Paschalococos

Paschalococos
Temporal range: 0.035–0.0004 Ma
Late Pleistocene-Recent[1]
Paschalococos disperta endocarps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Paschalococos
J.Dransf.
Species:
P. disperta
Binomial name
Paschalococos disperta
J.Dransf.

Paschalococos disperta, the Rapa Nui palm or Easter Island palm, formerly Jubaea disperta, was the native coccoid palm species of Easter Island. It disappeared from the pollen record circa AD 1650.

  1. ^ Cochrane, E. E., & Hunt, T. L. (Eds.). (2018). The Oxford handbook of prehistoric Oceania. Oxford University Press.