Phytogeography and relationships of the Pitcairn Islands flora

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10 - Phytogeography and relationships of the Pitcairn Islands flora

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011

Steve Waldren and

Naomi Kingston

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David Bramwell and

Juli Caujapé-Castells

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Steve Waldren: Affiliation:
Trinity College, Dublin
Naomi Kingston: Affiliation:
National Parks and Wildlife Service, Ireland
David Bramwell: Affiliation:
Jardín Botánico Canario 'Viera y Clavijo' - Unidad Asociada CSIC
Juli Caujapé-Castells: Affiliation:
Jardín Botánico Canario 'Viera y Clavijo' - Unidad Asociada CSIC

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Geography

The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands that lie 23.9–24.7°S and 124.7–130.7°W in the south-central Pacific Ocean, roughly half way between Australia and South America. The Pitcairn group is at the southwestern extremity of the main groups of Polynesian islands, with very few islands to the east. The nearest islands are the Gambier group to the west, the southeastern extremity of French Polynesia, some 450 km from Oeno, the westernmost of the Pitcairn group. The easternmost of the Pitcairn group, Ducie, is some 1000 km from Easter Island further to the east (Fig. 10.1).

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Information: The Biology of Island Floras , pp. 239 - 264

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