Mussaenda leptantha Wernham (1919:277)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Murphy et al., 2023:21)
Last record: 1919 (Murphy et al., 2023:21)
Distribution & Habitat
Cameroon
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Murphy, Bruce, Onana, Jean Michel, Burgt, Xander M. van der, Ngansop Tchatchouang, Eric, Williams, Jenny, Tchiengué, Barthélemy and Cheek, Martin. (2023). Important Plant Areas of Cameroon. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 302 pp. [automatic download]
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 10 April 2024]
Galium deistelii K.Krause (1909:160)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Murphy et al., 2023:21)
Last record: 1905 (Murphy et al., 2023:21)
Distribution & Habitat
Cameroon
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Murphy, Bruce, Onana, Jean Michel, Burgt, Xander M. van der, Ngansop Tchatchouang, Eric, Williams, Jenny, Tchiengué, Barthélemy and Cheek, Martin. (2023). Important Plant Areas of Cameroon. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 302 pp. [automatic download]
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 10 April 2024]
Pachycarpus medusonema Bullock (1953:335)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Murphy et al., 2023:18)
Last record: 1962 (Murphy et al., 2023:18)
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution & Habitat
Cameroon
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Cheek, M. (2014). Pachycarpus medusonema. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T200705A2680852. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T200705A2680852.en. Accessed on 06 April 2024.
Goyder, D. J. (1998). A revision of Pachycarpus E.Mey. (Asclepiadaceae: Asclepiadeae) in Tropical Africa with notes on the genus in southern Africa. Kew Bulletin 53: 335-374.
Murphy, Bruce, Onana, Jean Michel, Burgt, Xander M. van der, Ngansop Tchatchouang, Eric, Williams, Jenny, Tchiengué, Barthélemy and Cheek, Martin. (2023). Important Plant Areas of Cameroon. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 302 pp. [automatic download]
Onana, Jean Michel. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
Onana, Jean Michel and Cheek, Martin. (eds.). (2011). Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon: IUCN Global Assessments. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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 April 2024]
Psychotria sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547)
Last record: Holocene (Orliac & Orliac, 2008); <2000 yrcalBP (Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547)
Distribution & Habitat
Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Flenley, J. R., King, S. M., Jackson, J. and Chew, C. (1991). The late Quaternary vegetationaland climatic history of Easter Island. Journal of Quaternary Science 6: 85-115.
Orliac, Catherine and Orliac, Michel. (1998). The disappearance of Easter Island’s forest: over-exploitation or climatic catastrophe?, pp. 129-134. In: Stevenson, C. M., Lee, G. and Morin, F. J. (eds.). Easter Island in Pacific Context, South Seas Symposium. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Easter Island and East Polynesia. Easter Island Foundation, Los Osos.
Orliac, Catherine and Orliac, Michel. (2008). Extinct flora of Easter Island, pp. 197-208. In: Di Piazza, Anne, Pearthree, Erick and Sand, Christophe (eds.). At the Heart of Ancient Societies: French Contributions to Pacific Archaeology. Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Prebble, Matthew and Dowe, John L. (2008). The late Quaternary decline and extinction of palms on Pacific islands. Quaternary Science Reviews 27(27-28): 2546-2567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.015
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1291/subfossil-plants-pacific-islands
Psydrax sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547)
Last record: Holocene (Orliac & Orliac, 2008); <2000 yrcalBP (Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547)
Distribution & Habitat
Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Flenley, J. R., King, S. M., Jackson, J. and Chew, C. (1991). The late Quaternary vegetationaland climatic history of Easter Island. Journal of Quaternary Science 6: 85-115.
Orliac, Catherine and Orliac, Michel. (1998). The disappearance of Easter Island’s forest: over-exploitation or climatic catastrophe?, pp. 129-134. In: Stevenson, C. M., Lee, G. and Morin, F. J. (eds.). Easter Island in Pacific Context, South Seas Symposium. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Easter Island and East Polynesia. Easter Island Foundation, Los Osos.
Orliac, Catherine and Orliac, Michel. (2008). Extinct flora of Easter Island, pp. 197-208. In: Di Piazza, Anne, Pearthree, Erick and Sand, Christophe (eds.). At the Heart of Ancient Societies: French Contributions to Pacific Archaeology. Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Prebble, Matthew and Dowe, John L. (2008). The late Quaternary decline and extinction of palms on Pacific islands. Quaternary Science Reviews 27(27-28): 2546-2567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.015
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1291/subfossil-plants-pacific-islands