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Ericales

 

Family: Actinidiaceae

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

Saurauia bogoriensis

R.D.Hoogland

 

1975

Java (=Jawa) (western), Indonesia

Missing

Access

             
Saurauia longipedicellata Merr. (1922)   (rediscovered) Mindanao, Philippines Rediscovered Access
             
Saurauia minutiflora K.M.Wong   1995 Malaysia Missing Access

 

 

Family: Balsaminaceae

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

Impatiens agastyamalayensis

(Bhaskar) A.Joe, Bhaskar & M.Sabu

 

(rediscovered)

Agastyamala, India

Rediscovered

Access

             
Impatiens aliciae C.E.C.Fisch.   (rediscovered) Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
             
Impatiens anaimudica C.E.C.Fisch.   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
             

Impatiens angustisepala

Tardieu

 

(rediscovered)

Laos PDR

Rediscovered

Access

             

Impatiens boinensis

H.Perrier, 1934

 

1907

Anovilava, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (northern)

Missing

Access

             

Impatiens brevicornis

(Barnes) Bhaskar

 

(rediscovered)

Western Ghats, India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Impatiens concinna

Hook.f., 1874

 

(rediscovered)

Western Ghats, India

Rediscovered

Access

             
Impatiens cothurnoides C.E.C.Fisch.   (rediscovered) Meghalaya, India Rediscovered Access
             

Impatiens cryptoneura

Hook.f.

 

?

Malaysia

Missing

Access

             

Impatiens denisonii

Bedd. (1864) - (rediscovered) Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
             
Impatiens granulifera H.Perrier   1933 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Impatiens humifusa G.M.Schulze   1970 Tanzania Missing Access
             

Impatiens johnii

E. Barnes, 1939

 

(rediscovered)

Idukki District, Kerala, India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Impatiens khasiana

Hook.f.

 

(rediscovered)

India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Impatiens laevigata grandifolia

Hook.f., 1910

 

(rediscovered)

India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Impatiens letouzeyi

Grey-Wilson

 

(rediscovered)

Cameroon

Rediscovered

Access

             
Impatiens macrocarpa Hook.f.   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
             

Impatiens munnarensis

E.Barnes, 1938

 

(rediscovered)

India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Impatiens munronii

Wight (1839) - (rediscovered) Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
             

Impatiens nzoana bennae

(Jacq.-Fél.) Grey-Wilson - 1956 Guinea Missing Access
             

Impatiens repens

Moon

Ceylon balsam, Yellow impatiens

(rediscovered)

Sri Lanka

Rediscovered

Access

             
Impatiens saliensis G.M.Schulze   1932 Tanzania Missing Access
             
Impatiens tricaudata G.M.Schulze   1935 Tanzania Missing Access
             

Impatiens trigonopteris

Hooker f., 1908

 

(rediscovered)

Sikkim, India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Impatiens viridiflora

Wight (1937)

 

(rediscovered)

India

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

Family: Clethraceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Cyrillaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Diapensiaceae

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

Shortia galacifolia

Torr. & Gray

 

-

USA

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

Family: Ebenaceae

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

Diospyros bambuseti

H.R.Fletcher (1937)

 

(rediscovered)

Thailand

Rediscovered

Access

             

Diospyros domingensis oxycarpa

(Urb.) B.Walln.   19 August 1925 Haiti Extinct in the wild? Access
             

Diospyros katendei

Verdc.

 

?

Kasyoha-Kitomi (central), Uganda

Missing

Access

             
Diospyros ketsensis H.Perrier   1926 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Diospyros magogoana F.White   1951 Tanzania Missing Access
             

Diospyros ovalis

Hiern

 

(rediscovered)

Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

             

Diospyros truncata

Zoll. & Mor.

 

(rediscovered)

India

Rediscovered

Access

 

 

Family: Ericaceae

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

Agapetes bhareliana

(Airy Shaw) D.Banik & Sanjappa

 

-

Myanmar (=Burma)

Rediscovered

Access

             

Agapetes linearifolia

C. B. Clarke in J. D. Hooker, 1882

 

-

Myanmar (=Burma)

Rediscovered

Access

             

Agapetes nana

(Griff.) Benth.

