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Asparagales

 

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Allium calamarophilon

Phitos & Tzanoukadis, 1981

 

1981

Euboea (=Evia), East Aegean Islands, Greece

Missing

Access

Allium gilgiticum

F.T.Wang & Tang

 

1930's

Gilgit District, Pakistan

Missing

Access

Allium microbulbum

Prokh.

 

?

Russia

Invalid (synonym)

Access

Allium pauli Vved., 1946   ? Asia Invalid (synonym) Access

Allium permixtum

Guss.

 

?

Sicily, Italy

?

Access

Allium rouyi

Gaut.

 

(rediscovered)

Spain

Rediscovered

Access

Allium sergii Vved.   (rediscovered) Kazakhstan Rediscovered Access

Caliphruria tenera

Baker

 

July 1853 or later

Colombia

Missing

Access

Crinum mauritianum

Lodd.

 

1 June 1973

Mauritius

Extinct in the wild

Access

Crinum woodrowii

Baker, 1898

 

(rediscovered)

Maharashtra, India

Rediscovered

Access

Eucrosia mirabilis (Baker) Pax   (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access
Gethyllis latifolia Masson ex Baker   ? South Africa Extinct Access

Griffinia alba

K.D.Preuss & Meerow

 

(rediscovered)

Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

Griffinia liboniana É.Morren   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access

Habranthus caerulens

(Griseb.) Traub

 

(rediscovered)

Entre Rios, Argentina

Rediscovered

Access

Ipheion tweedieanum

(Baker) Traub

 

(rediscovered)

Argentina & Uruguay

Rediscovered

Access

Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch   ? Peru Extinct Access

Narcissus rupicola watieri

(Maire) Maire & Weiller

 

 

Morocco

Extinct in the wild

Access

Nothoscordum modestum Ravenna (1991)   (rediscovered) Brazil & Paraguay Rediscovered Access

Pamianthe peruviana

Stapf

Giant Peruvian daffodil, Peruvian daffodil

?

Bolivia & Peru

Extinct in the wild

Access

Phaedranassa carmiolii

Baker, 1868

 

(rediscovered)

Zona de Los Santos region, Costa Rica (central)

Rediscovered

Access

Tulbaghia cominsii

Vosa

 

?

King William's Town district, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Urceolina lehmannii (Regel) Traub   ? Colombia Extinct Access

 

Family: Asparagaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Agave eggersiana

Trel.

Eggers' century plant, Eggers' agave, St. Croix agave

(rediscovered)

U.S. Virgin Islands

Rediscovered

Access

Agave fortiflora Gentry   2001 or before Sonora, Mexico Extinct in the wild? Access

Agave lurida

Aiton

 

2001

Oaxaca, Mexico

Extinct in the wild

Access

Albuca nana

Schönland, 1912

 

1911

Redhouse, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Albuca prolifera

Wilson, 1898

 

?

Baakens River Valley, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Missing?

Access

Albuca tenuifolia

Baker, 1872

 

(rediscovered)

South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Asparagus gharoensis

Blatter, 1929

 

1922

Pakistan

Extinct

Access

Bellevalia salaheidii Täckh. & Boulos   ? Egypt Extinct Access

Chlorophytum radula

(Baker) Nordal

 

(rediscovered)

Tzaneen, Woodbush, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Dipcadi concanense (Dalzell) Baker   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
Dipcadi maharashtrense Deb & S.Dasgupta   (rediscovered) Maharashtra, India Rediscovered Access

Dipcadi reidii

Deb & S. Dasgupta, 1978

 

(rediscovered)

Malipa, Kali valley, Eastern Kumaon (Uttarakhand), India

Rediscovered

Access

Dipcadi turkestanicum

Vved. (1941)

 

1958

Khaudak Desert, Uzbekistan

Extinct

Access

Dracaena umbraculifera

Jacq.

Umbrella dracaena

(rediscovered)

Mauritius

Rediscovered

Access

Drimia duthieae (Adamson) Jessop   ? South Africa Invalid (synonym) Access
Drimia polyphylla (Hook.f.) Ansari & Sundararagh.   ? India Invalid (synonym) Access
Furcraea macdougallii Matuda Falso Maguey Grande, Maguey de Pescadillo 1973 Oaxaca, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access

Lachenalia macgregoriorum

W.F.Barker

 

(rediscovered)

Nieuwoudtville, Bokkeveld plateau, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Lachenalia martleyi

Duncan, 2012

 

(rediscovered)

Somerset West, Overberg district, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Lachenalia mathewsii W.F.Barker   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
Lachenalia polyphylla Baker   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access

Ledebouria junnarensis

S.S. Rahangdale & S.R. Rahangdale, 2016

 

(rediscovered)

