Poales

Family: Bromeliaceae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Aechmea cymosopaniculata	Baker		1856	Aragua State, Venezuela	Missing	Access
Aechmea geminiflora	(Harms) L.B.Sm. & M.A.Spencer		1933	Tungurahua Province, Ecuador	Missing	Access
Aechmea serrata	(Linnaeus) Mez		?	Martinique	Extinct or extinct in the wild	Access
Canistropsis elata	(E. Pereira & Leme) Leme		?	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Extinct in the wild	Access
Guzmania lepidota	(Andrè) Andrè ex Mez		June 1876	Ecuador	Missing	Access
Guzmania poortmanii	(Andrè) Andrè ex Mez		1889	Ecuador	Missing	Access
Guzmania striata	L.B.Sm.		1956	Ecuador	Missing	Access
Pitcairnia elliptica	Mez & Sodiro		-	Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Vriesea maculosa	Mez, 1913		-	Bahia, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Vriesea rectifolia	Rauh.		-	Mata Atlantica, Brazil	Missing	Access
Waltillia hatschbachii	(L.B.Sm. & Read) Leme, Barfuss & Halbritt		-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Cyperaceae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Bulbostylis neglecta	(Hemsl.) C.B.Clarke	Neglected tuft sedge	-	St. Helena	Rediscovered	Access
Carex aboriginum	M.E.Jones		-	Adams County (near Goodrich & the Indian Valley area), Idaho (western), USA	Rediscovered	Access
Carex kucyniakii	Raymond, 1955		-	Vietnam	Rediscovered	Access
Carex lapazensis	C.B.Clarke		1864	near La Paz, Bolivia	Missing	Access
Carex wahuensis herbstii	T.Koyama		1995	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Costularia xipholepis	Baker, 1877		-	Mahé Island, Seychelles	Rediscovered	Access
Cyperus chionocephalus	(Chiov.) Chiov. ex Chiarugi		1939	Ethiopia	Missing	Access
Cyperus multifolius	Kunth.		early 1800's	Ecuador	Missing	Access
Cyperus neokunthianus	Kükenth.		1920	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Cyperus pilosus polyantha	C.B. Clarke, 1884		1886	Bangladesh	Missing	Access
Cyperus rockii	Kük.		1900	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Eleocharis bermudiana	Britton	Bermuda spike rush	-	Bermuda	Rediscovered	Access
Eleocharis brachycarpa	Svenson	Shortfruit spikerush	?	Mexico & Texas, USA	Extinct	Access
Eleocharis lepta	C.B.Clarke		1897	Cape Peninsula, Cape Province, South Africa	Missing	Access
Fimbristylis compacta	Turrill		(rediscovered)	Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Fimbristylis leptoclada takamineana	(Ohwi) T.Koyama		?	Japan?	?	Access
Fimbristylis sachetiana	Fosberg		?	Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands	Missing	Access
Fuirena repens	Boeckeler		-	Mexico	Rediscovered	Access
Isolepis bulbifera	(Boeck.) Muasya		pre-1950	Cape Flats, Western Cape Province, South Africa	Missing	Access
Isolepis pusilla	Kunth.		-	Cape Flats to Bokkeveld Escarpment, Western Cape Province, South Africa	Rediscovered	Access
Hypolytrum anomalum	Steud.		?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	Missing	Access
Lipocarpha mangarevica	H.St.John		?	Mangareva, Tuamotu Archipelago	Missing	Access
Mariscus kunthianus	Gaudich.		?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	?	Access
Schoenoplectiella perrieri	(Cherm.) Lye		1933	Madagascar	Missing	Access
Schoenus natans	(F.Muell.) Benth.		-	Western Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Tetraria australiensis	C.B. Clarke		-	Western Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Tetraria paludosa	Levyns		1945	Cape Peninsula/Camps Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa	Missing	Access
Trichophorum scabriculme	(Beetle) J.R.Starr, Lév.-Bourret & B.A. Ford		-	Lào Cai Province, Vietnam	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Eriocaulaceae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Eriocaulon cauliferum	Makino		?	Tatara-numa, Gunma Prefecture, Kantō region, Honshu, Japan	Missing	Access
Eriocaulon echinospermoideum	Ruhland		?	Cuba	Missing	Access
Eriocaulon fergusonii	(Moldenke) S.M.Phillips		?	Colombo and Galle districts, Sri Lanka	Missing	Access
Eriocaulon heleocharioides	Satake, 1939		1994 or later	Japan	Extinct in the wild	Access
Eriocaulon johnstonii	Ruhland		?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	Missing	Access
Eriocaulon minutissimum	Ruhland		?	Cuba	Missing	Access
Eriocaulon seticuspe	Ohwi		5 October 1952 or later	a wetland in Kawanami-town, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Lachnocaulon cubense	Ruhland		?	Cuba	Missing	Access
Mesanthemum tuberosum	Lecomte, 1909		-	Guinea, Africa	Rediscovered	Access
Paepalanthus argillicola	Silveira		May 1910	Brazil	Missing	Access
Paepalanthus batatalensis	Silveira		April 1905	Brazil	Missing	Access
Paepalanthus gomesii	Silveira		?	Brazil	Missing	Access
Paepalanthus moedensis	Silveira		May 1910	Brazil	Missing	Access
Paepalanthus pallidus	Silveira		December 1906	Brazil	Missing	Access

