Medusagyne oppositifolia Baker, 1877

Jellyfish tree, Bois méduse

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

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Manihot walkerae Croizat

Walker's manihot

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

Distribution

Mexico & USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

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Linum cratericola Eliasson

Floreana flax

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

Distribution

Ecuador

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Adsersen, H. (1989) The Rare Plants of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and their Conservation. Biol. Conservation 47(1): 49-77.

Atkinson, R. Jaramillo, P., Simbaña, W., Guézou, A. & Coronel, V. (2008) Advances in the conservation of threatened plant species of Galápagos. Galápagos Report, 97-102 (Eds L. Cayot and V. Toral). Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador.

Eliasson, U. (1968) Studies in Galápagos Plants. VII. On Some New Or Otherwise Noteworthy Plants from the Archipielago. Botaniska Notiser 121: 630-640.

Jaramillo, P. (2000) Plantas amenazadas y medidas de conservación en varias islas del archipiélago. Informe Galápagos, 70-76 (Eds P. Ospina and E. Muñoz.). Quito-Ecuador: Fundación Natura y el Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF).

Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.

Lawesson, J.E. (1987) Especies de plantas amenazadas y lugares prioritarios para la conservación de las plantas en las Islas Galápagos. Memorias. Taller de Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos

Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.

Mauchamp, A. Aldaz, I., Ortiz, E. & Valdebenito, H. (1998) Threatened species, a re-evaluation of status of eight endemic plants of the Galapagos. Biodiversity and Conservation 7: 97-107.

Porter, D.M. (1983) Vascular Plants of the Galapagos: Origins and Dispersal. In: Bowman, R.I., Berson, M. & Leviton, A.E. (eds.): Patterns of evolution in Galápagos organisms. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California, p. 33-96.

Tye, A. (1997). Rediscovery of an "extinct" endemic plant: the Floreana flax Linum cratericola. Notic. Galapagos no.58. 3-4.

Valencia, R. Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2000) Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Ecuador 2000 i–iv, 1–489.

Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford. 

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Hypericum subsessile N. Robson

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Last record: 1929

Rediscovered in 1981

Distribution

Sichuan Province & Yunnan Province, China

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Robson, Norman K. B. (1998). Hypericum subsessile. Curtis' Botanical Magazine 15(2): 92-95. [Abstract]

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