Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World
by Michael Hassler and Bernd SchmittFern statistics by country
Status: ++ complete coverage, modern flora existing
+ (+) modern checklist existing, but modern flora only partially existing
+ modern checklist existing
o coverage partial
o (+) coverage partial, but modern flora partially existing
- no good or modern treatment for the country available
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
EUROPE |
154 |
22 |
|
10.291.830 |
Europe in general: Flora Europaea, Vol. 1 (2nd ed.) (Tutin et al., ed., 1993) Checklist of European Pteridophytes (Derrick et al. 1987) |
|
Albania |
46 |
0 |
++ |
28.748 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Austria |
68 |
0 |
++ |
83.858 |
|
|
Baleares |
31 |
2 |
++ |
4.912 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Guia de helechos de la Peninsula Iberica y Baleares (Tierra 1990) |
|
Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia) |
49 |
0 |
++ |
45.227 (Est.) 63.700 (Latv.) 65.300 (Lith.) |
Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (Czerepanov 1995, Checklist) Flora of Russia. The European Part and Bordering Regions. Vol. 1 (Fedorov 1999) |
|
Belgium |
53 |
0 |
++ |
30.528 |
Nouvelle Flore de la Belgique, du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines (De Langhe et al. 1983) |
|
Bulgaria |
58 |
0 |
++ |
110.994 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Corsica |
64 |
0 |
++ |
8.680 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Crete |
39 |
1 |
++ |
8.335 |
Exkursionsflora für Kreta (Jahn & Schönfelder 1995) Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
former Czechoslovakia (Czech Republik & Slovakia) |
63 |
0 |
++ |
78.864 (C.R.) 49.035(Slov.) |
|
|
Denmark |
46 |
0 |
++ |
43.094 |
Den danske Flora (Hansen et al. 1975) Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (Jonsell, ed., 2000) |
|
England (including Scotland, excluding Northern Ireland) |
66 |
1 |
++ |
244.110 |
The illustrated field guide to ferns and allied plants of the British Iles (Jermy 1991) Flora of the British Isles (Clapham et al. 1962) |
|
European Turkey |
24 |
0 |
++ |
ca. 40.000 |
Flora of Turkey and the east Aegaean Islands, Vol. 1 (Davis, ed., 1965) Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Faroer Isl. |
21 |
0 |
++ |
1.399 |
|
|
Finland |
55 |
0 |
++ |
338.144 |
Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (Jonsell, ed., 2000) |
|
France (except Corsica) |
107 |
1 |
++ |
535.285 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) (southern France only) Index synonymique de la flore de France (Kerguélen 1993) |
|
Germany |
73 |
0 |
++ |
356.970 |
|
|
Greece (including Western Aegaean, except Eastern Aegaean Islands) |
60 |
1 |
++ |
123.600 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Hungary |
54 |
0 |
++ |
93.030 |
|
|
Iceland
|
35 |
0 |
++ |
103.000 |
A guide to the flowering plants and ferns of Iceland (Kristinsson 1998) Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (Jonsell, ed., 2000) |
|
Ireland (incl. Northern Ireland) |
49 |
0 |
++ |
70.000 |
The illustrated field guide to ferns and allied plants of the British Iles (Jermy 1991) |
|
Italy (mainland only) |
107 |
1 |
++ |
203.856 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Jan Mayen |
3 |
0 |
++ |
380 |
The flora of Jan Mayen (Lid 1964) |
|
Malta |
27 |
0 |
++ |
316 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) A Flora of the Maltese Islands (Haslam, Sell & Wolseley 1977) |
|
Netherlands |
42 |
0 |
++ |
33.920 |
|
|
Norway |
64 |
0 |
++ |
385.639 |
Norsk og svensk flora (Lid 1963) Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (Jonsell, ed., 2000) |
|
Poland |
64 |
0 |
++ |
312.684 |
|
|
Portugal |
62 |
2 |
++ |
89.357 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Guia de helechos de la Peninsula Iberica y Baleares (Tierra 1990) |
|
Romania |
58 |
0 |
++ |
237.500 |
|
|
