Liparia graminifolia L.
Grass Mountain pea
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Borbonia graminifolia (L.) Lam.; Priestleya graminifolia (L.) DC.
Conservation Status
Extinct (Hilton-Taylor, 1996:180; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022)
Last record: 1829 (Hilton-Taylor, 1996:180)
This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 31/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022).
Distribution
Cape Town, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Albani Rocchetti, G., Carta, A., Mondoni, A. et al. (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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Hilton-Taylor, Craig. (1996). Red Data List of southern African plants. 1. corrections and additions. Bothalia - African Biodiversity and Conservation 26(2): 177-182.
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Schutte, A. L. (1997). Systematics of the genus Liparia (Fabaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 17(1):11-37.
Schutte-Vlok, A. L. and Daniels, F. (2012). Liparia graminifolia L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/07.
WCSP (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/