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List of The Vascular Plants of The Falkland Islands
List of The Vascular Plants of The Falkland Islands
The flora of the Falkland Islands comprises 178 native species (marked * in the list below), 219 non-native species ('†') and 6 of
uncertain status.[1] Thirteen species (marked in bold) areendemic to the islands, and two – Gamochaeta malvinensisand Polystichum
mohrioides – are near-endemics, being also found on other nearby islands.[2]
Contents
Ferns and fern allies
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms
Ranunculales
Gunnerales
Saxifragales
Fabales
Rosales
Fagales
Celastrales
Oxalidales
Malpighiales
Geraniales
Myrtales
Malvales
Brassicales
Santalales
Caryophyllales
Ericales
Gentianales
Boraginaceae
Solanales
Lamiales
Asterales
Dipsacales
Apiales
Alismatales
Liliales
Asparagales
Poales
References
Gymnosperms
Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey cypress†
Picea sitchensis, Sitka spruce†
Pinus contorta, lodgepole pine†
Pinus echinata, shortleaf pine†
Pinus muricata, bishop pine†
Pinus nigra, Austrian pine†
Pinus radiata, Monterey pine†
Pinus sylvestris, Scots pine†
Angiosperms
Ranunculales
Berberidaceae
Papaveraceae
Ranunculaceae
Gunnerales
Gunnera magellanica, pigvine*
Saxifragales
Crassulaceae
Grossulariaceae
Haloragaceae
Saxifragaceae
Fabales
Cytisus scoparius, broom†
Glycyrrhiza astragalina,†
Lotus corniculatus, bird's-foot-trefoil†
Lotus pedunculatus, greater bird's-foot-trefoil†
Lupinus arboreus, tree lupin†
Medicago sativa, lucerne†
Trifolium arvense, hare's-foot clover†
Trifolium aureum, golden clover†
Trifolium dubium, lesser trefoil†
Trifolium fragiferum, strawberry clover†
Trifolium hybridum, alsike clover†
Trifolium pratense, red clover†
Trifolium repens, white clover†
Trifolium striatum, knotted clover†
Ulex europaeus, gorse†
Ulex gallii, western gorse†
Vicia cracca, tufted vetch†
Vicia sativa, common vetch†
Vicia sepium, bush vetch†
Rosales
Rosaceae
Urticaceae
Fagales
Castanea sativa, sweet chestnut†
Nothofagus betuloides, southern beech†
Quercus robur, pedunculate oak†
Celastrales
Maytenus magellanica, pickwood†
Oxalidales
Oxalis enneaphylla, scurvygrass*
Malpighiales
Elatinaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Salicaceae
Populus × canescens, grey poplar†
Salix cinerea, grey willow†
Salix gmelinii, Gmelin's willow†
Salix viminalis, osier†
Salix × rubra, green-leaved willow†
Violaceae
Geraniales
Erodium cicutarium, common storks-bill†
Geranium molle, dove's-foot crane's-bill†
Geranium pusillum, small-flowered crane's-bill†
Geranium robertianum, herb robert†
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Onagraceae
Malvales
Sidalcea malviflora, Greek mallow†
Drapetes muscosus, drapetes*
Brassicales
Armoracia rusticana, horseradish†
Brassica napus, swede†
Brassica oleracea, cabbage†
Brassica rapa, turnip†
Capsella bursa-pastoris, shepherd's-purse†
Cardamine glacialis, bitter-cress*
Cardamine hirsuta, hairy bitter-cress†
Cochlearia officinalis, English scurvygrass†
Draba funiculosa, whitlowgrass*
Draba magellanica, Fuegian whitlowgrass*
Erophila verna, introduced whitlowgrass†
Hesperis matronalis, dame's-violet†
Lepidium didymum, lesser swine-cress*
Nasturtium officinale, water-cress†
Phlebolobium maclovianum, Falkland rock-cress*
Santalales
Nanodea muscosa, foxberry*
Caryophyllales
Amaranthaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Droseraceae
Montiaceae
Calandrinia nitida,*
Claytonia perfoliata, spring beauty†
Montia fontana, blinks*
Plumbaginaceae
Polygonaceae
Ericales
Ericaceae
Primulaceae
Gentianales
Gentianaceae
Rubiaceae
Boraginaceae
Myosotis arvensis, field forget-me-not†
Myosotis discolor, changing forget-me-not†
Myosotis ramosissima, early forget-me-not†
Solanales
Solanum tuberosum, potato†
Lamiales
Calceolariaceae
Callitrichaceae
Lamiaceae
Plantaginaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Veronicaceae
Asterales
Asteraceae
Calyceraceae
Caprifoliaceae
Valerianaceae
Apiales
Apiaceae
Araliaceae
Hydrocotylaceae
Alismatales
Juncaginaceae
Potamogetonaceae
Ruppiaceae
Alstroemeriaceae
Corsiaceae
Asparagales
Alliaceae
Asparagaceae
Asteliaceae
Iridaceae
Orchidaceae
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Poales
Centrolepidaceae
Cyperaceae
Juncaceae
Poaceae
References
1. "Vascular plant checklists"(http://www.falklandsconservation.com/wildlife/plants/native-vascular-plant-checklist).
Falklands Conservation. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
2. Rebecca Upson. "Falkland Islands" (http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/falklands). University of Oxford. Retrieved
8 December 2014.
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