European Russia (excluding Caucasus), Belarus, Ukraine (excluding Crimea), Moldavia |
76 |
0 |
++ |
ca. 4.300.000 (Europ. Russia) 603.700 (Ukraine) 207.595 (Belarus) 33.700 (Moldavia) |
Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (Czerepanov 1995, Checklist) Flora of Russia. The European Part and Bordering Regions. Vol. 1 (Fedorov 1999) Flora of the Russian Arctic, Vol. 1 (Tolmachev, ed., 1995)
|
|
Sardinia |
45 |
0 |
++ |
23.318 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Sicily |
45 |
0 |
++ |
25.426 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Spain |
100 |
1 |
++ |
498.717 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Plantas Vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares, Vol. 1 (Castroviejo et al. 1986) Checklist of Vascular Plants of Spain, Vol. 1 (Smythies 1984) Guia de helechos de la Peninsula Iberica y Baleares (Tierra 1990) |
|
Svalbard (Spitzbergen) |
5 |
0 |
++ |
62.160 |
Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (Jonsell, ed., 2000) Svalbards flora (Roenning 1964) |
|
Sweden |
61 |
0 |
++ |
449.964 |
Norsk og svensk flora (Lid 1963) Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (Jonsell, ed., 2000) |
|
Switzerland |
70 |
0 |
++ |
41.285 |
Flora Helvetica (Lauber & Wagner 1998) |
|
former Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, Macedonia) |
83 |
2 |
++ |
255.000 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
MACARONESIA |
93 |
17 |
|
14.294 |
Macaronesia in general: Flora of Macaronesia, Checklist of Vascular Plants, 4th ed. (Hansen & Sunding 1993) |
|
Azores |
50 |
4 |
++ |
2.247 |
Flora Europaea, Vol. 1 (2nd ed.) (Tutin et al. 1993) |
|
Canary Islands |
57 |
2 |
++ |
7.273 |
Exkursionsflora für die Kanarischen Inseln (Hohenester & Weiss 1993) |
|
Madeira (incl. Ilhas Desertas, Porto Santo, Salvajes Isl.) |
60 |
5 |
++ |
741 |
Flora of Madeira (Press 1994) |
|
Capverdes |
45 |
0 |
++ |
4.033 |
Flora of Macaronesia, Checklist of Vascular Plants, 4th ed. (Hansen & Sunding 1993) The Ferns and Fern-Allies (Pteridophyta) of the Cape Verde Islands (Lobin et al. 1998) |
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
NORTHWEST AFRICA |
65 |
1 |
|
4.756.888 |
Northwest Africa in general: Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Flore de l'Afrique du Nord, Vol. 1 (Maire 1952) Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (Ozenda 1991) |
|
Algeria |
51 |
0 |
++ |
2.381.740 |
Nouvelle Flore de l'Algerie (Quezel & Santa 1962) |
|
Libya |
15 |
0 |
++ |
1.757.000 |
Flora of Libya - Pteridophytes (1989) |
|
Morocco |
53 |
1 |
++ |
453.730 |
Pteridophyta, in: Flore pratique du Maroc, Vol. 1 (Salvo & Ouyahya 1999)
|
|
Tunisia |
28 |
0 |
+ |
164.418 |
|
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists of Ferns and Fern Allies |
|
TROPICAL AND NORTHEAST AFRICA |
742 |
373 |
|
22.833.594 |
|
|
Angola |
199 |
2 |
++ |
1.246.700 |
Conspectus florae angolensis: Pteridophyta (Schelpe 1977) |
|
Annobon Isl. |
31 |
0 |
o |
ca. 1.500 |
|
|
Ascension Isl. |
11 |
6 |
++ |
88 |
Farne auf atlantischen Inseln (Benl & Benl 1988) The Endemic Flora of St. Helena (Cronk 2000) |
|
Benin (Dahomey) |
37 |
0 |
++ |
112.622 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) Flora of Benin, Vol. 1 (Souza 1987) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) |
204 |
3 |
++ |
2.017 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) The Pteridophyta of Bioko, Vol. 1-5 (Benl 1978-91) |
|
Botswana |
38 |
0 |
++ |
581.730 |
Flora Zambesiaca: Pteridophyta (Schelpe 1970) |
|
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) |
12 |
1 |
+ |
274.200 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso (Lebrun 1991) Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (Ozenda 1991) |
|
Burundi |
?100-150 [93 in list] |
5 |
- (+) |
27.834 |
Flore de l'Afrique Centrale (various volumes, see literature list, only a minor part of the Ferns is covered) |
|
Cameroun |
278 |
