Summary
Included here are the Kerguelen Islands, Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Heard Islands, McDonald Island, Saint Paul Island and Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
Of the endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are 13 species in 9 genera and 8 families but no endemic genera.
References
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Scott, J. J. 1990. Changes in the vegetation on Heard Island 1947-1987. In: Antarctic Ecosystems. Ecological Change and Conservation. Eds. K. R. Kerry and G. Hempel. Springer-Verlag.
Smith, H. G. et al. 1974. A biological survey of St Paul’s Rocks in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 6: 89-96.
Wace, N. M. 1960. The botany of southern oceanic islands. The Royal Society Expedition to Southern Chile. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 152: 475-490.
Wace, N. M. 1965. Vascular Plants. In: Biogeography and Ecology in Antarctica. Eds. Mieghem, J. Van, Oye, P. Van and Schell, J. Dr Junk Publishers. The Hague.