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Contains 12,647 taxa as of November 2025.
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Psydrax ficiformis (Hook, f.) Bridson

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Plectronia ficiformis (Hook.f.) Gamble; Canthium ficiforme Hook.f.

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Tamil Nadu, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Arigela, Ravi Kiran and Singh, Rajeev Kumar. (2020). Rediscovery of endangered tree Psydrax ficiformis, lectotypication of two names and a new combination in the genus Psydrax (Rubiaceae). Indian Forester 146(2): 108-112.

 

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Ceropegia blepharanthera (Hans Huber) Bruyns

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1910

Rediscovered in 1984

 

Distribution

Angola & Namibia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Müller, M. A. N. (1984). Brachystelma blepharanthera Huber — rediscovered after 70 years. Dinteria 17: 81-82.

 

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Ceropegia tabularia (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Brachystelma tabularium R.A.Dyer

 

Conservation Status

Extinct (Victor & Dold, 2003)

 

Distribution

South Africa

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Hilton-Taylor C. (1996). Red Data List of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4: 1-117.

Victor J.E. (2002). South Africa. In Southern African Plant Red Data Lists, ed. J.S. Golding. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14:  93-120.

Victor, J. E. and Dold, A. P. (2003). Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99(9): 437-446.

 

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Mandevilla luetzelburgii (Ross & Markgr.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 698. 1933.

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Woodson, R. E. (1933). Studies in the Apocynaceae IV. The American genera of Echitoideae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 20: 605-790.

 

Other references:

Morales, J. Francisco and Kollmann, Ludovic J. C. (2020). War, types, and Mandevilla (Apocynaceae): a new species and the rediscovery of a rare species from Brazil. Darwiniana, nueva serie 8(2): 449-459.

 

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Carpacoce gigantea Puff (1985:56)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing (von Staden, 2019; contra Humphreys et al., 2019) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

Last record: 1962 (von Staden, 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

 

Distribution

Swellendam Mountains, South Africa

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Puff, C. (1986). Paederieae, Anthospermeae, Rubieae. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 31 Part 1 Rubiaceae, Fascicle 2 Rubioideae (Second part):1-76. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.

 

Other references:

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]

Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J. C. (2000). Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.

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.

Hilton-Taylor, Craig. (1996). Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

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 5 October 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.

von Staden, L. (2019). Carpacoce gigantea Puff. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version. Accessed on 2024/10/05.

WCSP. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/

 

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  1. Zeltnera namophila (Spring-loving centaury)
  2. Chassalia grandifolia
  3. Condylocarpon glabrum
  4. Hedyotis hirsutissima

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