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- Title
Extinctions of vascular plants in Spain.
- Authors
Aedo, C.; Medina, L.; Barberá, P.; Fernández‐Albert, M.
- Abstract
The catalogue of extinct plants in Spain, comprising 27 taxa is updated. Included are four species not previously classified as extinct in Spain: Cyclamen purpurascens, Grammitis quaerenda, Stratiotes aloides and Vallisneria spiralis. We analyze the causes of extinction and explore the possible influence of botanical collections in species loss. The obtained data suggest that habitat loss has been the main cause of extinction and the impact of collecting is demonstrated to be irrelevant. We list the 21 species that have been designated as extinct in previous catalogues but which no longer have that status, 14 of them having been recovered thanks to botanical exploration and collection works.
- Subjects
EXTINCTION of plants; EXTINCT plants; PLANT species; PLANT classification; PLANT habitats; CYCLAMEN; GRAMMITIS; STRATIOTES aloides
- Publication
Nordic Journal of Botany, 2015, Vol 33, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
0107-055X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/njb.00575