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Valerianella affinis Balf.f. (1882:837)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

This species is a junior homonym of Valeriana affinis Opiz., and the replacement name Valeriana extincta was erected for it (Christenhusz et al., 2018; POWO, 2024)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (junior homonym) (Christenhusz et al., 2018; POWO, 2024)

Last record: 1888

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

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Balfour, Isaac Bayley. (1882). Diagnoses plantarum novarum et imperfecte descriptarum Phanerogamarum Socotrensium. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 11(12): 834-842 [837].

 

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.

Christenhusz, M. M., Fay, M. and Byng, J. W. (2018). The global flora: special edition: GLOVAP nomenclature part 1 (Vol. 4). Plant Gateway Ltd.

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.

POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 21 June 2024]

WCSP. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/

 

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