Euphrasia corcontica (Smejkal) Smejkal & M.Dvoráková (1999:33)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Euphrasia micrantha var. corcontica Smejkal in Biol. Práce Slov. Akad. Vied. 9(9): 40 (1963)
Conservation Status
Last record: 100+ years ago (Posz, 2017:133)
Rediscovered after 2007 (Posz, 2017)
Historically only known from Czechoslovakia, with all known collected specimens now more than 100 years old (Posz, 2017:133), and the species has been considered extinct in the country (Čeřovský et al. 1999; Procházka 2001) and thus globally extinct. The discovery of the species in Poland by Dr. Ewa Posz (Posz, 2017) thus constitutes its global rediscovery.
Distribution
Karkonosze Mountains (Czechoslovakia & Poland)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Smejkal, M. (1963). Taxonomická studie československých druhů rodu Euphrasia L. Biologickė Práce 9. — Vydavatelstvo Slovenskej Akadėmie Vied, Bratyslava.
Other references:
Čeřovský, J., Feráková, V., Holub, J., Maglocký, Š. and Procházka, F. (1999). Červená Knicha ohrozených a vzácnych druha rastlin a živočicha SR a ČR 5. — Priroda, Bratislava.
Dvořáková, M. (1999). Euphrasia corcontica, eine endemische Art. Aus dem Gebirge Krkonoše (Riesengebirge, Westsudeten). Preslia 71: 33-35.
Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
Krahůlec F. (2006). Species of vascular plants endemic to the Krkonoše Mts. (Western Sudetes). Preslia 78: 503-516.
Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. and Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
Posz, Ewa. (2017). Euphrasia corcontica (Orobanchaceae) — Is it Really Extinct? Annales Botanici Fennici 54(1-3): 131-134. https://doi.org/10.5735/085.054.0320
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 18 April 2024]
Procházka, F. (2001). Černỳ a červenỳ seznam cévnatỳch rostlin České republiky. Přiřoda 18: 1-166.
Smejkal, M. (1963). Taxonomická studie československých druhů rodu Euphrasia L. Biologickė Práce 9. Vydavatelstvo Slovenskej Akadėmie Vied, Bratyslava.