Limonium intermedium (Guss.) Brullo (1980:283)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Statice intermedia Guss. in Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl.: 87 (1832); Statice psiloclada var. intermedia (Guss.) Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 651 (1848)
Conservation Status
Missing (Bartolucci et al., 2018:182, 2021:48) or Extinct (Conti et al., 2005:122,275; Abeli et al., 2021; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022) or Extinct in the Wild (Orsenigo et al., 2021) or Possibly Extinct in the Wild (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last wild record: 1990's (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
The reported ex situ population (e.g. Orsenigo et al., 2021) may have been lost as it cannot be verified (Abeli et al., 2021; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024).
Distribution
Lampedusa, Italy
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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