Grammitis vareschii (A.R.Sm. & Mostacero) Christenh. (2018:50)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Galactodenia vareschii A.R.Sm. & Mostacero in Syst. Bot. 37: 346 (2012)

Conservation Status

Missing (Sundue et al., 2012:346) or Extinct (POWO, 2024; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)

Last record (disputed): 18 December 1971 (Sundue et al., 2012:346); 1980's (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2025)

Distribution & Habitat

Mérida & Táchira, Venezuela

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Sundue, Michael A., Labiak, Paulo H., Mostacero, Julián and Smith, Alan R. (2012). Galactodenia, a New Genus of Grammitid Ferns Segregated
from Terpsichore (Polypodiaceae). Systematic Botany 37(2): 339-346.

Other references:

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. (2025). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 207(3): 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]

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 27 October 2024]

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