Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1994
Publication Place
Washington
Physical Description:
233 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Nauru
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34649
Legacy PEIN ID:
74650
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Flora - Nauru
Vegetation types - Nauru
Biological diversity - Nauru
Plants - Ecology - Nauru
Abstract
The recorded flora of the raised phosphatic limestone island of Nauru in the equatorial Pacific Ocean consists of approximately 493 species. Only 59 are possibly indigenous, none of which are endemic. The balance is composed of ornamentals, weedy exotics, food plants, and a limited number of other useful cultigens. Twelve of the recorded species are either extinct or were never successfully established on Nauru. Long human settlement, expansion of coconut monoculture during the colonial period, widespread destruction during World War II, and almost a century of open-cast phosphate mining, have led to serious vegetation degradation, disturbance, and displacement
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1994
Publication Place
Washington
Physical Description:
233 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Nauru
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34649
Legacy PEIN ID:
74650
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 08-May-2008
Record Modified: 24-Feb-2021