Stemonoporus nitidus Thwaites (1858:39)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Vateria nitida (Thwaites) Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 403 (1864); Vatica nitida (Thwaites) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 622 (1868); Doona nitida (Thwaites) F.Heim in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 39: 153 (1892)
Conservation Status
Missing (Wijesundara et al., 2020:57; Sri Lankan Red List Group., 2024) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1850's (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024); September 1855 (Sri Lankan Red List Group., 2024 [as sole record])
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Sri Lankan Red List Group. (2024). Stemonoporus nitidus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T30834A220446190. Accessed on 16 November 2024.
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Wijesundara, Siril, Ranasinghe, Subhani, Jayasinghe, Himesh, Gunawardena, Nadeeka, Fonseka, Gayani and Wijesooriya, Shivanthi. (2020). Angiosperms in Sri Lanka: Present status of Angiosperms in Sri Lanka, pp. 1-168. In: The National Red List 2020 - Conservation Status of the Flora of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka: Biodiversity Secretariat, Ministry of Environment and the National Herbarium, Department of National Botanic Gardens. xviii + 254 pp.