Peperomia megalopoda Trel. (1930:533)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last (and only) record: 1929 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024 [date only]; Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong, 2012 [type specimen only])
Distribution
Puerto Rico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro and Strong, Mark T. (2012). Catalogue of Seed Plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: xxv + 1192 pages, 3 maps, 4 tables.
Britton, N. L. and Wilson, P. (1923-1926). Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York.
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]
CPC. (1992). Centre for plant conservation data for North American plants database. CPC, Centre for plant conservation.
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]
Liogier, A. H. (1985-1997). Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1–5. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.
POWO. (2024). Peperomia megalopoda Trel. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 1 January 2024]
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.