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Faramea nitida Benth. (1850:454)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Faramea xanthina Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(5): 461 (1881)

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered (Ribeiro de Castro & de Almeida, 2016)

 

Distribution

Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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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]

Delprete, P. G. (2010). Rubiaceae. Flora dos estados de Goiás e Tocantins 40: 1-1610. Universidade Federal de Goiás.

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Ribeiro de Castro, Alan Rodrigo and de Almeida, Eduardo Bezerra, Jr. (2016). Expansion of the geographic distribution of Faramea nitida Benth. in the restinga of Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil. Check List 12(1): 1831.

https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/3434/faramea-nitida

 

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Dischidia torricellensis (Schltr.) P.I.Forst., 2000

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1939

Rediscovered in 2000 or before

 

Distribution

New Guinea

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Forster, Paul I. (2000). Rediscovery of Dischidia torricellensis (Schltr.) P.I.Forst., an unusual epiphytic asclepiad from New Guinea. Austrobaileya 5(4): 725-728. [Abstract]

 

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Chazaliella obanensis (Wernham) Petit & Verdc.

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1913

Rediscovered in 1990's

IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable

 

Distribution

Cameroon & Nigeria

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Cheek, M. 2004. Chazaliella obanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T45909A11022622. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T45909A11022622.en. Downloaded on 21 November 2016.

Cheek, Martin and Cable, Stuart. (1997). Plant inventory for conservation management: the Kew-Earthwatch programme in Western Cameroon, 1993-96, pp. 29-38. In: Doolan, Seán. African Rainforests and the Conservation of Biodiversity. Proceedings of the Limbe Conference, Limbe Botanic Garden, Cameroon, 17-24 January 1997. Earthwatch Europe. [p. 35]

 

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Chassalia curviflora ellipsoides Hook. f., 1880:177

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1872

Rediscovered in 2014 or before

 

Distribution

Assam & Jarain area, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Hook. f. (1880). [description of Chassalia curviflora ellipsoides]. Fl. Brit. India 3: 177.

 

Other references:

Barbhuiya, H. A., Dutta, B. K., Das, A. K. and Baishya, A. K. (2014). The family RUBIACEAE in southern Assam with special reference to endemic and rediscovered taxa. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(4): 5649-5659.

Deb and B. Krishna. (1982). [title?]. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24: 223.

 

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Chassalia boryana DC., 1830

Mauritian coral tree, Bory's coral tree

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in: 1960's (Magdalena, 2018:66)

 

Distribution & Habitat

Mauritius, Mascarene Islands

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Atkinson, Rachel (text), Sevathian, Jean Claude (text), Kaiser, Christopher (photographs) and Hansen, Dennis. (2007). A guide to the plants in Mauritius. Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. 192 pp.

Magdalena, Carlos. (2017). The Plant Messiah. Viking. 224 pp.

Magdalena, Carlos. (2018). The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species. Penguin Books. 218 pp. [p. 65-69]

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rendDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT91&lpg=PT91&dq=chassalia+boryana+rediscover&source=bl&ots=kLeuqSpyBz&sig=ACfU3U0b_k9AiUtv6cF7N8XevPdY7IPTYQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizsoiQgJTmAhXaZSsKHZhYApcQ6AEwDnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=chassalia%20boryana%20rediscover&f=false

 

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  1. Ceropegia panchganiensis (Panchgani ceropegia)
  2. Ceropegia omissa (Neglected ceropegia)
  3. Ceropegia hookeri
  4. Ceropegia evansii (Evans ceropegia)

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