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Laurales

 

Family: Atherospermataceae [7 genera; 17 species]

–No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Calycanthaceae [3 genera; 11 species]

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Idiospermum australiense (Diels) S.T.Blake (1972) Idiot fruit tree, Green dinosaur (rediscovered) north-east Queensland, Australia Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Gomortegaceae [1 genus; 1 species]

–No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Hernandiaceae [4 genera; 70 species]

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Hernandia drakeana Nadeaud (1899) - 1898 or 1981 Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Lauraceae [58 genera; 3,414 species]

NB: There are unusually many species of the four genera Actinodaphne, BeilschmiediaCinnamomum and Cryptocarya which have been assessed as "Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)" by the IUCN's RedList. Most of these are endemic to New Guinea, and while they are under threat from deforestation, the implication is that most of these have never been searched for again and hence the categorisation is rather theoretical/hypothetical. It is not clear how many have been unsuccessfully searched for, which would be a truer criterion than that which seems to have been adopted idiosyncratically by the IUCN RedList.

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Actinodaphne archboldiana C.K.Allen (1942) - 1936 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             

Actinodaphne bourneae

Gamble (1925) - (rediscovered) Tamil Nadu, India Rediscovered Access
             
Actinodaphne caesia Teschner (1923) - 23 July 1912 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Actinodaphne engleriana Teschner (1923) - 1912 or 30 January 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             

Actinodaphne lanata

Meisn. (1864) - (rediscovered) Kerala & Tamil Nadu, India Rediscovered Access
             
Actinodaphne latifolia Teschner (1923) - 24 April 1912 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Actinodaphne ledermannii Teschner (1923) - 1912 or 11 March 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Actinodaphne novoguineensis Teschner (1923) - 22 November 1912 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Actinodaphne obtusa Teschner (1923) - 8 February 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Actinodaphne perglabra Kosterm. (1975 "1974") - 1931 Thailand Missing Access
             
Actinodaphne pulchra Teschner (1923) - 11 August 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             

Actinodaphne quercina

Blume (1851) - (rediscovered) Banten Province, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Actinodaphne solomonensis C.K.Allen (1942) - 1930 Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Aiouea kruseana (O.Téllez & Villaseñor) R.Rohde (2017) - 1961 Guerrero, Mexico Missing Access
             
Aiouea leptophylla (Lorea-Hern.) R.Rohde (2017) - 1976 Veracruz, Mexico Missing Access
             
Alseodaphne micrantha Kosterm. (1973) - 1940 Johor, Peninsular Malaysia Missing Access
             
Aniba pedicellata Kosterm. (1938) - 1922 or 1938 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Missing Access
             
Aspidostemon inconspicuus Rohwer (1987) Longotra 1955 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia ambigua Robyns & R.Wilczek (1949) - 1926 DR Congo Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia barensis

(Engl. & K.Krause) Robyns & R.Wilczek (1950) - 1908-1909 or c.1962 Cameroon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia bracteata Robyns & R.Wilczek (1949) - 1920 DR Congo Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia congestiflora

(Engl. & K.Krause) Robyns & R.Wilczek (1950) - 1908-1909 Cameroon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia crassipes (Engl. & K.Krause) Robyns & R.Wilczek (1950) - 1909 Cameroon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia dielsiana Teschner (1923) - 10 August 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia donisii Robyns & R.Wilczek (1950) - 1949 DR Congo Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia gilbertii gilbertii Robyns & R.Wilczek (1949) - 1938 DR Congo Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia hermanii Robyns & R.Wilczek (1949) - 1958 DR Congo Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia hutchinsoniana

Robyns & R.Wilczek (1949) - 1929 Cameroon (& Nigeria?) Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia jabassensis (Engl. & K.Krause) Robyns & R.Wilczek (1950) - 1908-1909 Cameroon Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia kostermansiana

Robyns & R.Wilczek (1949) - 1896-1922 (1912?) Cameroon Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia lancifolia

