This species was restricted to a single location in thorny shrub on the sea shore near the city of Foluo in south-west Hainan, China.
The species was last seen in 1935 and is now presumed extinct.
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edited: 29.04.2022
The Thick-valved Cupaniopsis was described in 1879, it is, or maybe was, endemic to the island of Grande Terre, New Caledonia, where it probably grew in dense forests.
The species is now believed to be extinct.
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edited: 13.11.2021
Bristly Allophylus (Allophylus hispidus)
The Bristly Allophylus, described in 1885, was found in only a single location in the Sinharaja Biosphere Reserve in south-west Sri Lanka.
“A small tree branches hispid, leaves simple 5-14 inches long by 2-5 inches broad, lanceolate acuminate rounded at the base or slightly narrowed, glabrous but hispid at the margin and on the costa and primary veins on both sides, petiole 3/4-2 inches long, racemes very short, flowers crowded, petals unguiculate, scales furnished with long villous hairs.” [1]
The species has not been recorded in recent surveys and is believed to be possibly extinct.
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syn. Schmidelia hispida Thwaites
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References:
[1] R. H. Beddome; George Bentham: The flora sylvatica for southern India: containing quarto plates of all the principal timber trees in southern India and Ceylon, accompanied by a botanical manual, with descriptions of every known tree and shrub, and analysis of every genus not figured in the plates. Madras, printed by Gantz Brothers 1869-73
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edited: 16.02.2024
Inflated Talisia (Talisia bullata)
This tree species is only known by the type material that was collected in 1893 near the town of El Rosario in the Manabí province of Ecuador.
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edited: 13.09.2020