Leichhardtia tubulosa (F.Muell.) P.I.Forst. (2021:15)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Marsdenia tubulosa F.Muell. in Fragm. 9: 71 (1875)

Conservation Status

Last (and only) record: 1871 (Wilson, 1994:293; DECC NSW, 2007; Silcock et al., 2019:SM:11; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

Rediscovered in: 2009 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:11)

Was listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:215). Still listed as Extinct by (Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2023; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

Distribution & Habitat

summit of Mt Gower, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

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]

Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW). (2007). Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan Appendices. Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), Sydney. vii + 267 pp.

Forster, P. I. (2021). Gymnema R.Br. and Leichhardtia R.Br. (Apocynaceae), reinstated genera for taxa previously included in Marsdenia R.Br.: a conspectus for Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Austrobaileya 11: 1-18.

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. (2023). Leichhardtia tubulosa (F.Muell.) P.I.Forst. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 8 December 2023]

Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]

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.

WCMC. (1996). Threatened plant database of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. W.C.M.C., Cambridge, U.K.

Wilson, Annette J. G. (ed.). (1994). Flora of Australia Volume 49, Oceanic Islands 1. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. xxiii + 681 pp. [p. 293]

https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1312/marsdenia-tubulosa

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Leichhardtia araujacea (F.Muell.) P.I.Forst. (2021:6)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Marsdenia araujacea F.Muell. in Fragm. 6: 135 (1868); Vincetoxicum pachylepis F.M.Bailey in Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland 8: 79 (1893); Cynanchum pachylepis (F.M.Bailey) Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 531 (1928)

Conservation Status

Last record: January 1893 (Forster, 1995, 2019; Forster et al., 1996:258; Silcock et al., 2019:SM:3 [as 1893]; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024 [as 1893])

Rediscovered on: 14 September 2016 (Forster, 2019)

Still listed as Extinct by (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024).

Distribution

northern Queensland, Australia

Type locality: "Queensland, Cook District: Stone River" (Forster, 2019:539)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Type specimen of Marsdenia araujacea:

J. Dallachy s.n. (holo: MEL 113385, 113386); iso: BRI [AQ333092] (Forster, 2019:539)

Type specimen of heterotypic synonym Vincetoxicum pachylepis:

E. Cowley s.n. (holo: BRI [AQ333088]) (Forster, 2019:539)

Rediscovery specimen:

Thompson SLT16602, McConnell, McClean, Nipper, D., Nipper, B. & Nipper, H. (BRI) (Forster, 2019:539)

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. (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]

Department of the Environment. (2015). Marsdenia araujacea in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Canberra. Available from: http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat. Accessed Thu, 5 Feb 2015 21:03:09 +1100.

Forster, Paul I. (1995). Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia. Australian Systematic Botany 8: 703-933.

Forster, Paul I. (2019). Rediscovery of the previously extinct Marsdenia araujacea F.Muell. (Apocynaceae). Austrobaileya 10(3): 539-540.

Forster, Paul I., Liddle, D. J. and Nicholas, A. (1996). Asclepiadaceae, pp. 197-283 [258]. In: Wilson, Annette (ed.). Flora of Australia Volume 28, Gentianales. Melbourne: CSIRO Australia. xxi + 335 pp.

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Hnatiuk, R. J. (1990). Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series 11: 1-650.

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 1 November 2024]

Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]

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.

Woinarski, John C. Z., Braby, M. F., Burbidge, A. A., Coates, D., Garnett, S. T., Fensham, R. J., Legge, S. M., McKenzie, N. L., Silcock, J L. and Murphy, B. P. (2019). Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia. Biological Conservation 239: 108261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108261

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Manettia holwayi Standl. (1931:186)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Missing (Jaramillo et al., 2004; León-Yánez et al., 2011:758)

Last record: 1920 (Jaramillo et al., 2004; León-Yánez et al., 2011:758)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution & Habitat

Huigra, Ecuador

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Fräßdorf, Doreen. (n.d.). Liste ausgestorbener Pflanzen der Neuzeit / List of extinct plants in modern times. Available at: https://www.artensterben.de/liste-ausgestorbener-pflanzen/ [Accessed 27 September 2026]

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

Jaramillo, T., Cornejo, X. and Pitman, N. (2004). Manettia holwayi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T46064A11032357. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46064A11032357.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2015.

León-Yánez, Susana, Valencia, Renato, Pitman, Nigel, Endara, Lorena, Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen and Navarrete, Hugo (eds.). (2011). Libro rojo de las plantas endémicas del Ecuador, 2ª edición. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito. 957 pp. [WARNING: 194MB file]

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 20 April 2024]

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Manettia canescens K.Schum. (1889:178)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Lygistum canescens (K.Schum.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 287 (1891)

Conservation Status

Missing (Jaramillo et al., 2004; León-Yánez et al., 2011:758)

Last (and only) record: 1800's (Jaramillo et al., 2004; León-Yánez et al., 2011:758)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution & Habitat

Ecuador

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Fräßdorf, Doreen. (n.d.). Liste ausgestorbener Pflanzen der Neuzeit / List of extinct plants in modern times. Available at: https://www.artensterben.de/liste-ausgestorbener-pflanzen/ [Accessed 27 September 2026]

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

Jaramillo, T., Cornejo, X. and Pitman, N. (2004). Manettia canescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T46062A11032281. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46062A11032281.en. Downloaded on 27 December 2015.

León-Yánez, Susana, Valencia, Renato, Pitman, Nigel, Endara, Lorena, Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen and Navarrete, Hugo (eds.). (2011). Libro rojo de las plantas endémicas del Ecuador, 2ª edición. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA,
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito. 957 pp. [WARNING: 194MB file]

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 20 April 2024]

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