Family: Juncaceae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Juncus griscomii	Fernald		?	?	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Juncus leiospermus	F.J.Herm.		(rediscovered)	California, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Juncus pervetus	Fernald	Blunt-flower rush	?	Massachusetts, USA	Extinct	Access

Family: Poaceae (Grasses)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Amphibromus whitei	Hubb, 1941	Swamp wallaby grass	25 October 1933?	Roma, Maranoa District, Queensland, Australia	Missing	Access
Andropogon benthamianus	Steud.		1841-1843	Ecuador	Missing	Access
Arundinella kerrii	Teerawat. & Sungkaew		1 May 1932 or later	Thailand	Missing	Access
Avena breviaristata	Barratte ex Trab.		?	Hauts Plateaux, Algeria	Missing	Access
Brachiaria fragrans	A. Camus		1960	Madagascar	Missing	Access
Bromus andringitrensis	A. Camus		1922	Madagascar	Missing	Access
Bromus bromoideus	(Lej.) Crep.	The Brome of the Ardennes	?	Belgium	Extinct in the wild	Access
Bromus interruptus	(Hack.) Druce	Interrupted brome	?	England	Reintroduced into the wild	Access
Bromus verticillatus	Cav.		?	UK	?	Access
Cenchrus agrimonioides laysanensis	F.Br.		1964	Kure, Laysan & Midway, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Chasechloa egregia	(Mez) A. Camus., 1948		1840's-1850's	Madagascar	Missing	Access
Deyeuxia abscondita	T.Macfarlane, 2020	Preston bentgrass, Hidden deyeuxia	8 December 1877	Preston River, Western Australia, Australia	Missing	Access
Deyeuxia appressa	Vickery, 1940		1941	New South Wales, Australia	Missing	Access
Deyeuxia drummondii	(Steud.) Vickery, 1940	Drummond's grass	-	Western Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Deyeuxia lawrencei	Vickery	Lawrence's bentgrass	c.1831	Tasmania (Launceston area?), Australia	Extinct	Access
Deyeuxia simlensis	Bor		?	India	Missing	Access
Digitaria filiformis laeviglumis	(Fernald) Wipff	Slender crabgrass	?	New Hampshire, USA	Extinct	Access
Dimeria kerrii	Teerawat. & Sungkaew		?	Thailand	Missing	Access
Dissanthelium californicum	(Nutt.) Benth., 1881	Catalina grass	-	Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Elymus multiflorus kingianus	(Endl.) de Lange & R.O.Gardner	Phillip Island wheat grass	?	Phillip Island, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Elymus russellii	(Melderis) Cope		?	Pakistan	Missing	Access
Eragrostis deflexa	Hitchc.	Pacific lovegrass	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	?	Access
Eragrostis fosbergii	Whitney		1996	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Eragrostis hosakai	O. Deg.		?	Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Eragrostis mauiensis	Hitchc.		pre-1872	Lanai & Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Eriochloa michauxii simpsonii	(Hitchc.) Hitchc.	Simpson’s cupgrass	?	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Festuca archeri	E.B.Alexeev, 1987	Archer's fescue	?	Tasmania, Australia	Missing	Access
Festuca benthamiana	Vickery		(rediscovered)	South Australia & Victoria, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Festuca molokaiensis	Soreng, P.m. Peterson & Catalán		2009	Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Glyceria drummondii	(Steud.) C.E.Hubb., 1934	Nangetty grass	2000-2004	north of Mingenew, Western Australia, Australia	Missing	Access
Helictotrichon quinquesetum	(Steud.) Schweick.		1800's	Table Mountain, Western Cape Province, South Africa	Missing	Access
Heteropholis benoistii	A. Camus		1953	Madagascar	Missing	Access
Hubbardia heptaneuron	Bor, 1951		-	India	Rediscovered	Access
