Scheffler’s Eugenia (Eugenia scheffleri)
Scheffler’s Eugenia was restricted to the usambara Mountains in Tanzania, the species was last collected in 1900 and is now almost certainly extinct.
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edited: 18.01.2020
Tag Archives: Myrtaceae
Eugenia albida Bonpl.
White Eugenia (Eugenia albida)
The White Eugenia is apparently known from a single collection that was made some time in the 18th century somewhere in Ecuador, however this assumption might in fact not be true.
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There appear to be several species which are named Eugenia albida, and this name is also a synonym for several species; furthermore the species discussed here is sometimes thought as being endemic to Ecuador and sometimes to occur in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
It is mentioned here only for the sake of completness.
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edited: 18.01.2020
Metrosideros sp. ‘Rapa Nui’
Rapa Nui Ironwood (Metrosideros sp.)
The genus Metrosideros is known from Rapa Nui based on subfossil pollen. [1]
These pollen either came from a former indigenous population of the rather widespread Polynesian Ironwood (Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray) or, given the isolated situation of Easter Island, more likely from an endemic species.
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References:
[1] J. R. Flenley; A. Sarah M. King; Joan Jackson; C. Chew: The Late Quaternary vegetational and climatic history of Easter Island. Journal of Quaternary Science 6(2): 85-115. 1991
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edited: 11.12.2018
Eugenia pusilla N. E. Br.
Small Eugenia (Eugenia pusilla)
The Small Eugenia, described in 1912, was restricted to the province of Mpumalanga in South Africa.
The species was last seen in 1920, it was never found again since and is most likely extinct now.
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edited: 18.01.2020
Calyptranthes arenicola Urb.
El Morrillo Myrtle (Calyptranthes arenicola)
This species is known only from a small region near Playa El Morrillo in the Pinar del Río Province on the northwestern coast of Cuba.
The species’ name appears in listings of extinct species, thus it is mentioned here as well, unfortunately I could not find out any further information so far.
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edited: 02.11.2020
Metrosideros ochrantha A. C. Sm.
Mt. Kasi Ironwood (Metrosideros ochrantha)
The Mt. Kasi Ironwood is known only from a very small area on Mt. Kasi on the island of Vanua Levu, Fiji.
The species was last seen in 1995 and is now quite likely extinct because most of its habitat is now destroyed due to mining.
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edited: 26.04.2022
Psidium dumetorum Proctor
Briar Guava (Psidium dumetorum)
The Briar Guava was described in the year 1967.
The tree is known only from a single locality, a thicket at a streamside in the Clarendon parish in the south of Jamaica, which was completely cleared shortly after the description of this species.
The last specimens of this species were recorded in the year 1976.
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edited: 07.10.2020
Syzygium myrianthum (King) I. M. Turner
Many-flowered Rose Apple (Syzygium myrianthum)
The Many-flowered Rose Apple, described in 1901, was found at an unknown locality in the state of Perak, Malyasia.
The species is only known from the type collection and may in fact already be extinct.
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edited: 28.03.2017
Syzygium minus A. C. Sm.
Mt. Evans Rose Apple (Syzygium minus)
The Mt. Evans Rose Apple was described in 1985, it was restricted to the Mt. Evans Range on the island of Viti Levu, Fiji.
The species is known from only two specimens that were collected in 1964, it was never found again since and is feared to be extinct.
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edited: 04.09.2019
Calyptranthes boldinghii Urb.
Sint Maarten-Myrtle (Calyptranthes boldinghii)
The small, shrubby Sint Maarten-Myrtle was described in 1909, it is known only by the type material which was collected somewhere in the Dutch southern part of the island of Sint Maarten/St. Martin.
The species was not found again since, it is very likely extinct.
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edited: 07.10.2020
Calycorectes schottianus Berg
Schott’s Calycorectes (Calycorectes schottianus)
Schott’s Calycorectes is, or was, a tree species endemic to the Atlantic Forest of the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
The species was apparently not recorded during recent surveys and is considered likely extinct.
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edited: 04.05.2019
Syzygium phaeophyllum Merr. & L. M.
Perry Gray-leaved Rose Apple (Syzygium phaeophyllum)
The Gray-leaved Rose Apple is a 6 m tall tree that appears to be restricted to the island of Taveuni, Fijian Islands.
The species is known only from two collections, made in the years 1933 and 1934 respectively.
The Gray-leaved Rose Apple was never found again and thus is very likely already extinct.
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edited: 28.03.2017
Myrcia skeldingii Proctor
Skelding’s Myrcia (Myrcia skeldingii)
This species was described in 1958 (or 1959?).
Skelding’s Myrcia is (or was) a 5 m tall tree growing in streamside thickets along the Mason River at the border between the Parishes of Clarendon and Saint Ann in the center of Jamaica.
The species is easily distinguished from other Jamaican congeners by its subsessile, more or less subcordate, blunt-tipped leaves and its four-lobed calyx. [1]
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The species was not found since 1972 and is most likely extinct.
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References:
[1] George R. Proctor: Further new records of Myrtaceae from Jamaica. Rhodora 60: 323-326. 1958
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edited: 24.03.2017