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Kalanchoe fadeniorum Raadts (1979:285)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Kalanchoë fadeniorum Raadts in Willdenowia 9: 285 (1979) [orth. var.; used by Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024]

 

Conservation Status

Extinct in the Wild (Ngumbau, 2020; Mwangoka, 2022; Dalrymple, 2023; Smith et al., 2023; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

Last wild record (disputed): 1977 (Mwangoka, 2022); 1979 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct in the Wild (Mwangoka, 2022)

 

Distribution

Kenya

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Raadts in Willdenowia 9: 285, figs. 1-3 (1979).

 

Other references:

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]

Dalrymple, S. E., Abeli, T., Ewen, J. G., Gilbert, T. C., Hogg, C. J., Lloyd, N. A., Moehrenschlager, A., Rodríguez, J. P. and Smith, D. (2023). Addressing Threats and Ecosystem Intactness to Enable Action for Extinct in the Wild Species. Diversity 15: 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020268

Mwangoka, M., Ndangalasi, H., Kindeketa, W., Luke, W. R. Q., Kabuye, C., Kalema, J., Minani, V., Kelbessa, E., Gereau, R. E. and Malombe, I. (2022). Kalanchoe fadeniorum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T179630A1584696. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T179630A1584696.en. Accessed on 01 April 2024.

Ngumbau, V. M., Luke, Q., Nyange, M., Wanga, V. O., Watuma, B. M., Mbuni, Yu. M., Munyao, J. N., Oulo, M. A., Mkala, E. M., Kipkoech, S., Itambo, M., Hu, G.-W. and Wang, Q.-F. (2020). An annotated checklist of the coastal forests of Kenya, East Africa. PhytoKeys 147: 1-191. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.147.49602

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 30 October 2024]

Smith, Donal et al. (2023). Extinct in the wild: The precarious state of Earth’s most threatened group of species. Science 379(6634): eadd2889. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add2889

Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.

Wickens, G. E. (1987). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Crassulaceae: 1-66.

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