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This article is from the soc.culture.australian FAQ, by Stephen Wales with numerous contributions by others.

9.4 Extinct Species

[PB] The following is an extract from a document on the Environmental
Resources Information Network gopher at ANU. This is only the Extinct
species-the posting would be about four times as long if I also
included endangered and vulnerable species. This is a very long list,
which would probably be longer if there had been more time to document
the species which existed before the start of the industrial
revolution. Many more probably went extinct before we even knew they
existed.

Extinct Plants

Acacia murrumboensis, Acacia prismifolia, Acacia volubilis,
Acanthocladium dockeri, Acianthus ledwardii, Amphibromus whitei,
Argentipallium spiceri, Argyreia soutteri, Beyeria lepidopetala,
Caladenia atkinsonii, Caladenia pumila, Calothamnus accedens,
Centrolepis caespitosa, Choristemon humilis, Coleanthera virgata,
Deyeuxia drummondii, Deyeuxia lawrencei, Dicrastylis morrisonii,
Didymoglossum exiguum, Diplazium pallidum pallidum, Eriostemon falcatus,
Euphorbia carissoides, Euphrasia arguta, Euphrasia sp. Tamworth
(Rupp s.n. -/9/1904),
Frankenia conferta, Frankenia decurrens, Frankenia parvula,
Glyceria drummondii, Grevillea divaricata, Gyrostemon reticulatus,
Haloragis platycarpa, Hemigenia clotteniana, Hemigenia exilis,
Hemigenia obtusa, Huperzia serrata, Hutchinsia tasmanica,
Hydatella leptogyne, Hymenophyllum lobbii, Hypsela sessiliflora,
Lasiopetalum rotundifolium, Lemmaphyllum accedens, Lepidium drummondii,
Lepidium peregrinum, Leptomeria dielsiana, Leptomeria laxa,
Leucopogon cryptanthus, Leucopogon marginatus, Lycopodium volubile,
Marsdenia araujacea, Menkea draboides, Musa fitzalanii,
Nemcia lehmannii, Oberonia attenuata, Olearia oliganthema,
Opercularia acolytantha, Ozothamnus selaginoides, Persoonia prostrata,
Phlegmatospermum drummondii, Pimelea spinescens pubiflora,
Platysace dissecta,
Plectrachne bromoides, Prasophyllum subbisectum, Prostanthera albohirta,
Pseudanthus nematophorus, Ptilotus fasciculatus, Ptilotus pyramidatus,
Rapanea sp. Richmond River (J.H. Maiden & J.L. Boorman NSW 26751),
Scaevola attenuata, Scaevola macrophylla,
Schoenus natans, Senecio georgianus, Stylidium merrallii,
Stylidium neglectum, Tetraria australiensis, Tetratheca elliptica,
Tetratheca fasciculata, Thomasia gardneri, Trachymene scapigera,
Trianthema cypseloides

 

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