Maharashtra State, India

Rediscovered

Access

Maianthemum salvinii (Baker) LaFrankie   (rediscovered) Guatemala & Mexico Rediscovered Access

Massonia visseriae

Barnes, 1933

 

(rediscovered)

Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered or invalid (synonym)

Access

Muscari salah-eidii (Täckh. & Boulos) Hosni   ? Egypt Extinct Access

Ornithogalum adalgisae

Groves, 1877

 

(rediscovered)

Italy

Rediscovered

Access

Ornithogalum britteniae

Leight. ex Oberm., 1978

 

(rediscovered)

South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Ornithogalum hallii Oberm.   (rediscoverd) South Africa Rediscovered Access

Ornithogalum visianicum

Tomm. Visiani's star of Bethlehem (rediscovered) Palagruški Archipelago, Croatia Rediscovered Access
Polygonatum biflorum melleum
(Farw.) R.P.Ownbey Smooth Solomon’s seal ? Ontario, Canada & Michigan, USA Extinct Access

Rohdea japonica latifolia

Hatus.

Japanese sacred lily (species)

?

Japan

Invalid (synonym)

Access

Scilla albanica Turrill   (rediscovered) Albania Rediscovered Access

Scilla mesopotamica

Speta

 

(rediscovered)

Turkey

Rediscovered

Access

Urginea ecklonii Baker   ? South Africa Invalid (synonym) Access

Uropetalon concanense

(Dalzell) Baker

 

(rediscovered)

Konkan region, Maharashtra State, India

Rediscovered

Access

 

Family: Asphodelaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Aloe albiflora

Guillaumin   1955 Madagascar Possibly extinct in the wild Access
Aloe ambositrae J.-P.Castillon   2007 Madagascar Possibly extinct in the wild Access

Aloe bakeri

Scott-Elliot

 

?

Madagascar

Possibly extinct in the wild

Access

Aloe bellatula

Reynolds - 1976 Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar Extinct in the wild? Access

Aloe brevifolia depressa

(Haw.) Baker

 

1936

Caledon area, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Extinct in the wild

Access

Aloe cameronii dedzana

Reynolds (1965?)

 

(rediscovered)

Chongoni Forest reserve, Malawi

Rediscovered

Access

Aloe canis

(S.Lane, 2001)

 

1970's?

Senga Hills, Salima District, Malawi

Extinct in the wild

Access

Aloe decorsei H.Perrier   1911 Madagascar Missing Access

Aloe edouardii

Rebmann   2010 Madagascar Possibly extinct in the wild Access
Aloe jucunda Reynolds   (rediscovered) Somalia Rediscovered in the wild Access
Aloe juvenna Brandham & S.Carter   (rediscovered) Kenya Rediscovered in the wild Access
Aloe oligophylla Baker   ? Madagascar Extinct in the wild Access
Aloe penduliflora Baker   (rediscovered) Kenya Rediscovered Access
Aloe schilliana L.E.Newton & G.D.Rowley   ? Madagascar Extinct in the wild Access
Aloe silicicola H. Perrier   ? Madagascar Extinct in the wild Access

Aloe suzannae

Decary

 

(rediscovered)

Madagascar

Rediscovered

Access

Aloe vera

(L.) Burm.f.

 

?

Afro-Arabia?

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Caesia rigidifolia F.Muell.   ? Western Australia, Australia Extinct Access

Dianella cf. intermedia/

adenanthera

-

 

5.4 cal. kyr b.p.

Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)

Extinct

Access

Eremurus chloranthus Popov   ? Uzbekistan Extinct Access
Eremurus korowinii B.Fedtsch.   (rediscovered) Kazakhstan, Tajiikistan & Uzbekistan Rediscovered Access

Kniphofia crassifolia

Baker

 

1880

Woodbush, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Kniphofia pauciflora

Baker

Racecourse lilly

(rediscovered)

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Kniphofia reflexum

Hutch. ех Codd

 

(rediscovered)

Mt. Oku, Cameroon

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

Family: Asteliaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Blandfordiaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Boryaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Doryanthaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Hypoxidaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Iridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Babiana blanda

(L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis

 

(rediscovered)

Darling to Milnerton and Agter-Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Babiana foliosa

G.J.Lewis

 

1951

Riviersonderend, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Babiana stenomera

Schltr.

 

(rediscovered)

Nuwerus/Kareeberg, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Crocus biflorus estriatus

(Herb.) Tchich., 1860

 

(rediscovered)

Italy

Rediscovered

Access

Dierama elatum N.E.Br.   ? eSwatini (=Swaziland) & South Africa Extinct Access
Gladiolus felicis Z.Mirek   ? Europe Invalid (synonym) Access

Hesperantha saldanhae

Goldblatt

 

?

Vredenburg, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Iris antilibanotica

Dinsmore

 

?

