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Asparagales

 

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Allium calamarophilon

Phitos & Tzanoud. (1981)

Wild garlic of Evia

1981 (wild); 2000 (cultivation)

Euboea (=Evia), East Aegean Islands, Greece

Missing

Access

             

Allium gilgiticum

F.T.Wang & Tang

 

1930's

Gilgit District, Pakistan

Missing

Access

             

Allium microbulbum

Prokh. (1930 "1929-1930")

 

?

Russia

Invalid (synonym)

Access

             
Allium pauli Vved., 1946   ? Asia Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Allium permixtum

Guss. (1827)

 

-

Abruzzo & Sicily, Italy (& Balkan Peninsula?)

Erroneously listed as Extinct

Access

             

Allium rouyi

Gaut. (1898)

Ajo Amarillo

(rediscovered)

southern Iberian Peninsula, Spain

Rediscovered

Access

             
Allium sergii Vved.   (rediscovered) Kazakhstan Rediscovered Access
             

Caliphruria tenera

Baker

 

July 1853 or later

Colombia

Missing

Access

             

Crinum eleonorae

Blatt. & McCann (1928) - 1928 or before Satara district, Maharashtra, India Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Crinum mauritianum

Lodd.

 

1 June 1973

Mauritius

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Crinum woodrowii

Baker, 1898

 

(rediscovered)

Maharashtra, India

Rediscovered

Access

             
Eucrosia mirabilis (Baker) Pax   (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access
             
Gethyllis latifolia Masson ex Baker   ? South Africa Extinct Access
             

Griffinia alba

K.D.Preuss & Meerow

 

(rediscovered)

Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

             
Griffinia liboniana É.Morren   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
             

Habranthus caerulens

(Griseb.) Traub

 

(rediscovered)

Entre Rios, Argentina

Rediscovered

Access

             

Ipheion tweedieanum

(Baker) Traub

 

(rediscovered)

Argentina & Uruguay

Rediscovered

Access

             
Mathieua galanthoides Klotzsch   ? Peru Extinct Access
             

Narcissus rupicola watieri

(Maire) Maire & Weiller

 

 

Morocco

Extinct in the wild

Access

             
Nothoscordum modestum Ravenna (1991)   (rediscovered) Brazil & Paraguay Rediscovered Access
             

Pamianthe peruviana

Stapf

Giant Peruvian daffodil, Peruvian daffodil

?

Bolivia & Peru

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Phaedranassa carmiolii

Baker, 1868

 

(rediscovered)

Zona de Los Santos region, Costa Rica (central)

Rediscovered

Access

             

Tulbaghia cominsii

Vosa

 

?

King William's Town district, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             
Urceolina lehmannii (Regel) Traub   ? Colombia Extinct Access

 

Family: Asparagaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Agave eggersiana

Trel.

Eggers' century plant, Eggers' agave, St. Croix agave

(rediscovered)

U.S. Virgin Islands

Rediscovered

Access

             
Agave fortiflora Gentry   2001 or before Sonora, Mexico Extinct in the wild? Access
             

Agave lurida

Aiton

 

2001

Oaxaca, Mexico

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Albuca nana

Schönland, 1912

 

1911

Redhouse, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Albuca prolifera

Wilson, 1898

 

?

Baakens River Valley, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Missing?

Access

             

Albuca tenuifolia

Baker, 1872

 

(rediscovered)

South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Asparagus gharoensis

Blatter, 1929

 

1922

Pakistan

Extinct

Access

             
Bellevalia salaheidii Täckh. & Boulos   ? Egypt Extinct Access
             

Chlorophytum radula

(Baker) Nordal

 

(rediscovered)

Tzaneen, Woodbush, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Dipcadi concanense (Dalzell) Baker   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
             
Dipcadi maharashtrense Deb & S.Dasgupta   (rediscovered) Maharashtra, India Rediscovered Access
             

Dipcadi minor

Hook.f. (1892) - 1859 Deccan Plateau, India Missing Access
             

Dipcadi reidii

Deb & S. Dasgupta, 1978

 

(rediscovered)

Malipa, Kali valley, Eastern Kumaon (Uttarakhand), India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Dipcadi turkestanicum

Vved. (1941)

 

1958

Khaudak Desert, Uzbekistan

Extinct

Access

             

Dracaena umbraculifera

Jacq.

