Calandrinia feltonii Skottsb. (1913:25)
Felton's flower
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Invalid (synonym of Calandrinia ciliata) (Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2025).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Calandrinia ciliata) (Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2025)
Considered Extinct in the Wild by (Lucas & Synge, 1978:447; WCMC, 1992:221; Prance, 1997 fide Hawkes et al., 2000). Rediscovered in the Wild prior to reduction to synonymy?
Distribution & Habitat
Falkland Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Skottsberg, C. (1913). A Botanical Survey of the Falkland Islands. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 50(3): 25-27.
Other references:
Broughton, D. A. and McAdam, J. H. (2005). A checklist of the native vascular flora of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): New information on the species present, their ecology, status and distribution. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 115-148.
Davidson, M. (1975). Felton's flower: A Falkland Islands rarity. The Garden 100(8): 379-381.
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Hawkes, J. G., Maxted, N. and Ford-Lloyd, B. V. (2000). Field Gene Banks, Botanic Gardens In Vitro, DNA and Pollen Conservation, pp. 92-107. In: The Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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]
Lucas, Grenville Llewellyn and Synge, Hugh (compilers). (1978). The IUCN Plant Red Data Book. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN. 540 pp. [pp. 447-448]
Moore, D. M. (1968). The Vascular Flora of the Falkland Islands. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports No. 60. London. p. 54.
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W.C.M.C. (1996). Threatened plant database of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. W.C.M.C., Cambridge, U.K.
Zuloaga, F. O., Belgrano, M. J. and Zanotti, C. A. (eds.). (2021). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 19(2): 1-466. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.