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The first checklist of the lichens of the smaller Pacific islands was published in 1997 (J. A. Elix & P. M. McCarthy, Bibliotheca Lichenologica 70: 1–361). Here, we update that list.

Species and infraspecific taxa, their publication details, synonymy and bibliographic and distributional information are documented for 32 island groups and isolated islands in the Pacific Ocean between latitudes 40°N and 40°S.

A total of 291 genera are listed, with 2422 accepted species and intraspecific taxa and 1710 synonyms; 749 of the accepted taxa are based on type specimens from the region (indicated by *). We have not included records from Japan and islands of the Nansei-Shoto Ridge, Taiwan, the Philippines, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville and New Zealand.

Names, records, literature and distributions published since 1998 are in blue. Checklists for each of the island groups will be added during 2008.

Records for the Australian territories of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island have been excluded; these are available at http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/introduction.html.

American Samoa 12 Cook Islands 67 Easter Island 51 Fiji 159 Gambier Islands 2 Guadalupe 193 Guam 39 Hawaiian Islands 890 Isla del Coco 111 Islas Desventuradas 1 Islas Galápagos 253 Islas Juan Fernández 264 Islas Revillagigedo 26 Kermadec Islands 36 Kiribati 9 Marquesas Islands 71 Marshall Islands 9 Micronesia 34 New Caledonia 730 Niue 2 Northern Mariana Islands 65 Ogasawara-Shoto 82 Palmyra Island 5 Palau 3 Pitcairn Islands 25 Society Islands 224 Solomon Islands 176 Tonga 67 Tuamotu 24 Tubuai Islands 3 Vanuatu 120 Western Samoa* 180 * Includes 14 taxa reported from "Samoa".

Updating:
This checklist will be updated regularly. Additions and corrections will be gratefully received and acknowledged.
Acknowledgements:
We are grateful to André Aptroot (literature and corrections) and Hiroshi Harada (literature).
Cite as:
Elix, J. A. & McCarthy, P. M. (2008), Checklist of Pacific Island Lichens. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Version 21 August 2008. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/Pacific_introduction.html
John A. Elix Department of Chemistry Australian National University Canberra A.C.T. 0200 AUSTRALIA E-mail: John.Elix@anu.edu.au
Patrick M. McCarthy Australian Biological Resources Study GPO Box 787 Canberra A.C.T. 2601 AUSTRALIA E-mail: Patrick.McCarthy@environment.gov.au

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