Strychnos ridleyi

Melanie Administrator Forum Founder Posts: 3,929	Strychnos ridleyi Apr 14, 2014 0:15:47 GMT 1 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Melanie on Apr 14, 2014 0:15:47 GMT 1 Strychnos ridleyi, a forest climbing shrub from Singapore in the strychnine family, Loganiaceae, is now also globally extinct.
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This poorly known plant (we do not even know how high it grows) was named and described by George King and James Sykes Gamble in 1908 from a specimen collected from Tuas in 1894. It has never been seen since.

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Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development. Peter K. L. Ng, Hugh T. W. Tan. Ed Didier Millet (16. November 2011)

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