Senecio tasmanicus (Tasmanian Fireweed)

[Melanie]

Tasmanian fireweed, apparently extinct in the wild

[Surroundx]

This species is not extinct in the wild, as the only two collections were made in the mid-1800's of material preserved in hebaria. It may still survive, but is also possibly extinct:

"It is a Tasmanian endemic but has not been recorded since the mid-1800s and is possibly extinct. There are only two records for the species, the type collection by Archer labelled Tasmania (date unknown) and another by R.C. Gunn from the property ‘Formosa’ in the northern Midlands."

Source:

Wapstra, Mark, Thompson, I. R. and Buchanan, A. M. (2008). An illustrated and annotated key to the Tasmanian species of Senecio (Asteraceae). Kanunnah 3: 49-93.

[koeiyabe]

plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.nsw27852?searchUri=filter%3Dname%26so%3Dps_group_by_genus_species%2Basc%26Query%3DSenecio%2Btasmanicus