PLANTAE LIST OF EXTINCT SPECIES © Endangered Species
International |
Recommended
citation: Endangered Species International.
2009. List of Recent Extinct Species.
Last Update April 2009.
http://www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org/overview.html |
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The
starting date for the inclusion of extinctions was set at 1500 AD following
the Committee on Recently Extinct Organisms. |
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Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Subspecies |
Common Name |
Former Distribution |
Assessment |
Estimated Extinction Date |
Causes of extinction |
Habitat |
Habitat Notes |
Human losses |
Potential losses |
Citations |
Notes |
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BRYOPHYTA |
BRYOPSIDA |
BRYALES |
BRACHYTHECIACEAE |
Flabellidium |
spinosum |
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Unknown |
Bolivia: Santa Cruz Cordillera |
Extinct |
1911 |
Logging and cultivating |
Terrestrial |
Epiphytic in forest |
House insulation |
Unknown |
Enroth, J. (1995). Commentary on the moss genus Flabellidium
(Brachytheciaceae). Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica. 40(2):743-747. |
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NECKERACEAE |
Neomacounia |
nitida |
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Unknown |
Canada: Ontario |
Extinct |
1960's |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
On elms in a swamp |
House insulation |
Unknown |
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MARCHANTIOPSIDA |
JUNGERMANNIALES |
RADULACEAE |
Radula |
visiniaca |
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Unknown |
Italy |
Extinct |
1938 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
House insulation |
Unknown |
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POLYPODIOPHYTA |
POLYPODIOPSIDA |
BLECHNALES |
DRYOPTERIDACEAE |
Dryopteris |
ascensionis |
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Unknown |
Saint Helena: Ascension |
Extinct |
1889 |
Introduced plants have replaced the species |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Gray, A. et al. (2005). The conservation of the endemic
vascular flora of Ascension Island and threats from alien species. ORYX. 39(4):449-453. |
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PTERIDALES |
ADIANTACEAE |
Adiantum |
lianxianense |
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Unknown |
China :Guangdong |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Habitat loss |
Terrestrial |
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests |
Unknown |
Unknown |
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Anogramma |
ascensionis |
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Unknown |
Saint Helena: Ascension |
Extinct |
1958 |
Introduced plants have replaced the species |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Gray, A. et al. (2005). The conservation of the endemic
vascular flora of Ascension Island and threats from alien species. ORYX. 39(4):449-453. |
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RHODOPHYTA |
FLORIDEOPHYCEAE |
CERAMIALES |
DELESSERIACEAE |
Vanvoorstia |
bennettiana |
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Bennett's Seaweed |
Australia: New South Wales |
Extinct |
Post 1800 |
Fisheries, infrastructure development, human settlement,
tourism/recreation, water transport, bycatch by netting, and water pollution |
Marine |
Soft sediment seabed with scattered rocky reef and rocky
intertidal shores |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Millar, A.J.K. (2003). The world's first recorded extinction
of a seaweed. Proceedings of the 17th International
Seaweed Symposium. 313-318. |
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TRACHEOPHYTA |
CYCADOPSIDA |
CYCADALES |
ZAMIACEAE |
Encephalartos |
brevifoliolatus |
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Unknown |
South Africa: Limpopo Province |
Extinct in the wild |
2004 |
Removal from the wild by collectors |
Terrestrial |
Montane grasslands |
Food source (starch) |
Medicinal properties |
Vorster, P. (1996). Encephalartos brevifoliolatus (Zamiaceae):
A new species from the Northern Province. South African
Journal of Botany. 62(1):61-64. |
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Encephalartos |
nubimontanus |
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Unknown |
South Africa: Limpopo Province |
Extinct in the wild |
2000's |
Illegal removal by collectors and debarking for medicinal
purposes |
Terrestrial |
Mixed deciduous woodland, especially on cliff faces |
Food source (starch) |
Medicinal properties |
Hurter, P.J.H. (1995). Two newly described cycads from Africa.
Phytologia. 78(6):409-416. |
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Encephalartos |
relictus |
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Unknown |
Swaziland |
Extinct in the wild |
2000's |
Removal from the wild by collectors |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source (starch) |
Medicinal properties |
Golding, J.S. and Hurter, P.J.H. (2003). A Red List account of
Africa's cycads and implications of considering life-history and threats. Biodiversity and Conservation.