Umbrella dracaena

(rediscovered)

Mauritius

Rediscovered

Access

             
Drimia duthieae (Adamson) Jessop   ? South Africa Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Drimia polyphylla (Hook.f.) Ansari & Sundararagh.   ? India Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Furcraea macdougallii Matuda Falso Maguey Grande, Maguey de Pescadillo 1973 Oaxaca, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Lachenalia arbuthnotiae W.F.Barker   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             
Lachenalia liliflora Jacq.   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             

Lachenalia macgregoriorum

W.F.Barker

 

(rediscovered)

Nieuwoudtville, Bokkeveld plateau, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Lachenalia martleyi

Duncan, 2012

 

(rediscovered)

Somerset West, Overberg district, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Lachenalia mathewsii W.F.Barker   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             
Lachenalia polyphylla Baker   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             
Lachenalia sargeantii W.F.Barker   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             

Ledebouria viridis

S.R.Dutta & P.Harvey ex M.R.Almeida (2009) - March 1919 or later Maharashtra, India Missing or Rediscovered Access
             
Maianthemum salvinii (Baker) LaFrankie   (rediscovered) Guatemala & Mexico Rediscovered Access
             

Massonia visseriae

Barnes, 1933

 

(rediscovered)

Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered or invalid (synonym)

Access

             
Muscari salah-eidii (Täckh. & Boulos) Hosni   ? Egypt Extinct Access
             

Ornithogalum britteniae

Leight. ex Oberm., 1978

 

(rediscovered)

South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Ornithogalum hallii Oberm.   (rediscoverd) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             
Ornithogalum refractum adalgisae (E.Groves) E.Groves (1885)   (rediscovered) Croatia & Italy Rediscovered Access
             

Ornithogalum visianicum

Tomm. (1877) Visiani's star of Bethlehem (rediscovered) Palagruški Archipelago, Croatia Rediscovered Access
             
Polygonatum biflorum melleum
(Farw.) R.P.Ownbey Smooth Solomon’s seal ? Ontario, Canada & Michigan, USA Extinct Access
             

Rohdea japonica latifolia

Hatus.

Japanese sacred lily (species)

?

Japan

Invalid (synonym)

Access

             
Scilla albanica Turrill (1932)   (rediscovered) northeastern Albania Rediscovered Access
             

Scilla mesopotamica

Speta (1976)

-

(rediscovered)

Turkey

Rediscovered

Access

             
Urginea ecklonii Baker - ? South Africa Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Uropetalon concanense

(Dalzell) Baker

-

(rediscovered)

Konkan region, Maharashtra State, India

Rediscovered

Access

 

Family: Asphodelaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Aloe albiflora

Guillaumin   1955 Madagascar Possibly extinct in the wild Access
             
Aloe ambositrae J.-P.Castillon   2007 Madagascar Possibly extinct in the wild Access
             

Aloe bakeri

Scott-Elliot

 

?

Madagascar

Possibly extinct in the wild

Access

             

Aloe bellatula

Reynolds - 1976 Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar Extinct in the wild? Access
             

Aloe brevifolia depressa

(Haw.) Baker

 

1936

Caledon area, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Aloe cameronii dedzana

Reynolds (1965?)

 

(rediscovered)

Chongoni Forest reserve, Malawi

Rediscovered

Access

             

Aloe canis

(S.Lane, 2001)

 

1970's?

Senga Hills, Salima District, Malawi

Extinct in the wild

Access

             
Aloe decorsei H.Perrier   1911 Madagascar Missing Access
             

Aloe edouardii

Rebmann   2010 Madagascar Possibly extinct in the wild Access
             
Aloe jucunda Reynolds   (rediscovered) Somalia Rediscovered in the wild Access
             
Aloe juvenna Brandham & S.Carter   (rediscovered) Kenya Rediscovered in the wild Access
             
Aloe oligophylla Baker   ? Madagascar Extinct in the wild Access
             
Aloe penduliflora Baker   (rediscovered) Kenya Rediscovered Access
             
Aloe schilliana L.E.Newton & G.D.Rowley   ? Madagascar Extinct in the wild Access
             
Aloe silicicola H. Perrier   ? Madagascar Extinct in the wild Access
             

Aloe suzannae

Decary

 

(rediscovered)

Madagascar

Rediscovered

Access

             

Aloe vera

(L.) Burm.f.

 

?

Afro-Arabia?

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             
Caesia rigidifolia F.Muell.   ? Western Australia, Australia Extinct Access
             

Dianella cf. intermedia/

adenanthera

-

 

5.4 cal. kyr b.p.

Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)

Extinct

Access

             
Eremurus chloranthus Popov   ? Uzbekistan Extinct Access
             
Eremurus korowinii B.Fedtsch.   (rediscovered) Kazakhstan, Tajiikistan & Uzbekistan Rediscovered Access
             

Kniphofia crassifolia

Baker

 

1880

Woodbush, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Kniphofia pauciflora

Baker

Racecourse lilly

(rediscovered)

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Kniphofia reflexum

Hutch. ех Codd

 

(rediscovered)

Mt. Oku, Cameroon

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

Family: Asteliaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Blandfordiaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Boryaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Borya mirabilis Churchill (1985) Grampians pincushion-lily (rediscovered) Victorian Midlands, Victoria, Australia Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Doryanthaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Hypoxidaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Iridaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Babiana blanda

(L.Bolus) G.J.Lewis

 

(rediscovered)

Darling to Milnerton and Agter-Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Babiana foliosa

G.J.Lewis

 

1951

Riviersonderend, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Babiana stenomera

Schltr.

