The Marquesas Islands have a diverse flora, with a high rate of endemism.
They are in the floristic Polynesian subkingdom of the Oceanian realm.
Most of the food plants are not endemic, and include: Pelagodoxa henryana, the only species in the genus Pelagodoxa, is a palm tree that is endemic to the Marquesas Islands.
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