Dalea sabinalis (S.Watson) Shinners

Sabinal prairie-clover

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Kuhnistera sabinalis (S.Watson) A.Heller; Petalostemon sabinale S.Watson

Conservation Status

Missing (Contu, 2012) or Extinct (Knapp et al., 2021; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022)

Last record: 1950's (Knapp et al., 2021); 1950-1960 (Contu, 2012)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 7/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022).

Distribution

Edwards Plateau, Texas, USA

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]

Carr, W. R. (2004). An Annotated List of the G3/T3 and Rarer Plant Taxa of Texas. The Nature Conservancy of Texas.

Contu, S. (2012). Dalea sabinalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T19891725A20051146. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19891725A20051146.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2015.

Knapp, Wesley M., Frances, Anne, Noss, Reed, Naczi, Robert F. C., Weakley, Alan, Gann, George D., Baldwin, Bruce G., Miller, James, McIntyre, Patrick, Mishler, Brent D., Moore, Gerry, Olmstead, Richard G., Strong, Anna, Kennedy, Kathryn, Heidel, Bonnie and Gluesenkamp, Daniel. (2021). Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada. Conservation Biology 35(1): 360-368. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13621 [Supporting Information (Appendix S1)]

Poole, J.M., Carr, W.R., Price, D.M. and Singhurst, J.R. (2007). Rare Plants of Texas. Texas A & M University Press, Texas.

Watson, S. (1885). Contribution to American Botany. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 21: 448. Boston.