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Croton aleuritoides P.E.Berry, 2016

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Croton bemaranus pseudolepidotus Radcl.-Sm., 2016

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Madagascar (northern)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Berry, Paul E., van Ee, Benjamin W., Kainulainen, Kent and Razafindraibe, Hanta. (2016). Croton aleuritoides P.E. Berry (Euphorbiaceae), a Distinctive New Tree Species from Montagne des Français in Northern Madagascar. Candollea 71(2): 181-188. [Abstract]

 

Other references:

Berry, Paul E., Kainulainen, Kent and van Ee, Benjamin W. (2017). A Nomenclator of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar, the Comoros Archipelago, and the Mascarene Islands. PhytoKeys 90: 1-87.

Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2016 [23 Dec 2016]). The Genus Croton in Madagascar & the Comoro Is. Received at Kew, NHM and RHS Wisley libraries as a pre-print on 23 Dec 2016 via Martin Cheek, 1-213.

http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/3842/croton-aleuritoides

 

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Chamaesyce sebastinei (Binojk. & N.P.Balakr.) V.S.Raju

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Andhra Pradesh, India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Reddy, C.S., S.M.M. Javed, F. Tampal, C. Pattanaik & V.S. Raju. (2010). Rediscovery of Chamaesyce sebastinei (Binojk. & N.P. Balakr.) V.S. Raju (Angiosperms: Euphorbiaceae) a little-known rare species from Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(9): 1160-1161.

http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/3048/chamaesyce-sebastinei

 

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Cassipourea ceylanica (Gardner) Alston, 1925:251

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

India

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Mesta, D.K., H.V. Hegde, V. Upadhya, G.R. Rao, G.R. Hegde & S.D. Kholkute (2009). Cassipourea ceylanica (Gardn.) Alston (1925) (Rhizophoraceae) in Karnataka. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(10): 530-532.

 

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Beyeria lepidopetala F.Muell. (1859:230)

Short-petalled beyeria, Small-petalled beyeria

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Beyeriopsis lepidopetala (F.Muell.) Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 34: 57 (1865)

 

Conservation Status

Last record: before 1859 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:13)

Rediscovered on 17 August 1994

 

Was listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:218). Still listed as Extinct by (Humphreys et al., 2019:SD1)

 

Distribution

Western Australia, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Mueller, Ferdinand J. H. von. (1859). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(5): 230.

 

Other references:

Abeli, Thomas, Sharrock, Suzanne and Albani Rocchetti, Giulia. (2022a). Out-of-date datasets hamper conservation of species close to extinction. ResearchSquare preprint. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1250892/v1

Abeli, Thomas, Sharrock, Suzanne and Albani Rocchetti, Giulia. (2022b). Out-of-date datasets hamper conservation of species close to extinction. Nature Plants 8: 1370-1373. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01293-w

Atkins, K. (2008) Declared Rare and Priority Flora List for Western Australia. Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia.

Bentham, G. (1873). Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Volume VI, Thymeleae to Dioscorideae. Reeve, London.

Brown, A., ThomsonDans, C. and Marchant, N. (1998) Western Australia’s Threatened Flora, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth, Western Australia.

Department of Environment and Conservation. (2009). Short-petalled Beyeria (Beyeria lepidopetala) Recovery Plan. Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.

Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

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.

Halford, D. A. and Henderson, R. J. F. (2007). A taxonomic revision of Beyeria Miq. (Euphorbiaceae: Ricinocarpeae, Ricinocarpinae). Austrobaileya 7: 577-639.

Hnatiuk, R.J. (1990). Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series 11: 1-650.

Hopper, S.D. et al. (1990) Western Australia’s Endangered Flora. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth, Western Australia.

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, J., Boden, R. and Briggs, J. (1984) Extinct and Endangered Plants of Australia. Macmillan, Victoria.

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. 55]

O'Donoghue, Mike and Atkins, Ken. (2000). Lost Jewels in the Bush. Landscope 15(3): 23-27.

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. 89 pp.

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.

https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/3506/beyeria-lepidopetala

 

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Banisteriopsis magdalenensis B. Gates

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

de Almeida, Rafael Felipe et al. (2018). Rediscovery of Banisteriopsis magdalenensis (Malpighiaceae): Notes on morphology, distribution, and ecology of an endemic and threatened species from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Brittonia 70: 337-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-018-9526-4

http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/4007/banisteriopsis-magdalenensis

 

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  1. Antidesma keralense
  2. Adenia natalensis
  3. Mesua stylosa
  4. Euphorbia milii milii (Crown-of-thorns)

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