 

(rediscovered)

Nuwerus/Kareeberg, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Crocus biflorus estriatus

(Herb.) Tchich. (1860)

 

(rediscovered)

Italy

Rediscovered or Invalid (synonym)

Access

             
Dierama elatum N.E.Br.   ? eSwatini (=Swaziland) & South Africa Extinct Access
             
Gladiolus felicis Z.Mirek (1985)   ? Poland Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Hesperantha saldanhae

Goldblatt

 

?

Vredenburg, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Iris antilibanotica

Dinsmore

 

?

Syria

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             
Iris damascena Mouterde   (rediscovered) Syria Rediscovered Access
             

Iris pariensis

S.L.Welsh

 

1976

Utah, USA

Misisng

Access

             

Iris sanguinea tobataensis

Akiyama & Iwashina, 2009

 

?

Tobata, Kita-Kyushu City, Fukuoka Pref., Japan

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Iris westii

Dinsm.

 

?

Lebanon

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             

Ixia ecklonii

Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

 

early 1800's

Olifants River Valley near Citrusdal, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             
Ixia recondita Goldblatt & J.C.Manning   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             

Moraea amissa

Goldblatt

 

(rediscovered)

Malmesbury, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Moraea incurva G.J.Lewis   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             

Moraea loubseri

Goldblatt

Spinnekopflappie

(rediscovered)

Langebaan, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Moraea minima Goldblatt Mini galaxy (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             

Moraea ovata

Thunberg

 

(rediscovered)

Namaqualand, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Romulea x melitensis Bég.   (rediscovered) Malta Rediscovered Access
             

Romulea papyracea

Wolley-Dod

 

1897

lower plateau of Table Mountain, near Cape Town, South Africa

Missing or invalid (synonym)

Access

             

Romulea pilosa

J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

 

(rediscovered)

Overberg between Greyton and Riviersonderend, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Romulea sanguinalis

M.P.de Vos

 

1952

Bokkeveld Escarpment near Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Romulea sulphurea

Bég.

 

(rediscovered)

South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Sisyrinchium corymbosum

E.P. Bicknell

 

(rediscovered)

Florida, USA

Rediscovered

Access

             
Sisyrinchium farwellii E.P.Bicknell   ? North America Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Sisyrinchium hastile E.P. Bicknell   ? USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Sparaxis roxburghii

(Baker) Goldblatt

Collar satinflower

(rediscovered)

Olifants River Valley between Clanwilliam and Citrusdal, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Tritonia flabellifolia thomasiae

M.P.de Vos

 

1968

Between Hawston and Bot River, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Watsonia amabilis

Goldblatt

 

(rediscovered)

Paarl to Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Watsonia distans

L.Bolus

 

(rediscovered)

Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

Family: Ixioliriaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Lanariaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Orchidaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Acianthus ledwardii

Rupp, 1938

 

?

Queensland, Australia

Invalid (synonym)

Access

             
Aenhenrya rotundifolia (Blatt.) Sath.Kumar & F.N.Rasm.   (rediscovered) Tamil Nadu, India Rediscovered Access
             

Aeranthes africana

J.Stewart   2002 Zimbabwe Extinct in the wild? Access
             

Aeranthes albidiflora

Toill.-Gen., Ursch & Bosser

 

1959

Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Aeranthes parkesii

G.Will.   1977 Zimbabwe Possibly extinct in the wild Access
             

Anathallis kleinii

(Pabst) Luer

 

1970

Ilha de Santana Catarina (south), Santa Catarina state, Brazil (southern)

Missing

Access

             

Angraecopsis dolabriformis

(Rolfe) Schltr.

 

1889

São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Principe

Extinct

Access

             

Angraecum angustum

(Rolfe) Summerh. 1936

 

(rediscovered)

Cameroon

Rediscovered

Access

             

Angraecum astroarche

Ridl.

 

1888

Nova Moca, São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Principe

Extinct

Access

             
Angraecum carpophorum Thouars   ? ? Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Angraecum coriaceum

(Thunb. ex Sw.) Schltr.

 

?

Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Angraecum keniae

Kraenzl.

 

?

Kenya

Missing

Access

             

Angraecum longicalcar

(Bosser) Senghas, 1986

 

?

Madagascar

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             

Angraecum mahavavense

H.Perrier

 

1932

Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             
Angraecum maheense Schltr. ex Diels (1922)   ? ? Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Angraecum muscicolum

H.Perrier

 

1925

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             
Angraecum obversifolium Frapp. ex Cordem.   (rediscovered) Mauritius & Reunion, Mascarene Islands Rediscovered Access
             

Angraecum palmiforme

Thouars

 

1999 or later

Mauritius & Réunion, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

             

Angraecum perhumile

H.Perrier

 

1925

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Angraecum potamophilum

Schltr.

 

1898

Mahajanga Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Angraecum rigidifolium

H.Perrier

 

1925

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Angraecum rubellum

Bosser

 

1963

Toamasina Province, Madagscar

Missing

Access

             

Angraecum serpens

(H.Perrier) Bosser

 

1942

Toamasina Province, Madagscar

Missing

Access

             

Angraecum sesquisectangulum

Kraenzl.

