Mollinedia myriantha Perkins (1900:655)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (de Lírio et al., 2022 [preprint], 2023, 2024)
Last (and only) record: 1892 (de Lírio et al., 2022 [preprint], 2023, 2024)
Rediscovery/Last record: 2015 (de Lírio et al., 2022 [preprint], 2023, 2024; de Lima et al., 2024:Data S2)
A single tree was rediscovered in 2015, but it was found dead during fieldwork in 2018-2019 (de Lírio et al., 2022 [preprint], 2024).
Distribution & Habitat
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Perkins, J. (1900). Monographye der Gattung Mollinedia. Bot. Jahrb. Syst., Pflanzengesch. Pflanzengeogr. 27: 636-683.
Other references:
de Lima, Renato A. F., Dauby, Gilles, de Gasper, André L., Fernandez, Eduardo P., Vibrans, Alexander C., de Oliveira, Alexandre A., Prado, Paulo I., Souza, Vinícius C., de Siqueira, Marinez F. and ter Steege, Hans. (2024). Comprehensive conservation assessments reveal high extinction risks across Atlantic Forest trees. Science 383(6679): 219-225. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq5099 [Figs. S1-S17, Tables S1-S7; Data S1 to S4]
de Lírio, Elton John et al. (2022). Found and lost again: Rediscovery of Mollinedia myriantha (Monimiaceae) after 123 years and perspectives for conservation of the family in Brazil. Research Square preprint. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1355829/v1
de Lírio, Elton John, Freitas, Joelcio, Pauli, Maria, da Rosa, Patrícia, Negrão, Raquel, Prieto, Pablo Viany and Peixoto, Ariane Luna. (2023). Found and lost again: Rediscovery of Mollinedia myriantha (Monimiaceae) after 123 years and perspectives for conservation of the family in Brazil. Kew Bulletin 78: 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10085-0
de Lírio, Elton John, Negrão, R. and Fowler, K. (2024). Mollinedia myriantha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T232868252A232868301. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T232868252A232868301.en. Accessed on 19 July 2025.
Giulietti et al. (2009). Plantas raras do Brasil: 1-496. Conservação International, Belo Horizonte, MG.
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 12 October 2024]
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