Summary
Included here are the Auckland Islands, Antipodes Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Macquarie Island and the Snares, all situated on a shallow continental shelf in the Southern Ocean east of New Zealand.
Of the endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 52 species in 33 genera and 16 families. There are 2 endemic genera (marked red) but no endemic families.
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