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Pelargonium insularis Gibby & A.G.Mill. (2004:724)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Possibly extinct in the wild (Brown, 2018)

Last record: 15 February 1999 (Gibby & Miller, 2004; IPNI, 2023)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

Samha Island, Socotra (=Soqotra) archipelago, Yemen

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Gibby & Miller in: Miller, Anthony G. and Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of the Soqotra Archipelago. Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

 

Other references:

Bakker, F. T., Culham, A., Hettiarachi, P., Touloumenidou, T. and Gibby, M. (2004). Phylogeny of Pelargonium (Geraniaceae) based on DNA sequences from three genomes. Taxon 53(1): 17-28. https://doi.org/10.2307/4135669

Brown, Angie. (2018, 11 April). Rescue mission to save century-old plant collection. BBC News (online). Available at: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-43727562 [Accessed 12 November 2023]

IPNI. (2023). Pelargonium insularis Gibby & A.G.Mill. International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet https://www.ipni.org, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Herbarium. [Retrieved 12 November 2023].

Miller, Anthony G. (2004). Pelargonium insularis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44955A10968298. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44955A10968298.en. Downloaded on 09 May 2018.

Schram, Merlijn. (2019). Historical biogeography of Pelargonium: Evidence of a Cape to Cairo scenario using explicit and non-explicit species ranges. Unpublished?

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