Pittosporum sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Orliac & Orliac, 2008:201; Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547)
Last record: Holocene (Orliac & Orliac, 2008); <600 yrcalBP (Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547)
Distribution
Easter Island (=Rapa Nui)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Orliac, Catherine and Orliac, Michel. (1998). The disappearance of Easter Island’s forest: over-exploitation or climatic catastrophe?, pp. 129-134. In: Stevenson, C. M., Lee, G. and Morin, F. J. (eds.). Easter Island in Pacific Context, South Seas Symposium. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Easter Island and East Polynesia. EasterIsland Foundation, Los Osos.
Orliac, Catherine and Orliac, Michel. (2008). Extinct flora of Easter Island, pp. 197-208. In: Di Piazza, Anne, Pearthree, Erick and Sand, Christophe (eds.). At the Heart of Ancient Societies: French Contributions to Pacific Archaeology. Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Prebble, Matthew and Dowe, John L. (2008). The late Quaternary decline and extinction of palms on Pacific islands. Quaternary Science Reviews 27(27-28): 2546-2567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.015
Rull, Valentí. (2020). The deforestation of Easter island. Biological Reviews 95(1): 124-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12556
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