Melhania erythroxylon (G.Forst.) R.Br. (1812:146)
Redwood, St Helena redwood
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pentapetes erythroxylon G.Forst. in Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 9: 61 (1789); Dombeya erythroxylon (G.Forst.) Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 3: 725 (1800); Trochetia erythroxylon (G.Forst.) Benth. in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 116 (1862); Trochetiopsis erythroxylon (G.Forst.) Marais in Kew Bull. 36: 645 (1981)
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild (Lambdon & Ellick, 2016; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last wild record (disputed): 1950's (Lambdon & Ellick, 2016); 1970 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct in the Wild
"The last wild St Helena Redwood tree (Trochetiopsis erythroxylon) died in the 1950s. Small numbers of cultivated specimens have been replanted in wild situations since the 1980s, but many of these have fared poorly and no recruitment has been observed."
(Lambdon & Ellick, 2016)
Distribution
St. Helena
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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