Casearia tinifolia Vent. (1808:47)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Samyda tinifolia Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 32 (1817); Chetocrater tinifolia Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 149 (1838)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Strahm, 1998b; Baillie & Butcher, 2012:88; Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1976 (Strahm, 1998b; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Baillie, Jonathan E. M. and Butcher, Ellen R. (2012). Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. London, UK: Zoological Society of London.
Bosser, J., Cadet, Th., Julien, H. R. and Marais, W. (1976). Flore des Mascareignes. The Sugar Research Institute, Mauritiu, ORSTOM, Paris, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Bosser, J., Cadet, Th., Julien, H. R. and Marais, W. (eds.). (1980). Flore des Mascareignes 31-50: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
Cadet, T. (1984). Liste et commentaires sur les plantes en danger des Mascareignes. Paris.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
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]
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
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, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
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 5 October 2024]
Strahm, W. A. (1993). The conservation and restoration of the flora of Mauritius and Rodrigues. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis (2 vols.), Reading University, UK.
Strahm, W. A. (1998a). Correspondence with Charlotte Lusty containing preliminary evaluations for tree species of Réunion, Rodrigues and Mauritius.
Strahm, W. A. (1998b). Casearia tinifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T30527A9560184. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30527A9560184.en. Downloaded on 17 November 2016.
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.
Casearia quinduensis Tul. (1847:360)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Calderon, 1998; Baillie & Butcher, 2012:88; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last record: 1842 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Treated as Extinct as a Colombian endemic (Calderon, 1998; Baillie & Butcher, 2012:88; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024), but this needs reassessing (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024) and it may be extant in Ecuador and Peru (POWO, 2024).
Distribution
Tolima (& Quindio), Colombia (& Ecuador? & Peru?)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Baillie, Jonathan E. M. and Butcher, Ellen R. (2012). Priceless or Worthless? The world’s most threatened species. London, UK: Zoological Society of London.
Calderon, E. (compiler) 1997. Lista de plantas Colombianas en peligro. July 1997 Version. Instituto de Investigacino de Recursos Biologicas Alexander von Humboldt. (unpublished).
Calderon, E. (1998). Casearia quinduensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T35350A9928522. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35350A9928522.en. Downloaded on 17 November 2016.
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]
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R. D. C., Callejas Posada, R. and Merello, M. (eds.). (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
Jørgensen, P. M. and León-Yánez, S. (eds.). (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
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 5 October 2024]
Sleumer, H. O. (1980). Flacourtiaceae. FLORA NEOTROPICA: Vol. 022. some distribution maps. 500 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
The Nature Conservancy. (1996). Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden).
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.
Caryodendron angustifolium Standl.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Progresso, Chiriquí, Panama
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Burger, W. and Huft, M. 1995. Euphorbiaceae. Flora Costaricensis. Fieldiana Botany 36: 169.
Mitré, M. 1998. Caryodendron angustifolium. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T30587A9558806. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30587A9558806.en. Downloaded on 26 April 2017.
Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden).
Woodson, R.E. et al. 1943. Flora of Panama. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 30.
Bonnetia ptariensis Steyerm.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1978
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
summit of Ptari-tepui, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
Weitzman, A.L. 1995. Diversity of Theaceae and Bonnetiaceae in the montane Neotropics. In: S.P. Churchill et al. (eds) Biodiversity and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Forests, pp. 365-375. New York Botanical Garden, New York.
Weitzman, A. L. 1996. Conservation of Theaceae and Bonnetiaceae.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1998. Bonnetia ptariensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T36186A9982305. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T36186A9982305.en. Downloaded on 17 November 2016.
Bonania myricifolia (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f (1880:335)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Excoecaria myricifolia Griseb. in Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 178 (1865); Sebastiania myricifolia (Griseb.) C.Wright in Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7: 156 (1870); Sapium myricifolium C.Wright ex Griseb. in Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 178 (1865); Bonania myrcifolia (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. in Gen. Pl. 3: 335 (1880) [orth. error used by WCMC, 1992:218]
Conservation Status
Extinct (WCMC, 1992:218; Berazaín, 2009; González Torres et al., 2016:122; Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2024; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)
Last record: 1860 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)
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.
Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Carta, Angelino, Mondoni, Andrea, Godefroid, Sandrine, Davis, Charles C., Caneva, Giulia, Albrecht, Matthew A., Alvarado, Karla, Bijmoer, Roxali, Borosova, Renata, Bräuchler, Christian, Breman, Elinor, Briggs, Marie, Buord, Stephane, Cave, Lynette H., Da Silva, Nílber Gonçalves, Davey, Alexandra H., Davies, Rachael M., Dickie, John B., Fabillo, Melodina, Fleischmann, Andreas, Franks, Andrew, Hall, Geoffrey, Kantvilas, Gintaras, Klak, Cornelia, Liu, Udayangani, Medina, Leopoldo, Reinhammar, Lars Gunnar, Sebola, Ramagwai J., Schönberger, Ines, Sweeney, Patrick, Voglmayr, Hermann, White, Adam, Wieringa, Jan J., Zippel, Elke Zippel and Abeli, Thomas. (2022). Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria. Nature Plants 8: 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01296-7 [Supplementary Tables S1-S6]
Berazaín, R. (2009). The extinct Flora of Cuba. Bissea 3(2): 1.
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.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2025). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 207(3): 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
González Torres, L. R., Palmarola, A., González Oliva, L., Bécquer, E. R., Testé, E. and Barrios, D. (eds.). (2016). Lista roja de la flora de CubaLista roja de la flora de Cuba. Bissea 10 (número especial 1): 1-352. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24056.65288
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.
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.
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 15 June 2024]
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.