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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Lord Howe Island Group' has mentioned 'Endemic' in the following places:
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| [11] When whaling declined, the 1880s saw the beginning of the worldwide export of the endemic kentia palms,[12] which remains a key component of the island's economy. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Bioregion 2 History 2.1 1788xe2x80x931834: First European visits 2.2 1834xe2x80x931841: Settlement 2.3 1842xe2x80x931860: Trading provisions 2.4 1861xe2x80x931890: Scientific expeditions 2.5 1890xe2x80x931999 2.6 21st century 3 Demographics 4 Governance and land tenure 4.1 Kentia palm industry 4.2 Tourism 4.2.1 Facilities 4.2.2 Activities 5 Geography 5.1 Geological origins 5.2 Basalts and calcarenite 5.3 Climate 6 Flora and fauna 6.1 Plants 6.1.1 Communities and special plants 6.1.1.1 Images of native flora 6.2 Animals 6.2.1 Birds 6.2.2 List of endemic birds 6.2.3 Mammals, reptiles and amphibians 6.2.4 Invertebrates 6.2.5 Marine life 6.3 Conservation 6.3.1 Feral animals and plants 6.3.2 Climate change 7 Heritage listings 8 Sport 9 See also 10 References 11 Bibliography 11.1 Attribution 12 Further reading 13 External links | WIKI |
| Rodents have only been on the island since the SS Makambo ran aground in 1918, and have wiped out several endemic bird species and were thought to have done the same to the Lord Howe Island stick insect. | WIKI |
| Overseas trade began in the 1880s, when one of the four palms endemic to the island, the kentia palm (Howea forsteriana), which grows naturally in the lowlands, was found to be ideally suited to the fashionable conservatories of the well-to-do in Britain, Europe, and the United States,[14][54]. | WIKI |
| [106] In this rock are fossils of bird bones and eggs, land and marine snails, and the extinct endemic horned turtle (Meiolania platyceps) now thought to be an ancient relictual nonswimming tortoise with relatives in South America. | WIKI |
| The high degree of endemism is emphasised by the presence of five endemic genera: Negria, Lordhowea, Howea, Lepidorrhachis, and Hedyscepe. | WIKI |
| The flora of the island is relatively untouched, with a large number of rare plants, 44% being endemic to the island. | WIKI |
| [124] With the increased humidity brought by the clouds on Mount Gower and the other mountain tops, the range of endemic plants include mosses, ferns and flowering plants. | WIKI |
| One of the best known is Howea, an endemic genus of palms (Arecaceae) that are commonly known as kentia palms and are popular houseplants. | WIKI |
| There are 57 species of ferns, of which 25 are endemic: they are most abundant in the moist environments of the southern island, especially the higher parts of Mount Gower,[127] perhaps the most apparent being the four endemic tree ferns in the genus Cyathea that occur on the southern mountains. | WIKI |
| Number of different vascular plants[121] Total Indigenous Endemic Naturalised 459 241 105 (43.6%) 218 (47.5%) | WIKI |
| After heavy rain, the endemic glowing mushrooms Mycena chlorophanos and Omphalotus nidiformis can be found in the palm forests. | WIKI |
| [131] All four species are endemic to the island, often occurring in dense, pure stands, the one that has proved such a worldwide success as an indoor plant being the kentia or thatch palm (Howea forsteriana). | WIKI |
| [134] The island has been identified by BirdLife International as an endemic bird area, and the Permanent Park Preserve as an important bird area, because it supports the entire population of Lord Howe woodhens, most of the breeding population of providence petrels, over 1% of the world population of another five seabird species, and the whole populations of three endemic subspecies. | WIKI |
| Three endemic passerine subspecies are the Lord Howe golden whistler, Lord Howe silvereye, and Lord Howe currawong. | WIKI |
| [145] The iconic endemic rail, the flightless Lord Howe woodhen, is the only surviving member of its genus; its ancestors could fly, but with no predators and plenty of food on the island, this ability was lost. | WIKI |
| List of endemic birds[edit] | WIKI |
| The endemic Lord Howe long-eared bat is known only from a skull and is now presumed extinct, possibly the result of the introduction of ship rats. | WIKI |
| During the Pleistocene the giant terrestrial tortoise Meiolania platyceps was endemic to the island, but this is currently thought to have gone extinct before human occupation as a result of postglacial sea-level rise. | WIKI |
| [needs update][151] The Lord Howe stag beetle is a colourful endemic beetle seen during summers. | WIKI |
| [152] Another endemic invertebrate, the Lord Howe flax snail (or Lord Howe Placostylus), has also been affected by the introduction of rats. | WIKI |
| [154] Of the 490 fish species recorded, 13 are endemic and 60% are tropical. | WIKI |
| As a result, 70% of the island remains relatively untouched, with a variety of plants and animals, many of which are endemic, and some of which are rare or threatened. | WIKI |