10 |
++ |
475.442 |
Flore du Cameroun, Vol. 3 (Tardieu-Blot 1964) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Central African Republic |
112 |
2 |
+ |
622.436 |
Catalogue de la flore de Centrafrique (Boulevert 1977) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Chad |
30 |
1 |
+ |
1.284.000 |
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional (Lebrun et al. 1972, with supplements 1976, 1977, 1986) Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (Ozenda 1991) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Congo (Republic Congo) |
214 |
11 |
+ |
342.000 |
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo (Sita & Moutsambote 1988) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Djibouti |
13 |
0 |
+ |
23.200 |
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la République de Djibouti (Lebrun et al. 1990) Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae (Pichi-Sermolli 1954 ff.) [Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Vol. 1: due to be published in 2002] |
|
Egypt (except Sinai peninsula) |
12 |
0 |
+ |
938.915 |
A Manual Flora of Egypt (Muschler 1912) Flora of Egypt, Vol. 1 (Boulos 1999) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Equatorial Guinea (continental part [former Rio Muni], except Bioko Isl. and Annobon Isl.) |
?100-120 [80 in list] |
0 |
- |
24.500 |
|
|
Eritrea |
13 |
1 |
o |
121.144 |
Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae (Pichi-Sermolli 1954 ff.) [Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Vol. 1: due to be published in 2002] |
|
Ethiopia |
134 |
9 |
o |
1.133.380 |
Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae (Pichi-Sermolli 1954 ff.) [Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Vol. 1: due to be published in 2002] |
|
Gabon |
168 |
1 |
++ |
267.667 |
Flore du Gabon, Vol. 8. Ptéridophytes (Tardieu-Blot 1964) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Gambia |
17 |
0 |
o |
11.295 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) |
|
Ghana |
146 |
2 |
o |
238.500 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) |
|
Guinea |
173 |
3 |
o |
245.857 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
6 |
0 |
o |
36.125 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) |
|
Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) |
159 |
2 |
o |
322.462 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Kenya |
258 |
3 |
+ (+) |
582.646 |
Flora of Tropical East Africa (various volumes) Pteridophytes of Tropical East Africa (Johns 1991, Checklist) |
|
Liberia |
165 |
2 |
+ |
99.067 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) Über die Farne Liberias (Westafrika), ihr Vorkommen und ihre Verbreitung (Kunkel 1962) |
|
Malawi |
187 |
0 |
++ |
118.484 |
Flora Zambesiaca: Pteridophyta (Schelpe 1970) |
|
Mali |
31 |
0 |
+ |
1.240.192 |
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali (Boudet et al. 1986) Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (Ozenda 1991) The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) |
|
Mauretania |
8 |
0 |
++ |
1.030.700 |
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental (Lebrun 1998) Flore de Mauritanie, Vol. 2 (Barry & Celles 1991) Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (Ozenda 1991) |
|
Mozambique |
206 |
1 |
++ |
799.380 |
Flora Zambesiaca: Pteridophyta (1970) |
|
Niger |
14 |
0 |
+ |
1.267.000 |
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger (Fabrègues & Lebrun 1976) Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (Ozenda 1991) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Nigeria |
180 |
1 |
o |
923.768 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Pemba Isl. |
14 |
0 |
+ (+) |
982 |
Flora of Tropical East Africa (various volumes) Pteridophytes of Tropical East Africa (Johns 1991, Checklist) |
|
Principe Isl. |
80 |
3 |
+ |
