Solanum nava Webb & Berthel. (1845:123)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Normania nava (Webb & Berthel.) Franc.-Ort. & Lester in Pl. Syst. Evol. 185: 202 (1993); Solanum foliosum Link in C.L.von Buch, Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins.: 144 (1828); Solanum nava var. undulatidentatum Bitter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 253 (1912)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Aedo et al., 2015; Abeli et al., 2021; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022)
Last record: c.1873 (Bañares et al., 2004:74)
Rediscovered in 1973 (Francisco-Ortega et al., 1993; Bañares et al., 2004:74)
Last record: 1982 (Francisco-Ortega et al., 1993); 1984 (Bañares et al., 2004:74)
This species has been identified as one of the 50 best candidates for de-extinction, ranking 22/50 (Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022). Beierkuhnlein et al. (2021) state that the species was already thought to be likely extinct in the 1970's, seemingly unaware of its rediscovery during that decade, and its final disappearance in the next.
Distribution
Gran Canaria & Tenerife, Canary Islands, Macaronesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Webb, P. B. and Berthelot, S. (1845). Phytographya Canariensis, section 3. Campanulaceae-Equisetaceae. In: Webb, P. B. and Berthelot, S. (eds.). Histoire naturelle des Î les Canaries 3 (part 2, livraison 81), pp 121-152. París.
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
Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Carta, Angelino, Mondoni, Andrea, Godefroid, Sandrine, Davis, Charles C., Caneva, Giulia, Albrecht, Matthew A., Alvarado, Karla, Bijmoer, Roxali, Borosova, Renata, Bräuchler, Christian, Breman, Elinor, Briggs, Marie, Buord, Stephane, Cave, Lynette H., Da Silva, Nílber Gonçalves, Davey, Alexandra H., Davies, Rachael M., Dickie, John B., Fabillo, Melodina, Fleischmann, Andreas, Franks, Andrew, Hall, Geoffrey, Kantvilas, Gintaras, Klak, Cornelia, Liu, Udayangani, Medina, Leopoldo, Reinhammar, Lars Gunnar, Sebola, Ramagwai J., Schönberger, Ines, Sweeney, Patrick, Voglmayr, Hermann, White, Adam, Wieringa, Jan J., Zippel, Elke Zippel and Abeli, Thomas. (2022). Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria. Nature Plants 8: 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01296-7 [Supplementary Tables S1-S6]
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. [considers this species extinct]
Beierkuhnlein, Carl, Walentowitz, Anna and Welss, Walter. (2021). FloCan—A Revised Checklist for the Flora of the Canary Islands. Diversity 13(10): 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13100480 [Supplementary Information (S1-S6)]
BGCI News 3(7): 46
Bitter, G. (1912). Solana nova vel minus cognita. IV.Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 241-260.
Buch, L. (1825). Physikalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln. Berlin.
J. Francisco-Ortega, J. G. Hawkes, R. N. Lester & J. R. Acebes-Ginovés. (1993). Normania, an endemic Macaronesian genus distinct from Solanum (Solanaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 185: 189-205. [Abstract]
GÓMEZ CAMPO, C. et al. (1996). Libro Rojo de especies vegetales amenazadas de las islas Canarias. Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Política Territorial, Tenerife.
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] [treated under Normania nava]
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]
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