Amperea protensa Nees
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Humphreys et al., 2019)
Was listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:218).
Distribution
Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Hnatiuk, R.J. (1990). Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series 11: 1-650.
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]
Marchant, N. G. and Keighery, G. J. (1979). Poorly collected and presumably rare vascular plants of Western Australia. Kings Park Research Notes No. 5. West Perth: Kings Park and Botanic Garden. 103 pp.
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.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.
Acalypha subbullata Pax & K.Hoffm.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Humphreys et al., 2019:SD1)
Distribution
Peru
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]
WCSP (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
Butumia marginalis G. Tayl.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1950's
Rediscovered in November 1996
Distribution
Cameroon & Nigeria
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Cheek, Martin and Cable, Stuart. (1997). Plant inventory for conservation management: the Kew-Earthwatch programme in Western Cameroon, 1993-96, pp. 29-38. In: Doolan, Seán. African Rainforests and the Conservation of Biodiversity. Proceedings of the Limbe Conference, Limbe Botanic Garden, Cameroon, 17-24 January 1997. Earthwatch Europe. [p. 35]
Croton claussenianus Baill.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered.
Distribution
Brazil
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Rossine, Yuri et al. (2020). Rediscovery and lectotypification of Croton claussenianus (Euphorbiaceae), an enigmatic endemic species from southeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 442(4): 291-300. [Abstract]
https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/4283/croton-claussenianus
Bergia arenarioides (Cambess.) Fenzl.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Merimea arenarioides Cambess., 1829
Conservation Status
Missing (Hassemer, 2020)
Distribution
Minais Gerais, Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Cambessèdes, J. (1829) Note sur les Élatinées, nouvelle famille de plantes. Mémoires du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle 18: 225–231.
Currently accepted combination:
Fenzl, E. (1841). Darstellung und Erläuterung vier minder bekannter, ihrer Stellung im natürlichen Systeme nach bisher zweifelhaft gebliebener, Pflanzen-Gattungen; gefolgt von einer Abhandlung über die Placentation der ächten und einer Critik der zweifelhaften Bignoniaceen. Denkschriften der Königlich-bayerischen botanischen Gesellschaft zu Regensburg 3: 153-270.
Other references:
Hassemer, Gustavo. (2020). A Bergia in South America: on the neglected, possibly already extinct B. arenarioides (Elatinaceae). Phytotaxa 447(4): 289-295. [Abstract]