Euphorbia burchellii Müll.Arg.

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Globally Rediscovered (da Silva et al., 2021)

Distribution

Goiás & Tocantins, Brazil

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

da Silva, M. J. et al. (2021). Seek and you shall find: rediscovery of the Brazilian Euphorbia burchellii (Euphorbiaceae) after nearly a century and a half, with a conspectus of Euphorbia sect. Anisophyllum species in the state of Goiás, Brazil. Phytotaxa 479(1): 83-94. [Abstract]

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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]

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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

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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

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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/

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