Hymenophyllum whitei Goy (1941:127)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Mecodium whitei (Goy) Wakef. in Vict. Naturalist 66: 59 (1949)

Conservation Status

Last (and only) record: 19 September 1937 (Field & Renner, 2019:115)

Rediscovered on 14 August 2017 (Field & Renner, 2019:116)

Distribution

Thornton Peak, Queensland (north-eastern), Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Goy. The Queensland Naturalist 11 (Aug. 1941) 127, & Plate.

Other references:

Bostock, P. D. and Spokes, T. M. (1998). Hymenophyllaceae, pp. 116-148 [133]. In: McCarthy, Patrick M. (ed.). Flora of Australia Volume 48, Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups. Melbourne: ABRS/CSIRO Australia. xxii + 766 pp.

Department of the Environment. (2015). Hymenophyllum whitei in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Canberra. Available from: http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat. Accessed Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:07:40 +1100.

Field, Ashley Raymond and Renner, Matthew A. M. (2019). Rediscovered or reconsidered: the presumed extinct ferns and lycophytes of tropical Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 32(3): 111-122. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB18024

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 28 October 2023]

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]

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