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Euphrasia mendoncae

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA SCROPHULARIALES SCROPHULARIACEAE

Scientific Name: Euphrasia mendoncae
Species Authority: Samp.
Synonym/s:
Euphrasia minima Jacq. ex DC.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct ver 3.1
Year Published: 2011
Assessor/s: Barreto Caldas, F
Reviewer/s: Alves, P. & Bilz, M.
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Justification:
This Portuguese endemic was described in 1936 and never found again. It is therefore classed as Extinct.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is endemic to Bragança in Portugal and was described by Sampson in 1936 from specimens collected in 1932 by F. Mendonça. It was never found again despite extensive surveys in 1990 and 1996. There are suspicions that E. mendoncae is in fact a different species and Flora Iberica treats it as a synonym of E. minima Jacq. ex DC. (Castroviejo et al. 2009).
Countries:
Regionally extinct:
Portugal (Portugal (mainland))
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Population [top]

Population: There is no population data available.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: An annual plant that was described from permanently flooded mountainous grasslands (Commission of the European Communities 2009).
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): No information available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Euphrasia mendoncae is listed on Annex V of the Habitats Directive. Taxonomic research on the species is needed if it is ever found again.
Citation: Barreto Caldas, F 2011. Euphrasia mendoncae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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