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Myoporum rimatarense
Myoporum rimatarense was a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and was endemic to Rimatara Island in French Polynesia. It is only known from the type specimen collected in 1921 and 1934 and was declared extinct in 2021 by the IUCN Red List.
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Description
Myoporum rimatarense is a small tree growing to a height of 6 metres (20 ft). The leaves are arranged alternately and are 66–80 millimetres (2.6–3.1 in) long, 22–35 millimetres (0.9–1 in) wide, the same colour on both surfaces and with a mid-vein visible on the lower surface. The flowers are borne singly or in groups of up to 4 in the axils of leaves on stalks 6–8.5 millimetres (0.2–0.3 in) long and have 5 pointed sepals. The size, shape and colour of the petals and stamens is not known. The fruit is a more or less spherical drupe.
Range & habitat
Myoporum rimatarense was only found on Rimatara Island. The type specimen was collected on a sandy beach near the village of Amaru.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 426228.