 

-

Myanmar (=Burma)

Rediscovered

Access

             
Agarista bracamorensis (Kunth) G.Don   (rediscovered) Peru Rediscovered Access
             
Andersonia bifida L.Watson   (rediscovered) Western Australia, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Andersonia longifolia (Benth.) L.Watson, 1962   (rediscovered) Western Australia, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Anthopterus racemosus Hook.   1838 Peru Missing Access
             

Arctostaphylos hookeri franciscana

Eastw.

Franciscan manzanita

-

San Francisco, California, USA

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Arctostaphylos montana ravenii

(P. V.Wells) V.T.Parker, M.C.Vasey & J.E.Keeley

Raven's manzanita, Presidio manzanita

-

California, USA

Rediscovered

Access

             

Arctostaphylos uvaursi loebreweri

?

 

?

USA

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             
Ceratostema pensile (A.C. Sm.) A.C. Sm.   1943 Ecuador Missing Access
             

Choristemon humilis

H.B.Will.

 

1923

Brisbane Ranges, Victoria, Australia

Invalid (synonym)

Access

             
Coleanthera coelophylla (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Benth.   (rediscovered) Western Australia, Australia Rediscovered Access
             

Coleanthera virgata

Stschegl., 1859

Hidden coleanthera

?

Western Australia, Australia

Invalid

Access

             
Dielsiodoxa altimontana Hislop (2022)   (rediscovered) Western Australia, Australia Rediscovered Access
             

Diplycosia retusa

Sleumer

 

-

Sulawesi, Indonesia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Erica alexandri acockii

(Compton) E.G.H.Oliv.

 

1940

Kraaifontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Erica alexandri alexandri

Guthrie & Bolus

 

-

South Africa

Rediscovered?

Access

             

Erica bolusiae cyathiformis

H.A.Baker

 

?

near Kraaifontein on the Cape Flats, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Erica burchelliana

E.G.H.Oliv.

 

-

Garcia's Pass, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Erica florifera (Compton) E.G.H.Oliv.   ? South Africa Extinct Access
             

Erica foliacea fulgens

(Klotzsch) E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv.

 

1895

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

Missing

Access

             
Erica ixanthera Benth.   (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access
             

Erica kraussiana

Klotzsch (ex Walp.?)

 

100+ years ago

Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Erica natalensis

Dulfer, 1965

 

?

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Erica pyramidalis pyramidalis

Ait.

Pyramid heath

early 1900's

Cape Flats (western side), Western Cape Province, South Africa

Missing

Access

             

Erica recurvata

Andr.

 

-

Soetmuisberg above Napier (i.e. Overberg), Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Erica trichostigma

Salter

 

-

Langebaan to Mamre, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Erica turgida

Salisb.

Showy heath, Kenilworth heath

?

Cape Town, Cape Flats, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Extinct in the wild

Access

             
Erica velitaris Salisb.   ? South Africa Extinct Access
             

Erica verticillata

Berq.

Cape Flats erica, Whorled heath, Whorl heath

-

Cape Flats, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             

Erica viscaria gallorum

(L.Bolus) E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv.

 

-

Hottentots Holland Mountains, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Rediscovered

Access

             
Gaultheria stereophylla A.C. Sm.   1904 Ecuador Missing Access
             

Leucopogon confertus

Benth.

Torrington beard-heath

?

New South Wales, Australia

Missing

Access

             

Leucopogon cryptanthus

Benth., 1868

Small-flowered leucopogon

?

Western Australia, Australia

Missing

Access

             

Leucopogon glaucifolius

W.Fitzg., 1903

 

-

Western Australia, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Leucopogon marginatus

W.V. Fitzgerald, 1904

Thick-margined leucopogon

-

Western Australia, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Leucopogon obtectus

Benth.