12(3):507-528. |
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Encephalartos |
woodii |
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Unknown |
South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal |
Extinct in the wild |
2000's |
Removal from the wild by collectors |
Terrestrial |
Forests |
Food source (starch) |
Medicinal properties |
Chavez, V.M. et al.
(2007). Recovery of difficult-to-regenerate species: The cycad example. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biotechnology of
Temperate Fruit Crops and Tropical Species.
738:51-61. |
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LILIOPSIDA |
ARECALES |
PALMAE |
Corypha |
taliera |
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Unknown |
India, Possibly Bangladesh |
Extinct in the wild |
1950's |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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Cryosophila |
williamsii |
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Lago Yojoa Palm, Root-spine Palm |
Honduras |
Extinct in the wild |
Unknown |
Increasing agriculture, settlement and logging |
Terrestrial |
Lowland rainforest on steep slopes |
Food source and building materials |
Medicinal properties |
Evans, R.J. (1996). Conservation status of Cryosophila with
special reference to the critically endangered Cryosophila cookii and
Cryosophila williamsii. Principes. 40(3): 129-147. |
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CYPERALES |
GRAMINEAE |
Cenchrus |
agrimonioides |
laysanensis |
Laysan Agrimony Sandbur |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1980's |
Rabbits and alien species |
Terrestrial |
Atoll dunes |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
O'Connor, P.J. (1990).
Poaceae (excluding Panicum), pp. 1481-1604. In: Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst,
and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai`i. Special Publ.
Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Sporobolus |
durus |
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Unknown |
Saint Helena: Ascension |
Extinct |
1886 |
Introduced species |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Gray, A. et al. (2005). The conservation of the endemic
vascular flora of Ascension Island and threats from alien species. ORYX. 39(4):449-453. |
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LILIALES |
DRACAENACEAE |
Dracaena |
umbraculifera |
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Unknown |
Mauritius |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA |
ASTERALES |
COMPOSITAE |
Argyroxiphium |
virescens |
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Unknown |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1996 |
Heavy impact of introduced goats, pigs and cattle on the
native vegetation |
Terrestrial |
Moist to wet subalpine forests and shrublands |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Buerkle, C.A. et al. (2003). The origin and extinction of
species through hybridization. Population viability in plants: Conservation,
management, and modeling of rare plants. 117-141. |
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Commidendrum |
robustum |
gummiferum |
Unknown |
Saint Helena |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Used as fuel, browsing by livestock and lichens |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1986). The decline of the St Helena gumwood
Commidendrum robustum. Biological Conservation. 35(2): 173-186. |
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Commidendrum |
rotundifolium |
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Bastard Gumwood |
Saint Helena |
Extinct in the wild |
1986 |
Used as fuel, browsing by livestock and lichens |
Terrestrial |
Dry and wet gumland |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1986). The decline of the St Helena gumwood
Commidendrum robustum. Biological Conservation. 35(2): 173-186. |
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Fitchia |
mangarevensis |
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Unknown |
French Polynesia: Tuamotu |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Shrubland |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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Pluchea |
glutinosa |
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Unknown |
Yemen: Socotra |
Extinct |
1880's |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Shrubland |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Qaiser, M. and Abid, P. (2002). Contribution to Asteraceae
from Pakistan and adjoining areas - Some new taxa, combination and new
records. Pakistan Journel of Botany. 34(4):367-373. |
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Psiadia |
schweinfurthii |
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Unknown |
Yemen: Socotra |
Extinct |
1880's |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Shrubland |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Qaiser, M. and Abid, P. (2002). Contribution to Asteraceae
from Pakistan and adjoining areas - Some new taxa, combination and new
records. Pakistan Journel of Botany. 34(4):367-373. |
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Senecio |
leucopeplus |
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Unknown |
Argentina: Buenos Aires |
Extinct in the wild |
2007 |
Livestock farming, changes in native species dynamics and
human disturbance |
Terrestrial |
Temperate grasslands |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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CAMPANULALES |
CAMPANULACEAE |
Clermontia |
multiflora |
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Unknown |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1871 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Wet forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T. G. (1991). Systematics of Clermontia
(Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae). Systematic Botany
Monographs 32: 1-97. |
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Clermontia |
peleana |
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Pele Clermontia |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct in the wild |
2000 |
Feral pigs, rats and the illegal cultivation of cannabis |
Terrestrial |
Rainforest |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T. G. (1991). Systematics of Clermontia
(Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae). Systematic Botany
Monographs 32: 1-97. |
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Clermontia |
peleana |
peleana |
Unknown |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct in the wild |
2000 |
Pigs, rats, trees falling down with epiphytic plants in them,
humans and invertebrates |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T. G. (1991). Systematics of Clermontia
(Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae). Systematic Botany
Monographs 32: 1-97. |
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Clermontia |
peleana |
singuliflora |
Unknown |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1900 |
Pigs, rats, trees falling down with epiphytic plants in them,
humans and invertebrates |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T. G. (1991). Systematics of Clermontia
(Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae). Systematic Botany
Monographs 32: 1-97. |
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Cyanea |
arborea |
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Tree Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1928 |
Pigs, rats, trees falling down with epiphytic plants in them,
humans and invertebrates |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T.G. (1990). Campanulaceae, pp. 420-489. In: Wagner,
W.L., D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of
Hawai`i. Special Publ. Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Cyanea |
comata |
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Unknown |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1800's |
Deforestation |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T.G. (1990). Campanulaceae, pp. 420-489. In: Wagner,
W.L., D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of
Hawai`i. Special Publ. Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Cyanea |
copelandii |
copelandii |
Copeland's Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1957 |
Feral goats, agricultural and residential development |
Terrestrial |
On trees in wet forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Rock, J.F. (1917). Notes on Hawaiian Lobelioideae, with
descriptions of new species and varieties. Bull. Torrey
Bot. Club 44: 229-239. |
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Cyanea |
cylindrocalyx |
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Waipi'o Valley Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1909 |
Deforestation |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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Cyanea |
dolichopoda |
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Long-foot Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1990 |
Alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Cliffs and areas of high rainfall |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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Cyanea |
giffardii |
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Giffard's Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1917 |
Alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Rock, J.F. (1919). A monographic study of the Hawaiian species
of the tribe Lobelioideae, family Campanulaceae. Mem.
Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 7(2): 1-395. |
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Cyanea |
marksii |
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Mark's Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1970 |
Cattle grazing, logging, feral pigs, and alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Rainforest |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Rock, J.F. (1919). A monographic study of the Hawaiian species
of the tribe Lobelioideae, family Campanulaceae. Mem.
Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 7(2): 1-395. |
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Cyanea |
pinnatifida |
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Shark-tail Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct in the wild |
2001 |
Pigs, rats, trees falling down with epiphytic plants in them,
humans and invertebrates |
Terrestrial |
Steep, shady ravines and wet rocky slopes, with Pipturus and ferns |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer. (1990). Manual of
the flowering plants of Hawaii. Univ. Hawaii Press and Bishop Museum Press,
Honolulu. 1853 pp. |
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Cyanea |
pohaku |
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Pohaku Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1910 |
Cattle grazing, logging, feral pigs, and alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Cindercone vegetated in subalpine shrubland |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T. G. (1991). Systematics of Clermontia
(Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae). Systematic Botany
Monographs 32: 1-97. |
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Cyanea |
pycnocarpa |
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Many-fruit Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1800's |
Cattle grazing, logging, feral pigs, and alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Rock, J.F. (1919). A monographic study of the Hawaiian species
of the tribe Lobelioideae, family Campanulaceae. Mem.
Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 7(2): 1-395. |
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Cyanea |
quercifolia |
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Oakleaf Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1870 |
Cattle grazing, logging, feral pigs, and alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T.G. (1990). Campanulaceae, pp. 420-489. In: Wagner,
W.L., D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of
Hawai`i. Special Publ. Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Cyanea |
superba |
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Superb Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct in the wild |
1970's |
Invasive alien plants, predation by feral pigs, and rats and
slugs, fires |
Terrestrial |
Understorey lowland forest |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T.G. (1990). Campanulaceae, pp. 420-489. In: Wagner,
W.L., D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of
Hawai`i. Special Publ. Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Cyanea |
superba |
regina |
Superb Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1960 |
Invasive alien plants, predation by feral pigs, and rats and
slugs, fires |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T.G. (1990). Campanulaceae, pp. 420-489. In: Wagner,
W.L., D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of
Hawai`i. Special Publ. Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Cyanea |
superba |
superba |
Superb Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct in the wild |
1970's |
Invasive alien plants, predation by feral pigs, and rats and
slugs, fires |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T.G. (1990). Campanulaceae, pp. 420-489. In: Wagner,
W.L., D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of
Hawai`i. Special Publ. Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Cyanea |
truncata |
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Punaluu Cyanea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct in the wild |
1983 |
Invasive alien plants, predation by feral pigs, and rats and
slugs, fires |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T.G. (1990). Campanulaceae, pp. 420-489. In: Wagner,
W.L., D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of
Hawai`i. Special Publ. Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Delissea |
undulata |
kauaiensis |
Undulata Delissea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1895 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Rainforest |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T. G. (1999). A New Lobelia from Mexico, with
additional new combinations in world Campanulaceae. Novon 9: 381-389. |
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Delissea |
undulata |
niihauensis |
Undulata Delissea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1870 |
Introduced ungulates |
Terrestrial |
Rainforest |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Lammers, T. G. (1999). A New Lobelia from Mexico, with
additional new combinations in world Campanulaceae. Novon 9: 381-389. |
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CARYOPHYLLALES |
AMARANTHACEAE |
Achyranthes |
atollensis |
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Hawai'I Chaff Flower |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1964 |
Military development, introduction of alien plants and animals |
Terrestrial |
Dry shrubland |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
St. John, H. (1979). Monograph of the Hawaiian species of
Achyranthes (Amaranthaceae). Hawaiian plant studies 56. Pacific Sci. 33:
333-350. |
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Blutaparon |
rigidum |
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Unknown |
Ecuador: Galápagos |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Carrion, V. et al. (2007). Feral donkey (Equus asinus)
eradications in the Galapagos. Biodiversity and
Conservation. 16(2): 437-445. |
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CACTACEAE |
Mammillaria |
crinita |
scheinvariana |
Biznaguita |
Mexico: Querétaro |
Extinct in the wild |
1996 |
Habitat destruction: reservoir creation |
Terrestrial |
Semi-desert |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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Mammillaria |
glochidiata |
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Biznaguita |
Mexico: Hidalgo |
Extinct in the wild |
1990's |
Illegal collecting |
Terrestrial |
Semi-desert |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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Mammillaria |
guillauminiana |
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Biznaguita |
Mexico: Durango, Sinaloa |
Extinct in the wild |
1997 |
Illegal collecting and severe freezing |
Terrestrial |
Semi-desert |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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CELASTRALES |
AQUIFOLIACEAE |
Ilex |
gardneriana |
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Unknown |
India: Tamil Nadu |
Extinct |
1859 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Shola forest |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Das, A. et al. (2006). Prioritisation of conservation areas in
the Western Ghats, India. Biological Conservation. 133:16-31. |
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Ilex |
ternatiflora |
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Unknown |
Cuba |
Extinct |
1800's |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Howard, R.A. (1986). NOTES ON QUIINA (QUIINACEAE) AND ILEX
SPECIES (AQUIFOLIACEAE) IN CUBA. Brittonia. 38(1):13-16. |
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DIPSACALES |
VALERIANACEAE |
Valerianella |
affinis |
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Unknown |
Yemen: Socotra |
Extinct |
1800's |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Dry hill slopes |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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EBENALES |
SAPOTACEAE |
Chrysophyllum |
januariense |
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Unknown |
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Lowland coastal rainforest |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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Madhuca |
insignis |
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Unknown |
India: Karnataka |
Extinct |
1900's |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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Pouteria |
stenophylla |
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Unknown |
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Coastal hill forest |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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Pradosia |
argentea |
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Unknown |
Peru |
Extinct |
1800's |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Blanka, L. (2006). Endemic Sapotaceae of Peru. REVISTA PERUANA
DE BIOLOGIA. 13(2):608S-609S. |
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Pradosia |
glaziovii |
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Unknown |
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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Pradosia |
mutisii |
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Unknown |
Colombia |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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ERICALES |
ERICACEAE |
Rhododendron |
kanehirai |
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Unknown |
Taiwan, Province of China |
Extinct in the wild |
1984 |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
LU, S.Y. and YANG, Y.P. (1989). A REVISION OF RHODODENDRON
ERICACEAE OF TAIWAN. Bulletin of Taiwan Forestry
Research Institute New Series. 4(4):155-166. |
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EUPHORBIALES |
EUPHORBIACEAE |
Acalypha |
rubrinervis |
|
Unknown |
Saint Helena |
Extinct |
1870 |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Cronk, Quentin C.B. The endemic Flora of St Helena. Oswestry:
Anthony Nelson Ltd. |
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Chamaesyce |
celastroides |
tomentella |
'Ekoko |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1840's |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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|
Chamaesyce |
remyi |
hanaleiensis |
Unknown |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1972 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Wet forest |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Kartesz, J.T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular
flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols.
