About the plant
There are only 12 specimens of Cylindrocline commersonii left in the wild, all growing on the side of Le Pouce mountain, Mauritius.
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Critically endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex
Facts
- Sunflower family
- Young plants exceptionally shaggy-haired
- Purple clusters of flowers and white pollen
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© Ruth Bone/RBG Kew
© Ruth Bone/RBG Kew
© Ruth Bone/RBG Kew
© Harriet Maxwell
© Harriet Maxwell
Entire genus in danger
Cylindrocline are a genus of flowering plant in the sunflower family. The genus contains two species, both endemic to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.
Together with C. lorencei (also planted in the Temperate House) these two species are critically endangered.
Seeds from Kew’s plants have been stored in the Millennium Seed Bank and shared with botanic gardens worldwide. In situ and ex situ conservation of this species is currently in progress at the National Park Conservation Service and at the Forestry Service in Mauritius.
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Critically endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex