Opercularia hirsuta F.Muell. ex Benth.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Markey, 2018) or Extinct (POWO, 2024)
Reportedly rediscovered (Humphreys et al., 2019), but further research has resulted in it only being known from the type material as the species has been confised with O. hispidula (Markey, 2018).
Distribution
near Esperance, Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Hnatiuk, R. J. (1990). Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series 11: 1-650.
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]
Markey, A. S. (2018). By their fruit you will recognise them: species notes and typifications in Western Australian species of Opercularia (Rubiaceae: Anthosperminae). Nuytsia 29: 119-140. https://doi.org/10.58828/nuy00866
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 26 May 2024]