Timber Press, Portland, OR. |
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Cnidoscolus |
fragrans |
|
Unknown |
Cuba |
Extinct |
1800's |
Habitat destruction and urabisation |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
|
|
|
|
Euphorbia |
mayurnathanii |
|
Unknown |
India |
Extinct in the wild |
1940 |
Habitat modification |
Terrestrial |
Monsoon forest |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
|
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|
FABALES |
LEGUMINOSAE |
Astragalus |
nitidiflorus |
|
Unknown |
Spain |
Extinct |
1909 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Herbaceous habitats and thicket gap |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Vazquez, F.M. et al.
(1991). Taxonomic, chorologic, nomenclatural and phytocenological fragments:
New record of Astragalus nitidiflorus Jimenez and Pau in Spain. Acta Botanica
Malacitana. 16(2):486-490. |
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Crudia |
zeylanica |
|
Unknown |
Sri Lanka |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Wet lowland forest |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
|
|
|
|
Cynometra |
beddomei |
|
Unknown |
India: Kerala |
Extinct |
1870 |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Submontane streamside forest |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Das, A. et al. (2006). Prioritisation of conservation areas in
the Western Ghats, India. Biological Conservation. 133:16-31. |
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Erythrina |
schliebenii |
|
Unknown |
Tanzania, United Republic of |
Extinct |
1930's |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
|
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|
Ormosia |
howii |
|
Unknown |
China: Guangdong, Hainan |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Cutting and encroaching agriculture |
Terrestrial |
Montane forest |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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|
Sophora |
toromiro |
|
Toromiro |
Chile: Easter Is. |
Extinct in the wild |
1935 |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Maunder, M. et al. (2000). Conservation of the toromiro tree:
Case study in the management of a plant extinct in the wild. Conservation Biology.
14(5):1341-1350. |
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Streblorrhiza |
speciosa |
|
Unknown |
Norfolk Island |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Heenan, P.B. (2001). Relationships of Streblorrhiza
(Fabaceae), an extinct monotypic genus from Phillip Island, South Pacific
Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 39(1):9-15. |
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FAGALES |
BETULACEAE |
Betula |
szaferi |
|
Unknown |
Poland |
Extinct in the wild |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
STASZKIEWICZ, J. (1986). BETULA-SZAFERI - A NEW SPECIES OF THE
GENUS BETULA L FROM POLAND. ACTA SOCIETATIS BOTANICORUM
POLONIAE. 55(3):361-366. |
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GENTIANALES |
APOCYNACEAE |
Neisosperma |
brownii |
|
Unknown |
French Polynesia: Marquesas |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
|
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|
|
Ochrosia |
fatuhivensis |
|
Unknown |
French Polynesia: Marquesas |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
|
|
|
|
Ochrosia |
nukuhivensis |
|
Unknown |
French Polynesia: Marquesas |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
|
|
|
|
Ochrosia |
tahitensis |
|
Unknown |
French Polynesia: Society Is. |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
|
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LAURALES |
HERNANDIACEAE |
Hernandia |
drakeana |
|
Unknown |
French Polynesia: Society Is. |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
|
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LINALES |
ERYTHROXYLACEAE |
Erythroxylum |
echinodendron |
|
Unknown |
Cuba |
Extinct in the wild |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Quiala, E. et al. (2004). In vitro establishment of
Erythroxilum echinodendro. Biotecnologia Vegetal. 4(3):187-190. |
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MAGNOLIALES |
ANNONACEAE |
Anonidium |
usambarense |
|
Unknown |
Tanzania, United Republic of |
Extinct |
1910 |
Encroachment of agriculture and commercial forestry |
Terrestrial |
Forests |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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MALVALES |
MALVACEAE |
Hibiscadelphus |
bombycinus |
|
Kawaihae Hibiscadelphus |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1868 |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Forbes, C.N. (1920). New Hawaiian plants-VII. Occas. Pap.
Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 7(3): 33-39. |
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Hibiscadelphus |
crucibracteatus |
|
Lava Hau Kuahiwi |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1988 |
Deer and alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Moist forests |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Hobdy, R.W. (1984). A Re-Evaluation of the Genus
Hibiscadelphus (Malvaceae) and the Description of a New Species. Occas. Pap.
Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 25(11):1-7. |
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|
Hibiscadelphus |
wilderianus |
|
Maui Hau Kuahiwi |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1912 |
Cattle grazing |
Terrestrial |
Dry forest on a lava flow |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Bates, D.M. (1990). Malvaceae, pp. 868-903. In: Wagner, W.L.,
D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai`i.
Special Publ. Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Kokia |
cookei |
|
Cooke's Kokio, Molokai Koki`o |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct in the wild |
1918 |
Browsing and trampling domestic and feral stock |
Terrestrial |
Relictual dryland forest |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Bates, D.M. (1990). Malvaceae, pp. 868-903. In: Wagner, W.L.,
D.R. Herbst, and S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai`i.
Special Publ. Bishop Mus., Honolulu 83: 1-1853. |
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Kokia |
lanceolata |
|
Koki'o |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1888 |
Agriculture, fire, and alien plants and animals |
Terrestrial |
Dry shrublands and forests on ridges and in gulches |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
Kartesz, J.T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular
flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols.
Timber Press, Portland, OR. |
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STERCULIACEAE |
Byttneria |
ivorensis |
|
Unknown |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Extinct |
1896 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Edges of moist semi-deciduous forest. |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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Firmiana |
major |
|
Unknown |
China: Yunnan |
Extinct in the wild |
Unknown |
Habitat replaced by agriculture |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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Sterculia |
khasiana |
|
Unknown |
India: Meghalaya |
Extinct |
1877 |
Extensive agriculture and fires |
Terrestrial |
Subtropical forest between 1,000 and 1,500 m |
Food Source |
Medicinal properties |
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Trochetiopsis |
erythroxylon |
|
Redwood |
Saint Helena |
Extinct in the wild |
1700's |
Inbreeding depression and a depauperate gene pool are manifest
in the poor growth and high mortality of cultivated specimens |
Terrestrial |
Moist woodland within range of cabbage tree and moist gumwood
woodlands |
Timber, bark and tanning hides |
Medicinal properties |
Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995). A new species and hybrid in the St.
Helena endemic genus Trochetiopsis. Edinburgh Journal of
Botany. 52(2):205-213. |
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Trochetiopsis |
melanoxylon |
|
Dwarf ebony |
Saint Helena |
Extinct |
1771 |
Introduced goats |
Terrestrial |
Dry slopes |
Timber, bark and tanning hides |
Medicinal properties |
Cronk, Q.C.B.(1986). THE DECLINE OF THE ST HELENA EBONY
TROCHETIOPSIS-MELANOXYLON. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 35(2):159-172. |
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MYRTALES |
COMBRETACEAE |
Terminalia |
acuminata |
|
Unknown |
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro |
Extinct in the wild |
1942 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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MYRTACEAE |
Campomanesia |
lundiana |
|
Unknown |
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro |
Extinct |
1825 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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Gomidesia |
cambessedeana |
|
Unknown |
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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|
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Myrcia |
skeldingii |
|
Unknown |
Jamaica |
Extinct |
1972 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Streamside thickets |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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Psidium |
dumetorum |
|
Unknown |
Jamaica |
Extinct |