 

?

Madagascar

Missing

Access

Angraecum spicatum (Cordem.) Schltr.   ? Reunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             

Angraecum sterrophyllum

Schltr.

 

1913

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             
Aphyllorchis gollani Duthie   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
             

Aracamunia liesneri

Carnevali & I. Ramírez, 1989

 

(rediscovered)

Cerro Aracamuni, Venezuela

Rediscovered

Access

             
Benthamia catatiana H.Perrier   1933 Madagascar Missing Access
             

Benthamia nigro-vaginata

H.Perrier

 

1926

Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Bonatea eminii

(Kraenzl.) Rolfe

 

(rediscovered)

Tanzania

Invalid (synonym)

Access

             

Bonatea lamprophylla

J.Stewart

 

2003

Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, St. Lucia

Missing

Access

             

Bulbophyllum barbatum

Barb.Rodr. (1882)

 

(rediscovered)

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

             
Bulbophyllum conchophyllum J.J.Sm.   1911 Papua Province, Indonesia Missing Access
             

Bulbophyllum erythroglossum

Bosser

 

1964

Toamasina Province, Madagscar

Missing

Access

             

Bulbophyllum filiforme

Kraenzl.

 

(rediscovered)

Mt. Cameroon, Korup, and the Niger Delta

Rediscovered

Access

             
Bulbophyllum herbula Frapp. ex Cordem.   ? Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             

Bulbophyllum hirsutiusculum

H.Perrier

 

1928

Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             
Bulbophyllum janus J.J.Verm.   ? Sumatra, Indonesia Extinct Access
             

Bulbophyllum macranthoides

Kraenzl.

 

(rediscovered)

Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea

Rediscovered

Access

             

Bulbophyllum minax

Schltr.

 

1919

Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             
Bulbophyllum octorhopalon Seidenf.   1934 Malaysia Missing Access
             
Bulbophyllum pusillum Thouars   ? Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             

Bulbophyllum sanguineum

H.Perrier

 

1925

Toamasina Province, Madagscar

Missing

Access

             
Bulbophyllum sceliphron J.J.Verm.   1983 Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Bulbophyllum strigosum (Garay) Sieder & Kiehn (2009)   (rediscovered) north-west Vietnam Rediscovered in the wild Access
             

Bulbophyllum tampoketsense

H.Perrier

 

1923

Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Bulbophyllum zaratananae

Schltr., 1925

 

1924

Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Caladenia atkinsonii

Rodway, 1923

White-lipped orchid

?

Tasmania, Australia

Invalid (synonym)

Access

             

Caladenia brachyscapa

G. W. Carr, 1988

Short spider-orchid

7 November 1979

lungtalanana (=Clarke Island), Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, Tasmania & Warrnambool area, Victoria, Australia

Missing

Access

             

Caladenia cristata

R. S. Rogers, 1923

 

-

Western Australia, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Caladenia magnifica

(Nicholls) D.L.Jones & G.W.Carr

Magnificent spider orchid

1979

Clydesdale district, Victoria (central), Australia

Missing

Access

             

Caladenia pumila

R.S.Rogers, 1922

Dwarf spider-orchid

(rediscovered)

Brisbane Ranges, Victoria, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Caladenia robinsonii

G.W.Carr, 1991

Frankston spider-orchid

(rediscovered)

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Caladenia thysanochila

G.W.Carr, 1991

Fringed spider-orchid

?

Victoria, Australia

Missing

Access

             

Caladenia xantholeuca

D.L. Jones, 1991

Flinders Ranges spider-orchid

(rediscovered)

Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             
Calanthe breviflos Ridl.   ? ? Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Calanthe ecallosa J.J.Sm.   (rediscovered) Java (=Jawa), Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             

Calanthe whiteana

King & Pantl.

 

(rediscovered)

Chungthang valley, Sikkim, India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Calochilus ammobius

D.L.Jones & B.Gray

 

?

Queensland, Australia

Missing?

Access

             

Calyptrochilum aurantiacum

(P.J.Cribb & Laan) Stévart, M.Simo & Droissart, 2018

 

(rediscovered)

Cameroon

Rediscovered

Access

             
Campylocentrum latifolium Cogn.   ? Brazil Extinct Access
             
Capanemia perpusilla Schltr.   ? ? Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Capanemia pygmaea (Kraenzl.) Schltr.   ? Brazil Extinct in the wild? Access
             
Centroglossa macroceras Barb. Rodr., 1882   (rediscovered) São Paulo, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             

Cephalanthera exigua

Seidenf.   (rediscovered) Laos, Thailand & Vietnam Rediscovered Access
             
Chloraea venosa Rchb.f.   ? Peru Extinct Access
             

Cleisostoma schneideri

Choltco (2009)   ? northern Thailand Extinct in the wild? Access
             
Coelogyne acutilabium de Vogel   ? Malesia? Extinct Access
             
Coelogyne clarkei Kraenzl.   ? Asia Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Coelogyne squamulosa

J.J.Sm. (1908)   (rediscovered) Mt. Semedum, Indonesian Borneo Rediscovered Access
             

Corunastylis reflexa

(Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

 

(rediscovered)

New South Wales, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Chloraea undulata

Raimondi ex Colunga, 1878

Lima orchid

(rediscovered)

Peru

Rediscovered

Access

             

Codonorchis canisioi

Mansf.

