Endemics in Family Order

Anacardiaceae
Semecarpus kraemeri

Apocynaceae
Hoya trukensis

Araceae
Scindapsus carolinensis

Araliaceae
Schefflera kraemeri

Arecaceae
Clinostigma carolinense

Clusiaceae
Cynometra yokotai
Garcinia carolinensis

Melastomataceae
Astronidium carolinense

Myrtaceae
Syzygium trukensis

Orchidaceae
Dendrobium okabeanum
Didymoplexis trukensis
Malaxis trukensis
Robiquetia trukensis
Taeniophyllum trukense

Phyllanthaceae
Cleistanthus morii

Sapindaceae
Cupaniopsis guillauminii


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Astronidium carolinense
Cleistanthus morii
Clinostigma carolinense
Cupaniopsis guillauminii
Cynometra yokotai
Dendrobium okabeanum
Didymoplexis trukensis
Garcinia carolinensis
Hoya trukensis
Malaxis trukensis
Robiquetia trukensis
Schefflera kraemeri
Scindapsus carolinensis
Semecarpus kraemeri
Syzygium trukensis
Taeniophyllum trukense


Summary

Included here is the Pacific island group know as Chuuk (Truk) consisting of 11 islands and a series of 14 outlying atolls and low islands. The main islands are Weno, Tonoas, Uman and Fefan. They lie within the eastern chain of the Caroline Islands and form part of the larger island group of Micronesia.

Of the endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 16 species in 16 genera and 11 families but no endemic genera.

References

Costion, C. M. & Lorence, D. H. 2012. The Endemic Plants of Micronesia: A Geographical Checklist and Commentary. Micronesica, 43: 51-100.

Fosberg, F. R., Sachet, M. H. & Oliver, R. 1979. A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica, 15: 41-295.

Fosberg, F. R. 1984. Phytogeographic comparison of Polynesia and Micronesia. In: Biogeography of the Tropical Pacific (Proceedings of a Symposium). Eds. F. J. Radovsky, P. H. Raven and H. Sohmer. Bishop Museum Special Publication No. 72.