Cyclophyllum sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1291/subfossil-plants-pacific-islands
Coprosma sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Orliac & Orliac, 2008:201; Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547)
Last record: <2000 yrcalBP (Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547)
Distribution
Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)
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
Rull, Valentí. (2020). The deforestation of Easter island. Biological Reviews 95(1): 124-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12556
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1291/subfossil-plants-pacific-islands
Ceropegia tomentosa Schltr.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Distribution
Fort Bowker, between Butterworth and Umtata, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Brown, N.E. 1909. Asclepiadeae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis IV Section I (Vacciniaceae to Gentianeae):518-1036. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.
Dyer, R.A. 1980. Brachystelma, Ceropegia and Riocreuxia. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 27 Part 4:1-88. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Dyer, R.A. 1983. Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Riocreuxia in southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Le Roux, Johannes J., Hui, C., Castillo, M. L., Iriondo, J. M., Keet, J.-H., Khapugin, A. A., Médail, F., Rejmánek, M., Theron, G. Yannelli, F. A. and Hirsch, H. (2019). Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots. Current Biology 29(17): 2912-2918.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063
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.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
Victor, J.E. & Dold, A.P. 2007. Ceropegia tomentosa Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/02
Ceropegia rudatisii Schltr.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 2020
Distribution
uMzinto, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Dyer, R.A. 1980. Brachystelma, Ceropegia and Riocreuxia. In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of Southern Africa 27 Part 4:1-88. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
Dyer, R.A. 1983. Ceropegia, Brachystelma and Riocreuxia in southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Heiduk, Annemarie, Styles, David G. A. and Meve, Ulrich. (2021). Long-lost Ceropegia rudatisii (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)—Rediscovered and redescribed after 100 years. Phytotaxa 498(2): 123-130. [Abstract]
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Le Roux, Johannes J., Hui, C., Castillo, M. L., Iriondo, J. M., Keet, J.-H., Khapugin, A. A., Médail, F., Rejmánek, M., Theron, G. Yannelli, F. A. and Hirsch, H. (2019). Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots. Current Biology 29(17): 2912-2918.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063
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.
Scott-Shaw, C.R. 1999. Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
Scott-Shaw, C. R., Peckover, R., von Staden, L. and Victor, J. E. (2005). Ceropegia rudatisii Schltr. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/02
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
Ceropegia maculata Bedd., 1864:52
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 29 November 1905 (Nayar & Sastry, 1988:46 [as 1905]; Rajasekar et al., 2018 [as 29 November 1905])
Rediscovered on 22 July 2016 (Rajasekar et al., 2018)
Distribution
Kerala & Tamil Nadu, India (& Sri Lanka?)
Endemic to India (Kerala & Tamil Nadu) according to (Kambale & Yadav, 2015), but old collections record its occurrence in Bangladesh according to (Nayar & Sastry, 1988:46).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Anbazhakan, Rengasamy et al. (2022a). In vitro micropropagation, flowering, and tuberization of Ceropegia maculata Bedd.—an endemic plant of Southern Western Ghats. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant 58: 302-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-022-10253-0
Anbazhakan, Rengasamy et al. (2022b). Effect of seaweeds extract and plant growth regulators on high-frequency in vitro regeneration and ex-vitro rooting of Ceropegia maculata Bedd.: an endemic species of Southern Western Ghats. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-022-02352-y
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]
Jagtap, A. P. and Singh, N.P. (1999). Fascicles of Flora of India 24: 1-332. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
Kambale, S. S. and Yadav, S. R. (2015). Lectotypifications and synonymy in Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae). Kew Bulletin 70(57): 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s12225-015-9608-3
Nayar, M. P. and Sastry, A. R. K. (compilers). (1988, reprinted 2000). Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Volume 2. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India. 268 pp. [p. 46]
Rajasekar, C., Jeevith, S. and Kottaimuthu, R. (2018). Rediscovery of Ceropegia maculata Bedd. (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) after 154 years from Tamil Nadu, India. I3 Biodiversity 2: 202.
Rao, C. Kameswara, Geetha, B. L. and Suresh, Geetha. (2003). Red List of Threatened Vascular Plant Species in India: Compiled from the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. ENVIS Centre on Floral Diversity, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. xxiv + 144 pp. [automatic download]
Sivaraj, N., Venkateswaran, Kamala, Pandravada, S. R., Reddy, M. Thirupathi Reddy and Rajasekharan, P. E. (2020). Threatened Medicinal Plants of Eastern Ghats and Their ConservationThreatened Medicinal Plants of Eastern Ghats and Their Conservation, pp. 31-62. In: Rajasekharan, P. E. and Wani, Shabir Hussain (eds.). Conservation and Utilization of Threatened Medicinal Plants. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. xviii + 565 pp.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/forestry/forestry_threatened_plants_tamil_nadu.pdf