Ptilotus senarius Bean (2014)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022)
This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 45/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022).
Distribution
Queensland, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bean, A.R. (2014). Ptilotus senarius A.R.Bean (Amaranthaceae), a new species from northern Queensland. Austrobaileya 9(2): 203-206.
Other references:
Albani Rocchetti, G., Carta, A., Mondoni, A. et al. (2022). Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria. Nature Plants 8: 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01296-7 [Supplementary Tables S1-S6]
Silcock, J. L. et al. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177.
Woinarski, John C. Z., Braby, M. F., Burbidge, A. A., Coates, D., Garnett, S. T., Fensham, R. J., Legge, S. M., McKenzie, N. L., Silcock, J L. and Murphy, B. P. (2019). Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia. Biological Conservation 239: 108261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108261