Endemics in Family Order

Araliaceae
Pseudopanax arboreus var. kermadecensis

Arecaceae
Rhopalostylis baueri var. cheesemanii

Asteraceae
Erechtites kermadecensis

Chloranthaceae
Ascarina lanceolata

Cyatheaceae
Cyathea kermadecensis
Cyathea milnei

Cyperaceae
Carex kermadecensis
Carex ventosa

Euphorbiaceae
Homalanthus polyandrus

Goodeniaceae
Scaevola gracilis

Myrtaceae
Metrosideros kermadecensis

Plantaginaceae
Hebe breviracemosa

Primulaceae
Suttonia kermadecensis

Rubiaceae
Coprosma acutifolia
Coprosma petiolata

Urticaceae
Boehmeria australis subsp. dealbata


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Ascarina lanceolata
Boehmeria australis subsp. dealbata
Carex kermadecensis
Carex ventosa
Coprosma acutifolia
Coprosma petiolata
Cyathea kermadecensis
Cyathea milnei
Erechtites kermadecensis
Hebe breviracemosa
Homalanthus polyandrus
Metrosideros kermadecensis
Pseudopanax arboreus var. kermadecensis
Rhopalostylis baueri var. cheesemanii
Scaevola gracilis
Suttonia kermadecensis


Summary

Included here are the Kermadecs, a group of sub-tropical, volcanic islands situated close to the Kermadec Trench in the South Pacific.

Of the endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are 16 species in 13 genera and 13 families but no endemic genera.

References

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Balgooy, Van. M. M. J. 1969. A study of the diversity of island floras. Blumea, 17: 139-178.

Molloy, L. 1994. Wild New Zealand. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mueller-Dombois, D. & Fosberg, F. R. 1998. Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands. Springer.

Oliver, R. B. 1910. The vegetation of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 42: 118-175.

Sykes, W. R. & West, C. J. 1996. New records and other information on the vascular flora of the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 34: 447-462.

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.