Cathedra grandiflora Loes. (1889:75)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 20 November 1888 (Lucena et al., 2021a:46-47)
Rediscovered or Extant (see below)
This species was treated as possibly extinct by (Sleumer, 1984 fide Lucena et al., 2021a:45), potentially due to a lack of herbarium specimens (since the type collection?) (Lucena et al., 2021a:45). More recently, it has been listed as globally extinct by multiple international authorities without any clear evidence presented (Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; POWO, 2024). However, Brazilian workers have recorded the species on a number of occasions since 23 March 1999 (Lucena et al., 2021a:45-46), demonstrating that the species is extant. The question is whether this constitutes the species' rediscovery or not, which partly depends on Sleumer's (1984) unstated justification for treating the species as possible extinct in the first place.
Distribution
Brazil (Bahia; Espirito Santo; Rio de Janeiro)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Loesener, L. E. T. (1889). Olacaceae, pp. 75-76. In: Goebel, K. (ed.). Flora oder Allgemeine Botanische Zeitung. Marburg: N.G. Elwert’sche Verlagbuchhandlung.
Other references:
Albani Rocchetti, Giulia, Carta, Angelino, Mondoni, Andrea, Godefroid, Sandrine, Davis, Charles C., Caneva, Giulia, Albrecht, Matthew A., Alvarado, Karla, Bijmoer, Roxali, Borosova, Renata, Bräuchler, Christian, Breman, Elinor, Briggs, Marie, Buord, Stephane, Cave, Lynette H., Da Silva, Nílber Gonçalves, Davey, Alexandra H., Davies, Rachael M., Dickie, John B., Fabillo, Melodina, Fleischmann, Andreas, Franks, Andrew, Hall, Geoffrey, Kantvilas, Gintaras, Klak, Cornelia, Liu, Udayangani, Medina, Leopoldo, Reinhammar, Lars Gunnar, Sebola, Ramagwai J., Schönberger, Ines, Sweeney, Patrick, Voglmayr, Hermann, White, Adam, Wieringa, Jan J., Zippel, Elke Zippel and Abeli, Thomas. (2022). Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria. Nature Plants 8: 1385-1393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01296-7 [Supplementary Tables S1-S6]
Bachman, S., Moat, J., Hill, A. W., Torre, J. L. and Scott, B. (2011). Supporting red list threat assessments with GeoCAT: Geospatial conservation assessment tool. ZooKeys 150: 117-126.
Christenhusz, M. and Govaerts, R. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Giulietti et al. (2009). Plantas raras do Brasil: 1-496. Conservação International, Belo Horizonte, MG.
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
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]
Lucena, Danielly da Silva, Gomes-Silva, Francione and Alves, Marccus. (2021a). Cathedra (Olacaceae s. l.): A New Species and Morphological, Nomenclatural, and Distributional Updates, pp. 26-61, 4 figs. In: Lucena, Danielly da Silva. PhD thesis, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.
Lucena, Danielly da Silva, Gomes-Silva, Francione and Alves, Marccus. (2021b). Cathedra (Olacaceae s. l.): A New Species and Morphological, Nomenclatural, and Distributional Updates. Systematic Botany 46(3): 700-710. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421X16312067913336
POWO. (2024). Cathedra grandiflora Loes. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 10 March 2024]
Sleumer, H. O. (1984). Olacaceae: Flora Neotropica Monograph. Bronx: New York Botanical Garden.
WCSP. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/