Syria

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Iris damascena Mouterde   (rediscovered) Syria Rediscovered Access

Iris pariensis

S.L.Welsh

 

1976

Utah, USA

Misisng

Access

Iris sanguinea tobataensis

Akiyama & Iwashina, 2009

 

?

Tobata, Kita-Kyushu City, Fukuoka Pref., Japan

Extinct in the wild

Access

Iris westii

Dinsm.

 

?

Lebanon

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Ixia ecklonii

Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

 

early 1800's

Olifants River Valley near Citrusdal, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Moraea amissa

Goldblatt

 

(rediscovered)

Malmesbury, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Moraea incurva G.J.Lewis   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access

Moraea loubseri

Goldblatt

Spinnekopflappie

(rediscovered)

Langebaan, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Moraea ovata

Thunberg

 

(rediscovered)

Namaqualand, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Romulea x melitensis Bég.   (rediscovered) Malta Rediscovered Access

Romulea papyracea

Wolley-Dod

 

1897

lower plateau of Table Mountain, near Cape Town, South Africa

Missing or invalid (synonym)

Access

Romulea pilosa

J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

 

(rediscovered)

Overberg between Greyton and Riviersonderend, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Romulea sanguinalis

M.P.de Vos

 

1952

Bokkeveld Escarpment near Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Romulea sulphurea

Bég.

 

(rediscovered)

South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Sisyrinchium corymbosum

E.P. Bicknell

 

(rediscovered)

Florida, USA

Rediscovered

Access

Sisyrinchium farwellii E.P.Bicknell   ? North America Invalid (synonym) Access
Sisyrinchium hastile E.P. Bicknell   ? USA Invalid (synonym) Access

Sparaxis roxburghii

(Baker) Goldblatt

Collar satinflower

(rediscovered)

Olifants River Valley between Clanwilliam and Citrusdal, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Tritonia flabellifolia thomasiae

M.P.de Vos

 

1968

Between Hawston and Bot River, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Watsonia amabilis

Goldblatt

 

(rediscovered)

Paarl to Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Watsonia distans

L.Bolus

 

(rediscovered)

Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

Family: Ixioliriaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Lanariaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Orchidaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Acianthus ledwardii

Rupp, 1938

 

?

Queensland, Australia

Invalid (synonym)

Access

Aenhenrya rotundifolia (Blatt.) Sath.Kumar & F.N.Rasm.   (rediscovered) Tamil Nadu, India Rediscovered Access

Aeranthes africana

J.Stewart   2002 Zimbabwe Extinct in the wild? Access

Aeranthes albidiflora

Toill.-Gen., Ursch & Bosser

 

1959

Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Aeranthes parkesii

G.Will.   1977 Zimbabwe Possibly extinct in the wild Access

Anathallis kleinii

(Pabst) Luer

 

1970

Ilha de Santana Catarina (south), Santa Catarina state, Brazil (southern)

Missing

Access

Angraecopsis dolabriformis

(Rolfe) Schltr.

 

1889

São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Principe

Extinct

Access

Angraecum angustum

(Rolfe) Summerh. 1936

 

(rediscovered)

Cameroon

Rediscovered

Access

Angraecum astroarche

Ridl.

 

1888

Nova Moca, São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Principe

Extinct

Access

Angraecum carpophorum Thouars   ? ? Invalid (synonym) Access

Angraecum coriaceum

(Thunb. ex Sw.) Schltr.

 

?

Madagascar

Missing

Access

Angraecum keniae

Kraenzl.

 

?

Kenya

Missing

Access

Angraecum longicalcar

(Bosser) Senghas, 1986

 

?

Madagascar

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Angraecum mahavavense

H.Perrier

 

1932

Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Angraecum maheense Schltr. ex Diels (1922)   ? ? Invalid (synonym) Access

Angraecum muscicolum

H.Perrier

 

1925

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Angraecum obversifolium Frapp. ex Cordem.   (rediscovered) Mauritius & Reunion, Mascarene Islands Rediscovered Access

Angraecum palmiforme

Thouars

 

1999 or later

Mauritius & Réunion, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

Angraecum perhumile

H.Perrier

 

1925

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Angraecum potamophilum

Schltr.

 

1898

Mahajanga Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Angraecum rigidifolium

H.Perrier

 

1925

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Angraecum rubellum

Bosser

 

1963

Toamasina Province, Madagscar

Missing

Access

Angraecum serpens

(H.Perrier) Bosser

 

1942

Toamasina Province, Madagscar

Missing

Access

Angraecum sesquisectangulum

Kraenzl.

 

?

Madagascar

Missing

Access

Angraecum spicatum (Cordem.) Schltr.   ? Reunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access

Angraecum sterrophyllum

Schltr.