 

(rediscovered)

Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

             

Corybas betchei

(F.Muell.) Schltr., 1923

 

pre-1891

'Upolu, Samoa

Missing

Access

             

Corybas carsei

(Cheeseman) Hatch

 

(rediscovered)

New Zealand

Rediscovered

Access

             
Corycium vestitum Sw.   ? South Africa Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Cryptocentrum lehmannii (Rchb.f.) Garay   ? South America Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Cymbidium rectum

Ridl.   (rediscovered) Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia & Thailand Rediscovered Access
             

Cynorkis bimaculata

(Ridl.) H.Perrier

 

1961

Manjakatompo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             
Cynorkis brevicornu Ridl.   1880 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Cynorkis buchwaldiana buchwaldiana Kraenzl.   1890 Tanzania Missing Access
             

Cynorkis catatii

Bosser

 

1889

Mandritsara, Mahajanga, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Cynorkis crispa

(Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr.

 

pre-1896

Réunion, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

             
Cynorkis glandulosa Ridl.   1883 Madagascar Missing Access
             

Cynorkis mammuthus

Hermans & P. J. Cribb, 2017

 

(rediscovered)

Mahajanga province, Madagascar (northern)

Rediscovered

Access

             
Cynorkis marojejyensis Bosser   1949 Madagascar Missing Access
             

Cynorkis rolfei

Hochr.

 

1903

Vatomandry, Toamasina, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             
Cynorkis rosellata (Thouars) Bosser   (rediscovered) Madagascar & Réunion, Mascarene Islands Rediscovered Access
             

Cynorkis sylvatica

Bosser

 

1951

Marivorahona, Antsiranana, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Cynorkis usambarae

Rolfe

 

1893

Usambara Mountains (east), Tanzania

Missing

Access

             

Cypripedium palangshanense

Tang & F.T.Wang

 

(rediscovered)

Chongqing, Hubei and Sichuan Provinces, China

Rediscovered

Access

             
Dendrobium bandaense Schltr.   1901 Indonesia Missing Access
             

Dendrobium bioculare

J.J.Smith, 1904

 

(rediscovered)

New Guinea

Rediscovered

Access

             
Dendrobium brillianum Ormerod & Cavestro   1909-1911 Papua Province, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Dendrobium convolutum Rolfe   (rediscovered) New Guinea Rediscovered Access
             

Dendrobium eximium

Schltr.

 

(rediscovered)

New Guinea

Rediscovered

Access

             

Dendrobium laciniosum

Ridl.

Singapore orchid

1891

Singapore

Missing

Access

             
Dendrobium petrophilum (Kraenzl.) Garay ex N.Hallé   (rediscovered) New Caledonia Rediscovered Access
             

Dendrobium scirpoides

Schltr.

 

c.1880

'Upolu, Samoa (western)

Missing

Access

             
Dendrobium treutleri (Hook.f.) Schuit. & Peter B.Adams   ? China & India Extinct or rediscovered Access
             
Dendrobium xichouense S.J.Cheng & Z.Z.Tang   ? China & Vietnam Extinct Access
             

Diaphananthe orientalis

(Mansf.) F.N.Rasm.

 

1933

Nguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

             
Diaphananthe papagayi (Rchb.f.) Schltr.   1853 São Tomé and Príncipe Missing Access
             

Dinklageella villiersii

Szlach. & Olszewski (2001) - ? Libreville area, Estuaire Province, Gabon Missing Access
             

Diplocaulobium masonii

(Rupp) Dockrill, 1965

 

?

Queensland (north-east), Australia

Invalid (synonym)

Access

             
Diplomeris josephi A.N.Rao & Swamin.   1984 Arunachal Pradesh, India Missing Access
             
Disa brevipetala H.P.Linder   ? South Africa Extinct Access
             
Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.Linder   ? South Africa Extinct Access
             

Disa forcipata

Schltr.

 

1870

Knysna, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Disa newdigateae

L.Bolus

 

1931

Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Disa physodes

Sw.

 

(rediscovered)

Piketberg to the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Disa schlechteriana Bolus   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             

Disa walteri

Schltr.

