Turraea streyi F.White & Styles (1986:153)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last wild record: 1966 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Rediscovered (in the wild?) in: 2015 or 2019 (photos); 2020 (living population) (both Mhlongo, 2020)
Still listed as Extinct by (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024).
Distribution
St-Michaels-on-Sea, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Mhlongo, Lloyd. (2020). Turraea streyi rediscovered. PlantLife 50(8). Available at: https://plantlifesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2020/12/plantlife-volume-508-december-2020.html [accessed 17 November 2024]
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Scott-Shaw, C. R. (1999). Rare and threatened plants of KwaZulu-Natal and neighbouring regions. KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service, Pietermaritzburg.
von Staden, L. (2007). Turraea streyi F.White & Styles. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/08.
White, F. (1986). The taxonomy, chorology and reproductive biology of southern African Meliaceae and Ptaeroxylaceae. Bothalia 16(2): 143-168.