Polycarena silenoides Harv. ex Benth.
Granite Cape flax
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: before 1940
Rediscovered on 23 August 2015 (source)
Distribution
slopes of Lion's Head mountain, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Helme, N.A. and Trinder-Smith, T.H. 2006. The endemic flora of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 72(2):205-210.
Hilliard, O.M. 1994. The Manuleae: a tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Laidler, Gigi. (2016). Polycarena silenoides rediscovered : why so much ado about a 'sticky little scroph'? Veld & Flora 102(4): 159-161. [Abstract]
Laidler, G., Snijman, D. A. and van der Colff, D. (2016). Polycarena silenoides Harv. ex Benth. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/05/30.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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.
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/view/news/543724/presumed-extinct-species-rediscovered-cape-granite-flax-seen-for-first-time-in-70-years
http://www.sanbi.org/news/crew-team-rediscovers-long-lost-polycarena-silenoides
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11071901