Valeriana extincta Christenh. & Byng (2018:148)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Valerianella affinis Balf.f. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 11: 837 (1882)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Miller, 2004; Baillie & Butcher, 2012:88; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2023)
Last record: 1888 (Miller, 2004 [sole record; plus date]; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024 [date only])
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 33/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022).
Distribution
Jebel Ma’alih, Socotra (=Soqotra), Yemen
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Christenhusz, M. M., Fay, M. and Byng, J. W. (2018). The global flora: special edition: GLOVAP nomenclature part 1 (Vol. 4). Plant Gateway Ltd.
Other references:
Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Carta, Angelino, Mondoni, Andrea, Godefroid, Sandrine, Davis, Charles C., Caneva, Giulia, Albrecht, Matthew A., Alvarado, Karla, Bijmoer, Roxali, Borosova, Renata, Bräuchler, Christian, Breman, Elinor, Briggs, Marie, Buord, Stephane, Cave, Lynette H., Da Silva, Nílber Gonçalves, Davey, Alexandra H., Davies, Rachael M., Dickie, John B., Fabillo, Melodina, Fleischmann, Andreas, Franks, Andrew, Hall, Geoffrey, Kantvilas, Gintaras, Klak, Cornelia, Liu, Udayangani, Medina, Leopoldo, Reinhammar, Lars Gunnar, Sebola, Ramagwai J., Schönberger, Ines, Sweeney, Patrick, Voglmayr, Hermann, White, Adam, Wieringa, Jan J., Zippel, Elke Zippel and Abeli, Thomas. (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]
Baillie, Jonathan E. M. and Butcher, Ellen R. (2012). Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. London, UK: Zoological Society of London.
Balfour, Isaac Bayley. (1882). Diagnoses plantarum novarum et imperfecte descriptarum Phanerogamarum Socotrensium. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 11(12): 834-842 [837].
Christenhusz, M. M., Fay, M. and Byng, J. W. (2018). The global flora: special edition: GLOVAP nomenclature part 1 (Vol. 4). Plant Gateway Ltd.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Miller, A. (2004). Valerianella affinis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T45081A10970572. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45081A10970572.en. Downloaded on 19 November 2016.
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