146 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) Catalogue of the vascular plants of S. Tome etc. (Exell 1944) Checklist of the ferns of Sao Tome and Principe (Internet) |
|
Rwanda |
?100-150 [79 in list] |
3 |
- (+) |
26.338 |
Flore de l'Afrique Centrale (various volumes, see literature list, only a minor part of the Ferns is covered) |
|
Sao Tome |
146 |
7 |
+ |
855 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) Catalogue of the vascular plants of S. Tome etc. (Exell 1944) Checklist of the ferns of Sao Tome and Principe (Internet) |
|
Senegal |
40 |
0 |
+ |
196.722 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) Enumeration des plantes vasculaires du Senegal (Lebrun 1973) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Sierra Leone |
130 |
0 |
o |
71.740 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) |
|
Somalia |
34 |
0 |
++ |
637.700 |
The plants of Somalia: an overview and checklist (Kuchar 1986) Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1 (Thulin, ed., 1993)[*1] |
|
St. Helena |
32 |
13 |
++ |
122 |
The Endemic Flora of St. Helena (Cronk 2000) St. Helena: Checklist of endemic & indigenous plants (Clifton 1996) Farne auf atlantischen Inseln (Benl & Benl 1988) |
|
Sudan |
129 |
0 |
+ |
2.505.800 |
The ferns and the fern-allies of the Sudan (Macleay 1953) Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (Tardieu-Blot 1953) |
|
Tanzania (except islands) |
371 |
15 |
+ (+) |
942.626 |
Flora of Tropical East Africa (various volumes) Pteridophytes of Tropical East Africa (Johns 1991, Checklist) |
|
Togo |
51 |
0 |
+ |
56.785 |
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (Alston 1959) |
|
Tristan da Cunha (incl. surrounding islands) |
36 |
11 |
+ |
202 |
The terrestrial botany of the Tristan da Cunha Islands (Wace & Dixon 1965) Farne auf atlantischen Inseln (Benl & Benl 1988) |
|
Uganda |
252 |
4 |
+ (+) |
241.038 |
Flora of Tropical East Africa (various volumes, see literature list) Pteridophytes of Tropical East Africa (Johns 1991, Checklist) |
|
Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara) |
0 |
0 |
++ |
267.769 |
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental (Lebrun 1998) Flore de Mauritanie, Vol. 2 (Barry & Celles 1991) Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (Ozenda 1991) |
|
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) |
?250-300 [229 in list] |
13 |
- (+) |
2.344.885 |
Flore de l'Afrique Centrale (various volumes, see literature list) [only a minor part of the Ferns is covered] Pteridophytes of the Upper Katanga (Kornas et al. 2000) |
|
Zambia |
141 |
3 |
++ |
752.614 |
Flora Zambesiaca: Pteridophyta (1970) Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia (Kornas 1978) |
|
Zanzibar |
26 |
0 |
+ (+) |
1.660 |
Flora of Tropical East Africa (various volumes) Pteridophytes of Tropical East Africa (Johns 1991, Checklist) |
|
Zimbabwe |
238 |
1 |
++ |
390.759 |
Flora Zambesiaca: Pteridophyta (1970) |
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
SOUTHERN AFRICA |
261 |
45 |
|
2.091.077 |
Southern Africa in general: Vascular Plants of Southern Africa: Names and Distribution (Arnold & de Wet 1993) Flora of Southern Africa: Pteridophyta (Schelpe & Anthony 1986) |
|
South Africa |
257 |
26 |
++ |
1.219.090 |
|
|
Lesotho |
65 |
0 |
++ |
30.355 |
|
|
Namibia |
53 |
0 |
++ |
824.269 |
Prodromus einer Flora von Südwestafrika, Lfg. 26 (Merxmüller, ed., 1969) |
|
Swaziland |
77 |
0 |
++ |
17.363 |
|
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
INDIAN OCEAN |
696 |
377 |
|
601.231 |
|
|
Comores |
168 |
7 |
+ (+) |
1.862 |
Flore de Madagascar et des Comores, pt. 1-11,13 (Tardieu-Blot 1958-71) Flore de Madagascar et des Comores, pt. 14 (Stefanovic et al. 1997) |
|
Madagascar |
579 |
245 |
+ (+) |
587.041 |
Flore de Madagascar et des Comores, pt. 1-11,13 (Tardieu-Blot 1958-71) Flore de Madagascar et des Comores, pt. 14 (Stefanovic et al. 1997) |
|
Mascarenes (Mauritius, La Réunion, Rodrigues) |
283 |
48 |
+ |
