Gardenia candida A.C. Smith, 1979
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1947
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Seanggangga Plateau (in the vicinity of Natua), Vanua Levu, Fiji
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Smith, Albert C. (1974). Studies of Pacific Island Plants. XXVII. The genus [i]Gardenia[/i] (Rubiaceae) in the Fijian Region. American Journal of Botany 61(2): 109-128. [[url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2441180?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents]Abstract[/url]]
Other references:
Lear, M. 1994. Letter to Harriet Gillett dated 28 March 1994, enclosing extracts from "Plant Conservation in Fiji" written by Michael Lear and Beverley Woods in March 1992.
Lear, M. and Woods, B. 1992. Plant conservation in Fiji. WWF 3334. Small grants for plant conservation on islands (6) Fiji.
Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
Smith, Albert C. (1979). Flora Vitiensis Nova: a new Flora of Fiji. Pacific Tropical Botanic Garden, Hawaii.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1998. Gardenia candida. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T31040A9602450. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31040A9602450.en. Downloaded on 16 November 2016.
Gaertnera quadriseta A.DC. (1845:34)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (WCMC, 1992:221; Walter & Gillett, 1998:505; Humphreys et al., 2019) or Invalid (synonym of G. psychotrioides) (POWO, 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Bosser, J. et al. (eds.). (1976-). Flore des Mascareignes. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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]
Malcomber, S. T. and Taylor, C. M. (2009). A systematic revision of Gaertnera (Rubiaceae, Gaertnereae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96: 575-671.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 27 August 2025]
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.
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1986/gaertnera-quadriseta
Gaertnera oxycarpa Drake (1899 "1898":354)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
This is an unplaced name according to (POWO, 2024).
Conservation Status
Extinct (Walter & Gillett, 1998:505; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2024; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)
Last record: 1830's (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Drake, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 45: 354. 1898 [1899].
Other 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. (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]
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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 26 October 2024]
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. [p. 505]
W.C.M.C. (1996). Threatened plant database of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. W.C.M.C., Cambridge, U.K.
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1987/gaertnera-oxycarpa
Gaertnera longifolia pubescens Verdc. (1983:542)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (WCMC, 1992:221; Walter & Gillett, 1998:505) or Invalid (synonym of nominate G. longifolia) (POWO, 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Malcomber, S. T. and Taylor, C. M. (2009). A systematic revision of Gaertnera (Rubiaceae, Gaertnereae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96: 575-671.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 27 August 2025]
Tezoo, V. (TPTNC) and Strahm, W. (2000). Gaertnera longifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T39438A10238432. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39438A10238432.en. Accessed on 27 August 2025.
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. [p. 505]
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1989/gaertnera-longifolia-var-pubescens
Gaertnera crassiflora Bojer (1837:216)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Sykesia crassiflora (Bojer) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 325 (1891)
Conservation Status
Extinct (WCMC, 1992:221; Walter & Gillett, 1998:505; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2024; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)
Last record: 1837 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
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]
Bosser, J. et al. (eds.) (1976-). Flore des Mascareignes. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
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]
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Graner, Torun. (2026). A World Without Trees: An Analysis of Global Tree Extinction Rates, Geographical Distribution and Correlation to Socioeconomic Factors. Master’s Dissertation, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Södertörn University. 41 pp.
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]
Malcomber, S. T. and Taylor, C. M. (2009). A systematic revision of Gaertnera (Rubiaceae, Gaertnereae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96: 575-671.
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 26 October 2024]
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. [p. 505]
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1990/gaertnera-crassiflora