Clicky

Macaranga sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui'

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: <2000 yrcalBP (Dowe & Prebble, 2008:2547)

 

Distribution

Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Flenley, J. R., King, S. M., Jackson, J. and Chew, C. (1991). The late Quaternary vegetationaland climatic history of Easter Island. Journal of Quaternary Science 6: 85-115.

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

https://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/1291/subfossil-plants-pacific-islands

 

<< Back to the Malpighiales database