Pharbitis preauxii Webb & Berthel. (1844:26)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Treated as invalid (a synonym of Ipomoea imperati) by (Humphreys et al., 2019), but as a valid extinct species by (Abeli et al., 2021).
Conservation Status
Extinct (Barreno et al., 1984:70; Aedo et al., 2015; Abeli et al., 2021) or Invalid (synonym of Ipomoea imperati) (Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2023)
Last record: c.1840-1860 (Aedo et al., 2015)
Distribution
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Macaronesia (politically: Spain)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Webb, P. B. and Berthelot, S. (1844-1850). Histoire naturelle des Î les Canaries. Tome troisi è me. Deuxi è me partie. Phytographia canariensis. Sectio III. – Paris.
Other references:
Abeli, Thomas, Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Barina, Zoltan, Bazos, Ioannis, Draper, David, Grillas, Patrick, Iriondo, José María, Laguna, Emilio, Moreno-Saiz, Juan Carlos and Bartolucci, Fabrizio. (2021). Seventeen ‘extinct’ plant species back to conservation attention in Europe. Nature Plants 7: 282-286. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00878-1
Aedo, Carlos, Medina Domingo, Leopoldo, Barberá, Patricia and Fernández-Albert, M. (2015). Extinctions of vascular plants in Spain. Nordic Journal of Botany 33(1): 83-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.00575
Bañares, Á., Blanca, G., Güemes, J., Moreno, J. C. and Ortiz, S. (eds.).(2004). Atlas y Libro Rojo de la Flora Vascular Amenazada de España. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza. Madrid. 1069 pp.
Barreno, E. et al. (1984). Listado de plantas end é micas, raras o amenazadas de Espa ñ a. Inf. Ambiental 3: 49-72. [considers the species extinct]
Dobignard, A. & C. Chatelain in Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Convolvulaceae. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 331-351. Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique de la ville de Genève.
Hansen, A. & Sunding, P. (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: 88-93.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Moreno, J. C. (coord.). (2008). Lista Roja 2008 de la flora vascular española. Dirección General de Medio Natural y Política Forestal (Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, y Medio Rural y Marino, y Sociedad Española de Biología de la Conservación de Plantas), Madrid, 86 pp. [considers this species extinct]
POWO. (2023). Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 13 December 2023]
Sa'ad, F. (1967). The Convolvulus species of the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean region and the Near and Middle East. Mededelingen van het Botanisch Museum en Herbarium van de Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht 281: 1-288.
W.C.M.C. (1996). Threatened plant database of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. W.C.M.C., Cambridge, U.K.