Albizia lankaensis Kosterm. (1979:255)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Meegaskumbura & Pethiyagoda, 2008; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1973 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
"The clearance of this forest resulted in the extinction of Albizia lankaensis (Mimosaceae), a tree species formerly endemic to this site (Kostermans 1980)."
(Meegaskumbura & Pethiyagoda, 2008).
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Kostermans, A. J. G. H. (1980). Mimosaceae, pp. 459-508. In: Dassanayake, M. D. and Fosberg, F. R. (eds.). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi.
Kumar, S. and Sane, P. V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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 11 September 2024]
Ranasinghe, S. et al. (2020). The national red list 2020 - Conservation status of the flora of Sri Lanka: 1-254. Biodiversity secretariat, Ministry of environment and the national herbarium.
Madhava Meegaskumbura and Rohan Pethiyagoda. (2008). Pseudophilautus maia. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 January 2014.