 

1913

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Aphyllorchis gollani Duthie   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access

Aracamunia liesneri

Carnevali & I. Ramírez, 1989

 

(rediscovered)

Cerro Aracamuni, Venezuela

Rediscovered

Access

Benthamia catatiana H.Perrier   1933 Madagascar Missing Access

Benthamia nigro-vaginata

H.Perrier

 

1926

Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Bonatea eminii

(Kraenzl.) Rolfe

 

(rediscovered)

Tanzania

Invalid (synonym)

Access

Bonatea lamprophylla

J.Stewart

 

2003

Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, St. Lucia

Missing

Access

Bulbophyllum barbatum

Barb.Rodr. (1882)

 

(rediscovered)

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

Bulbophyllum conchophyllum J.J.Sm.   1911 Papua Province, Indonesia Missing Access

Bulbophyllum erythroglossum

Bosser

 

1964

Toamasina Province, Madagscar

Missing

Access

Bulbophyllum filiforme

Kraenzl.

 

(rediscovered)

Mt. Cameroon, Korup, and the Niger Delta

Rediscovered

Access

Bulbophyllum herbula Frapp. ex Cordem.   ? Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access

Bulbophyllum hirsutiusculum

H.Perrier

 

1928

Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Bulbophyllum janus J.J.Verm.   ? Sumatra, Indonesia Extinct Access

Bulbophyllum macranthoides

Kraenzl.

 

(rediscovered)

Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea

Rediscovered

Access

Bulbophyllum minax

Schltr.

 

1919

Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Bulbophyllum octorhopalon Seidenf.   1934 Malaysia Missing Access
Bulbophyllum pusillum Thouars   ? Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access

Bulbophyllum sanguineum

H.Perrier

 

1925

Toamasina Province, Madagscar

Missing

Access

Bulbophyllum sceliphron J.J.Verm.   1983 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
Bulbophyllum strigosum (Garay) Sieder & Kiehn (2009)   (rediscovered) north-west Vietnam Rediscovered in the wild Access

Bulbophyllum tampoketsense

H.Perrier

 

1923

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Bulbophyllum zaratananae

Schltr., 1925

 

1924

Madagascar

Missing

Access

Caladenia atkinsonii

Rodway, 1923

White-lipped orchid

?

Tasmania, Australia

Invalid (synonym)

Access

Caladenia brachyscapa

G. W. Carr, 1988

Short spider-orchid

7 November 1979

lungtalanana (=Clarke Island), Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania & Warrnambool area, Victoria, Australia

Missing

Access

Caladenia cristata

R. S. Rogers, 1923

 

-

Western Australia, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Caladenia magnifica

(Nicholls) D.L.Jones & G.W.Carr

Magnificent spider orchid

1979

Clydesdale district, Victoria (central), Australia

Missing

Access

Caladenia pumila

R.S.Rogers, 1922

Dwarf spider-orchid

(rediscovered)

Brisbane Ranges, Victoria, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Caladenia robinsonii

G.W.Carr, 1991

Frankston spider-orchid

(rediscovered)

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Caladenia thysanochila

G.W.Carr, 1991

Fringed spider-orchid

?

Victoria, Australia

Missing

Access

Caladenia xantholeuca

D.L. Jones, 1991

Flinders Ranges spider-orchid

(rediscovered)

Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Calanthe breviflos Ridl.   ? ? Invalid (synonym) Access
Calanthe ecallosa J.J.Sm.   (rediscovered) Java (=Jawa), Indonesia Rediscovered Access

Calanthe whiteana

King & Pantl.

 

(rediscovered)

Chungthang valley, Sikkim, India

Rediscovered

Access

Calochilus ammobius

D.L.Jones & B.Gray

 

?

Queensland, Australia

Missing?

Access

Calyptrochilum aurantiacum

(P.J.Cribb & Laan) Stévart, M.Simo & Droissart, 2018

 

(rediscovered)

Cameroon

Rediscovered

Access

Campylocentrum latifolium Cogn.   ? Brazil Extinct Access
Capanemia perpusilla Schltr.   ? ? Invalid (synonym) Access
Capanemia pygmaea (Kraenzl.) Schltr.   ? Brazil Extinct in the wild? Access
Centroglossa macroceras Barb. Rodr., 1882   (rediscovered) São Paulo, Brazil Rediscovered Access

Cephalanthera exigua

Seidenf.   (rediscovered) Laos, Thailand & Vietnam Rediscovered Access
Chloraea venosa Rchb.f.   ? Peru Extinct Access

Cleisostoma schneideri

Choltco (2009)   ? northern Thailand Extinct in the wild? Access
Coelogyne acutilabium de Vogel   ? Malesia? Extinct Access
Coelogyne clarkei Kraenzl.   ? Asia Invalid (synonym) Access

Coelogyne squamulosa

J.J.Sm. (1908)   (rediscovered) Mt. Semedum, Indonesian Borneo Rediscovered Access

Corunastylis reflexa

(Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

 

(rediscovered)

New South Wales, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Chloraea undulata

Raimondi ex Colunga, 1878

Lima orchid

(rediscovered)

Peru

Rediscovered

Access

Codonorchis canisioi

Mansf.

