Streblorrhiza speciosa Endl. (1833:93)
Phillip Island glory pea
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Clianthus pictus Endl. in Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 185 (1836), nom. superfl.; Clianthus speciosus (Endl.) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 381 (1840); Clianthus carneus Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 27(Misc.): 2 (1841), nom. superfl.; Clianthus baueri A.Cunn. ex Maiden in Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 28: 703 (1903 publ. 1904), not validly publ.
Conservation Status
Extinct (Laing, 1914:28 [as "almost certainly extinct"]; Wilson, 1994:186,187; Baillie & Butcher, 2012:88; Humphreys et al., 2019; Silcock et al., 2019, 2020:7, 2021:7 [each as "almost certainly extinct in the wild"]; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2023; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last record (disputed): 1830 (wild) (Wilson, 1994:187; Silcock et al., 2019:SM:6, 2020:7, 2021:7); c.1844 (in cultivation [Britain]) (Wilson, 1994:187); 1860 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 3/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022). Given that it was cultivated in Europe, where it apparently survived longer than in its native habitat, there is the possibility "of some plants still in cultivation in Europe, but searches unsuccessful" (Silcock et al., 2020:7, 2021:7; cf. Silcock et al., 2019:SM:6).
Distribution
Philip Island, near Norfolk Island, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Endlicher, Stephan F. L. (1833). Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae. Vienna: F. Beck. 100 pp.
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