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Paschalococos disperta, the Rapa Nui palm or
Easter Island palm,
formerly Jubaea disperta, was the
native coccoid palm
species of
Easter Island. It disappeared...
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deforestation of
Easter Island by
eating the nuts of the
local palm tree
Paschalococos, thus
preventing regrowth of the forest.
Although remains of the Polynesian...
- well. In 1991, the
Easter Island palm was
placed in its own genus,
Paschalococos. However, this has not been
widely accepted. In its area of natural...
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least three species which grew up to 15
metres (49 ft) or more:
Paschalococos (possibly the
largest palm
trees in the
world at the time), Alphitonia...
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found here were
Sophora toromiro and
Paschalococos. The
toromiro tree is now
extinct on the
island and
Paschalococos is a
species that
could be related...
- and 65 species.
There are 65
genera and 730
species in the New World.
Paschalococos –
Extinct in
around AD 800 to 1600
Latanites –
Middle Eocene to Early-Middle...
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which may have
started around the same time. A
large now
extinct palm,
Paschalococos disperta,
related to the
Chilean wine palm (Jubaea chilensis), was one...
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Common name
Scientific name
Range Comments Pictures Easter Island palm
Paschalococos disperta Easter Island,
Chile Disappeared between 1250 and 1650 CE,...
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could have
started around the same time. A large, now extinct, palm,
Paschalococos disperta (related to the
Chilean wine palm (Jubaea chilensis)), was...
- a
range of trees, shrubs, ferns, and gr****es. A
large extinct palm,
Paschalococos disperta,
related to the
Chilean wine palm (Jubaea chilensis), was one...
