Pavonia papilionacea Cav. (1787:140)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Hibiscus papilionaceus (Cav.) Banks ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 109 (1804); Malache papilionacea (Cav.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 71 (1891); Pavonia lourteigiae Fosberg & Sachet in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 3: 18 (1981)
Conservation Status
Missing (Butaud et al., 2023) or Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1850 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 35/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022).
Distribution
Bora Bora & Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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]
Butaud, J.-F., Jacq, F., Meyer, J.-Y. & Taputuarai, R. (2023). Pavonia papilionacea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T236680002A236680005. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T236680002A236680005.fr. Accessed on 19 May 2024.
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]
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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]POWO. 2018. Plants of the World online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://e-monocot.org/.
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