Ormocarpopsis nitida (Du Puy & Labat) Thulin & Lavin, 2013
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Peltiera nitida Du Puy & Labat, 1997; Peltiera alaotrensis Du Puy & Labat
Conservation Status
Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019) or Rediscovered
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Labat, J.-N. and Du Puy, D.J. (1997). A revision of Peltiera, once poorly known and probably extinct genus of Leguminosae from Madagascar. Adansonia , n.s., 19: 85-91.
Other references:
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]
Klitgaard, B. B. and Lavin, M. (2005). Tribe Dalbergieae sens. lat. In: Lewis, G., Schrire, B., Mackinder, B. and Lock, M. (eds.). Legumes of the world. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: 307-335.
Thulin, M., Phillipson, P. B. and Lavin, M. (2013). Peltiera (Fabaceae), the coming and going of an “extinct” genus in Madagascar. Adansonia 35(1): 61-71.