Myoporum rimatarense F.Br. (1935:280)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Myoporum rimatarensis F.Br. (1935:280)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547; Meyer, 2021; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last (and only) record: 1921 (Meyer, 2021 [sole record; plus date]; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024 [date only])
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Rimatara Island, Tubuai Group, French Polynesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Brown, F. B. H. (1935). Flora of Southeastern Polynesia. III. Dicotyledons. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.
Other references:
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. and Govaerts, Rafaël. (2024). Plant extinction in the Anthropocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae045 [Appendix S1]
Florence, J. (1996). Liste des espèces endémiques de Polynésie Française avec leur répartition géographique et leur statut IUCN, tirée de la banque de données botaniques NADEAUD (unpublished).
Florence, J. (1998). Myoporum rimatarense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T35111A9910978. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35111A9910978.en. Downloaded on 17 September 2016.
Meyer, J.-Y. (2021). Myoporum rimatarense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T35111A149815846. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T35111A149815846.en. Accessed on 01 July 2022.
Meyer, J-Y. and Claridge, E. M. (2014). Terrestrial Biodiveristy of the Austral Islands, French Polynesia. In: Museum national d'Histoire naturalle, Paris (ed.).
Meyer, J.-Y., Florence, J. and Butaud, J.-F. (2004). Rapport de mission de l’expédition scientifique à Rimatara (Australes) du 23 Octobre au 8 novembre 2004. Délé-gation àla Recherche et Insitut Louis Malardé, Papeete.
Oldfield, Sara, Lusty, Charlotte and MacKinven, Amy (compilers). (1998). The World List of Threatened Trees. Cambridge, U.K.: World Conservation Press. 650 pp.
POWO. (2024). Myoporum rimatarense F.Br. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 11 February 2024]
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
UICN-France, MNHN, DIREN. (2015). La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France: flore vasculaire endémique de Polynésie française. Paris