 

(rediscovered)

Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

Corybas betchei

(F.Muell.) Schltr., 1923

 

pre-1891

'Upolu, Samoa

Missing

Access

Corybas carsei

(Cheeseman) Hatch

 

(rediscovered)

New Zealand

Rediscovered

Access

Corycium vestitum Sw.   ? South Africa Invalid (synonym) Access
Cryptocentrum lehmannii (Rchb.f.) Garay   ? South America Invalid (synonym) Access

Cymbidium rectum

Ridl.   (rediscovered) Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia & Thailand Rediscovered Access

Cynorkis bimaculata

(Ridl.) H.Perrier

 

1961

Manjakatompo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Cynorkis brevicornu Ridl.   1880 Madagascar Missing Access
Cynorkis buchwaldiana buchwaldiana Kraenzl.   1890 Tanzania Missing Access

Cynorkis catatii

Bosser

 

1889

Mandritsara, Mahajanga, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Cynorkis crispa

(Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr.

 

pre-1896

Réunion, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

Cynorkis glandulosa Ridl.   1883 Madagascar Missing Access

Cynorkis mammuthus

Hermans & P. J. Cribb, 2017

 

(rediscovered)

Mahajanga province, Madagascar (northern)

Rediscovered

Access

Cynorkis marojejyensis Bosser   1949 Madagascar Missing Access

Cynorkis rolfei

Hochr.

 

1903

Vatomandry, Toamasina, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Cynorkis rosellata (Thouars) Bosser   (rediscovered) Madagascar & Réunion, Mascarene Islands Rediscovered Access

Cynorkis sylvatica

Bosser

 

1951

Marivorahona, Antsiranana, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Cynorkis usambarae

Rolfe

 

1893

Usambara Mountains (east), Tanzania

Missing

Access

Cypripedium palangshanense

Tang & F.T.Wang

 

(rediscovered)

Chongqing, Hubei and Sichuan Provinces, China

Rediscovered

Access

Dendrobium bandaense Schltr.   1901 Indonesia Missing Access

Dendrobium bioculare

J.J.Smith, 1904

 

(rediscovered)

New Guinea

Rediscovered

Access

Dendrobium brillianum Ormerod & Cavestro   1909-1911 Papua Province, Indonesia Missing Access
Dendrobium convolutum Rolfe   (rediscovered) New Guinea Rediscovered Access

Dendrobium eximium

Schltr.

 

(rediscovered)

New Guinea

Rediscovered

Access

Dendrobium laciniosum

Ridl.

Singapore orchid

1891

Singapore

Missing

Access

Dendrobium petrophilum (Kraenzl.) Garay ex N.Hallé   (rediscovered) New Caledonia Rediscovered Access

Dendrobium scirpoides

Schltr.

 

c.1880

'Upolu, Samoa (western)

Missing

Access

Dendrobium treutleri (Hook.f.) Schuit. & Peter B.Adams   ? China & India Extinct or rediscovered Access
Dendrobium xichouense S.J.Cheng & Z.Z.Tang   ? China & Vietnam Extinct Access

Diaphananthe orientalis

(Mansf.) F.N.Rasm.

 

1933

Nguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

Diaphananthe papagayi (Rchb.f.) Schltr.   1853 São Tomé and Príncipe Missing Access

Diplocaulobium masonii

(Rupp) Dockrill, 1965

 

?

Queensland (north-east), Australia

Invalid (synonym)

Access

Diplomeris josephi A.N.Rao & Swamin.   1984 Arunachal Pradesh, India Missing Access
Disa brevipetala H.P.Linder   ? South Africa Extinct Access
Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.Linder   ? South Africa Extinct Access

Disa forcipata

Schltr.

 

1870

Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Disa newdigateae

L.Bolus

 

1931

Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Disa physodes

Sw.

 

(rediscovered)

Piketberg to the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Disa schlechteriana Bolus   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access

Disa walteri

Schltr.

