Abutilon pitcairnense leaves are by . The plant is native to unstable slopes, flowering from July to August. The plant is native to tiny Pitcairn Island (), a remote island between New Zealand and South America which is mostly known for being settled by the mutineers from the HMS "Bounty". After being considered extinct for twenty years, a single plant was found growing in native forest of "Homalium taypau" and "Metrosideros collina" in 2003. Vegetative propagation, along with seed from the plant, were used to establish a small population on the island's nursery, with some propagation material also being sent to Trinity
HMS Pandora (1779) from HMS Pandora." Thesis, University of Queensland, 1998. HMS Pandora (1779) HMS "Pandora" was a 24-gun "Porcupine"-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy launched in May 1779. She is best known as the ship sent in 1790 to search for the "Bounty" mutineers. The "Pandora" was partially successful by capturing 14 of the mutineers, but was wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef on the return voyage in 1791. The "Pandora" is considered to be one of the most significant shipwrecks in the Southern Hemisphere. Her first service was in the Channel during the 1779 threatened invasion by the combined