Aspalathus cordicarpa R.Dahlgren (1988:363)
Heartfruit capegorse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1950's; 1950 (du Preez & Raimondo, 2021)
Rediscovered on 19 March 2016 (source; du Preez & Raimondo, 2021 [as 2016])
This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 4/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022), unaware of its rediscovery.
Distribution
Garcia's Pass, western Cape Province, South Africa
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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Wild, Sarah. (5 November, 2019). Cape student rediscovers third “extinct” plant species – and expects to find more. Business Insider South Africa, available at: https://www.news24.com/news24/bi-archive/extinct-plant-species-sweet-pea-stellenbosch-student-nature-2019-11 [Accessed 15 August 2020]
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