Actinodaphne caesia Teschner (1923:385)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (de Kok, 2020)
Last record: 23 July 1912 (Teschner, 1923:386; de Kok, 2020 [as 1912])
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Papua New Guinea
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Teschner, Hans. (1923). Die lauraceae Nordost-Neu Guineas. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 58: 380-440.
Other references:
de Kok, R. (2020). Actinodaphne caesia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T142708433A143761314. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T142708433A143761314.en. Accessed on 08 July 2022.
Fräßdorf, Doreen. (n.d.). Liste ausgestorbener Pflanzen der Neuzeit / List of extinct plants in modern times. Available at: https://www.artensterben.de/liste-ausgestorbener-pflanzen/ [Accessed 27 September 2026]
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Graner, Torun. (2026). A World Without Trees: An Analysis of Global Tree Extinction Rates, Geographical Distribution and Correlation to Socioeconomic Factors. Master’s Dissertation, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Södertörn University. 41 pp.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 19 July 2025]