Navugabo Groundsel (Senecio navugabensis)
The Navugabo Groundsel was described in 1986, the species is known only from the type specimen that was collected in 1935 (according the the IUCN) or 1947 from a swampy area at Lake Navugabo in the Masaka District, southwestern Uganda.
The species was never recorded again despite it originating from a otherwise fairly-well collected area.
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edited: 26.09.2019
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Senecio tasmanicus I. Thomps.
Tasmanian Fireweed (Senecio tasmanicus)
The Tasmanian Fireweed was described in 2004; it was very likely long extinct at that time.
The species was endemic to the island of Tasmania, where it was found at an unspecified place in the northern Midlands; it probably grew at lowland plains near swamps; it was actually last recorded in the mid 1800s and is now very likely extinct. [1]
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References:
[1] Mark Wapstra; Ian Thompson; Alex Buchanan: An illustrated and annotated key to the Tasmanian species of Senecio (Asteraceae). Kanunnah 3: 49-93. 2008
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edited: 13.08.2022