Trochetia parviflora Bojer ex Baker
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1863
Rediscovered in April 2001
Distribution
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Baker, J. G. (1877). Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles: A description of the flowering plants and ferns of those islands. Kent. 557 pp.
Other references:
Anonymous. (1926). Handbook and guide to the botanical gardens of Mauritius, together with a list of plants growing in the gardens. Bull. Dept. Agr. Mauritius (General series) 35: 1-16.
Anonymous. (2001). 'Extinct' tree rediscovered on island. Biological Conservation Newsletter 200: 1.
Bojer, W. (1837). Hortus mauritianus. Imprimerie Mamrot et Cie, Maurice. 456 pp.
Bosser, J. Cadet, T., Guého, J. and Marais, W. (eds.) (1976- [1987]). Flore des Mascareignes La Réunion. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
Florens, V., Florens, D. and Sevathian, J.-C. (2001). 'Extinct' species rediscovered in Mauritius. Phelsuma [2001]: 53-54.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Khoshoo, T. N. (1996). India needs a National Biodiversity Conservation Board. Current Science 71(7): 506-513.
Le Péchon, Timothée et al. (2015). Diversification of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae) in the Mascarenes: old taxa on young islands? Int. J. Plant Sci. 176(3): 211-221.
Poorun, K. and Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya, V. M. (2009). Phylogeny of Trochetia species based on morphological and molecular markers. University of Mauritius Research Journal 15: 560-576. [automatic download]
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochetia_parviflora
https://www.iucn.org/content/rediscovery-extinct-species-mauritius-spurs-joint-action-secure-its-future
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262103636_%27Extinct%27_species_rediscovered_in_Mauritius