Chassalia grandifolia DC. (1830:532)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Coffea grandifolia (DC.) D.Dietr. in Syn. Plant. 1: 777 (1839); Uragoga grandifolia (DC.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 960 (1891); Psychotria grandifolia Sieber ex DC. in Prodr. 4: 532 (1830), pro syn.; Chassalia stipulacea DC. in Prodr. 4: 532 (1830); Gaertnera caerulea Bojer in Hortus Maurit.: 217 (1837)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1965 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Bosser, J. et al. (eds.). (1976-). Flore des Mascareignes. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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 6 October 2024]