Logania depressa Hook.f. (1853:177)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Euosma depressa Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 425 (1891)
Conservation Status
Extinct (de Lange et al., 2013:11; de Lange, 2014; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1847 (de Lange, 2014; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Kaimanawa Mountains, North Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa:
SP035375 (collected 22 February 1847)
SP004635 (collected 22 February 1847)
Media
Specimen SP035375 (3 photos):
Above: Logania depressa Hook.f., collected 22 February 1847, Ruahine Mountains; [Given by WRB Oliver, in N.Z. J. Sci. Tech. 4 (1921): 263, as "east of Waiouru and north of Moawhango Township"], New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP035375)
Above: Logania depressa Hook.f., collected 22 February 1847, Ruahine Mountains; [Given by WRB Oliver, in N.Z. J. Sci. Tech. 4 (1921): 263, as "east of Waiouru and north of Moawhango Township"], New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP035375)
Above: Logania depressa Hook.f., collected 22 February 1847, Ruahine Mountains; [Given by WRB Oliver, in N.Z. J. Sci. Tech. 4 (1921): 263, as "east of Waiouru and north of Moawhango Township"], New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP035375)
Specimen SP004635 (5 photos):
Above: Logania depressa Hook.f., collected 22 February 1847, Ruahine Mountains; [Given by WRB Oliver, in N.Z. J. Sci. Tech. 4 (1921): 263, as "east of Waiouru and north of Moawhango Township"], New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP004635)
Above: Logania depressa Hook.f., collected 22 February 1847, Ruahine Mountains; [Given by WRB Oliver, in N.Z. J. Sci. Tech. 4 (1921): 263, as "east of Waiouru and north of Moawhango Township"], New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP004635)
Above: Logania depressa Hook.f., collected 22 February 1847, Ruahine Mountains; [Given by WRB Oliver, in N.Z. J. Sci. Tech. 4 (1921): 263, as "east of Waiouru and north of Moawhango Township"], New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP004635)
Above: Logania depressa Hook.f., collected 22 February 1847, Ruahine Mountains; [Given by WRB Oliver, in N.Z. J. Sci. Tech. 4 (1921): 263, as "east of Waiouru and north of Moawhango Township"], New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP004635)
Above: Logania depressa Hook.f., collected 22 February 1847, Ruahine Mountains; [Given by WRB Oliver, in N.Z. J. Sci. Tech. 4 (1921): 263, as "east of Waiouru and north of Moawhango Township"], New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP004635)
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de Lange, P. J., Rolfe, J. R., Champion, P. D., Courtney, S. P., Heenan, P. B., Barkla, J. W., Cameron, E. K., Norton, D. A. and Hitchmough, R. A. (2013). Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 70 pp.
Heenan, Peter B. et al. (2022). Plastid DNA sequence data of the extinct Logania depressa (Loganiaceae) from New Zealand confirm its generic placement. New Zealand Journal of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2022.2093120
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]
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
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Leptomischus modesta (Hook.f.) Deb
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym: Keenania modesta
Conservation Status
Missing
Distribution
Assam, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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.
Kadua degeneri coprosmifolia (Fosberg) W.L.Wagner & Lorence (2005:833)
Degener's bluet
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Hedyotis degeneri var. coprosmifolia Fosberg in Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 174: 56 (1943)
Conservation Status
Missing (Wagner et al., 1999a:46; Keir et al., 2015; Wood et al., 2019:9) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record (disputed): 1980 (Keir et al., 2015; Wood et al., 2019:9); 1985 (NatureServe, 2024); 1980's (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Waiʻanae Mountains, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Fosberg, F. R. (1943). The Polynesian species of Hedyotis (Rubiaceae). Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 174: 1-102.
