Acalypha wilderi Merr.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019:SD1; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022)
Last record: 1929
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 39/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022).
Distribution
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015023272019;view=1up;seq=68
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]
Cheeseman, T.F. 1903. The flora of Rarotonga. Transactions of the Linnaean Society, London, Second Series, Botany 6: 161-213.
Florence, J. 1997. Flore de la Polynésie Française. Vol. 1. Cannbaceae, Cecropiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae, Piperaceae, Ulmaceae, Urticaceae. Collection Faune et Flora tropicales 34. Editions de l’Orstom, Paris.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
de Lange, P., Martin, T. & McCormack, G. 2014. Acalypha wilderi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T199821A2612719. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T199821A2612719.en. Downloaded on 16 November 2016.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
Whistler, W.A. 1988. The Unique flowers of Polynesia: The Cook Islands. Pacific Tropical Garden Bulletin 18(4): 89-95.
Wilder, G.P. 1931. Flora of Rarotonga. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 86: 1-113.