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Euphorbia mayuranathanii Croizat (1940:t.3404)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Considered a synonym of E. antiquorum by (POWO, 2018 fide Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2024)

 

Conservation Status

Extinct in the Wild (WCMC, 1998; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024) or Invalid (synonym of E. antiquorum) (POWO, 2018 fide Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2024)

Last wild record: 1940 (WCMC, 1998; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct in the Wild

 

Distribution

Palghat Gap, Western Ghats, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Binogkumar, M. S. and Balakrishna, N.P. (1996). Euphorbia mayuranathanii Croizat. Euphorbia J. 10: 27-28.

Binojkumar, M. S. and Balakrishnan, N. P. (2010). The genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) in India. A taxonomic revision: 1-430. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.

Carter, S. and Eggli, U. (1997). The CITES checklist of succulent Euphorbia taxa (Euphorbiaceae). German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation.

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]

Dalrymple, S. E., Abeli, T., Ewen, J. G., Gilbert, T. C., Hogg, C. J., Lloyd, N. A., Moehrenschlager, A., Rodríguez, J. P. and Smith, D. (2023). Addressing Threats and Ecosystem Intactness to Enable Action for Extinct in the Wild Species. Diversity 15: 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020268

Govaerts, R., Frodin, D. G. and Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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]

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

POWO. (2018). Plants of the World online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://e-monocot.org/.

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 23 October 2024]

Singh, M. 1994. Succulent Euphorbiaceae of India. New Delhi, India.

WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1998). Euphorbia mayurnathanii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T37613A10066217. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T37613A10066217.en. Accessed on 11 June 2022.

 

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Erythroxylum echinodendron Ekman

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Considered a synonym of Erythroxylum minutifolium by (Humphreys et al., 2019)

 

Conservation Status

Extinct in the Wild (WCMC, 1992:218, 1998)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct in the Wild

 

Distribution & Habitat

Cuba

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Strong, Mark T. (2012). Catalogue of Seed Plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: xxv + 1192 pages, 3 maps, 4 tables.

Berazaín Iturralde, R., Areces Berazaín, F., Lazcano Lara, J. C. and González Torres, L. R. (2005). Lista roja de la flora vascular de Cubana. Documentos del Jardín Botánico Atlántico (Gijón) 4: 1-86.

Borhidi, A. and Muñiz, O. (1983). Catálogo de Plantas Cubanas Amenazadas o Extinguidas: 1-85. Acad. Ci. de Cuba, La Habana.

Dalrymple, S. E., Abeli, T., Ewen, J. G., Gilbert, T. C., Hogg, C. J., Lloyd, N. A., Moehrenschlager, A., Rodríguez, J. P. and Smith, D. (2023). Addressing Threats and Ecosystem Intactness to Enable Action for Extinct in the Wild Species. Diversity 15: 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020268

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]

León, F. (1946). Flora de Cuba. Havana; León, F. & H. Alain, 1951–1957. Flora de Cuba. Havana.

Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.

POWO. (2018). Plants of the World online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://e-monocot.org/.

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.

WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1998). Erythroxylum echinodendron. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T31680A9645757. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T31680A9645757.en. Accessed on 04 July 2022.

 

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Turnera pernambucensis Urb.

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

James Lucas da Costa-Lima and Earl Celestino de Oliveira Chagas. (2019). Two New Species of Turnera (Passifloraceae s. l., Turneroideae) from Northeastern Brazil and Considerations on the Identity of T. pernambucensis. Systematic Botany 44(4): 838-843. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364419X15710776741495 [Abstract]

Zelenski, Andréia, Rocha, Lamarck and Louzada, Rafael B. (2016). Rediscovery of Turnera pernambucensis (Passifloraceae s.l.) in the northern Atlantic Forest and an update for its description. Phytotaxa 286(3): 177-185. [Abstract]

 

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Stachystemon nematophorus (F.Muell.) Halford & R.J.F.Hend. (2003:522)

Three-flowered pseudanthus

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Pseudanthus nematophorus F.Muell. in Fragm. 2: 14 (1860)

 

Conservation Status

Last record: pre-1861 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:17); before 1873

Rediscovered in: 1984 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:17); 14 March 2002

 

Was listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:218).

 

Distribution & Habitat

Western Australia, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Halford, D. A. and Henderson, J. F. (2003). Studies in Euphorbiaceae A.L.Juss sens. lat. 5: A revision of Pseudanthus Sieber ex Spreng. and Stachystemon Planch. (Oldfieldlioidereae Kohler & Webster, Caletieae Mull.Arg.). Austrobaileya 6(3): 109-110.

 

Other references:

Bentham, G. (1863-1878). Flora Australiensis, Vols. 1-7. Lovell Reeve & Co., London.

Brown, A, Thomson-Dans, C, & Marchant, N (eds) 1998, Western Australia's Threatened Flora, Department of Conservation & Land Management, Western Australia, p. 212.

Department of the Environment. (2016). Stachystemon nematophorus in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Canberra. Available from: http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat. Accessed Wed, 14 Sep 2016 23:06:20 +1000.

Govaerts, R. H. A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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]

Leigh, John H., Boden, Robert and Briggs, John D. (1984). Extinct and Endangered Plants of Australia. South Melbourne, Victoria: The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd. viii + 369 pp. [p. 198]

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. [p. 57]

Mueller, F. v. (1858-1882). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Government Printer, Melbourne.

Patrick, Susan J. (2001). Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Geraldton District. Western Australian wildlife management program No. 26. Bantley DC: Department of Conservation and Land Management.

Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]

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.

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/81447-conservation-advice.pdf

https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/3522/stachystemon-nematophorus

 

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Saxicolella marginalis (G.Taylor) C.Cusset ex Cheek

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Butumia marginalis G.Taylor

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

Cameroon & Nigeria

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic Plant Book. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam/New York.

Hutchinson, J. and Dalziel, J.M. 1966-1972. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Crown Agents For Over Sea Goverments And Admisnistrations, London.

Ouedraogo, L. 2010. Saxicolella marginalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T39742A10261941. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T39742A10261941.en. Downloaded on 21 November 2016.

 

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  1. Sapria poilanei
  2. Rafflesia schadenbergiana (Schandenberg's rafflesia)
  3. Poeciloneuron pauciflorum
  4. Podostemum flagelliforme

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