Basananthe cupricola A.Robyns (1989:234)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Meersseman et al., 2012; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 4 February 1980 (Meersseman et al., 2012 [as 1980])
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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.
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]
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
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.
Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
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.
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