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Euphorbia conzattii V. W. Steinmann, 2003:48

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Pedilanthus pulchellus Dressler, 1957:111

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1917?

Rediscovered in ?

 

Distribution

Cerro Espino, Pochutla District, Oaxaca, Mexico

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Steinmann, Victor W. (2003). The submersion of Pedilanthus into Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae). Acta Botanica Mexicana 65: 45-50.

 

Other references:

Dressler. (1957). Contr. Gray Herb. 182: 111.

Olson, Mark E., Lomelí S, José A. and Cacho, N. Ivalú. (2005). Extinction threat in the Pedilanthus clade (Euphorbia, Euphorbiaceae), with special reference to the recently rediscovered E. conzattii (P. pulchellus). American Journal of Botany 92(4): 634-641.

http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/2159/euphorbia-conzattii

 

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Euphorbia carissoides F.M.Bailey

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 1993 or before

 

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

 

Distribution & Habitat

north-east Queensland, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Forster, P. I. (1993). Rediscovery of Euphorbia carissoides (Euphorbiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 6(3): 269-272. [Abstract]

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]

WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.

 

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Euphorbia alata Hook.

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 2009

 

Distribution

Jamaica

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

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.

http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/2833/euphorbia-alata

 

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Drypetes porteri (Gamble) Pax & K. Hoffm.

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: April 1897

Since rediscovered

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

 

Distribution

Western Ghats, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Arumugam, S., Ravichandran, V., Manikandan, R. and Murugan, C. (2018). Rediscovery and Lectotypification of Drypetes porteri (Putranjivaceae: Phyllanthoideae: Drypeteae), A Narrow Endemic and Endangered Species of the Western Ghats, India. Nelumbo 60(1): 10-12. [Abstract]

Balachandran, N., K. Rajendiran, and W. F. Gastmans. (2015). Occurrence of Three Western Ghats Elements in Dry Evergreen Forest of Gingee Hills, Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(14): 8177-181.

Chakrabarty, T., Bandyopadhyay, S. and Krishna, G. (2019). Revisiting the typification of Hemicyclia porteri (Putranjivaceae), the basionym of Drypetes porteri. Plant Science Today 6(2): 1-2.

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

Ramesh, B.R. and Pascal, J.-P. 1997. Atlas of endemics of the Western Ghats (India). Distribution of tree species in the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Institut Français de Pondichéry.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Drypetes porteri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T38763A10143318. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38763A10143318.en. Downloaded on 19 January 2019.

http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/4050/drypetes-porteri

 

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Discoclaoxylon occidentale (Muell. Arg.) Pax & Hoffm.

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 1968

IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable

 

Distribution

Sao Tomé and Principe

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Figueiredo, E. 1994. Little known endemics collected by J. Espírito Santo in S. Tomé. Garcia de Orta. Serie de Botanica. Revista da Junta de Investigacoes do Ultramar Lisboa 12(1): 121-124.

Figueiredo, E. 1997. Trees of S. Tomé and Príncipe.

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

 

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  1. Croton vatomandrensis
  2. Croton staechadis
  3. Croton ichthygaster
  4. Croton hadrianii

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