Rediscovery of Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa (Rubiaceae), a species presumed extinct, on the island of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil

By

Figueira, Maurício
Schindler, Bianca
Jardim, Jomar G
Barbosa, Maria Regina de V. (Maria Regina de Vasconcellos),

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-10-30

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1407--1413

Subjects

Chiococceae , Cinchonoideae , Conservation status , endemism , IUCN Red List , threatened species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1407

 

Abstract

Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V.Barbosa (Rubiaceae) was described by Henry Nicholas Ridley in 1890, based on a collection he made on the island of Fernando de Noronha (Pernambuco, Brazil) in 1887. Since then, this species had not been collected again and has been treated as probably extinct. After 130 years, we discovered two new populations in the southwestern portion of the island, and the conservation status of the species is reassessed. A full description of the species, with previously unseen or unmeasured characters, habitat information and photographs of the plant and environment are provided.