1976 |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Streamside thickets |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
|
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|
|
Syzygium |
gambleanum |
|
Unknown |
India: Tamil Nadu |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
|
|
|
|
Xanthostemon |
sebertii |
|
Unknown |
New Caledonia |
Extinct |
1869 |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
|
|
|
|
THYMELAEACEAE |
Wikstroemia |
skottsbergiana |
|
Skottsberg's Wikstroemia |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1948 |
Feral pigs and alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Wet forests and shrubland |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Skottsberg, C. (1972). The genus Wikstroemia Endl. in the
Hawaiian Islands. Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Litt. Gothob., Bot. 1: 1-166. |
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Wikstroemia |
villosa |
|
Hairy Wikstroemia |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1928 |
Feral pigs and alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Montane rainforest |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Skottsberg, C. (1972). The genus Wikstroemia Endl. in the
Hawaiian Islands. Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Litt. Gothob., Bot. 1: 1-166. |
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PRIMULALES |
PRIMULACEAE |
Lysimachia |
minoricensis |
|
Unknown |
Spain: Baleares |
Extinct in the wild |
1950 |
Over-collection and the impact of human activities |
Terrestrial |
Cool and shady places |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Rossello, J.A. and Mayol, M. (2002). Seed germination and
reproductive features of Lysimachia minoricensis (Primulaceae), a
wild-extinct plant. Annals of Botany. 89(5):559-562. |
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PROTEALES |
PROTEACEAE |
Stenocarpus |
dumbeensis |
|
Unknown |
New Caledonia |
Extinct |
1905 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
|
|
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RHAMNALES |
RHAMNACEAE |
Nesiota |
elliptica |
|
Olive, St Helena Olive |
Saint Helena |
Extinct |
2003 |
Habitat destruction, pests and systemic fungal infections |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Cronk, Q.C.B.(1986). THE DECLINE OF THE ST HELENA EBONY
TROCHETIOPSIS-MELANOXYLON. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 35(2):159-172. |
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ROSALES |
CHRYSOBALANACEAE |
Licania |
caldasiana |
|
Unknown |
Colombia |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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CUNONIACEAE |
Weinmannia |
spiraeoides |
|
Unknown |
Fiji |
Extinct |
1840 |
Habitat loss |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Hopkins, H.C.F. (1998). A
revision of Weinmannia (Cunoniaceae) in Malesia and the Pacific: 3. New
Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji, with notes on the species of
Samoa, Rarotonga, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Adansonia (Paris).
20:67-106. |
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RUBIALES |
RUBIACEAE |
Coffea |
lemblinii |
|
Unknown |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Extinct |
1907 |
Habitat loss |
Terrestrial |
Forests |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Ronald William John Keay (1958). Notes on
Rubiaceae for the "Flora of West Tropical Africa": II. In: Bulletin du Jardin botanique
de l'État a Bruxelles, Vol. 28, Fasc. 3, p.
291-298 |
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Guettarda |
retusa |
|
Unknown |
Cuba |
Extinct |
1800's |
Habitat cutting and clearing |
Terrestrial |
Forests |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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Oldenlandia |
adscenionis |
|
Unknown |
Saint Helena: Ascension |
Extinct |
1889 |
Introduced plants and overgrazing |
Terrestrial |
Lowland dry and upland moist habitats |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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|
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Pausinystalia |
brachythyrsum |
|
Unknown |
Cameroon |
Extinct |
1746 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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Wendlandia |
angustifolia |
|
Unknown |
India: Tamil Nadu |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Habitat loss |
Terrestrial |
Low-altitude forest. Known to grow at riversides |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Balaguru, B. et al. (2006). Identifying conservation priority
zones for effective management of tropical forests in Eastern Ghats of India.
Biodiversity and Conservation.
