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The following list includes plants that have an endemic range only within the Mariana Islands. "Mariana Islands" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), level 3 code "MRN," and includes the following geopolitical territories: Guam; Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI)
Aglaia mariannensis (Chamorro: mapunyao or mapuñao; Carolinian: fischil liyoos), is a tree endemic to the Mariana Islands, including Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, with large (about 10–18 cm in length) dark green, glossy pinnately compound leaves, densely arranged on stems. Terminal leaf buds are often orange and fuzzy and look like ...
The following is a list of species (or subspecies) in the Mariana Islands, defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List or by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), as being extinct, critically endangered, endangered, threatened, vulnerable, conservation dependent, or near threatened.
Nesogenes rotensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is endemic to Rota , one of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean . An inhabitant of the commonwealth , it was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2004.
The specimens described as Callicarpa glabra by Lam were from the Mariana Islands, although the name now refers to a separate species in the Bonin Islands. [8] The Marianas species was later named Callicarpa lamii by Takahide Hosokawa in 1934 or 1924 [19] in the Journal of the Society of Tropical Agriculture. [20] An early spelling was ...
Hypolimnas octocula marianensis, known as the Mariana eight-spot butterfly or forest flicker, is a subspecies of Hypolimnas octocula, the eight-spot butterfly. [1] The species is in found on Guam and Saipan in the Mariana Islands and feeds on two host plants: Procris pedunculata and Elatostema calcareum. [2] These two herbs grow only on karst ...
This category includes flora taxa that are native to the Mariana Islands. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Mariana Islands" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), constituting the following ...
The genus Psychotia is a large group with highly variable traits, and taxonomic classification has been challenging. [2] Eight distinct subspecies of Pychotria hombroniana are now recognized, five in the Caroline Islands and three in the Mariana Islands.