Paschalococos

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.

Paschalococos
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Recent
Paschalococos disperta endocarps
Scientific 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.
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