Hidden beard heath

-

Western Australia, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             
Leucopogon pogonocalyx F.Muell. ex Benth.   (rediscovered) Western Australia, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Monotropastrum sciaphilum (Andres) Wallace   (rediscovered) China Rediscovered Access
             

Pieris japonica koidzumiana

(Ohwi) Hatusima

 

1983

Japan

Extinct in the wild

Access

             
Pyrola oxypetala
Austin ex A.Gray
  ? ? Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Rhododendron adenosum

Davidian

 

(rediscovered in the wild)

China

Rediscovered in the wild

Access

             

Rhododendron auritum

Tagg, 1930

 

?

Xizang, Tibet

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Rhododendron eurysiphon

Tagg & Forrest

 

?

China & Myanmar (=Burma)

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Rhododendron formosum formosum

Wall.

 

1965

Meghalaya, India

Missing

Access

             

Rhododendron griersonianum

I. B. Balfour & Forrest

 

-

Yunnan, China & Myanmar (=Burma)

Rediscovered

Access

             

Rhododendron insigne insigne

Hemsl. & E. H. Wilson

 

?

Sichuan Province, China

Missing?

Access

             

Rhododendron javanicum teysmannii

(Miq.) Argent, 1992

 

?

Indonesia

?

Access

             

Rhododendron kanehirae

E. H. Wilson

 

1984

Taiwan (=Formosa)

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Rhododendron protistum giganteum

(Forrest & Tagg) Chamberlain

 

-

Gaoligongshan, Yunnan (south-west), China

Rediscovered

Access

             

Rhododendron retrorsipilum

Sleumer

 

?

Papua New Guinea

Missing

Access

             

Rhododendron searsiae

Rehder & E. H. Wilson

 

c.1971

Sichuan Province, China

Extinct in the wild?

Access

             

Rhododendron shweliense

I. B. Balfour & Forrest

 

?

Yunnan, China

Missing

Access

             

Rhododendron tuhanensis

Argent & Barkman

 

?

Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Extinct in the wild? Rediscovered?

Access

             

Rhododendron wilhelminae

Hochr.

 

?

Mt. Salak, Java (=Jawa), Indonesia

Missing

Access

             

Rhododendron x helodes

Sleumer

 

-

Lake Habbema area, Papua New Guinea

Rediscovered

Access

             
Sphyrospermum spruceanum Sleumer   1860 Ecuador Missing Access
             

Styphelia blackallii

Hislop (2022)

 

(rediscovered)

Tarin Rock, Western Australia, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             
Styphelia lanata Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel. (2020)   ? Western Australia, Australia Extinct Access
             
Themistoclesia inflata A.C. Sm.   1945 Ecuador Missing Access

 

 

Family: Fouquieriaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Lecythidaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Foetidia rubescens Bosser   3 May 1966 Madagascar Missing Access
             

Gustavia latifolia

Miers

 

?

Cundinamarca, Colombia

Missing?

Access

 

 

Family: Marcgraviaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Mitrastemonaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Pentaphylacaceae

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

Balthasaria mannii

(Oliv.) Verdc.   (rediscovered) São Tomé Rediscovered Access
             

Cleyera grandiflora

Wall. ex Choisy

 

(rediscovered)

Meghalaya, India (northeast)

Rediscovered

Access

             
Cleyera orbicularis Alain   1926 Hispaniola Missing Access
             
Freziera cordata Tulasne   (rediscovered) Dominica, Guadeloupe & Martinique Rediscovered Access
             

Freziera euryoides

Kobuski

 

pre-1898

Colombia

Missing

Access

             

Freziera inaequilatera

Britton

 

1939

near Mapiri, La Paz, Bolivia

Missing

Access

             

Freziera roraimensis

Tul.

