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Elaeocarpus sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui'

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct (Orliac & Orliac, 2008:201)

Last record: Holocene (Orliac & Orliac, 2008); <600 yrcalBP (Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2547)

 

Distribution

Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Florence, J. (2004). Flore de la Polynésie française. IRD Éditions, Paris.

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.

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

 

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