Embelia flueckigeri F.Muell. (1892:200)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Tapeinosperma flueckigeri (F.Muell.) Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 236: 171 (1902)
Conservation Status
Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:9 [as 'Possibly extant']) or Extinct (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2023)
Last (and only) record: 1892 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:9; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
"Well-known as a 'lost treasure of the rainforest', and many collections of Embelia spp. from the area where people have been keeping an eye out for it; however, lots of inaccessible habitat... Collection from Russell River - lower habitats cleared, but upper catchment now extremely inaccessible. If from lower reaches, it may be extinct; if from upper reaches, it may be thriving"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:9)
Distribution & Habitat
central eastern Queensland
"Rainforest along Russell River"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:9)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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]
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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]
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Jago, R. L. (2011). Lost treasures of the Wet Tropics. SGAP Cairns Newsletter 112: 4.
POWO. (2023). Embelia flueckigeri F.Muell. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 8 December 2023]
Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]
Woinarski, John C. Z., Braby, M. F., Burbidge, A. A., Coates, D., Garnett, S. T., Fensham, R. J., Legge, S. M., McKenzie, N. L., Silcock, J L. and Murphy, B. P. (2019). Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia. Biological Conservation 239: 108261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108261