 

1842

Venezuela

Missing

Access

             

Freziera subintegrifolia

(Rusby) Kobuski

 

pre-1898

Yungas, La Paz, Bolivia

Missing

Access

             

Freziera uniauriculata

A.L.Weitzman

 

pre-1858

forests above Sandillani, La Paz department, Bolivia

Missing

Access

             

Freziera varibrateata

A.L.Weitzman

 

1928

Suri-Negracota, La Paz department, Bolivia

Missing

Access

             
Ternstroemia killipiana Kobuski (1942)   (rediscovered) Colombian Andes Rediscovered Access


 

Family: Polemoniaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cantua cordata Juss.   ? Peru? Extinct Access
             
Phlox peckii Wherry   ? Oregon, USA Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Primulaceae

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

Ardisia gigantifolia

Stapf

 

(rediscovered)

China

Rediscovered

Access

             

Ardisia keenanii

C. B. Cl., 1882

 

(rediscovered)

Assam, India

Rediscovered

Access

             
Ardisia marcellanum Govaerts   ? Cameroon Extinct Access
             
Ardisia oligantha (Gilg & Schellenb.) Taton, 1979   ? Cameroon Invalid (junior homonym) Access
             

Ardisia pierreana

Taton (1979) - ? Libreville area, Estuaire Province, Gabon Missing Access
             
Ardisia schlechteri Gilg   (rediscovered) Cameroon & Gabon Rediscovered Access
             

Badula ovalifolia

A. DC.

 

(rediscovered)

Mauritius, Mascarene Islands

Rediscovered

Access

             

Badula platyphylla

(DC.) Coode

 

(rediscovered)

Mauritius, Mascarene Islands

Rediscovered

Access

             
Dionysia bachtiarica Bornm. & Alex.   (rediscovered) Iran Rediscovered Access
             

Embelia flueckigeri

F.Muell.

 

1892

Queensland, Australia

Missing

Access

             
Embelia gardneriana Wight (1848)   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
             

Lysimachia forbesii

Rock

 

1934

Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Missing

Access

             

Lysimachia minoricensis

J.J.Rodr. (1878)

Loosestrife of Minorca

1926-1950

Barranc de Sa Vall, Minorca (=Menorca), Balearic Islands, Spain

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Lysimachia robusta

Handel-Mazzetti

 

(rediscovered)

China

Rediscovered

Access

             

Lysimachia venosa

(Wawra) H.St. John

 

(rediscovered)

Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Rediscovered

Access

             
Maesa velutina Mez   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
             
Myrsine mezii Hosaka   (rediscovered) Hawaiian Islands, USA Rediscovered Access
             

Myrsine richmondensis

Jackes, 2005

Ripple-leaf muttonwood, Lismore muttonwood

(rediscovered)

New South Wales, Australia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Myrsine sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui'

-

 

subfossil

Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)

Extinct

Access

             

Primula brachystoma

W.W.Sm. - (rediscovered) Gaoligong Mountain, bordering southwestern China & northern Myanmar Rediscovered Access
             
Primula esquirolii Petitm.   (rediscovered) China Rediscovered Access
             

Primula filchnerae

R. Knuth

 

(rediscovered)

Hubei & Shaanxi Provinces, China

Rediscovered

Access

             
Primula flexuosa Turkev.   ? Tajikistan Extinct Access
             
Primula hunnewellii Fernald   ? Arizona or Utah (or both), USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             

Primula jigmediana

W.W. Smith Bhutan primrose (rediscovered) Arunachal Pradesh, India & Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhutan Rediscovered Access
             
Primula munroi schizocalyx Balf.f. ex S.K.Basak & Maiti (2001)   (rediscovered) Sikkim, India Rediscovered Access
             

Primula polonensis

Kingdon-Ward, 1930

 

(rediscovered)

Arunachal Pradesh (eastern), India

Rediscovered

Access

             

Primula xanthopa

Balf.f. & R.E. Cooper

 

(rediscovered)

Bhutan

Rediscovered

Access

             

Rapanea ceylanica

Mez

 

?

Sri Lanka (south-west)

Missing

Access

 

 

Family: Roridulaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Sapotaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Capurodendron antongiliense Aubrév.   1954 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Capurodendron nanophyllum L.Gaut. & Naciri   1968 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Chrysophyllum aulacocarpum Ernst   1874 Venezuela Missing Access
             

Chrysophyllum januariense

Eichler

 

?

