Art by Alice Tangerini: Psychotria uapoensis

From Plant Press, Vol. 9, No. 3 from July 2006.

A recently described species (Allertonia 9(1), 2005) from the Marquesas Islands, Psychotria uapoensis is known only from the island of Ua Pou and grows on the windswept and cloud-shrouded summit ridge of the island. More than a decade of exploration by David Lorence and Warren Wagner along with collectors Steve Perlman, Ken Wood, Liloa Dunn and several French collaborators Jean-Yves Meyer and Jacques Florence have increased the known vascular flora of the archipelago by 20% with the discovery of 60 species new to science. They are being illustrated by Alice Tangerini for publication. A flora of the islands is being developed online at http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/marquesasflora/index.htm.