Conospermum caeruleum contortum E.M.Benn. (1995:483)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:9) or Extinct (Whitby, 2023:3408)
Last (and only) record: 29 October 1948 (Bennett, 1995a:240, 1995b:483)
"No targeted surveys documented... Area west of Nannup is mostly State Forest and has not been heavily cleared"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:9)
Distribution
south-western Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bennett, E. M. (1995b). Appendix: Conospermum, pp. 481-486 [483]. In: McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia Volume 16, Elaeagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. Melbourne: CSIRO Australia. xxi + 522 pp.
Other references:
Bennett, E. M. (1995a). Conospermum, pp. 224-271 [240]. In: McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia Volume 16, Elaeagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. Melbourne: CSIRO Australia. xxi + 522 pp.
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Orchard, A. E. (ed.). (1995). Flora of Australia 16: 1-522. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
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]
Whitby, Reece. (2023). Biodiversity Conservation (Listing of Native Species) (Fauna) Order 2023. Government Gazette (WA) 135: 3393-3408.