Jordaaniella anemoniflora (L.Bolus) Van Jaarsv. (2002 "2001":41)
Anemone vygie
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Mesembryanthemum anemoniflorum L.Bolus in Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 159 (1924); Cephalophyllum anemoniflorum (L.Bolus) Schwantes in Gartenflora 77: 69 (1928)
Conservation Status
Possibly Extinct in the Wild (von Staden & van Jaarsveld, 2012) or Extinct in the Wild (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 2001 or before? (?Van Jaarsveld, 2001); 2012 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution
Macassar to Hermanus, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
Above: Anemone vygie growing in the Cape Town botanical garden. Photo by Abu Shawka 2010. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Above: Anemone vygie flower. Photo by Abu Shawka in 2009. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
References
Original scientific description:
Bolus, L. (1924). Novitates Africanae: Mesembrianthemum anemoniflorum. Annals of the Bolus Herbarium III: 159-160.
Other references:
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]
Hartmann, H. (1984). Monographien der Subtribus Leipoldtiinae: 6. Monographie der Gattung Jordaaniella (Mesembryanthemaceae). Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik 104(3): 321-360.
Le Roux, Johannes J., Hui, C., Castillo, M. L., Iriondo, J. M., Keet, J.-H., Khapugin, A. A., Médail, F., Rejmánek, M., Theron, G. Yannelli, F. A. and Hirsch, H. (2019). Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots. Current Biology 29(17): 2912-2918.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063
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 30 October 2024]
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Van Jaarsveld, E. (2001). South African succulent plants: two new species and two new combinations. Haseltonia 8: 37-41.
von Staden, L. and van Jaarsveld, E. J. (2012). Jordaaniella anemoniflora (L.Bolus) Van Jaarsv. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/06.
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