Summary
Included here are the Canary Islands, a group of twelve volcanic islands situated in the eastern Atlantic and including from west to east La Palma, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
Of the endemic and near endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 745 species in 218 genera and 64 families. There are 11 endemic genera (marked red) but no endemic families.
References
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