Miq. (1852) - 1852 or before Mount Ungaran, Indonesia Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia lancilimba

Kosterm. (1952) - 1908-1909 Cameroon (& Angola?) Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia ledermannii Teschner (1923) - August 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia longifolia Teschner (1923) - 29 June 1908 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia macrophylla

Meisn. (1864) - early 1800's Myanmar (=Burma) Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia membranifolia

Kosterm. (1952) - 1908 Bipinde, Cameroon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia ndongensis (Engl. & K.Krause) Robyns & R.Wilczek (1950) - 1909 or 1913 Cameroon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia neoletestui Fouilloy & N.Hallé (1963) - 1929 Gabon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia ningmingensis S.K.Lee & Y.T.Wei (1979) - 1935 Guanxi, China Extinct Access
             

Beilschmiedia nitida

Engl. (1899) - 1895-1896 Cameroon (& Congo?) Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia papyracea (Stapf) Robyns & R.Wilczek (1949) - 1912 Cameroon Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia pellegrinii

Fouilloy & N.Hallé (1963) - 1929 Lastoursville, Gabon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia preussii Engl. (1899) - 1891 or May 1894 Bimbia-Bonadikombe (Mt Cameroon lowlands), Cameroon Extinct Access
             
Beilschmiedia pubescens Teschner (1923) - August 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia robynsiana

Kosterm. (1952) - 1948 Cameroon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia rosseliana Kosterm. (1970) - 1956 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia sericea Teschner (1923) - 18 January 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             

Beilschmiedia sessilifolia

(Stapf) Engl. ex Fouilloy (1974) - 1896-1912 Cameroon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia thollonii Robyns & R.Wilczek (1950) - 1887 Gabon Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia vermoesenii Robyns & R.Wilczek (1949) - 1919 DR Congo Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia yangambiensis Robyns & R.Wilczek (1949) - 1959 DR Congo Missing Access
             
Beilschmiedia zahnii (K.Krause) Robyns & R.Wilczek (1950) - 1912 Cameroon Missing Access
             
Cassytha pedicellosa J.Z.Weber (1981) Stalked dodder-laurel (rediscovered) Tasmania (including King Island), Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Cinnamomum bhamoensis M.Gangop. (2006) Bhamo cinnamon 1910 Myanmar (=Burma) Missing or Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Cinnamomum concinnum Lorea-Hern. (1997) - 1998 or before Oaxaca, México Missing or Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Cinnamomum englerianum Schewe (1923) - 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cinnamomum goaense
Kosterm. (1985 "1983") - (rediscovered) Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access
             
Cinnamomum gracillimum Kosterm. (1969) - 1939 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cinnamomum heyneanum Nees (1831) - (rediscovered) Karnataka, Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access
             
Cinnamomum longipedicellatum Kosterm. (1986) - 1964 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cinnamomum pachypes Kosterm. (1988) - 1969 Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia Missing Access
             
Cinnamomum petiolatum Kosterm. (1986) - 1966 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cinnamomum rosselianum Kosterm. (1968) - 1956 Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cinnamomum travancoricum J.S.Gamble (1925) - (rediscovered) Travancore, India Rediscovered Access
             
Cinnamomum trintaense Kosterm. (1988) - 1883 Malaysia Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya alticola Kosterm. (1968) - 1956 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya angica Kaneh. & Hatus. (1943) - 1940 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya arfakensis Kaneh. & Hatus. (1943) - 1940 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya aurea (Kosterm.) Kosterm. (1968) - 1950-1999 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya boemiensis Kaneh. & Hatus. (1943) - 1940 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya carrii Kosterm. (1968) - 1935 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya darusensis Kosterm. (1990) - 1950-1999 Daru Island, Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya dipterocarpifolia Kosterm. (1990) - 1969 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya durifolia Kosterm. (1988) - 1950 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya flavisperma Kosterm. (1990) - 1968 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya gonioclada Kaneh. & Hatus. (1943) - 1940 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya graehneriana Teschner (1923) - 1912 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya impressivena Kaneh. & Hatus. (1943) - 1940 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya macrophylla Gamble (1910) - 1800's Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya ovata Teschner (1923) - 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya pachyphylla Kosterm. (1968) - 1939 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya pergamentacea C.K.Allen (1942) - 1936 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya pusilla Teschner (1923) - 1913 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya rarinervia S.Moore (1923) - 1886 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya rhizophoretum Kosterm. (1968) - 1955 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya samoensis Christoph. (1935) - 1931 Samoa Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya schlechteri Teschner (1923) - 1909 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya sericeotriplinervia Kosterm. (1968) - 1948 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya subtrinervis Kaneh. & Hatus. (1943) - 1940 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             