Other references:
Center for Conservation Research and Training Seed Storage Laboratory. 2009. Seed bank database. Unpublished. Center for Conservation Research and Training, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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]
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. H. A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Groeninckx, I., Dessein, S., Ochoterena, H., Persson, C., Motley, T.J., Karehed, J., Bremer, B., Huysmans, S. and Smets, E. 2009. Phylogeny of the herbaceous tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae) based on plastid DNA data. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96: 109-132.
Kartesz, J. T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Keir, M., Portner, T., Weisenberger, L., Kwon, J. & Caraway, V.L. 2015. Kadua degeneri subsp. coprosmifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T80092214A80092221. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T80092214A80092221.en. Downloaded on 18 November 2016.
NatureServe. (2024). NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed 1 September 2024]
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 1 September 2024]
Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.
Terrell, E. E., Robinson, H. E., Wagner, W.L. and Lorence, D. H. (2005). Resurrection of genus Kadua for Hawaiian Hedyotidinae (Rubiaceae), with emphasis on seed and fruit characters and notes on South Pacific species. Systematic Botany 30(4): 818-833.
U.S. Army Garrison. 2009. 2009 status report for the Makua and Oahu implementation plans. U.S. Army Garrison, Hawaii and Pacific Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Schofield Barracks.
U.S. Army Garrison. 2010. 2010 status report for the Makua and Oahu implementation plans. U.S. Army Garrison, Hawaii and Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, Schofield Barracks.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2007a). Hedyotis degeneri (no common name) 5-year review summary and evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2007b). Kadua degeneri (no common name) 5-Year review and summary and evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2012a). Kadua degeneri (no common name) 5-Year review and summary and evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2012b). Kadua degeneri var. comprosmifolia 5-year review summary and evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2002. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; designations of critical habitat for plant species from the island of Oahu, HI; proposed rule concerning designation of critical habitat. Federal Register 67(102): 37108-37272.
Wagner, Warren L., Bruegmann, Marie M., Herbst, Derral M. and Lau, Joel Q. C. (1999a). Hawaiian Vascular Plants at Risk: 1999. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 60: 1-58.
Wagner, Warren L., Herbst, D. R. and Sohmer, S. H. (1990). Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. Univ. Hawaii Press and Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1853 pp.
Wagner, W., Herbst, D. and Sohmer S. (1999b). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication 91: 1-1918.
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.
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http://www.pepphi.org/uploads/2/5/4/7/25478598/pep_list_20150420.pdf
Hymenodictyon seyrigii Cavaco, 1965:700
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1942
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Toliara Province, Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cavaco, A. (1965 "1964"). Contribution à l'étude des Rubiacées de Madagascar. I. Cinchonées (suite). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, séction B, Adansonia, Série 2 36: 699-702.
Other references:
Cavaco, A. (1968). Contribution à l'étude des Cinchonées (Rubiacées) de Madagascar. Adansonia 8: 69-71.
Homolle, A. M. (1939). Rubiacées nouvelles de Madagascar. Notulae Systematica (Paris) 8: 26-32.
Members of the IUCN SSC Madagascar Plant Specialist Group. 2015. Hymenodictyon seyrigii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T68501570A68701919. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T68501570A68701919.en. Downloaded on 26 January 2018.
Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G. and Bremer, Brigitta. (2006). Taxonomic revision of the tribe Hymenodictyeae (Rubiaceae, Cinchonoideae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152(3): 331-386.
Ceropegia witzenbergensis (C.A.Lückh.) Christenh. & Govaerts
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Huernia witzenbergensis C.A.Lückh. in A.C.White & B.L.Sloane, Stapelieae, ed. 2, 3: 890 (1937)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Hilton-Taylor, 1996; Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1930's (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution
Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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.
Hall, A. V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S. A. M. (1980). Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, Craig (ed.). (1996). Red data list of Southern African plants: 1-117. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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]
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 October 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.
Victor, J. E. (2005). Huernia witzenbergensis C.A.Lückh. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version. Accessed on 2024/10/06.
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://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1965/huernia-witzenbergensis