 

(rediscovered)

Tanzania (southern)

Rediscovered

Access

Disperis bosseri

la Croix & P.J.Cribb

 

1957

Ankaratra, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Disperis egregia

Summerhayes, 1968

 

1944

Usambara Mountains (east), Tanzania

Missing

Access

Disperis kamerunensis Schltr.   ? Mt. Cameroon, Cameroon Extinct Access

Diuris bracteata

Fitzg., 1888

 

(rediscovered)

near Gladesville, Parramatta River, New South Wales, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Encyclia grahami

(Hook.) Bosmenier, Esperon & Sauleda

 

(rediscovered)

Cuba

Rediscovered

Access

Encyclia hircina

(A.Rich.) Acuña   (rediscovered) Isla de La Juventud, Cuba Rediscovered Access

Encyclia sagraeana

(Richard) Soto Calvo, Esperon and Sauleda

 

(rediscovered)

Cuba

Rediscovered

Access

Encyclia viridiflora Hook.   ? Brazil Extinct Access

Epidendrum ilense

Dodson, 1977

 

1970's or later

Ecuador

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Epidendrum lanceolatum Bradford ex Griseb.   1800's Trinidad & Tobago Missing Access

Eria alba

Lindl.   (rediscovered) Himachal Pradesh, India Invalid (synonym) Access

Eulophia eulophioides

(Schltr.) M.W.Chase, Kumar & Schuit.   (rediscovered) Guizhou province (Luodian), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Yachang) and Yunnan province, China & Myanmar Rediscovered Access

Eulophia grandidieri

H.Perrier

 

1901

Mahatsara, Toamasina, Madagascar

Missing

Access

Eulophia stenopetala

Lindl.

 

1800's

Punakha, Bhutan

Extinct

Access

Gastrodia africana

Kraenzl., 1900

 

(rediscovered)

Cameroon

Rediscovered

Access

Gavilea insularis

M.N. Correa, 1968

 

(rediscovered)

Alejandro Selkirk Island (=Isla Alejandro Selkirk)

Rediscovered

Access

Genoplesium nudiscapum

(Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

 

(rediscovered)

Tasmania, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Genoplesium sp. nov. 'Raby Bay'

-

 

?

Queensland, Australia

Missing

Access

Goodyera lanceolata

Ridl., 1903

 

(rediscovered)

Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia & Thailand

Rediscovered

Access

Govenia floridana P.M. Br. Gowen’s orchid ? Florida, USA Extinct Access
Gymnadenia carpatica (Zapal.) Teppner & E.Klein   (rediscovered) Romania Rediscovered Access

Habenaria flagellifera yosiei

H.Hara 1977

 

(rediscovered)

Japan

Rediscovered

Access

Habenaria horsfieldiana Kraenzl.   ? Java(?), Indonesia Extinct Access

Habenaria lancifolia

A.Rich.

 

?

Mauritius, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

Habenaria lewallei Geerinck   1970 Burundi Missing Access

Habenaria petromedusa

Webb

 

1800's

Cape Verde archipelago

Extinct

Access

Habenaria richardiana

Wight

 

(rediscovered)

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Rediscovered

Access

Habenaria rosellata

(Thouars) Schltr.

 

?

Madagascar & Réunion, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

Habenaria vesiculosa

A.Rich.

 

?

Mauritius, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

Holothrix culveri

Bolus

 

(rediscovered)

Barberton, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Holothrix longicornu

G.J.Lewis

 

(rediscovered)

Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province & Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Holothrix micrantha

Schltr.

 

1925

Johannesburg to Heidelberg, Gauteng Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Ipsea malabarica

(Reichb. f.) Hook. f.

Malabar daffodil orchid

(rediscovered)

Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Rediscovered

Access

Jumellea pachyra (Kraenzl.) H. Perrier   1881 Madagascar Missing Access
Jumellea spathulata (Ridl.) Schltr.   1881 Madagascar Missing Access
Laelia dawsonii chilapensis
(Soto Arenas) PérezGarcía & Cetzal.   ? Chilapa region, Guerrero, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access

Laelia gouldiana

Rchb.f.

 

?

Mexico

Extinct in the wild

Access

Lecanorchis bihuensis

T.P.Lin & Shu H.Wu, 2012

 

(rediscovered)

Taiwan

Rediscovered

Access

Liparis cuspidata

(Ridl.) Marg.

 

?

Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia

Extinct

Access

Liparis hostifolia

(Koidz.) Koidz. ex Nakai

Shimakumokiriso orchid

(rediscovered)

Japan

Rediscovered

Access

Liparis lauterbachii Schltr.   (rediscovered) Java (=Jawa), Indonesia Rediscovered Access
Liparis longipetala Ridl.   1881 Madagascar Missing Access
Liparis lutea Ridl.   1880 Madagascar Missing Access
Liparis parva (Kuntze) Ridl.   1880 Madagascar Missing Access

Liparis uchiyamae

Schltr.

 

?

Japan

Extinct in the wild

Access

Liparis xanthina Ridl.   1880 Madagascar Missing Access

Macroclinium roseum

Barb.Rodr., 1882

 

(rediscovered)

Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

Malaxis boninensis

(Koidz.) K.Nakaj.