Cryptocarya sumbawaensis

Kosterm. (1968) - 1961 Sumbawa, Lesser Sunda islands, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Cryptocarya tebaensis Teschner (1923) - 1910 Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Missing Access
             
Dehaasia acuminata Koord. & Valeton (1904) - 1900 Java, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Dehaasia pugerensis

Koord. & Valeton (1904)

- (rediscovered) near Meru Betiri National Park, Java (=Jawa), Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Dehaasia teijsmannii Kosterm. (1973) - 1800's Bagnka island, near Sumatra, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Endiandra scrobiculata Kosterm. ex Kochummen (1992 "1991") - 1966 Malaysia Missing Access
             
Hexapora curtisii Hook. f. (1886) - 1901 Penang Hill, Malaysia Missing Access
             
Licaria mexicana (T. S. Brandegee) Kosterm. (1937) - 1930's Veracruz, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Lindera laureola Collett & Hemsl. (1890) - 1889 Myanmar (=Burma) Missing Access
             
Litsea albicans (Kurz) Hook.f. (1886) - early 1800's Myanmar (=Burma) Missing Access
             
Litsea chrysoneura Kosterm. (1974) - 1950-1999 Solomon Islands Missing Access
             
Litsea clarkei Prain (1903) - pre-1904 Bangladesh Missing Access
             
Litsea nigrescens Gamble (1925) - (rediscovered) Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access
             
Litsea papillosa C.K.Allen (1942) - 1931 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Missing Access
             

Machilus salicoides

S.K.Lee (1979) - 14 March 1941 China Missing or Extinct Access
             
Nectandra caudatoacuminata O.C.Schmidt (1929) - 1928 Massif de la Hotte, Haiti, Hispaniola Missing Access
             
Nothaphoebe javanica Kosterm. - 17 November 1960 Mt. Payung, Ujung Kulon National Park, Java (=Jawa), Indonesia Uncertain Access
             

Ocotea inhauba

Coe-Teix. (1980) Canela Inhaúba 1917 São Paulo, Brazil Missing Access
             
Ocotea subalata Lundell (1941) - 1945 Chiapas, Mexico Missing Access
             
Phoebe birmanica Kosterm. (1970) - 1900-1950 Myanmar (=Burma) Missing Access
             
Phoebe chartacea (Blume) Miq. (1858) - before 1850 west Java (=Jawa), Indonesia Missing Access

 

 

Family: Monimiaceae [26 genera; 278 species]

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Hortonia angustifolia (Thwaites) Trimen (1885) Napath Wewiya (rediscovered) south-west Sri Lanka Rediscovered Access
             
Mollinedia myriantha Perkins (1900) - 2015 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Missing Access
             
Mollinedia stenophylla Perkins (1900) - (rediscovered) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Siparunaceae [2 genea; 54 species]

–No subordinate taxa

 

Statistics

Conservation status Number of taxa (in percentage)
   
Extinct 4 (3.48%)
Missing 95 (82.61%)
Extinct in the Wild 0
Possibly Extinct in the Wild 0
Globally Rediscovered 12 (10.43%)
Rediscovered in the Wild 0
Reintroduced 0
Hypothetical 0
Invalid 0
Erroneously listed 0
Uncertain status 4 (3.48%)
   
Total 115

 

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