REPAD: The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database
Contains 12,763 taxa as of February 2026.
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Schizostephanus gossweileri (S.Moore) Liede

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Angola & Namibia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Bruyns, P. V., & Klak, C. (2009). The rediscovery of Schizostephanus gossweileri and its phylogenetic position. South African Journal of Botany, 75(3), 532-536.

 

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Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V.Barbosa (2015:18)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Palicourea insularis Ridl. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 41 (1890); Erithalis insularis (Ridl.) Zappi & T.S.Nunes in Kew Bull. 55: 655 (2000)

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 26 August 1887 (Figueira et al., 2020:1408; de Lima et al., 2024:Data S2 [as 1887])

Rediscovered on: 13 September 2016 (photograph); 20 July 2018 (specimen) (both Figueira et al., 2020:1408)

 

Still listed as Missing by (de Lima et al., 2024:Data S2).

 

Distribution

Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Ridley, H. N. (1890). Notes on the botany of Fernando Noronha. The Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 27: 1-86.

 

Other references:

de Lima, Renato A. F., Dauby, Gilles, de Gasper, André L., Fernandez, Eduardo P., Vibrans, Alexander C., de Oliveira, Alexandre A., Prado, Paulo I., Souza, Vinícius C., de Siqueira, Marinez F. and ter Steege, Hans. (2024). Comprehensive conservation assessments reveal high extinction risks across Atlantic Forest trees. Science 383(6679): 219-225. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq5099 [Figs. S1-S17, Tables S1-S7; Data S1 to S4]

Figueira, M., Schindler, B., Jardim, J. G. and Barbosa, M. R. V. (2020). Rediscovery of Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V.Barbosa (Rubiaceae), a species presumed extinct, on the island of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil. Check List 16(5): 1407-1413. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1407

Freitas, A. M. M. (2007). A Flora fanerogâmica atual do Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha - Brasil. Doctoral thesis, Universidade Es-tadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana. 297 pp.

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 9 October 2024]

Zappi, D., Jardim, J., Souza, E. B., Di Maio, F. R., Barbosa, M. R., Valente, A. S. M., Santos Filho, L. A. F. and Monteiro, N. P. (2013). Rubiaceae, pp. 922-941. In: Martinelli G, Moraes MA (eds.). Livro Vermelho da flora do Brasil. Andrea Jakobsson, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.

 

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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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  1. Mandevilla luetzelburgii
  2. Carpacoce gigantea
  3. Zeltnera namophila (Spring-loving centaury)
  4. Chassalia grandifolia

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