Passiflora lanceolata (Mast.) Harms
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
Distribution
Peru
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Chávez-Corcuera, G. and Fernandez-Hilario, R. (2019). Rediscovery of Passiflora lanceolata (Mast.) Harms (Passifloraceae) in Peru. Check List 15(6): 1037-1043.
http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/4164/passiflora-lanceolata
Passiflora kwangtungensis Merrill, 1934
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1987
Rediscovered in 2000
Distribution
China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Krosnick, Shawn E., Yu, Xun-Lin and Deng, Yunfei. (2013). The rediscovery of Passiflora kwangtungensis Merr. (subgenus Decaloba supersection Disemina): a critically endangered Chinese endemic. Phytokeys 23: 55-74.
Passiflora danielii Killip, 1960
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: August 1938
Rediscovered in ?
Distribution
Department of Antioquia, Colombia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Killip, E. P. (1960). Supplemental notes on the American species of Passifloraceae with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 35(1): 19-20.
Other references:
Daniel, H. (1968). Curiosidades de una flor y de una familia botánica (La Flor de la Pasión). Boletín del Instituto de la Salle, Bogotá 208: 261-270.
Ocampo, John, Restrepo, J. J. and Giraldo, W. (2015). Rediscovery of Passiflora danielii Killip, 1960 (subgenus Passiflora): a threatened narrow endemic species of Colombia. Check List 11(2): 1589.
Monadenium coccineum Pax, 1895:126
Masai spurge
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1885
Rediscovered in 1958 or before
Distribution
Kenya
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Bally, P. R. O. (1958). A rediscovered succulent. East African Geographical Review 1958(99): 1-2. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA19376812_487
Medusagyne oppositifolia Baker, 1877
Jellyfish tree, Bois méduse
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1903 (Lucas & Synge, 1978:331)
Rediscovered in: 1970 (Lucas & Synge, 1978:331)
IUCN status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Mahé, Seychelles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Baker, J. G. (1877). Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles: a description of the flowering plants and ferns of those islands. London: L. Reeve.
Other references:
Fay, Michael F., Swensen, Susan M.and Chase, Mark W. (1997). Taxonomic Affinities of Medusagyne oppositifolia (Medusagynaceae). Kew Bulletin 52(1): 111-120.
Hemsley, W. B. (1905). Medusagyne oppositifolia, J.G.Baker. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 28: t. 2790.
Holmes, Branden. (2021). What's Lost and What Remains: The Sixth Extinction in 100 Accounts (eBook). Self published.
Kumar, S., Stecher, G., Suleski, M., and Hedges, S. B. (2017). TimeTree: a resource for timelines, timetrees, and divergence times. Mol. Biol. Evol. 34, 1812–1819. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx116
Lucas, Grenville Llewellyn and Synge, Hugh (compilers). (1978). The IUCN Plant Red Data Book. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN. 540 pp. [pp. 331-332]
Marriott, Poppy and Sarasan, Viswambharan. (2010). Novel micropropagation and weaning methods for the integrated conservation of a critically endangered tree species, Medusagyne oppositifolia. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.—Plant 46: 516-523.
Matatiken, E. D. (2006). Using demography to set conservation priorities: A case study using the critically endangered Medusagyne oppositifolia (Medusagynaceae). Master thesis, University of Plymouth, UK.
Matatiken, D., Huber, M. J. and Ismail, S. (2011). Medusagyne oppositifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T37781A10072208. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T37781A10072208.en. Downloaded on 05 July 2016.
Oliver, D. (1878). Medusagyne oppositifolia, Baker. Hooker's Icon Pl. 13: 41-42, t. 1252.
Procter, J. (1974). The endemic flowering plants of the Seychelles: an annotated list. Candollea 29: 350-351.
Robertson, Ann, Wise, Rosemary and White, Frank. (1989). Medusagyne oppositifolia: Medusagynaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 6(4): 166-171. [Abstract]
Schneider, J. V., Jungcurt, T., Cardoso, D., Amorim, A. M., Töpel, M., Andermann, T., et al. (2021). Phylogenomics of the tropical plant family Ochnaceae using targeted enrichment of nuclear genes and 250+ taxa. Taxon 70, 48–71. doi: 10.1002/tax.12421
Vargas, Pablo. (2023). Exploring ‘endangered living fossils’ (ELFs) among monotypic genera of plants and animals of the world. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1100503. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1100503
http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/5300/The+jellyfish+tree+A+rare+species+from+Seychelles+could+soon+display+in+Scotland