Ruta museocanariensis Marrero Rodr., Vidal Matutano, Delgado Darias & Jaén Molina (2023:11)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Marrero-Rodríguez et al., 2023)
Last record: Holocene (Marrero-Rodríguez et al., 2023)
Distribution & Habitat
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Macaronesia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Marrero-Rodríguez, Á., Vidal-Matutano, P., Delgado-Darias, T., Jaén-Molina, R., Morales-Mateos, J., Alberto-Barroso, V. and Velasco-Vázquez, J. (2023). Can material of a putatively extinct new species of Ruta (Rutaceae), preserved with mummies, provide new knowledge about evolution in the Canary Islands flora? Willdenowia 53: 5-23. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.53.53101
Other references:
Fernández-Palacios, José María, Fructuoso, Melania, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, de Nascimento, Lea, Fernández-Palacios, Enrique, Patiño, Jairo, Otto, Rüdiger, Castilla-Beltrán, Álvaro, González, Esther Martín, Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Whittaker, Robert J. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus 4(8): pgaf215. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf215 [Supplementary data (.docx)]