REPAD: The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database
Contains 12,763 taxa as of February 2026.
  • Home
  • The Database
    • Animals
    • Plants and their allies
    • Fungi
    • Amoebozoans
    • Apicomplexans
    • Bacteria and Diseases
    • Euglenozoans
    • Ciliates
    • Oomycota
    • Breeds and Cultivars
    • Most Recent Global Extinctions
    • The Thylacine Archive
    • Local Rediscoveries
  • Other
    • Articles
    • Report a Sighting
    • Citing Us
    • Our Logo
    • Updates to my books
    • Bibliography
    • References
    • Donate
    • Acknowledgements
  • External Resources
    • Our sister website
    • Books
    • Forums
    • Links
    • Our Facebook page
    • Random Bibliographies
  • Contact Us
REPAD logo

Passiflora elliptica Gardner

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Mezzonato-Pires, Ana Carolina et al. (2020). A Taxonomic Revision of Passiflora subgenus Astrophea (Passifloraceae sensu stricto) in Brazil. Phytotaxa 473(1): 1-60. [Abstract]

 

<< Back to the Malpighiales database

Passiflora mariquitensis Mutis ex L.Uribe

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1784

Rediscovered in 2004 (i.e. 220 years later)

 

Distribution

Colombia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Uribe, L. (1954). Dos nuevas Passifloraceae colombianas. Mutisia 21: 1–5.

 

Mutis, J. C. (1958). Diario de observaciones de José Celestino Mutis (1760-1790). Transcripción, prologo y notas de Guillermo Hernández de Alba, G. Tomo II. Editorial Minerva Ltda., Bogotá, 712 pp.

 

Other references:

Ocampo, J. A., Velásquez, A. I. and Velásquez, J. O. (2020). A rediscovery for the Colombian flora: Passiflora mariquitensis Mutis ex L.Uribe (Passifloraceae), a species lost for more than two centuries. Check List 16 (6): 1591-1602. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.6.1591

 

<< Back to the Malpighiales database

Phyllanthus itatiaiensis Brade, 1957:9

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: May 1950

Rediscovered on 31 October 2019

 

Distribution

Minas Gerais & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Brade AC (1957). Phyllanthus itatiaiensis. Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 15: 9.

 

Other references:

Mendes, J. C. R., Athiê-Souza, S. M., Ribeiro, R. T. M., Gomes, C. B., Carrijo, T. T. and Sales, M. F. (2021). Rediscovery and expansion of the distribution of Phyllanthus itatiaiensis Brade (Phyllanthaceae) in southeastern Brazil. Check List 17(2): 695-700. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.2.695

 

<< Back to the Malpighiales database

Casearia sessiliflora Cambess. (1830:231)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)

Last record: 1918 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

 

Distribution

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

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]

Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. 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]

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 5 October 2024]

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.

WCSP (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/

 

<< Back to the Malpighiales database

Cassipourea thomassetii (Hemsl.) Alston

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Invalid (synonym of C. lanceolata) (Humphreys et al., 2019)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid

 

Distribution

?

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

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]

Melville, R. (1970). Endangered plants and conservation in the islands of the Indian Ocean. Papers and proceedings of the IUCN 11: 103-107.

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.

 

<< Back to the Malpighiales database

  1. Claoxylon grandifolium
  2. Croton anisatus
  3. Croton grangerioides
  4. Croton magneticus

Page 14 of 27

  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
© 2026 The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database.
Edited and maintained by Branden Holmes (brndnholmes@gmail.com).