Leptagrostis schimperiana (Hochst.) C.E.Hubb. (1937:63)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Calamagrostis schimperiana Hochst. in Flora 38: 202 (1855)
Conservation Status
Missing (Hardion et al., 2021) or Extinct (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1853 (Hardion et al., 2021; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution
Simien Mountains (Dschadscha & Mount Bwahit), Ethiopia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Clayton, W. D., Harman, K. T. and Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Hardion, Laurent et al. (2021). Plastome sequencing of a 167-year-old herbarium specimen and classical morphology resolve the systematics of two potentially extinct grass species. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 195(2): 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa065
Hedberg, I. and Edwards, S. (eds.). (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 2 November 2024]
Vivero, Jose Luis, Kelbessa, Ensermu and Demissew, Sebsebe. (2006). Progress on the Red List of plants of Ethiopia and Eritrea: conservation and biogeography of endemic flowering taxa, pp. 761-778. In: Ghazanfar, S. A. and Beentje, H. J. (eds.). Taxonomy and Ecology of African Plants, Their Conservation and Sustainable Use. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. [p. 765]