15(4):1529-1543. |
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SANTALALES |
SANTALACEAE |
Santalum |
fernandezianum |
|
Unknown |
Chile: Juan Fernández Is. |
Extinct |
1908 |
Over exploitation |
Terrestrial |
Forests |
Aromatics |
Medicinal properties |
Danton, P. (2006). The << myrtisylva >> of the
Juan Ferndndez Archipelago (Chili), a threatened forest. Acta
Botanica Gallica. 153(2):179-199. |
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SAPINDALES |
ANACARDIACEAE |
Mangifera |
casturi |
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Kalimantan Mango, Kasturi |
Indonesia: Kalimantan |
Extinct in the wild |
Unknown |
Over exploitation |
Terrestrial |
Forests |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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Mangifera |
rubropetala |
|
Unknown |
Indonesia: Sumatera, Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Habitat destruction |
Terrestrial |
Wet lowland forest |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
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RUTACEAE |
Galipea |
ossana |
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Unknown |
Cuba |
Extinct |
1800's |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Buerton, C. (2004). Angostura ossana (Rutaceae), a component
of the Cuban flora. Willdenowia. 34(1):277-289. |
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Melicope |
cruciata |
|
Cross-bearing Pelea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Feral pigs and goats, and by alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Wet forests and shrubland |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Stone, B.C. (1969). The
genus Pelea A. Gray (Rutaceae: Evodiinae). A taxonomic monograph (studies in
the Hawaiian Rutaceae, 10). Phanerogamarum monographiae tomus III. J. Cramer,
Lehre, West Germany, 180 pp. |
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Melicope |
haleakalae |
|
Stone's Pelea |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
2000's |
Feral pigs and goats, and by alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Wet forests |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Stone, B.C. (1969). The
genus Pelea A. Gray (Rutaceae: Evodiinae). A taxonomic monograph (studies in
the Hawaiian Rutaceae, 10). Phanerogamarum monographiae tomus III. J. Cramer,
Lehre, West Germany, 180 pp. |
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Melicope |
obovata |
|
Obovate Melicope |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1800's |
Feral pigs and goats, and by alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Wet forests |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
St John, H. (1944). Diagnosis of Hawaiian species of Pelea
(Rutaceae). Hawaiian plant studies 13. Lloydia 7: 265-274. |
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Melicope |
paniculata |
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Alani |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
1990's |
Feral pigs and goats, and by alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Wet forests |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Stone, B.C. (1969). The
genus Pelea A. Gray (Rutaceae: Evodiinae). A taxonomic monograph (studies in
the Hawaiian Rutaceae, 10). Phanerogamarum monographiae tomus III. J. Cramer,
Lehre, West Germany, 180 pp. |
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Pelea |
obovata |
|
Unknown |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Feral pigs and goats, and by alien plants |
Terrestrial |
Wet forests |
Food source |
Medicinal properties |
Stone, B.C. (1969). The
genus Pelea A. Gray (Rutaceae: Evodiinae). A taxonomic monograph (studies in
the Hawaiian Rutaceae, 10). Phanerogamarum monographiae tomus III. J. Cramer,
Lehre, West Germany, 180 pp. |
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SAPINDACEAE |
Cupaniopsis |
crassivalvis |
|
Unknown |
New Caledonia |
Extinct |
1869 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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Otophora |
unilocularis |
|
Unknown |
China: Hainan |
Extinct |
1935 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Thorny scrub |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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SCROPHULARIALES |
GESNERIACEAE |
Cyrtandra |
waiolani |
|
Fuzzyflower Cyrtandra |
United States: Hawaii |
Extinct in the wild |
1943 |
Feral pigs and invasive alien species |
Terrestrial |
Wet forests |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
St John, H. (1966). Monograph of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) on
Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 229: 1-465. |
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THEALES |
DIPTEROCARPACEAE |
Dipterocarpus |
cinereus |
|
Unknown |
Indonesia: Sumatera |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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Hopea |
shingkeng |
|
Unknown |
India: Arunachal Pradesh |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Over exploitation |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
|
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|
|
Shorea |
cuspidata |
|
Unknown |
Malaysia: Sarawak |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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THEACEAE |
Franklinia |
alatamaha |
|
Franklin tree |
United States: Georgia |
Extinct in the wild |
1803 |
Over exploitation |
Terrestrial |
Bog |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
Wherry, Edgar T. (1928). The history of the Franklin tree,
Franklinia alatamaha. Journal of the Washington Academy
of Sciences. 18:172-176. |
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VIOLALES |
BEGONIACEAE |
Begonia |
eiromischa |
|
Woolly-stalked Begonia |
Malaysia |
Extinct |
1900's |
Small-holder farming, selective logging, and clear-cutting |
Terrestrial |
Dipterocarp forest |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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FLACOURTIACEAE |
Casearia |
quinduensis |
|
Unknown |
Colombia |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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Casearia |
tinifolia |
|
Unknown |
Mauritius |
Extinct |
1976 |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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Ryania |
speciosa |
mutisii |
Unknown |
Colombia |
Extinct |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Terrestrial |
Unknown |
Fuel |
Medicinal properties |
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