Paspalum batianoffii B.K.Simon (1992:598)
Batianoff's paspalum grass
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Paspalum sp. 'Statue Bay' (G.N. Batianoff 651) [used by Thomas & McDonald, 1987]; Paspalum sp. 1 (Statue Bay) [used by Briggs & Leigh, 1988]; Paspalum batianoffi B.K.Simon, 1992:598
"Sound (but only known from a single spikelet; closest affinity to P. vaginatum, from which it appears to differ in its robust stolons, characters relating to spikelets)"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8)
Conservation Status
Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8 [as 'Possibly extant']) or Extinct (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 8 September 1977 (Simon, 1992:600; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024 [as 1977])
Distribution & Habitat
Statue Bay Beach, Port Curtis district, Central Queensland
Type locality: "Queensland. Port Curtis District: Statue Bay Beach, 6.5km SE of Yeppoon" (Simon, 1992:598)
"Coastal foredune, on beach just above high tide mark, under Casuarina equisetifolia"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Simon, B. K. (1992). Studies in Australian Grasses 5. New species of and new combinations for Queensland Panicoid grasses. Austrobaileya 3(4): 585-607.
Other references:
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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]
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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 6 November 2024]
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]
Thomas, M. B. and McDonald, W. J. F. (1987). Rare and threatened plants of Queensland. Brisbane: Queensland Department of Primary Industries.
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