegmann et al., 2018; Wood et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; NatureServe, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Nihoa, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Christophersen, E. and Caum, E. L. (1931). Vascular plants of the Leeward Islands, Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 81: 1-41.
Other references:
Bayón, N. D. (2015). Revisión taxonómica de las especies monoicas de Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae): Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus y Amaranthus subg. Albersia. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 101: 261-383. MBG press.
Bruegmann, M., Caraway, V. L. and Keir, M. (2018). Amaranthus brownii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T44077A83794603. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44077A83794603.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.
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]
Clapp, R. B., Kridler, E. and Fleet, R. R. (1977). The natural history of Nihoa Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Res. Bull. 207:?.
Conant, S. (1985). Recent observations on the plants of Nihoa Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Sci. 39: 135-149.
Conant, S., Christensen, C. C., Conant, P., Gagne, W. and Goff, M. L. (1994). The unique terrestrial biota of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, pp. 378-390. In: K. Allison (ed.), A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Fortini, L., Price, J., Jacobi, J., Vorsino, A., Burgett, J., Brinck, K., Amidon, F., Miller, S., Gon II, S., Koob, G. and Paxton, E. (2013). A landscape-based assessment of climate change vulnerability for all native Hawaiian plants. Technical report HCSU-044. Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Kartesz, J. T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
NatureServe. (2024). NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed 4 September 2024]
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 4 September 2024]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2003). Rare plant database. Unpublished.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). (2012). Amaranthus brownii (No common name) 5-Year Review (2012).
Wagner, Warren L., Bruegmann, Marie M., Herbst, Derral M. and Lau, Joel Q. C. (1999). Hawaiian Vascular Plants at Risk: 1999. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 60: 1-58.
Wagner, Warren L., Herbst, D. R. and Sohmer, S. H. (1986). Contributions to the flora of Hawai`i I. Acanthceae-Asteraceae. Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 26: 102-122.
Wagner, Warren L, Herbst, D. R. and Sohmer S. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication 91: 1-1918.
Wood, Kenneth R., Oppenheimer, Hank and Keir, Matthew. (2019). A checklist of endemic Hawaiian vascular plant taxa that are considered possibly extinct in the wild. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Technical Report #314.