Endemics in Family Order

Dennstaedtiaceae
Dennstaedtia parksii E T

Meliaceae
Aglaia heterotricha E T V
Dysoxylum tongense E

Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus amicorum E

Pittosporaceae
Pittosporum yunckeri E V

Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus pallida E V

Primulaceae
Discocalyx listeri E

Sapindaceae
Guioa lentiscifolia E T V

Thelypteridaceae
Pneumatopteris macroptera E


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Aglaia heterotricha E T V
Dennstaedtia parksii E T
Discocalyx listeri E
Dysoxylum tongense E
Guioa lentiscifolia E T V
Phyllanthus amicorum E
Pittosporum yunckeri E V
Pneumatopteris macroptera E
Podocarpus pallida E V


Summary

Included here a group of islands in the South Pacific known as Tonga (officially the Kingdom of Tonga). Thirty six of the 150 islands of Tonga are inhabited. Endemic plants have been found in the Eua National Park on the islands of Eua (E), Tongatapu (T) and Vava’u (V).

Of the endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are 9 species in 9 genera and 8 families but no endemic genera.

References

Taufatofua,  P. & Halafihi, M. 1996. Tonga: Country Report to the FAO International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources. Leipzig.

Whistler, W. A. 1983. Vegetation and flora of the Aleipata Islands, Western Tonga. Pacific Science, 37: 227-249.