 

(rediscovered)

Tanzania (southern)

Rediscovered

Access

             

Disperis bosseri

la Croix & P.J.Cribb

 

1957

Ankaratra, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Disperis egregia

Summerhayes, 1968

 

1944

Usambara Mountains (east), Tanzania

Missing

Access

             
Disperis kamerunensis Schltr.   ? Mt. Cameroon, Cameroon Extinct Access
             

Diuris bracteata

Fitzg., 1888

 

(rediscovered)

near Gladesville, Parramatta River, New South Wales, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Encyclia grahami

(Hook.) Bosmenier, Esperon & Sauleda

 

(rediscovered)

Cuba

Rediscovered

Access

             
Encyclia hircina (A.Rich.) Acuña   (rediscovered) Isla de La Juventud, Cuba Rediscovered Access
             
Encyclia sagraeana (Richard) Soto Calvo, Esperon and Sauleda   (rediscovered) Cuba Rediscovered Access
             
Encyclia viridiflora Hook.   ? Brazil Extinct Access
             

Epidendrum ilense

Dodson, 1977

 

1970's or later

Ecuador

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             
Epidendrum lanceolatum Bradford ex Griseb.   1800's Trinidad & Tobago Missing Access
             

Eria alba

Lindl.   (rediscovered) Himachal Pradesh, India Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Eulophia barbata (Thunb.) Spreng.   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             

Eulophia eulophioides

(Schltr.) M.W.Chase, Kumar & Schuit.   (rediscovered) Guizhou province (Luodian), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Yachang) and Yunnan province, China & Myanmar Rediscovered Access
             

Eulophia grandidieri

H.Perrier

 

1901

Mahatsara, Toamasina, Madagascar

Missing

Access

             

Eulophia stenopetala

Lindl.

 

1800's

Punakha, Bhutan

Extinct

Access

             

Gastrodia africana

Kraenzl., 1900

 

(rediscovered)

Cameroon

Rediscovered

Access

             

Gavilea insularis

M.N. Correa, 1968

 

(rediscovered)

Alejandro Selkirk Island (=Isla Alejandro Selkirk)

Rediscovered

Access

             

Genoplesium nudiscapum

(Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

 

(rediscovered)

Tasmania, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Genoplesium sp. nov. 'Raby Bay'

-

 

?

Queensland, Australia

Missing

Access

             

Goodyera lanceolata

Ridl., 1903

 

(rediscovered)

Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia & Thailand

Rediscovered

Access

             
Govenia floridana P.M. Br. Gowen’s orchid ? Florida, USA Extinct Access
             

Habenaria flagellifera yosiei

H.Hara 1977

 

(rediscovered)

Japan

Rediscovered

Access

             
Habenaria horsfieldiana Kraenzl.   ? Java(?), Indonesia Extinct Access
             

Habenaria lancifolia

A.Rich.

 

?

Mauritius, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

             
Habenaria lewallei Geerinck   1970 Burundi Missing Access
             

Habenaria petromedusa

Webb

 

1800's

Cape Verde archipelago

Extinct

Access

             

Habenaria polyodon

Hook.f. (1890) - (rediscovered) Tamil Nadu, India Rediscovered Access
             

Habenaria richardiana

Wight

 

(rediscovered)

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Habenaria rosellata

(Thouars) Schltr.

 

?

Madagascar & Réunion, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

             

Habenaria vesiculosa

A.Rich.

 

?

Mauritius, Mascarene Islands

Missing

Access

             

Holothrix culveri

Bolus

 

(rediscovered)

Barberton, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Holothrix longicornu

G.J.Lewis

 

(rediscovered)

Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province & Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Holothrix micrantha

Schltr.

 

1925

Johannesburg to Heidelberg, Gauteng Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Ipsea malabarica

(Reichb. f.) Hook. f.

Malabar daffodil orchid

(rediscovered)

Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Rediscovered

Access

             
Jumellea pachyra (Kraenzl.) H. Perrier   1881 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Jumellea spathulata (Ridl.) Schltr.   1881 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Laelia dawsonii chilapensis
(Soto Arenas) PérezGarcía & Cetzal.   ? Chilapa region, Guerrero, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             

Laelia gouldiana

Rchb.f.

 

?

Mexico

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Lecanorchis bihuensis

T.P.Lin & Shu H.Wu, 2012

 

(rediscovered)

Taiwan

Rediscovered

Access

             

Liparis cuspidata

(Ridl.) Marg.

 

?

Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia

Extinct

Access

             

Liparis hostifolia

(Koidz.) Koidz. ex Nakai

Shimakumokiriso orchid

(rediscovered)

Japan

Rediscovered

Access

             
Liparis lauterbachii Schltr.   (rediscovered) Java (=Jawa), Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Liparis longipetala Ridl.   1881 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Liparis lutea Ridl.   1880 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Liparis parva (Kuntze) Ridl.   1880 Madagascar Missing Access
             

Liparis uchiyamae

Schltr.

 

?

Japan

Extinct in the wild

Access

             
Liparis xanthina Ridl.   1880 Madagascar Missing Access
             

Macroclinium roseum

Barb.Rodr., 1882

 

(rediscovered)

Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

             

Malaxis boninensis

(Koidz.) K.Nakaj.

 

(rediscovered)

Japan

Rediscovered

Access

             

Malaxis nana

C. Schweinfurth, 1938

 

(rediscovered)

Costa Rica

Rediscovered

Access

             

Masdevallia lynchiphora

Königer

 

?

