Scholtzia sp. nov. 'Bickley'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Scholtzia sp. Bickley (W.H. Loaring s.n. PERTH 06165184)
Conservation Status
Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:7 [as Possibly extinct]) or Extinct (Whitby, 2023:3408; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last (and only) record: 1920 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:7 [sole record; plus date]; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024 [date only])
"Targeted surveys conducted; species not relocated... Scarp itself is largely uncleared, but locality may have included foot slopes of scarp, which are >95% cleared."
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:7)
Distribution
Darling Scarp east of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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]
Le Roux, Johannes J., Hui, C., Castillo, M. L., Iriondo, J. M., Keet, J.-H., Khapugin, A. A., Médail, F., Rejmánek, M., Theron, G. Yannelli, F. A. and Hirsch, H. (2019). Recent Anthropogenic Plant Extinctions Differ in Biodiversity Hotspots and Coldspots. Current Biology 29(17): 2912-2918.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.063
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]
Whitby, Reece. (2023). Biodiversity Conservation (Listing of Native Species) (Fauna) Order 2023. Government Gazette (WA) 135: 3393-3408.
Woinarski, John C. Z., Braby, M. F., Burbidge, A. A., Coates, D., Garnett, S. T., Fensham, R. J., Legge, S. M., McKenzie, N. L., Silcock, J L. and Murphy, B. P. (2019). Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia. Biological Conservation 239: 108261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108261
http://www.astron.com.au/news/extra-protection-for-was-native-species/