Chthamalia radiata (Correll) Morillo (2023:55)
Falfurrias milkvine
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Matelea radiata Correll in Wrightia 3: 136 (1965)
Conservation Status
Last record (disputed): 24 June 1909 (Ripley, 1975:40 [as 1909]; Rintz, 2014:1); 13 July 1941 (disputed) (see Rintz, 2014:1; NatureServe, 2024 [as 1941]); 4 April 1966 (disputed) (see Rintz, 2014:1)
Rediscovered in: August 2005 (specimens & photos); 2013 (recogntion) (both Rintz, 2014:1; Knapp et al., 2020 [without date])
Still listed as Extinct by (Humphreys et al., 2019).
Distribution
Brooks County, Hidalgo County & Starr County, Texas, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Correll, D. S. (1965). Some additions and corrections to the flora of Texas. Wrightia 3(7): 126-140.
Other references:
Correll, D. S., and Johnston, M. C. (1970). Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. Texas Research Foundation, Renner. 1881 pp.
CPC. (1990). Centre for plant conservation data for North American plants database. CPC, Centre for plant conservation.
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]
Kartesz, J. T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Knapp, Wesley M., Frances, Anne, Noss, Reed, Naczi, Robert F. C., Weakley, Alan, Gann, George D., Baldwin, Bruce G., Miller, James, McIntyre, Patrick, Mishler, Brent D., Moore, Gerry, Olmstead, Richard G., Strong, Anna, Gluesenkamp, Daniel and Kennedy, Kathryn. (2020). Regional records improve data quality in determining plant extinction rates. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 512-514. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1146-1
NatureServe. (2024). Matelea radiata: Falfurrias Milkvine. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed 29 November 2024]
Poole, Jackie M., Carr, William R. and Price, Dana M. (2008). Rare plants of Texas: A field Guide. TAMU Press.
Rintz. Richard E. (2014). Matelea radiata Correll (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoidiae) Rediscovered in South Texas. Phytologia 96: 1-6.
Ripley, S. Dillon. (1975). Report on endangered and threatened species of the United States. House Document 94-51: 1-200 [40].
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
Weakley, A. S., and Southeastern Flora Team. (2024). Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of March 4, 2024. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2203 pp.