Galactia nummularia Urb. (1909:12)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024) (but see below)
Last record: 1905 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Although regarded as Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024), it may have been rediscovered by J. Byng & M. Christenhusz in 2021 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution
Leeward Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Urban, I. (1909). Symbolae Antillanae. Vol. 6. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany.
Other references:
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Strong, Mark T. (2012). Catalogue of Seed Plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: xxv + 1192 pages, 3 maps, 4 tables.
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]
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
Howard, R. A. (1974-1989). Vols. 1–6. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, MA.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
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 26 October 2024]