Isachne dimyloides	Bor, 1949		-	West Bengal (Darjeeling district) & Assam (Cachar district), India	Rediscovered	Access
Lachnagrostis adamsonii adamsonii	(Vickery) S.W.L.Jacobs	Adamson’s blowngrass	-	Victoria, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Lachnagrostis drummondiana	Trin.		?	Western Australia, Australia	Missing	Access
Lachnagrostis limitanea	(J.M.Black) S.W.L.Jacobs, 2001	Spalding blown grass	-	Northern Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Panicum crystallinum	Judz. & Voronts.		1963	Madagascar	Missing	Access
Panicum inconspicuum	Voronts.		1964	Madagascar	Missing	Access
Panicum pearsonii	F.Bolus		1913	Great Karasberg, Namibia	Missing	Access
Pappophorum pappiferum	(Lam.) Kuntze		?	Cuba	Missing	Access
Paspalidium tuyamae	Ohwi		-	Bonin Islands, Japan	Rediscovered	Access
Paspalum amphicarpum	Ekman		?	Cuba	Missing	Access
Paspalum batianoffii	B.K.Simon, 1992		?	Port Curtis district, Statue Bay, 6.5 km south-east of Yeppoon, Central Queensland	Missing	Access
Pleuropogon oregonus	Chase	Oregon semaphoregrass	-	Oregon, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Podophorus bromoides	Phil., 1856		1854	Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernández Islands, Republic of Chile	Extinct	Access
Pseudolasiacis bathiei	(A. Camus) A. Camus		1955	Madagascar	Missing	Access
Puccinellia gussonei	Parl.		?	Sicily, Italy	Missing	Access
Sartidia perrieri	(A.Camus)		1914	Madagascar	Misisng	Access
Schaffnerella gracilis	(Benth.) Nash		-	Mexico	Rediscovered	Access
Sporobolus durus	Brongn.		1886 (1958?)	Green Mountain, Ascension Island, Saint Helena	Extinct	Access
Sporobolus linearis	Mez		?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	?	Access
Sporobolus mauritianus	(Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz		?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Stipa horridula	Pilg.		1917	Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Streptochaeta angustifolia	Soderstr.		25 April 1972	Espírito Santo, Brazil	Extinct in the wild	Access
Sucrea sampaiana	(Hitchc.) Soderstr.		?	Espírito Santo, Brazil	Missing	Access
Triodia bromoides	(F. Muell.) M. Lazarides, 1997		-	Western Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Triscenia ovina	Griseb.		-	Holguin province, Cuba (eastern)	Rediscovered	Access
Trisetum burnoufii	Req. ex Parl.		?	western Europe	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Triticum parvicoccum	Kislev, 1979		?	Balkans and Near East	Missing	Access
Zea mexicana	(Schrad.) Kuntze		(rediscovered)	Mexico	Rediscovered	Access

Family: Restionaceae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Centrolepis caespitosa	D.A. Cooke, 1980		-	Western Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Chordifex jacksonii	L.A.S. Johnson & B.G. Briggs, 2004		-	Western Australia (southwest), Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Elegia fastigiata	Mast.		?	Cape Province, South Africa	Missing	Access
Willdenowia affinis	Pillans		1918	Table Mountain (north slopes, near Kloof Corner), Western Cape Province, South Africa	Missing	Access

Family: Xyridaceae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Xyris andina	Malme		1861-1863	Ecuador	Missing	Access
Xyris glandacea	L.A.Nilsson, 1892		-	Minas Gerais, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access

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Poales

Taxonomy

Family: Bromeliaceae

Family: Cyperaceae

Family: Eriocaulaceae

Family: Juncaceae

Family: Poaceae (Grasses)

Family: Restionaceae

Family: Xyridaceae