 

(rediscovered)

Japan

Rediscovered

Access

Malaxis nana

C. Schweinfurth, 1938

 

(rediscovered)

Costa Rica

Rediscovered

Access

Masdevallia lynchiphora

Königer

 

?

Peru

Missing

Access

Masdevallia menatoi Luer & R.Vásquez   (rediscovered) Bolivia Rediscovered Access
Masdevallia walteri Luer, 1979   (rediscovered) Costa Rica Rediscovered Access
Maxillaria broadwayi (Cogn.) R.E.Schult.   pre-1910 Trinidad & Tobago Missing Access

Mexipedium xerophyticum

(Soto Arenas, Salazar & Hágsater) V.A.Albert & M.W.Chase - (rediscovered) Oaxaca, Mexico Rediscovered in the wild Access

Mormodes luxata

Lindl.

 

-

Mexico (southwestern)

Rediscovered

Access

Neottia ussuriensis (Kom. & Nevski) Soó   (rediscovered) Russia Rediscovered Access

Nervilia grandiflora

Schltr.

 

1910

Savai'i, Samoa (western)

Missing

Access

Oberonia attenuata

Dockr., 1960

 

12 June 1960

Cape York Peninsula (south-eastern), Queensland, Australia

Missing

Access

Oberonia bellii

Blatt. & McCann - (rediscovered) Karnataka, India Rediscovered Access
Octomeria romerorum Carnevali & I.Ramírez   (rediscovered) Brazil & Venezuela Rediscovered Access

Odontochilus hatusimanus

Ohwi & T.Koyama

 

-

Japan

Rediscovered

Access

Oeceoclades seychellarum

(Rolfe ex Summerh.) Garay & P.Taylor

 

May 1902

Cascade Estate, Mahé, Seychelles

Extinct

Access

Ophrys kopetdagensis

K. Pop. et Neschat.

 

-

Turkmenistan

Rediscovered

Access

Ophrys philippi

Grenier, 1859

 

-

France

Rediscovered

Access

Pabstiella deltoglossa (Cogn.) Toscano & Luer   ? Atlantic forest, Brazil Missing Access

Paphiopedilum delenatii

Guillaumin, 1924

 

-

Vietnam

Rediscovered

Access

Paphiopedilum druryi

(Bedd.) Pfitzer 1895

 

?

India

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Paphiopedilum fairrieanum

(Lindl.) Stein

 

-

Bhutan & India

Rediscovered

Access

Paphiopedilum gigantifolium

Braem, Baker & Baker 1997

 

?

Sulawesi, Indonesia

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Paphiopedilum javanicum

(Reinw. ex Blume) Pfitzer 1888

 

?

Java, Indonesia & Borneo

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum hyeanum

L.Linden & Rodigas

 

?

Asia

Invalid (synonym)?

Access

Paphiopedilum papuanum (Ridl. ex Rendle) L.O.Williams   (rediscovered) New Guinea Rediscovered Access

Paphiopedilum rothschildianum

(Rchb.f.) Stein, 1888   ? Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo, Indonesia Reintroduced to the wild Access

Paphiopedilum vietnamense

Gruss & Perner (1999?)

 

post-2000

Vietnam

Extinct in the wild?

Access

Paphiopedilum zieckianum Schoser   ? New Guinea Invalid (synonym) Access
Paraphalaenopsis labukensis Shim, A.L.Lamb & C.L.Chan   (rediscovered) Borneo Rediscovered Access
Peristylus caranjensis (Dalzell) Ormerod & C.S.Kumar   ? Caranja Island, Maharashtra, India Extinct Access

Peristylus cryptostylus

(Rchb.f.) Ormerod

 

?

Tahiti, Society Islands

Missing

Access

Phalaenopsis javanica J.J.Sm.   (rediscovered) Java & Sumatra, Indonesia Rediscovered Access

Phalaenopsis robinsonii

J.J.Sm.

 

1913

Ambon(?), Indonesia

Missing

Access

Platanthera azorica

(Schltr.)

Hochstetter's butterfly orchid

-

Azores

Rediscovered

Access

Polystachya acuminata

Summerh.

 

1943

Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

Polystachya canaliculata

Summerh.

 

1943-1962

Nguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

Polystachya erica-lanzae Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel & Delep. (2012)   1992 Rwanda Missing Access

Polystachya kaluluensis

P.J.Cribb & la Croix, 1991

 

27 November 1983 or later

Kalulu Hills, Thyolo District, Malawi (southern)

Missing

Access

Polystachya porphyrochila

J.Stewart, 1973

 

1970-1982

Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

Polystachya rugosilabia

Summerh.

