Hibiscus insularis Endl. (1833:74)
Phillip Island hibiscus
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Erroneously listed as extinct by (Govaerts, 2014)
Although rare in the wild, consisting of two, now three (Mosley 2001), clumps, which represent a single genetic individual, it is neither extinct (contra Govaerts, 2014) nor extinct in the wild.
Distribution & Habitat
Philip Island (off Norfolk Island), Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Department of the Environment. (2024). Hibiscus insularis in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Canberra. Available from: https://www.environment.gov.au/sprat. Accessed Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:18:29 +1100.
Govaerts, R. H. A. (2014). New combinations for the Phillip Island wheat grass, Anthosachne kingiana subsp. kingiana (Poaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 27(3): 23-24.
Groeneveld, K. M. (1989). World Wildlife Fund (Australia) project 65, conservation biology of the endangered species Hibiscus insularis: final report, January 1989. Commonwealth of Australia.
Laing, Robert M. (1914). A Revised List of the Norfolk Island Flora, with some Notes on the Species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 1-39 [8,31].
Mosley, J. G. (2001). Island on the Brink: A Conservation Strategy for Norfolk Island. Melbourne, Victoria: Norfolk Island Conservation Society.
Sykes, W. R. and Atkinson, I. A. E. (1988). Rare and endangered plants of Norfolk Island. New Zealand: Botany Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Wilson, Annette J. G. (ed.). (1994). Flora of Australia Volume 49, Oceanic Islands 1. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. xxiii + 681 pp. [pp. xx,9,117-118]