Phyllanthus comptonii S.Moore (1921:398)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Jaffré et al., 1998; Humphreys et al., 2019; Abeli et al., 2022b; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022) or Rediscovered [by implication] (POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1914
A colour photograph of a living specimen is shown by (POWO, 2024).
Distribution
New Caledonia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Abeli, Thomas, Sharrock, Suzanne and Albani Rocchetti, Giulia. (2022b). Out-of-date datasets hamper conservation of species close to extinction. Nature Plants 8: 1370-1373. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01293-w
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