List of endemic plants of Fiji

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Fiji is an archipelago and island nation in the South Pacific. It consists of two large islands, Vanua Levu and Viti Levu, and many smaller islands. The Fijian islands are home to dozens of endemic species and subspecies of vascular plants, including the endemic genera Degeneria , Gillespiea , and Hedstromia . [1] [2]

Contents

Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family. Extinct and presumed extinct species are indicated with †.

Acanthaceae

Actinidiaceae

Anacardiaceae

Annonaceae

Apocynaceae

Araliaceae

Arecaceae

Aspleniaceae

Asteraceae

Burseraceae

Calophyllaceae

Cannabaceae

Cardiopteridaceae

Casuarinaceae

Celastraceae

Chrysobalanaceae

Clusiaceae

Combretaceae

Convolvulaceae

Cunoniaceae

Cyatheaceae

Cyperaceae

Degeneriaceae

Dennstaedtiaceae

Ebenaceae

Elaeocarpaceae

Ericaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Flagellariaceae

Gentianaceae

Gesneriaceae

Heliconiaceae

Hernandiaceae

Hymenophyllaceae

Lamiaceae

Lauraceae

Lecythidaceae

Linaceae

Lindsaeaceae

Loganiaceae

Lycopodiaceae

Malpighiaceae

Malvaceae

Melastomataceae

Meliaceae

Moraceae

Myristicaceae

Myrtaceae

Ochnaceae

Oleaceae

Orchidaceae

Pandanaceae

Pentaphylacaceae

Phyllanthaceae

Picrodendraceae

Piperaceae

Pittosporaceae

Poaceae

Podocarpaceae

Polypodiaceae

Primulaceae

Proteaceae

Pteridaceae

Putranjivaceae

Rhamnaceae

Rhizophoraceae

Rubiaceae

Rutaceae

Saccolomataceae

Salicaceae

Santalaceae

Sapindaceae

Sapotaceae

Selaginellaceae

Simaroubaceae

Solanaceae

Stemonuraceae

Symplocaceae

Thymelaeaceae

Urticaceae

Vitaceae

Zingiberaceae

References

  1. Endemic plants of Fiji, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  2. Brummitt, R. K. (2001). World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (PDF) (2nd ed.). International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 18 February 2025.