Polygala rodrigueana Paiva (1998:247)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Polygala arcuata Chodat in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 333 (1912), nom. illeg.; Muraltia arcuata Chodat in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 61: 626 (1916)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1886 (von Staden, 2015; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution & Habitat
Drakensberg foothills, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Paiva, J. A. R. (1998). Polygalarum africanarium et madagascariensium prodromus atque gerontogaei, generis Heterosamara Kuntze, a genere Polygala L. Segregati et a nobis denuo recepti, synopsis monographica. Fontqueria 50:1-346.
Other references:
Chodat, R. (1912). Polygalalaceae africanae IV. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 48: 309-336.
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]
Figueiredo, E., Smith, G. F. and Paiva, J. (2013). A checklist of Polygala (Polygalaceae) in the Flora of Southern Africa region with notes on types. Phytotaxa 155: 1-22.
Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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 9 November 2024]
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J. E., Helme, N. A., Turner, R. C., Kamundi, D. A. and Manyama, P. A. (2009). Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Scott-Shaw, C. R. (1999). Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
von Staden, L. (2015). Polygala rodrigueana Paiva. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version. Accessed on 2024/11/09.