Gastoniella ascensionis (Hook.) Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang (2016:67)

Ascension Island parsley fern

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Grammitis ascensionis Hook. in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 6: t. 967 (1854); Gymnogramma ascensionis (Hook.) Hook. in Sp. Fil. 5: 137 (1864); Anogramma ascensionis (Hook.) Diels in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 258 (1899); Pityrogramma ascensionis (Hook.) Domin in Spisy Přír. Fak. Karlovy Univ. 88: 48 (1928)

Conservation Status

Last record: September 1958 (Duffey, 1964)

Rediscovered in July 2009 (Lambdon et al., 2010b)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

Distribution

Ascension Island

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Ashmole, P. and Ashmole, M. (2000). St Helena and Ascension Island: a natural history. Anthony Nelson, Oswestry, UK.

Baker, Katie et al. (2014). Rescue, ecology and conservation of a rediscovered island endemic fern (Anogramma ascensionis): ex situ methodologies and a road map for species reintroduction and habitat restoration. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 174(3): 461-477.

Cronk, Quentin. C. B. (1980). Extinction and survival in the endemic flora of Ascension Island. Biological Conservation 17(3): 207-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(80)90056-7

Cronk, Quentin C. B. (2000). The Endemic Flora of St. Helena. Anthony Nelson Publishers, Oswestry, UK.

Duffey, E. (1964). The terrestrial ecology of Ascension Island. Journal of Applied Ecology 1: 219-251.

Gray, A., Gardner, S., Kirk, L., Robinson, P., Smölka, Z. and Webster, L. (2000). The status and distribution of the endemic vascular flora of Ascension Island. Unpublished Report.

Gray, A., Pelembe, T. and Stroud, S. (2005). The conservation of the endemic vascular flora of Ascension Island and the threats from alien species. Oryx 39(4): 1-6.

Hassler, Michael. (2004-2023). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 17.2; last update Oct. 20th, 2023. Available at: https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/ [Accessed 4 November 2023]

Lambdon, P. W., Stroud, S., Gray, A., Niissalo, M., Renshaw, O. and Sarasan, V. (2010a). Anogramma ascensionis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 07 May 2015.

Lambdon, P. W., Stroud, S., Gray, A., Niissalo, M., Renshaw, O. and Sarasan, V. (2010b). Anogramma ascensionis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T43919A10838179. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T43919A10838179.en. Accessed on 04 November 2023.

Packer, J. E. (2002). A concise guide to Ascension Island. South Atlantic Ascension Heritage Society, Georgetown.

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. [listed as Extinct]

Zhang, Liang, Zhou, Xin-Mao, Lu, Ngan Thi and Zhang, Li-Bing. (2017). Phylogeny of the fern subfamily Pteridoideae (Pteridaceae; Pteridophyta), with the description of a new genus: Gastoniella. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 59-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.037

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/extinct-plant-rediscovered-on-remote-volcano-cliff-0

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https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/2910/anogramma-ascensionis

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