Darwinia divisa Keighery & N.G.Marchant (2002:45)
Divided darwinia
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
"unusual in Darwinia in having a pilose calyx tube and divided calyx lobes"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:7)
Conservation Status
Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:7 [as 'Likely extinct']) or Extinct (Gibson, 2016:152; Low & Booth, 2023)
Last record: 1965 (Gibson, 2016:152,161; Silcock et al., 2019:SM:7, 2021:7)
Distribution
Avon Wheatbelt, Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Keighery, G. J. and Marchant, N. G. (2002). A new species of Darwinia (Myrtaceae) from Western Australia. Nordic Journal of Botany 22: 45-47.
Other references:
Christenhusz, M. and Govaerts, R. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Gibson, Neil. (2016). Western Australian plant taxa not collected for more than 50 years. Nuytsia 27: 139-164.
Gibson, Neil, Keighery, G.J., Lyons, M.N., Webb, A. (2004). Terrestrial flora and vegetation of the Western Australian wheatbelt. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 67: 139-189.
Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B. K., Landrum, L. L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Low, Tim and Booth, Carol. (2023). GONE: Australian animals extinct since the 1960s. Invasive Species Council Inc.
Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]
Silcock, Jen L., Collingwood, Teghan, Llorens, Tanya and Fensham, Rod. (2020). Action Plan for Australia's Imperilled Plants. Brisbane: NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub. 339 pp.
Silcock, Jen L., Collingwood, Teghan, Llorens, Tanya and Fensham, Rod. (2021). Action Plan for Australia's Imperilled Plants. Brisbane: NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub. 342 pp.
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