Endemics in Family Order

Asteraceae
Bidens hendersonensis H
Bidens mathewsii P

Dryopteridaceae
Ctenitis cumingii P

Hernandiaceae
Hernandia stokesii H

Malvaceae
Abutilon pitcairnense P

Marattiaceae
Angiopteris chauliodonta P

Phyllanthaceae
Glochidion comitum P

Piperaceae
Peperomia hendersonensis H
Peperomia pitcairnensis P

Primulaceae
Myrsine hosakae H
Myrsine niauensis P

Rubiaceae
Coprosma benefica P
Ixora fragrans H

Salicaceae
Homalium taypau P
Xylosma suaveolens var. haroldii H

Santalaceae
Santalum insulare var. hendersonense H

Sapotaceae
Sideroxylon st-johnianum H


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Abutilon pitcairnense P
Angiopteris chauliodonta P
Bidens hendersonensis H
Bidens mathewsii P
Coprosma benefica P
Ctenitis cumingii P
Glochidion comitum P
Hernandia stokesii H
Homalium taypau P
Ixora fragrans H
Myrsine hosakae H
Myrsine niauensis P
Peperomia hendersonensis H
Peperomia pitcairnensis P
Santalum insulare var. hendersonense H
Sideroxylon st-johnianum H
Xylosma suaveolens var. haroldii H


Summary

Included here are the Pitcairn Islands in the south Pacific which include the islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands. They form the southeasternmost extension of the Tuamotus archipelago of French Polynesia. However, endemic plants are only found on the islands of Pitcairn (P) and Henderson (H).

Of the endemic and near endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 17 species in 14 genera and 12 families but no endemic genera.

References

Florence, J., Waldren, S. & Chepstow-Lusty, A. J. 1995. The flora of the Pitcairn Islands: a review. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 56: 79-119.

Waldren, S., Florence, J. & Chepstow-Lusty, A. J. 1995a. Rare and endemic vascular plants of the Pitcairn Islands, south-central Pacific Ocean: A conservation appraisal. Biological Conservation, 74: 83-98.