Laranjeiras Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Extinct

Access

             
Faucherea longepedicellata Aubrév.   1954 Madagascar Missing Access
             

Madhuca bourdillonii

(Gamble) H.J.Lam

 

-

Ariankavu and Shendurni Valley, Quilon District & in the vicinity of Trissur, Kerala, India

Rediscovered

Access

             
Madhuca diplostemon
(C.B.Clarke) P.Royen   - Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
             

Madhuca insignis

(Radlk.) H. J. Lam.

 

-

Karnataka & Kerala, India (southern)

Rediscovered

Access

             
Madhuca markleeana Yii & P.Chai   1995 Malaysia Missing Access
             

Manilkara dardanoi

Ducke

 

-

Pernambuco, Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

             
Manilkara gonavensis (Urb. & Ekman) Gilly ex Cronquist Sapotille marron 1927 Haiti, Hispaniola Missing Access
             
Mimusops dodensis Engl.   1909 Cameroon Missing Access
             
Mimusops giorgii De Wild.   1922 DR Congo Missing Access
             
Palaquium barnesii Merr.   1923 Philippines Missing Access
             
Palaquium bintuluense P.Chantaranothai   1966 Malaysia Missing Access
             

Planchonella vieillardii

(Baill.) Dubard, 1912

 

?

Grande Terre, New Caledonia

Missing or invalid (synonym)

Access

             

Pouteria grayana florencei

Fosberg

 

-

Tahiti

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pouteria stenophylla

Baehni

 

?

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Extinct

Access

             

Pradosia argentea

(Kunth) T.D.Penn.

 

c.1818

Cajamarca area, Peru

Extinct

Access

             

Pradosia glaziovii

(Pierre) T.D.Penn.

 

(rediscovered)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pradosia mutisii

Cronquist

 

(rediscovered)

Colombia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pycnandra longiflora

(Benth.) Munzinger & Swenson

 

-

“Gatope”, Grand-Terre, New Caledonia

Rediscovered

Access

             

Pycnandra micrantha

(Beauvis.) Munzinger & Swenson

 

?

Art Island, New Caledonia

Missing

Access

 

 

Family: Sarraceniaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Sladeniaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Styracaceae

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

Sinojackia henryi

(Dummer) Merrill

 

?

China

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Sinojackia xylocarpa

Hu

 

?

China

Extinct in the wild

Access

             
Styrax buchananii W.W.Sm.   (rediscovered) China & Myanmar (=Burma) Rediscovered Access
             
Styrax chrysocarpus H.L.Li   (rediscovered) China Rediscovered Access
             
Styrax hypochryseus Perkins   1884 Colombia Missing Access

 

 

Family: Symplocaceae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Symplocos altissima Brand   ? Brazil Missing Access
             
Symplocos junghuhnii Koord.   (rediscovered) Java, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Symplocos monantha Wight   (rediscovered) India Rediscovered Access
             
Symplocos neglecta Brand   ? Brazil Missing Access
             
Symplocos rizzinii Occhioni   1950 Brazil Missing Access

 

 

Family: Tetrameristaceae

–No subordinate taxa

 

 

Family: Theaceae

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

Camellia amplexicaulis

(Pit.) Cohen-Stuart

 

?

Vietnam

Extinct in the wild

Access

             
Camellia crapnelliana Tutcher Crapnell's camellia (rediscovered) Hong Kong Rediscovered Access
             
Camellia langbianensis (Gagnep.) P.H.Hô   (rediscovered) Vietnam (southern) Rediscovered Access
             

Camellia piquetiana

(Pierre) Sealy

 

-

Vietnam

Rediscovered

Access

             
Camellia tonkinensis (Pit.) Cohen-Stuart   (rediscovered) Vietnam Rediscovered Access
             

Franklinia alatamaha

W.Bartram ex Marshall

Franklin tree

1803

McIntosh County, Altamaha River valley, Georgia, United States (southeastern)

Extinct in the wild

Access

             

Pyrenaria buisanensis

(Sasaki) Su et al.

Wuwei camellia

-

Taiwan (southern)

Rediscovered

Access

 

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