Checklist of Pacific Island Lichens

21 August 2008

The first checklist of the lichens of the smaller Pacific islands was published in 1998 (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 are not included here; these are available via http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/lichenlist/introduction.html.

Numbers of lichen taxa in the Pacific Islands
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".

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

Patrick M. McCarthy
Australian Biological Resources Study
GPO Box 787
Canberra
A.C.T. 2601
AUSTRALIA
E-mail: abrs@environment.gov.au

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