Styphelia conferta (Benth.) F.Muell. (1882:106)
Torrington beard-heath
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Leucopogon confertus Benth. in Fl. Austral. 4: 208 (1868)
Conservation Status
Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5 [as 'Possibly extant']) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record (disputed): pre-1900 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5); 1992 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
"some infertile specimens in the area collected in 1998 may have been this species but ID impossible"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5)
Distribution & Habitat
New South Wales (& Queensland?), Australia
"Open forest and woodland, on rocky granite areas, Silent Grove Road near Torrington"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:5)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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]
Forster, P. I. and Bean, A. R. (1990). The conservation coding of Leucopogon confertus Benth. (Epacridaceae). Queensland Naturalist. 30(1-2): 35.
Harden, G. J. (ed.). (1992). Flora of New South Wales Volume 3. Kensington, NSW: University of NSW Press.
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 24 May 2024]
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]
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.