Caroline's Pink :: Stenandrium carolinae

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 068

On today’s show we learn about the Caroline's Pink, a critically endangered flowering herbaceous perennial plant native to North Caicos and Middle Caicos, islands in the Turks and Caicos archipelago, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean region, in the Atlantic Ocean. Its scientific name is Stenandrium carolinae and it was first described in 1960.

1. (00:05) Intro
2. (02:05) Species Information
3. (20:16) Citations
4. (22:18) Music
5. (28:28) Pledge

For more information about conservation on the Turks and Caicos islands please see the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum at https://www.ukotcf.org.

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

1. Earle-Mundil, H., Manco, B., Hamilton, M. & Clubbe, C. 2012. Stenandrium carolinae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T16726348A16727210. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T16726348A16727210.en
2. Franck, Alan R., and Thomas F. Daniel. 2015. "Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes on Six Genera of Acanthaceae in the West Indies." Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 62 (10): 309–29. – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285235613_Taxonomic_and_Nomenclatural_Notes_on_Six_Genera_of_Acanthaceae_in_the_West_Indies
3. Institute for Regional Conservation. n.d. "Stenandrium carolinae." Plants of the Bahama Archipelago. – https://regionalconservation.org/ircs/database/plants/PlantPageBAH.asp?TXCODE=Stencaro
4. Leonard, Emery C. 1960. "Acanthaceae Americanae Novae vel Criticae." Wrightia 2: 75–82. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/766031
5. Long, Robert W. 1970. “The Genera of Acanthaceae in the Southeastern United States.” Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 51 (3): 257--309. – https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.7043.
6. May, Christopher, Samuel Pike, Katie Medcalf, B. Naqqi Manco, Dodly Prosper, and Junel Blaise. 2024. "Conservation and Resilience." Times of the Islands, Spring 2024. – https://www.timespub.tc/2024/03/conservation-and-resilience/
7. Pelembe, T., and G. Cooper, eds. UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies: 2011 Biodiversity Snapshot. Peterborough, UK: Joint Nature Conservation Committee, 2011. – https://jncc.gov.uk/resources/e5d8c245-e94d-4043-b1b8-f353c27cd9b4#ot-biodiversity2011-turks-caicos-appendices.pdf
8. Pienkowski, Mike, ed. 2002. Plan for Biodiversity Management and Sustainable Development around Turks & Caicos Ramsar Site. Version 1.00. Turks & Caicos National Trust and UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum. – https://www.ukotcf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/TCIRamsarSiteManPlan.pdf
9. UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum. n.d. "Turks and Caicos Islands." – https://www.ukotcf.org.uk/wider-caribbean/turks-and-caicos-islands/
10. Sanchez, Michele Dani, Bryan Naqqi Manco, Junel Blaise, Marcella Corcoran, Martin Allen Hamilton. 2019. "Conserving and Restoring the Caicos Pine Forests: The First Decade." Plant Diversity 41 (2): 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2018.05.002

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