Summary
Included here are the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific which form part of the larger island group of Micronesia.
There appear to be no species strictly endemic to the Marshall Islands despite being regarded as the oldest coral islands and atolls on earth with an age of some 97 million years. Two species, Lepturopetium marshallense and Crinum bakeri, were thought to be endemic to the Marshalls along with other parts of Micronesia but Lepturopetium marshallense is now also known to occur in the Cook Islands and possibly in other areas, and Crinum bakeri appears to be scattered throughout the northwest Pacific.
References
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