Nesiota

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

iSt Helena olive
Conservation status
Extinct  (2003)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rhamnaceae Genus: Nesiota Hook.f.
Species
See text

Nesiota is a recently extinct genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae.

Species

It had one species,

• Nesiota elliptica (Roxb.) Hook.f. (the St Helena olive)

It is an island endemic native to St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Although called the St Helena olive it is unrelated to the true olive (Olea europaea). The last remaining tree in the wild died in 1994, and the last remaining individual in cultivation died in December 2003, despite conservation efforts. It is thus a prime example of recent species extinction (see also the List of extinct plants).

[edit] See also

Flora of St Helena

[edit] External links

• ARKive article: Nesiota

[edit] References

• Cronk, Q.C.B. (1995) The endemic Flora of St Helena. Anthony Nelson Ltd, Oswestry.
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species