Basananthe cupricola Robyns ex G.A. Levin
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019:SD1; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022)
Last record: 4 February 1980
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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]
Faucon, M.-P., Meersseman, A., Shutcha, M.N., Mahy, G., Luhembwe, M.N., Malaisse, F. and Meerts, P. (2010). Copper endemism in the Congolese flora: a database of copper affinity and conservational value of cuprophytes. Plant Ecology and Evolution 143(1): 5-18.
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]
Meersseman, A. (2008). Révision phytogéographique, bilan taxonomique et statuts de conservation des taxons endémiques des affleurements cupro-cobaltifères de l'arc cuprifère katangais. Mémoire en Biologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels.
Meersseman, A., Faucon, M.-P., Meerts, P., Mahy, G., Malaisse, F. and Ngongo Luhembwe, M. (2012). Basananthe cupricola. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T195376A2381622. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T195376A2381622.en. Downloaded on 16 November 2016.
Robyns, A. (1989). Passifloraceae centrali-africanae novae. Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België 59(1/2): 227-240.