Pradosia argentea (Kunth) T. D. Penn.

Silvery Pradosia (Pradosia argentea)

The Silvery Pradosia is a tree species that is known only from material that was collected somewhere in the Cajamarca Province in Peru some 180 years ago, it has never been recorded since and is believed to be extinct.

Two other species, which were thought to be extinct, were recently rediscovered: Glaziov’s Pradosia (Pradosia glaziovii (Pierre) T. D. Penn.) and Mutis’ Pradosia (Pradosia mutisii Cronquist). [1]

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References:

[1] Mário H. Terra-Araujo; Aparecida D. de Faria; Ulf Swenson: A taxonomic update of neotropical Pradosia (Sapotaceae, Chrysophylloideae). Systematic Botany 41(3): 634-650. 2016

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Depiction from: ‘Nova genera et species plantarum: quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt . ex schedis autographis Amati Bonplandi in ordinem digessit Carol. Sigismund. Kunth. Lutetiae Parisiorum, Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae 1815’

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edited: 31.08.2020