Dischisma fruticosum (L.f.) Rolfe (1883:351)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Hebenstretia fruticosa L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 287 (1782); Selago fruticosa L.f. ex Rolfe in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 351 (1883), not validly publ.
Conservation Status
Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last (and only) record: 1842 (Helme & Raimondo, 2007; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution & Habitat
South Africa
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Helme, N. A. and Raimondo, D. (2007). Dischisma fruticosum (L.f.) Rolfe. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version. Accessed on 2024/10/20.
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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.
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Rolfe, R. A. (1901). Selagineae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis V Section I (Acanthaceae-Proteaceae): 95-180. Lovell Reeve & Co., Ltd., London.