Euphrasia mendoncae Samp. (1937:50)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Now considered a synonym of (typical) E. minima (Castroviejo et al., 2009/Vitek, 2009; Abeli et al., 2021; POWO, 2023)
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of E. minima minima) (Castroviejo et al., 2009/Vitek, 2009; Abeli et al., 2021; POWO, 2023)
Last record: 1932 (Caldas, 2011; Domina et al., 2015:201; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Bragança, Portugal
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Abeli, Thomas, Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Barina, Zoltan, Bazos, Ioannis, Draper, David, Grillas, Patrick, Iriondo, José María, Laguna, Emilio, Moreno-Saiz, Juan Carlos and Bartolucci, Fabrizio. (2021). Seventeen ‘extinct’ plant species back to conservation attention in Europe. Nature Plants 7: 282-286. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00878-1
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Domina, Gianniantonio, Bazan, Giuseppe, Campisi, Patrizia and Greuter, Werner. (2015). Taxonomy and conservation in Higher Plants and Bryophytes in the Mediterranean Area. Biodiversity Journal 6(1): 197-204.
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