St Helena olive  (Nesiota elliptica)

Authentication

Authenticated (30/6/03) by Rebecca Cairns-Wicks. Chair, IUCN SSC South Atlantic Island Plant Specialist Group.

Glossary

Endemic: A species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
Inflorescence: The reproductive shoot of the plant, which bears flowers (See http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ksheets/pdfs/flower.pdf for a fact sheet on flower structure).

References

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Cronk, Q.C.B. (2000) The Endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson, Shropshire.
  3. Cairns-Wicks, R. (June, 2003) Pers. Comm.
  4. WWF (March, 2003)
    http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0720_full.html
  5. Jackson, A. (1991) Project Popeye – Saving the St Helena Olive. Preliminary report to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Project No. 162/89). Wakehurst Place, RBG, Kew.
  6. Joint Nature Conservation Committee (September, 2008)
    http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/ot_sthelena.pdf
  7. Cairns-Wicks, R. (2003) Extinction of the St Helena Olive. Ascension Conservation Quarterly, 5: 6. Available at:
    http://www.ascensionconservation.org.ac/pdf/24-N-Quarterly-issue-no-5.pdf