Flora of the South Sandwich Islands
This is a list of the flora of the South Sandwich Islands, a group of islands in the subantarctic Atlantic Ocean, part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The list contains flora in the strict sense; that is, plants only. It comprises a single species of vascular plant, 38 mosses, and 11 liverworts. Unusually, not a single species is known to have naturalised on the islands; all are presumed native.
The islands also contain 5 species of fungus, 41 lichens and 16 diatoms.
Vascular plants[]
Mosses[]
- Andreaea gainii
- Andreaea regularis
- Bryum argenteum
- Bryum pseudotriquetrum
- Campylopus introflexus
- Ceratodon purpureus
- Dicranoweisia brevipes
- Pohlia nutans
- Polytrichum juniperinum
- Polytrichum piliferum
- Polytrichum strictum
Liverworts[]
References[]
- Convey, P.; et al. (2000). "The flora of the South Sandwich Islands, with particular reference to the influence of geothermal heating". Journal of Biogeography. 27: 1279–1295. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00512.x.
Categories:
- Flora of the South Sandwich Islands
- Lists of plants