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Catesbaea phyllacantha Griseb. (1866:122)

Jía sin hojas

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Phyllacanthus grisebachianus Hook.f. in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 11: 77 (1871)

 

Conservation Status

Extinct (WCMC, 1992:222; González Torres et al., 2016:216; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2024; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)

Last record: 1923 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)

 

Distribution & Habitat

Cuba

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Strong, Mark T. (2012). Catalogue of Seed Plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: xxv + 1192 pages, 3 maps, 4 tables.

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]

Berazaín Iturralde, R., Areces Berazaín, F., Lazcano Lara, J. C. and González Torres, L. R. (2005). Lista roja de la flora vascular de Cubana. Documentos del Jardín Botánico Atlántico (Gijón) 4: 1-86.

Borhidi, A. and Muñiz, O. (1983). Catálogo de Plantas Cubanas Amenazadas o Extinguidas: 1-85. Acad. Ci. de Cuba, La Habana.

Christenhusz, M. & Govaerts, R. (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]

González Torres, L. R., Palmarola, A., González Oliva, L., Bécquer, E. R., Testé, E. and Barrios, D. (eds.). (2016). Lista roja de la flora de CubaLista roja de la flora de Cuba. Bissea 10 (número especial 1): 1-352. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24056.65288

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

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]

Liogier, A. H. (1962). Flora de Cuba. Vol 5. UPR, Río Piedras.

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 13 June 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.

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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Psychotria exellii R.Alves, Figueiredo & A.P.Davis (2005)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered after 50+ years

 

Distribution

São Tomé

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Alves, R., Figueiredo, E. Davis, A. P. (2005). Taxonomy and conservation of the genus Psychotria (Rubiaceae) in S.Tomé e Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 147: 469-481.

 

Other references:

Stévart, T. et al. (2022). Diversity of the Vascular Plants of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands, pp. 249-271. In: Ceríaco, L.M.P., de Lima, R.F., Melo, M., Bell, R.C. (eds.). Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06153-0_10

 

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Brachystelma attenuatum (Wight) Hook f.

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Srivastava, Amber and Chauhan, Nishant. (2022). Rediscovery of Brachystelma attenuatum after 188 years. Oryx 56(4): 489. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605322000473

 

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Brachystelma parviflorum (Wight) Hook.f.

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in August 2020

 

Distribution

Himachal Pradesh, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Srivastava, Amber and Chauhan, Nishant. (2021). Rediscovery of Brachystelma parviflorum after 186 years. Oryx 55(3): 329. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321000119

 

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Argostemma arachnosum Merr.

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Philippines

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Mazo, Kean Roe F. and Famor, Christopher V. (2022). Rediscovery and amended description of a Philippine endemic Argostemma arachnosum (Rubiaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany  2022(9): e03688. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.03688

 

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  1. Ixora labuanensis
  2. Praravinia gracilis
  3. Coffea decaryana
  4. Coffea alleizettii

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