 

1942

Nguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

Prasophyllum colemaniarum

R.S.Rogers, 1923

Lilac leek-orchid

1922

Victoria, Australia

Extinct or invalid (synonym)

Access

Prasophyllum concinnum

Nicholls

Trim leek-orchid

-

Tasmania, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Prasophyllum morganii

Nicholls, 1930

Mignonette leek-orchid, Cobungra leek-orchid, Dense leek-orchid

-

New South Wales & Victoria, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Prasophyllum robustum (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones   (rediscovered) Tasmania, Australia Rediscovered Access

Prasophyllum sandrae

D.L.Jones (2019) Majors Creek leek orchid ? Majors Creek, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Rediscovered? Access

Prasophyllum subbisectum

Nicholls, 1936

Pomonal leek-orchid

-

Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Prasophyllum suttonii

R.S.Rogers & B.Rees

Buffalo leek-orchid

December 1902

Mt Buffalo Plateau, Victoria, Australia

Missing

Access

Promenaea microptera Rchb.f.   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
Pseudocentrum guadalupense Cogn.   (rediscovered) Guadeloupe Rediscovered Access

Psychopsis sanderae

(Rolfe) E. Lückel & G. J. Braem

 

-

Junin Department, Peru

Rediscovered

Access

Pterostylis valida

(Nicholls) D.L.Jones, 1994

Robust greenhood orchid, Robust greenhood

-

Victoria, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Pterygodium connivens

Schelpe

 

30+ years ago

Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Pterygodium newdigateae

Bolus

 

pre-1923

Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

Pygmaeorchis brasiliensis Brade, 1939   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access

Rhizanthella gardneri

R.S.Rogers, 1930

Western underground orchid

-

Western Australia, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Rhizanthella omissa

D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (2006) The Forgotten rhizanthella, Lamington underground orchid 1958 Lamington Plateau, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia Missing Access
Rhomboda pulchra (King & Pantl.) Ormerod & Av. Bhattacharjee, 2014   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access

Satyrium comptum

Summerh.

 

-

Tanzania (southern)

Rediscovered

Access

Sievekingia fimbriata Rchb.f.   (rediscovered) Costa Rica & Panama Rediscovered Access

Silvorchis colorata

J.J.Sm.

 

?

Java, Indonesia

Missing

Access

Spathoglottis arunachalensis Tsering & K.Prasad (2020) The Lost spathoglottis 2016 Arunachal Pradesh, India Missing Access

Spiranthes parksii

Correll (1947)

Navasota ladies-tresses

-

Texas, USA

Rediscovered

Access

Stolzia compacta compacta

P.J.Cribb

 

February 1968

Kasaramba Forest, Nyika Plateau, Malawi

Missing

Access

Taeniophyllum cylindrocentrum

Schltr. (1913)

 

-

Australia

Rediscovered

Access

Taeniophyllum scaberulum

Hook. f., 1890

 

-

Periyar, India

Rediscovered

Access

Telipogon jucusbambae

Dodson & R.Escobar

 

-

Peru

Rediscovered

Access

Tetramicra pratensis

(Rchb.f.) Rolfe

 

?

Hispaniola

Missing

Access

Thuniopsis subsessilis (Rolfe) Ormerod, Kurzweil & Schuit. (2020)   (rediscovered) Myanmar (=Burma) Rediscovered Access
Thysanoglossa jordanensis Porto & Brade, 1940   (rediscovered) São Paulo, Brazil Rediscovered Access

Trichotosia buruensis

(J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas et al.

 

-

Buru, Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia

Rediscovered

Access

Tridactyle sarcodantha

Mansf.

 

1933

Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

Triphora latifolia G.M.Luer   ? USA Invalid (synonym) Access
Tylostigma herminioides Schltr.   1921 Madagascar Missing Access
Tylostigma madagascariense Schltr.   1914 Madagascar Missing Access

Vanda lombokensis

J.J.Sm.   1909 Lombok, Indonesia Extinct in the wild? Access

Vanda wightii

Rchb. f.

 

-

Karnataka & Kerala, India

Rediscovered

Access

Vanilla montana Ridl., 1915   (rediscovered) Peninsular Malaysia Rediscovered Access
Yoania amagiensis squamipes (Fukuy.) C.L.Yeh & C.S.Leou   (rediscovered) Taiwan Rediscovered or invalid (synonym) Access

Zeuxine boninensis boninensis

Tuyama, 1935

Munin-kinuran

-

Bonin Islands (=Ogasawara Islands), Japan

Rediscovered

Access

Zeuxine exilis

Ridl.

Ridley's ground orchid

-

Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

Rediscovered

Access

Zeuxine rolfiana

King & Pantl.

 

-

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Rediscovered

Access

 

Family: Tecophilaeaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Cyanella marlothii

J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

 

(rediscovered)

Richtersveld west of Ploegberg, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

Tecophilaea cyanocrocus

Leyb., 1863

Chilean blue crocus

(rediscovered)

Chile

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

Family: Xeronemataceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

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