Heavy deforestation had eliminated most of the island's forests by the first half of the 17th century, and the once common toromiro became rare and ultimately extinct in the wild in the 1960s.[2] Local tradition has it that the rongorongo tablets of Easter Island are made of toromiro. However, all tablets of native wood tested by modern methods have turned out to be Thespesia populnea, known as miro or milo in some Polynesian languages.[2]David Attenborough describes the timber from which a small wooden male sculpture in his possession is made, having been identified by Kew Gardens as Sophora toromiro.[3]
Sophora toromiro seed
ConservationEdit
The tree is being reintroduced to the island in a scientific project partly led jointly by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Gothenburg Botanical Garden, where the only remaining plants of this species with a documented origin were propagated in the 1960s from seeds collected from a single tree by Thor Heyerdahl. It is sometimes claimed that all toromiro trees are derived from this single individual, but research has determined that at least one other tree's descendants survive.[4]
The Jardin du Val Rahmeh, a botanical garden in Menton in the south of France, is dedicated to the acclimatization and conservation of rare species, including Sophora toromiro.
Maunder, M et al. (2000): Conservation of the Toromiro Tree: Case Study in the Management of a Plant Extinct in the Wild. Conservation Biology14(5): 1341–1350.
External linksEdit
Media related to Sophora toromiro at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Sophora toromiro at Wikispecies
Kew Botanic Gardens
Portal del Plan Nacional de Conservación del Toromiro - CONAF Isla de Pascua
This Sophoreae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
sophora, toromiro, commonly, known, toromiro, species, flowering, tree, legume, family, fabaceae, that, endemic, easter, island, conservation, statusextinct, wild, iucn, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, eud. Sophora toromiro commonly known as toromiro is a species of flowering tree in the legume family Fabaceae that is endemic to Easter Island Sophora toromiroConservation statusExtinct in the Wild IUCN 2 3 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder FabalesFamily FabaceaeSubfamily FaboideaeGenus SophoraSpecies S toromiroBinomial nameSophora toromiroSkottsb Sophora toromiro flowerContents 1 History 2 Conservation 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditHeavy deforestation had eliminated most of the island s forests by the first half of the 17th century and the once common toromiro became rare and ultimately extinct in the wild in the 1960s 2 Local tradition has it that the rongorongo tablets of Easter Island are made of toromiro However all tablets of native wood tested by modern methods have turned out to be Thespesia populnea known as miro or milo in some Polynesian languages 2 David Attenborough describes the timber from which a small wooden male sculpture in his possession is made having been identified by Kew Gardens as Sophora toromiro 3 nbsp Sophora toromiro seedConservation EditThe tree is being reintroduced to the island in a scientific project partly led jointly by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the Gothenburg Botanical Garden where the only remaining plants of this species with a documented origin were propagated in the 1960s from seeds collected from a single tree by Thor Heyerdahl It is sometimes claimed that all toromiro trees are derived from this single individual but research has determined that at least one other tree s descendants survive 4 The Jardin du Val Rahmeh a botanical garden in Menton in the south of France is dedicated to the acclimatization and conservation of rare species including Sophora toromiro References Edit World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998 Sophora toromiro The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN 1998 e T30392A9535225 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 1998 RLTS T30392A9535225 en Retrieved 9 January 2018 a b Orliac Catherine 2005 The Rongorongo Tablets from Easter Island Botanical Identification and 14C Dating Archaeology in Oceania 40 3 115 119 doi 10 1002 j 1834 4453 2005 tb00597 x Attenborough David October 7 2010 Life On Air Memoirs Of A Broadcaster BBC Audiobooks p 236 ISBN 978 1408467503 Retrieved 27 October 2022 Maunder et al 2000 Maunder M et al 2000 Conservation of the Toromiro Tree Case Study in the Management of a Plant Extinct in the Wild Conservation Biology 14 5 1341 1350 External links Edit nbsp Media related to Sophora toromiro at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Data related to Sophora toromiro at Wikispecies Toromiro tree Sophora toromiro Kew Botanic Gardens Image of toromiro flowers Portal del Plan Nacional de Conservacion del Toromiro CONAF Isla de Pascua nbsp This Sophoreae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sophora toromiro amp oldid 1170448139, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
