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Pritchardia sp. nov. 'Tubuai'

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

It has larger seeds than P. mitiaroana (Butaud & Hodel, 2017:152)

 

Conservation Status

Extinct (Butaud & Hodel, 2017:152)

 

Distribution

Tubuai, Austral Islands, French Polynesia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Butaud, Jean-François and Hodel, Donald R. (2017). A new species of Pritchardia from the Marquesas Islands with notes on the genus in French Polynesia. Palms 61(3): 139-154 [152].

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

 

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