Rauvolfia nukuhivensis | |
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Rauvolfia nukuhivensis, inflorescence with buds and open flower | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Rauvolfia |
Species: | R. nukuhivensis |
Binomial name | |
Rauvolfia nukuhivensis (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Ochrosia nukuhivensisFosberg & Sachet |
Rauvolfia nukuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.
In 1988, the species was classified as extinct by the IUCN. [3] However, extant populations have since been documented in several localities on Nuku Hiva, and it is now considered Critically Endangered instead. [4] [5]
Abutilon sachetianum is a small tree only known from the Marquesas. The species is found in small subpopulations on the islands of Eiao, Hatutaa, Hiva Oa, Mohotani and Nuku Hiva. Populations on Eiao and Hatutaa are in a critically endangered state.
The ultramarine lorikeet is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae, endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and plantations. It is threatened mainly by introduction of the black rat and also by deforestation.
The Marquesan monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Nuku Hiva monarch, or Nukuhiva flycatcher, was a species of bird in the family Monarchidae. It was endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats were subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. It became extinct due to habitat loss and introduced predators. The last confirmed sighting was in the 1930s and a possible sighting was reported in 1975.
Alphitonia marquesensis is a species of plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, where it grows on the islands of Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, and Nuku Hiva.
Glochidion marchionicum is a species of tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, where it grows on the islands of Nuku Hiva, Ua Pou, Ua Huka, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, and Fatu Hiva, in a variety of habitats.
Glochidion tooviianum is a species of tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is endemic to the Toovii Plateau on the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. Wagner and Lorence (2011) consider this species to be the same as Phyllanthus marchionicus, as both species are indistinguishable except for the presence of pubescence on G. tooviianum and the absence of pubescence on P. marchionicus/G. marchionicum.
Hernandia nukuhivensis is a species of plant in the Hernandiaceae family. It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
Ixora ooumuensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
Melicope nukuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a scrambling shrub or tree endemic to the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
Melicope revoluta is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
Myrsine nukuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a shrub or tre endemic to the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
Ochrosia brownii, synonym Neisosperma brownii, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It was endemic to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia and is extinct in the wild.
Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Ochrosia fatuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
Rauvolfia sachetiae is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. It is listed as a "Critically endangered" species.
Dryopteris macropholis is a species of fern. It is distributed on the Marquesas Islands.
The Mangareva reed warbler or Astrolabe reed warbler is a presumed extinct songbird that existed on Mangareva in the Gambier Islands. It is known from only two specimens, and is believed to have gone extinct in the mid-19th century, likely due to deforestation and the introduction of exotic predators.
Libythea collenettei, the Marquesan snout butterfly, is a species of Nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Libytheinae. The species was first described by Edward Bagnall Poulton and Norman Denbigh Riley in 1923. The specific name honours its original collector, Cyril Leslie Collenette, a member of the 1925 St George Expedition to French Polynesia. It is endemic to French Polynesia, L. collenettei is the only species of butterfly endemic to the Marquesas Islands.
Pterophylla marquesana, formerly known as Weinmannia marquesana, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.