Pisonia Sechellarum
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''Pisonia sechellarum'' (synonym ''Pisonia sechellarum'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Nyctaginaceae. It is indigenous to the
Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...
and
Mayotte Mayotte ( ; , ; , ; , ), officially the Department of Mayotte (), is an Overseas France, overseas Overseas departments and regions of France, department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is one of the Overseas departm ...
in the Comoros archipelago. In Seychelles, it is limited to
Silhouette Island Silhouette Island lies northwest of Mahé, Seychelles, Mahé in the Seychelles. It is the third largest Granitic Seychelles, granitic island in the Seychelles. It has an area of 20.1 km2 and has a population of 200, mostly workers on the ...
, where it is the dominant tree but has a total population of about 190 individuals.


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Further reading

*Gerlach, J., Senterre, B., & Barthelat, F. (2013)
A review of the conservation status of the threatened western Indian Ocean island tree ''Pisonia sechellarum'' (Nyctaginaceae).
''Journal of Threatened Taxa'' 5(12), 4621–4629. sechellarum Trees of Seychelles Endangered plants Flora of Seychelles Flora of the Comoros Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{caryophyllales-stub