Post by Melanie on Jan 25, 2007 17:01:44 GMT 1
Justification Not seen since it was collected on Soqotra by all the principal collectors in the 19th Century: Balfour (near Qallansiyah and in the Haggeher), Schweinfurth (Haggeher) and Forbes et al. (Haggeher). Balfour in his Botany of Socotra (Bayley Balfour 1888) comments that P. glutinosa is common and distributed in the hill regions of Soqotra. However, Balfour's comments on the distribution of plants should be treated with caution. A study of his diary and field books (held in the archives at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh) strongly suggests that he must have made these notes from memory on his return from Soqotra. Nevertheless, it is suprising that this distinctive plant has not been seen again during the last one hundred years at either of the areas (Haggeher and nr Qalansiyah) where it was originally recorded, both are botanically well-known areas which have been extensively surveyed. This species must now be considered Extinct.
Range Endemic to Soqotra.
Habitat and Ecology No habitat details available. Altitude of ca. 800 m.
It was a subshrub with erect stems and lilac flowers in dense terminal panicles. See notes under Pulicaria aromatica.
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Range Endemic to Soqotra.
Habitat and Ecology No habitat details available. Altitude of ca. 800 m.
It was a subshrub with erect stems and lilac flowers in dense terminal panicles. See notes under Pulicaria aromatica.
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