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135 / Recently extinct
Phillip Island Glory Pea
Streblorrhiza speciosa
Pink-purple pea flowers once carried this monotypic island plant into European glasshouses.
Structured expansion · editorial review pending
- Time range
- Prehistory–mid-19th century
- Final stage
- 19th century
- Geographic range
- Phillip Island near Norfolk Island, South Pacific
01 / ANSWER FIRST
What was Phillip Island Glory Pea?
This archive records Phillip Island Glory Pea under the scientific name Streblorrhiza speciosa, with an age of Prehistory–mid-19th century and a range of Phillip Island near Norfolk Island, South Pacific. Pink-purple pea flowers once carried this monotypic island plant into European glasshouses.
Streblorrhiza speciosa was a woody legume that probably trailed or climbed across island shrubs. No horticultural descendants survived despite early cultivation.
02 / QUICK FACTS
Phillip Island Glory Pea at a glance
- Scientific name
- Streblorrhiza speciosa
- Age
- Prehistory–mid-19th century
- Last recorded stage
- 19th century
- Known range
- Phillip Island near Norfolk Island, South Pacific
- Broad group
- plant
- Archive era
- Recently extinct
- Habitat signals
- plant communities, soils, water availability and climate
- Documented regions
- Phillip Island near Norfolk Island, South Pacific
03 / ANATOMY
How was Phillip Island Glory Pea built?
Overall body plan
Pink-purple pea flowers once carried this monotypic island plant into European glasshouses.
Growth architecture
The available record is interpreted through preserved proportions, attachment surfaces, wear and comparison with related organisms. For Phillip Island Glory Pea, those observations must be separated from features added only for visual reconstruction.
Reproductive structures
Streblorrhiza speciosa was a woody legume that probably trailed or climbed across island shrubs. No horticultural descendants survived despite early cultivation.
Growth and individual variation
A single specimen does not define the whole species. Size, maturity, preservation and possible sex differences are considered before anatomical traits are treated as typical of Phillip Island Glory Pea.
04 / DIET & BEHAVIOUR
How did Phillip Island Glory Pea live?
Streblorrhiza speciosa was a woody legume that probably trailed or climbed across island shrubs. No horticultural descendants survived despite early cultivation. This ecological reconstruction is strongest where anatomy, associated organisms and the depositional setting point in the same direction.
05 / DIET & BEHAVIOUR
What shaped its ecological limits?
Its populations depended on plant communities, soils, water availability and climate. Changes in any one factor did not necessarily cause immediate extinction, but interacting pressures could reduce range, recruitment and resilience.
06 / RANGE & HABITAT
Where and when did Phillip Island Glory Pea live?
This archive currently lists Prehistory–mid-19th century; Phillip Island near Norfolk Island, South Pacific. Fossil or historical occurrence data describe where evidence has been found, not every place the taxon once occupied. Species-level age and range limits still require source-specific review.
Documented geographic range
Phillip Island near Norfolk Island, South Pacific. This boundary can change when specimens are reidentified or new localities are published.
Time window
Prehistory–mid-19th century, with the final recorded stage listed as 19th century. Rock units and dating uncertainty mean the true biological range may extend beyond the known record.
Environmental setting
The archive uses the broad habitat labels plant communities, soils, water availability and climate. These labels help explore related records; a habitat reconstruction requires evidence from individual localities.
07 / FOSSIL EVIDENCE
What evidence supports reconstructions of Phillip Island Glory Pea?
Primary record
A few herbarium sheets, botanical art, cultivation accounts and later surveys preserve the evidence.
Comparative anatomy
Preserved structures are compared with close and functionally similar organisms. The method can constrain posture and function, but analogy alone cannot prove colour, behaviour or soft tissue.
Age and locality
Stratigraphy and occurrence records place Phillip Island Glory Pea within Prehistory–mid-19th century and Phillip Island near Norfolk Island, South Pacific. Reworked fossils and uncertain provenance are treated cautiously.
Open entity records
Links below connect the archive to available taxonomic and occurrence records. A matching name does not verify every ecological claim, and related-taxon links provide comparison rather than an exact species match.
08 / DISAPPEARANCE & DEBATE
Why did Phillip Island Glory Pea disappear?
Introduced pigs, goats and rabbits devastated Phillip Island vegetation and consumed regeneration.
The last fossil or observation marks the youngest evidence currently known, not necessarily the death of the final individual. Explanations are strongest when timing, environmental change and population biology agree; otherwise the profile preserves uncertainty instead of assigning a single dramatic cause.
09 / FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Phillip Island Glory Pea FAQ
What was Phillip Island Glory Pea?
This archive records Phillip Island Glory Pea under the scientific name Streblorrhiza speciosa, with an age of Prehistory–mid-19th century. Pink-purple pea flowers once carried this monotypic island plant into European glasshouses.
When did Phillip Island Glory Pea live?
The current archive range is Prehistory–mid-19th century; its youngest recorded stage is 19th century.
Where was Phillip Island Glory Pea found?
The archive currently lists Phillip Island near Norfolk Island, South Pacific. Species-level locality assignments and the full geographic range still require source-specific review.
How do scientists know about Phillip Island Glory Pea?
A few herbarium sheets, botanical art, cultivation accounts and later surveys preserve the evidence.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Completed an AI-assisted bilingual audit of the archive record, corrected identified issues and clarified evidence limits; independent editorial review is pending.
- Expanded into a structured bilingual profile with anatomy, ecology, range, evidence, debate and FAQs; independent editorial review is pending.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS