Endemics in Family Order

Acanthaceae
Asystasia alba
Dicliptera maclearii

Apocynaceae
Hoya aldrichii

Arecaceae
Arenga listeri

Aspleniaceae
Asplenium listeri

Cucurbitaceae
Zehneria alba

Malvaceae
Abutilon listeri
Grewia insularis

Orchidaceae
Brachypeza archytas
Flickingeria nativitatis
Phreatia listeri
Plexaure listeri
Zeuxine exilis

Pandanaceae
Pandanus elatus
Pandanus christmatensis

Piperaceae
Peperomia rossii
Ischaemum nativitatis

Rhamnaceae
Colubrina pedunculata

Urticaceae
Dendrocnide peltata var. murrayana


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Abutilon listeri
Arenga listeri
Asplenium listeri
Asystasia alba
Brachypeza archytas
Colubrina pedunculata
Dendrocnide peltata var. murrayana
Dicliptera maclearii
Flickingeria nativitatis
Grewia insularis
Hoya aldrichii
Ischaemum nativitatis
Pandanus christmatensis
Pandanus elatus
Peperomia rossii
Phreatia listeri
Plexaure listeri
Zehneria alba
Zeuxine exilis


Summary

Included here is Christmas Island situated in the Indian Ocean some 300 km south of the Indonesian island of Java.

Of the endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 19 species in 18 genera and 11 families but no endemic genera.

References

Parks and Reserves: Christmas Island National Park. Australia Government – Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Updated 2010-11-11.