Terminalia acuminata (Allemão) Eichler (1867:92)
merindiba, guarajuba
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last wild record: 1942 (Silva, 1998)
Since rediscovered in the wild (Fernandez et al., 2021)
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Still listed as Extinct in the Wild by (Humphreys et al., 2019).
Distribution
Mata Atlantica Hotspot, Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Fernandez, E. P. (2016). Back from the brink? The future of as Extinct in the Wild tropical timber rediscovered. MSc thesis. University of Reading.
Fernandez, E., Moraes, M., Negrão, R. and Loiola, M. (2021). Terminalia acuminata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T37996A209388022. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T37996A209388022.pt. Accessed on 12 October 2024.
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]
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-flies-future-extinct-wild-tree-rediscovered-eduardo-fernandez