Oldenlandia adscensionis (DC.) Cronk (1980:207)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Hedyotis adscensionis DC. in Prodr. 4: 419 (1830); Oldenlandia adscenionis (DC.) Cronk in Biol. Conservation 17: 207 (1980) [orth. error]; Sherardia fruticosa L. in Sp. Pl.: 103 (1753)

Conservation Status

Extinct (Cronk, 1980:211; WCMC, 1992:221; Baillie & Butcher, 2012:88; Lambdon et al., 2012b; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2024; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)

Last record: 1889 (Cronk, 1980:211; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025); "1985?" (Lambdon et al., 2012b)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

Probably first noticed by Dampier (1709) according to (Cronk, 1980:211).

Distribution & Habitat

St Helena

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Carta, Angelino, Mondoni, Andrea, Godefroid, Sandrine, Davis, Charles C., Caneva, Giulia, Albrecht, Matthew A., Alvarado, Karla, Bijmoer, Roxali, Borosova, Renata, Bräuchler, Christian, Breman, Elinor, Briggs, Marie, Buord, Stephane, Cave, Lynette H., Da Silva, Nílber Gonçalves, Davey, Alexandra H., Davies, Rachael M., Dickie, John B., Fabillo, Melodina, Fleischmann, Andreas, Franks, Andrew, Hall, Geoffrey, Kantvilas, Gintaras, Klak, Cornelia, Liu, Udayangani, Medina, Leopoldo, Reinhammar, Lars Gunnar, Sebola, Ramagwai J., Schönberger, Ines, Sweeney, Patrick, Voglmayr, Hermann, White, Adam, Wieringa, Jan J., Zippel, Elke Zippel and Abeli, Thomas. (2022). Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria. Nature Plants 8: 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01296-7 [Supplementary Tables S1-S6]

Ascension Environmental Information Operations Utility. (2010). Annual plant census data. Georgetown, Ascension Island.

Ashmole, P. and Ashmole, M. (2000). St Helena and Ascension Island: a natural history. Anthony Nelson, Oswestry, U.K.

Baillie, Jonathan E. M. and Butcher, Ellen R. (2012). Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. London, UK: Zoological Society of London.

Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.

Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2025). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 207(3): 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]

Cronk, Quentin. C. B. (1980). Extinction and survival in the endemic flora of Ascension Island. Biological Conservation 17(3): 207-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(80)90056-7

Dampier, W. (1709). A continuation of a voyage to New Holland, &c. m the year 1699. London, James Knapton.

Duffey, E. (1964). The terrestrial ecology of Ascension Island. Journal of Applied Ecology 1: 219-251.

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

Gray, A., Gardner, S., Kirk, L., Robinson, P., Smölka, Z. and Webster, L. (2000). The status and distribution of the endemic vascular flora of Ascension Island. Unpublished Report.

Gray, A., Pelembe, T. and Stroud, S. (2005). The conservation of the endemic vascular flora of Ascension Island and the threats from alien species. Oryx 39(4): 1-6.

Hemsley, W. B. (1885). Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Botany - Vol. 1. H.M. Stationary Office, London.

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]

Lambdon, P. W., Stroud, S., Gray, A., Niissalo, M. and Renshaw, O. (2012a). Oldenlandia adscensionis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 08 May 2015.

Lambdon, P. W., Stroud, S., Gray, A., Niissalo, M. and Renshaw, O. (2012b). Oldenlandia adscensionis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T43923A2990410. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T43923A2990410.en. Downloaded on 23 June 2021.

Packer, J. E. (2002). A concise guide to Ascension Island. South Atlantic Ascension Heritage Society, Georgetown.

POWO. (2018). Plants of the World online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://e-monocot.org/.

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 16 June 2024]

Vojtek, Ján. (2020). Refining extinction estimations for plants of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). MSc dissertation, Queen Mary, University of London. https://doi.org/10.34885/185

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.

WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.

