Euphrasia ruptura W.R.Barker (1997:227)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Euphrasia sp. ‘Tamworth’ Barker, 1982:156; Euphrasia sp. 1 (Tamworth) Briggs & Leigh, 1988:101,193; Euphrasia sp. 1 (Tamworth: Rupp s.n., -/09/1904) Keith et al., 1997:65; Euphrasia sp. 1 (Tamworth: Rupp s.n., 09/1904) Briggs & Leigh, 1996:175,209
Conservation Status
Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8 [as Possibly extinct]) or Extinct (Barker, 1997 [as 'apparently extinct']; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2023; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last (and only) record: September 1904 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8 [as 1904]; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024 [as 1904])
"Lachlan Copeland has done lots of work around Tamworth and always kept an eye out in rocky areas, but no sign of E.ruptura at all"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8)
Distribution
Tamworth, New South Wales (northeastern), Australia
"Tamworth area; rocky habitats"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Barker, W. R. (1997). Taxonomic studies in Euphrasia (Scrophulariaceae). VIII. E. ruptura, a name for a species apparently extinct in northeastern New South Wales. Telopea 7(3): 227-230.
Other references:
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]
Barker, W. R. (1982). Taxonomic studies in Euphrasia L. (Scrophulariaceae). A revised infrageneric classification, and a revision of the genus in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 5: 1-304.
Briggs, J. D. and Leigh, J. H. (1988). Rare and Threatened Australian Plants, revised edition. Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service, Special Publication No. 14. Canberra.
Briggs, J. D. and Leigh, J. H. (1996). Rare or Threatened Australian Plants, 1995 revised edition. (CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood).
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
Keith, David A., Chalson, Jane M. and Auld, Tony D. (1997). Assessing the status of threatened plants: A new methodology and an application to the vascular flora of New South Wales. Project No. 450, Endangered Species Program. Canberra: Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia. [p. 65]
POWO. (2023). Euphrasia ruptura W.R.Barker. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 8 December 2023]
Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]
Woinarski, John C. Z., Braby, M. F., Burbidge, A. A., Coates, D., Garnett, S. T., Fensham, R. J., Legge, S. M., McKenzie, N. L., Silcock, J L. and Murphy, B. P. (2019). Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia. Biological Conservation 239: 108261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108261
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=20237
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2004C03768