Dipterocarpus cinereus Sloot., 1927
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1916 or later
Rediscovered in March-April 2013
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Still listed as Extinct by (Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022).
Distribution
Mursala Island, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Slooten van DF. 1927. Dipterocarpus cinereus. Bulletin du Jardin Bototanique de Buitenzorg ser. III, viii. 319.
Other references:
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]
Ashton, P.S. 1982. Dipterocarpaceae. Flora Malesiana- Series 1, Spermatophya 9: 237-552.
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]
Yayan Wahyu C. Kusuma, Wihermanto, Rosniati A. Risna and Peter S. Ashton. (2013). Rediscovery of the supposedly extinct Dipterocarpus cinereus. Oryx 47(3): 324.
Rachmat, H.H., Subiakto, A. 2015. Conserving the previously reported extinct tree species Dipterocarpus cinereus : An ex-situ approach for the species conservation strategy. Seminar Nasional Masyarakat Biodiveritas Indonesia, pp. 560-564. Surakarta, Indonesia.
Rachmat HH, Subiakto A, Wijaya K, Susilowati A. (2018). Alarming call from Mursala Island, North Sumatra, Indonesia: The urgent task for conserving the previously reported extinct of Dipterocarpus cinereus. Biodiversitas 19: 399-405.
Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. 1948. Flora Malesiana. Flora Malesiana Foundation, Leiden.
Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1950-). Flora Malesiana 1-: Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
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.