Peru

Missing

Access

             
Masdevallia menatoi Luer & R.Vásquez   (rediscovered) Bolivia Rediscovered Access
             
Masdevallia walteri Luer, 1979   (rediscovered) Costa Rica Rediscovered Access
             
Maxillaria broadwayi (Cogn.) R.E.Schult.   pre-1910 Trinidad & Tobago Missing Access
             

Mexipedium xerophyticum

(Soto Arenas, Salazar & Hágsater) V.A.Albert & M.W.Chase - (rediscovered) Oaxaca, Mexico Rediscovered in the wild Access
             

Mormodes luxata

Lindl.

 

-

Mexico (southwestern)

Rediscovered

Access

             
Neottia ussuriensis (Kom. & Nevski) Soó (1969)   (rediscovered) Russia Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Nervilia grandiflora

Schltr.

 

1910

Savai'i, Samoa (western)

Missing

Access

             

Oberonia attenuata

Dockr., 1960

 

12 June 1960

Cape York Peninsula (south-eastern), Queensland, Australia

Missing

Access

             

Oberonia bellii

Blatt. & McCann - (rediscovered) Karnataka, India Rediscovered Access
             
Octomeria romerorum Carnevali & I.Ramírez   (rediscovered) Brazil & Venezuela Rediscovered Access
             

Odontochilus hatusimanus

Ohwi & T.Koyama

 

-

Japan

Rediscovered

Access

             

Odontochilus tetrapterus

(Hook.f.) Av.Bhattacharjee & H.J.Chowdhery (2011) - 1977 or later Manipur, India Missing Access
             

Oeceoclades seychellarum

(Rolfe ex Summerh.) Garay & P.Taylor

 

May 1902

Cascade Estate, Mahé, Seychelles

Extinct

Access

             

Ophrys kopetdagensis

K. Pop. et Neschat.

 

-

Turkmenistan

Rediscovered

Access

             

Ophrys scolopax philippi

(Gren.) H.A.Pedersen & P.J.Cribb (2019)

Mr. Philippe's ophrys

(rediscovered)

France

Rediscovered

Access

             
Pabstiella deltoglossa (Cogn.) Toscano & Luer   ? Atlantic forest, Brazil Missing Access
             

Paphiopedilum delenatii

Guillaumin, 1924

 

-

Vietnam

Rediscovered

Access

             

Paphiopedilum druryi

(Bedd.) Pfitzer 1895

 

?

India

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             

Paphiopedilum fairrieanum

(Lindl.) Stein

 

-

Bhutan & India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Paphiopedilum gigantifolium

Braem, Baker & Baker 1997

 

?

Sulawesi, Indonesia

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             

Paphiopedilum javanicum

(Reinw. ex Blume) Pfitzer 1888

 

?

Java, Indonesia & Borneo

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             

Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum hyeanum

L.Linden & Rodigas

 

?

Asia

Invalid (synonym)?

Access

             
Paphiopedilum papuanum (Ridl. ex Rendle) L.O.Williams   (rediscovered) New Guinea Rediscovered Access
             

Paphiopedilum rothschildianum

(Rchb.f.) Stein, 1888   ? Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo, Indonesia Reintroduced to the wild Access
             

Paphiopedilum vietnamense

Gruss & Perner (1999?)

 

post-2000

Vietnam

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             
Paphiopedilum zieckianum Schoser   ? New Guinea Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Paraphalaenopsis labukensis Shim, A.L.Lamb & C.L.Chan   (rediscovered) Borneo Rediscovered Access
             
Peristylus caranjensis (Dalzell) Ormerod & C.S.Kumar   ? Caranja Island, Maharashtra, India Extinct Access
             

Peristylus cryptostylus

(Rchb.f.) Ormerod

 

?

Tahiti, Society Islands

Missing

Access

             
Phalaenopsis javanica J.J.Sm.   (rediscovered) Java & Sumatra, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             

Phalaenopsis robinsonii

J.J.Sm.

 

1913

Ambon(?), Indonesia

Missing

Access

             

Platanthera azorica

Schltr. (1920)

Hochstetter's butterfly orchid

(rediscovered)

Faial (=Fayal) & São Jorge, Azores

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pleione × lagenaria

Lindl. & Paxton (1851) - 1849 China, India & Thailand Rediscovered? Access
             

Polystachya acuminata

Summerh.

 

1943

Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

             

Polystachya canaliculata

Summerh.

 

1943-1962

Nguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

             
Polystachya erica-lanzae Eb.Fisch., Killmann, J.-P.Lebel & Delep. (2012)   1992 Rwanda Missing Access
             

Polystachya kaluluensis

P.J.Cribb & la Croix, 1991

 

27 November 1983 or later

Kalulu Hills, Thyolo District, Malawi (southern)

Missing

Access

             

Polystachya porphyrochila

J.Stewart, 1973

 

1970-1982

Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

             

Polystachya rugosilabia

Summerh.