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Ochrosia kilaueaensis H.St.John (1978:214)

Hōlei

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Ochrosia konaensis H.St.John in Adansonia, n.s., 18: 216 (1978)

Conservation Status

Missing (Wood et al., 2019:11) or Extinct (Wagner et al., 1999:16; Keir, 2020; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

Last record: 1927 (Wood et al., 2019:11; Keir, 2020; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

Distribution

Puuwaawaa & Kipuka Puaulu, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Carta, Angelino, Mondoni, Andrea, Godefroid, Sandrine, Davis, Charles C., Caneva, Giulia, Albrecht, Matthew A., Alvarado, Karla, Bijmoer, Roxali, Borosova, Renata, Bräuchler, Christian, Breman, Elinor, Briggs, Marie, Buord, Stephane, Cave, Lynette H., Da Silva, Nílber Gonçalves, Davey, Alexandra H., Davies, Rachael M., Dickie, John B., Fabillo, Melodina, Fleischmann, Andreas, Franks, Andrew, Hall, Geoffrey, Kantvilas, Gintaras, Klak, Cornelia, Liu, Udayangani, Medina, Leopoldo, Reinhammar, Lars Gunnar, Sebola, Ramagwai J., Schönberger, Ines, Sweeney, Patrick, Voglmayr, Hermann, White, Adam, Wieringa, Jan J., Zippel, Elke Zippel and Abeli, Thomas. (2022). Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria. Nature Plants 8: 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01296-7 [Supplementary Tables S1-S6]

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]

Fortini, L., Price, J., Jacobi, J., Vorsino, A., Burgett, J., Brinck, K., Amidon, F., Miller, S., Gon II, S., Koob, G. and Paxton, E. 2013. A landscape-based assessment of climate change vulnerability for all native Hawaiian plants. Technical report HCSU-044. Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii.

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

Keir, M. (2020). Ochrosia kilaueaensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T33562A83804687. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T33562A83804687.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.

Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 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 25 August 2024]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (1996). Recovery plan for the Big Island plant cluster. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2003. Endangered and Threatened Widlife and plants; proposed designation of critical habitat for three threatened mussels and eight endangered mussels in the Mobile River basin; proposed rule. Federal Register, 68 (58). USFWS.

USFWS. (2012). Ochrosia kilaueaensis (Holei): 5-Year Review, Summary and Evaluation.

Wagner, W., Herbst, D. and Sohmer, S. (1990). Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

Wagner, Warren L., Bruegmann, Marie M., Herbst, Derral M. and Lau, Joel Q. C. (1999). Hawaiian Vascular Plants at Risk: 1999. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 60: 1-58.

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.

Wood, Kenneth R., Oppenheimer, Hank and Keir, Matthew. (2019). A checklist of endemic Hawaiian vascular plant taxa that are considered possibly extinct in the wild. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Technical Report #314.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1998). Ochrosia kilaueaensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T33562A9786858. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33562A9786858.en. Downloaded on 18 November 2016.

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Miraglossum laeve Kupicha (1984:630)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Missing (Mogale et al., 2014) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)

Last record: 1960 (Mogale et al., 2014; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

Distribution

Gauteng Province & North West Province, South Africa

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Kupicha, F. K. (1984). Studies on African Asclepiadaceae. Kew Bulletin 38(4): 599-672.

Other references:

Albers, F. and Meve, U. (eds.). (2002). Illustrated handbook of succulent plants Asclepiadaceae, corr. 2nd printing: 1-318. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg,New York.

Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.

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]

Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Hahn, N. (2013). Rare, endangered and endemic flora of the North West Province. Unpublished Report to the Department of Economic Development, Conservation and Tourism, North West Provincial Government.

Mogale, M. M. P., Bester, S. P. and von Staden, L. (2014). Miraglossum laeve Kupicha. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/07

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 3 November 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.

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Minaria monocoronata (Rapini) T.U.P. Konno & Rapini

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: 13 April 1994

Since rediscovered?

Distribution

Brazil

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

do Carmo, Flavio Fonseca et al. (2018). Check-list of vascular plant communities on ironstone ranges of south-eastern Brazil: dataset for conservation. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e27032.

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