Hygrophila thwaitesii (T.Anderson) Heine (1972 "1971":659)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Adenosma thwaitesii T.Anderson in G.H.K.Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 224 (1860); Cardanthera thwaitesii (T.Anderson) Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2: 1075 (1876); Synnema thwaitesii (T.Anderson) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 500 (1891); Plaesianthera thwaitesii (T.Anderson) Livera in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 9: 196 (1924); Brillantaisia thwaitesii (T.Anderson) L.H.Cramer in Kew Bull. 46: 338 (1991)
Conservation Status
Missing (MOE, 2012:211; Wijesundara et al., 2020:16) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1860 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution & Habitat
Sri Lanka
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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]
IUCN Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. (2007). The 2007 Red List of Threatened Fauna and Flora of Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka. xiii + 148 pp.
MOE (Ministry of Environment). (2012). The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora. Ministry of Environment, Colombo, Sri Lanka. viii + 476 pp.
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 5 July 2024]
Wijesundara, Siril, Ranasinghe, Subhani, Jayasinghe, Himesh, Gunawardena, Nadeeka, Fonseka, Gayani and Wijesooriya, Shivanthi. (2020). Angiosperms in Sri Lanka: Present status of Angiosperms in Sri Lanka, pp. 1-168. In: The National Red List 2020 - Conservation Status of the Flora of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka: Biodiversity Secretariat, Ministry of Environment and the National Herbarium, Department of National Botanic Gardens. xviii + 254 pp.