 

1942

Nguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

             

Prasophyllum colemaniarum

R.S.Rogers, 1923

Lilac leek-orchid

1922

Victoria, Australia

Extinct or invalid (synonym)

Access

             

Prasophyllum concinnum

Nicholls

Trim leek-orchid

-

Tasmania, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Prasophyllum morganii

Nicholls, 1930

Mignonette leek-orchid, Cobungra leek-orchid, Dense leek-orchid

-

New South Wales & Victoria, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             
Prasophyllum robustum (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones   (rediscovered) Tasmania, Australia Rediscovered Access
             

Prasophyllum sandrae

D.L.Jones (2019) Majors Creek leek orchid ? Majors Creek, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Rediscovered? Access
             

Prasophyllum subbisectum

Nicholls, 1936

Pomonal leek-orchid

-

Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Prasophyllum suttonii

R.S.Rogers & B.Rees

Buffalo leek-orchid

December 1902

Mt Buffalo Plateau, Victoria, Australia

Missing

Access

             
Promenaea microptera Rchb.f.   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Pseudocentrum guadalupense Cogn.   (rediscovered) Guadeloupe Rediscovered Access
             

Psychopsis sanderae

(Rolfe) E. Lückel & G. J. Braem

 

-

Junin Department, Peru

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pterostylis conferta conferta

(D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. (2010) - (rediscovered) Victoria, Australia Rediscovered Access
             

Pterostylis valida

(Nicholls) D.L.Jones, 1994

Robust greenhood orchid, Robust greenhood

-

Victoria, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pterygodium connivens

Schelpe

 

30+ years ago

Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Pterygodium newdigateae

Bolus

 

pre-1923

Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             
Pygmaeorchis brasiliensis Brade, 1939   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
             

Rhizanthella gardneri

R.S.Rogers, 1930

Western underground orchid

-

Western Australia, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Rhizanthella omissa

D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (2006) The Forgotten rhizanthella, Lamington underground orchid 1958 Lamington Plateau, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia Missing Access
             
Rhomboda pulchra (King & Pantl.) Ormerod & Av. Bhattacharjee, 2014   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
             

Satyrium comptum

Summerh.

 

-

Tanzania (southern)

Rediscovered

Access

             
Sievekingia fimbriata Rchb.f.   (rediscovered) Costa Rica & Panama Rediscovered Access
             

Silvorchis colorata

J.J.Sm.

 

?

Java, Indonesia

Missing

Access

             
Spathoglottis arunachalensis Tsering & K.Prasad (2020) The Lost spathoglottis 2016 Arunachal Pradesh, India Missing Access
             

Spiranthes parksii

Correll (1947)

Navasota ladies-tresses

-

Texas, USA

Rediscovered

Access

             

Stolzia compacta compacta

P.J.Cribb

 

February 1968

Kasaramba Forest, Nyika Plateau, Malawi

Missing

Access

             

Taeniophyllum cylindrocentrum

Schltr. (1913)

 

-

Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Taeniophyllum scaberulum

Hook. f., 1890

 

-

Periyar, India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Telipogon jucusbambae

Dodson & R.Escobar

 

-

Peru

Rediscovered

Access

             

Tetramicra pratensis

(Rchb.f.) Rolfe

 

?

Hispaniola

Missing

Access

             
Thuniopsis subsessilis (Rolfe) Ormerod, Kurzweil & Schuit. (2020)   (rediscovered) Myanmar (=Burma) Rediscovered Access
             
Thysanoglossa jordanensis Porto & Brade, 1940   (rediscovered) São Paulo, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             

Trichotosia buruensis

(J.J.Sm.) S.Thomas et al.

 

-

Buru, Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Tridactyle sarcodantha

Mansf.

 

1933

Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Missing

Access

             
Triphora latifolia G.M.Luer   ? USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Tylostigma herminioides Schltr.   1921 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Tylostigma madagascariense Schltr.   1914 Madagascar Missing Access
             

Vanda lombokensis

J.J.Sm.   1909 Lombok, Indonesia Extinct in the wild? Access
             

Vanda wightii

Rchb. f.

 

-

Karnataka & Kerala, India

Rediscovered

Access

             
Vanilla montana Ridl., 1915   (rediscovered) Peninsular Malaysia Rediscovered Access
             

Vanilla wightii

Lindl. ex Wight (1845) - (rediscovered) Eastern Ghats, India Rediscovered Access
             
Yoania amagiensis squamipes (Fukuy.) C.L.Yeh & C.S.Leou   (rediscovered) Taiwan Rediscovered or invalid (synonym) Access
             

Zeuxine boninensis boninensis

Tuyama, 1935

Munin-kinuran

-

Bonin Islands (=Ogasawara Islands), Japan

Rediscovered

Access

             

Zeuxine exilis

Ridl.

Ridley's ground orchid

-

Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

Rediscovered

Access

             

Zeuxine rolfiana

King & Pantl.

 

-

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Rediscovered

Access

 

Family: Tecophilaeaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
             

Cyanella marlothii

J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

 

(rediscovered)

Richtersveld west of Ploegberg, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Tecophilaea cyanocrocus

Leyb., 1863

Chilean blue crocus

(rediscovered)

Chile

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

Family: Xeronemataceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

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