Sporobolus durus Brongn.
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Vilfa brongniartii Steud.
Conservation Status
Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019)
Last record: 1886 (before September) (Cronk, 1980:209; Lambdon et al., 2012); 1958?
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Green Mountain, Ascension Island, Saint Helena
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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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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