Sclerotheca raiateensis

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Sclerotheca raiateensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Sclerotheca
Species:
S. raiateensis
Binomial name
Sclerotheca raiateensis
(Baill.) Pillon & J.Florence [1]
Synonyms [1]

Apetahia raiateensisBaill.

Sclerotheca raiateensis, commonly known as tiare apetahi and formerly known as Apetahia raiateensis, is a species of plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is a shrub native to the island of Raiatea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. [1]

Sclerotheca raiateensis in known only from the plateaus of Temehani Rahi and Temehani Ute Ute in the northern part of the island. It grows in a low montane scrub community unique to the plateaus, with Pterophylla vescoi, Metrosideros collina, Astronidium sp, and Alstonia costata , and an herb layer composed mostly of sedges (Cyperaceae) including Gahnia schoenoides and Machaerina bidwellii . [2]

The plant is known for its large fragrant flowers. It has been over-collected and attacked by introduced rats, and is now critically endangered. [3]

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<i>Apetahia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Apetahia was a genus of plants native to various islands of French Polynesia in the South Pacific now considered to be a synonym of Sclerotheca.

  1. Apetahia longistigmata(F.Br.) E.Wimm - Marquesas
  2. Apetahia margaretae(F.Br.) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler - Rapa Iti
  3. Apetahia raiateensisBaill. - Raiatea
  4. Apetahia seigeliiFlorence - Marquesas
<i>Sclerotheca</i> Genus of flowering plants

Sclerotheca is a genus of plants native to various islands in the South Pacific. Nine of the ten known species are French Polynesia, the tenth to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.

  1. Sclerotheca arborea(G.Forst.) DC - Tahiti
  2. Sclerotheca forsteriDrake - Moorea, Tahiti
  3. Sclerotheca jayorumJ.Raynal - Tahiti
  4. Sclerotheca longistigmataF.Br. - Marquesas
  5. Sclerotheca margaretaeR.Br. - Rapa
  6. Sclerotheca magdalenaeJ.Florence - Tahiti
  7. Sclerotheca oreadesE.Willm. - Tahiti
  8. Sclerotheca raiateensis(Baill.) Pillon & Florence - Raiatea
  9. Sclerotheca seigelii(Florence) Pillon & Florence - Marquesas
  10. Sclerotheca viridifloraCheeseman - Rarotonga
<span class="mw-page-title-main">Society Islands tropical moist forests</span>

The Society Islands tropical moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.

Pterophylla vescoi, formerly known as Weinmannia vescoi, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is a tree native to the island of Raiatea and possibly Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sclerotheca raiateensis (Baill.) Pillon & J.Florence Plants of the World Online , Kew Science. Accessed 17 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Hopkins, Helen C.F. and Florence, Jacques 1998. A revision of Weinmannia (Cunoniaceae) in Malesia and the Pacific. 4. The Society, Marquesas and Austral Islands. Adansonia Sér. 3, 20 (1) 1998.
  3. ↑ Jacq, Frédéric & Meyer, Jean-Yves. (2012). Mortality rate and extinction causes of Apetahia raiateensis (Campanulaceae), an endemic plant to the island of Raiatea (French Polynesia). Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie). 67. 57-72.
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