4.484 |
Les Fougères des Mascareignes et des Seychelles (Tardieu-Blot 1960) The pteridophytes of Reunion Island (Badre & Cadet 1978) |
|
Seychelles |
94 |
10 |
+ |
454 |
Les Fougères des Mascareignes et des Seychelles (Tardieu-Blot 1960) |
|
Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia) |
7 |
0 |
+ |
30 |
An annotated checklist of the flora of Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory (Topp 1988) |
|
Marion & Prince Edward Isl. |
9 |
2 |
+ |
ca. 100 |
Biota Australis Terrestris (Ashworth & Vestal, Internet database) |
|
Ile Amsterdam, St. Paul Isl. |
10 |
1 |
+ |
67 |
Biota Australis Terrestris (Ashworth & Vestal, Internet database) |
|
Iles Crozet |
6 |
0 |
+ |
300 |
Biota Australis Terrestris (Ashworth & Vestal, Internet database) |
|
Iles Kerguelen |
8 |
1 |
+ |
6.993 |
Biota Australis Terrestris (Ashworth & Vestal, Internet database) |
|
Heard & McDonald Isl. |
0 |
0 |
+ |
ca. 100 |
Biota Australis Terrestris (Ashworth & Vestal, Internet database) |
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
ARABIAN PENINSULA & SOCOTRA |
54 |
1 |
|
3.194.603 |
Arabia in general: Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra, Vol. 1 (Miller & Cope 1996) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Kuwait |
1 |
0 |
++ |
17.820 |
|
|
Bahrain |
2 |
0 |
++ |
707 |
|
|
Oman (Mascat, Oman, Dhofar) |
15 |
0 |
++ |
309.500 |
|
|
Qatar |
0 |
0 |
++ |
11.427 |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
28 |
0 |
++ |
2.240.000 |
Flora of Eastern Saudi-Arabia (Mandaville 1990) Flora of Saudi-Arabia, Vol. 1 (Migahid 1988) |
|
Socotra (incl. Abd-al-Kuri Isl.) |
24 |
1 |
++ |
3.579 |
|
|
United Arab Emirates |
2 |
0 |
++ |
83.600 |
|
|
Yemen |
44 |
0 |
++ |
527.970 |
|
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
WESTERN ASIA |
132 |
8 |
|
3.606.622 |
|
|
Afghanistan |
33 |
0 |
- |
652.225 |
|
|
Asiatic Turkey (Anatolia) |
98 |
2 |
++ |
ca. 74.000 |
Flora of Turkey and the east Aegaean Islands, Vol. 1 (Davis, ed., 1965) Flora of Turkey and the east Aegaean Islands, Vol. 10 (Suppl. 1) (Davis, ed., 1988) Flora of Turkey and the east Aegaean Islands, Vol. 11 (Suppl. 2) (Güner et al., ed., 1988) Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Caucasus and Transcaucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Aserbaidshan, Talysh region, Caucasian Republics of Russia [Daghestan, Chechnya etc.]) |
86 |
3 |
+ |
69.700 (Ge.) 29.800 (Arm.) 86.600 (As.) 200.000 (Ca.) |
Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (Czerepanov 1995, Checklist) Flora Armenii, Vol. 1 (Tahtadzjana, ed., 1954)
|
|
Crimea peninsula |
40 |
0 |
++ |
25.993 |
Flora of Russia. The European Part and Bordering Regions. Vol. 1 (Fedorov 1999) Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (Czerepanov 1995, Checklist) |
|
Cyprus |
25 |
0 |
++ |
9.251 |
Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1 (Meikle 1985) Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) An Illustrated Flora of North Cyprus, Vol. 2 (Viney 1996) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Eastern Aegaean Islands (Rhodos, Karpathos, Kos, Samos, Lesbos, Chios, Ikaria, Limnos etc.) |
26 |
0 |
++ |
ca. 7.000 |
Flora of Turkey and the east Aegaean Islands, Vol. 1 (Davis, ed., 1965) Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) |
|
Iran |
56 |
0 |
+ |
1.648.000 |
Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Iraq |
19 |
0 |
++ |
438.317 |
Flora of Iraq, vol. 2 (E.Guest et al., ed., 1966) Flora of lowland Iraq (Rechinger 1964) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Israel and Palestine |
20 |
0 |
+ |
21.946 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Jordania (except West Bank) |
5 |
0 |
+ |
89.556 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Lebanon |
33 |
0 |
+ |
10.230 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie I (Mouterde 1966) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Sinai peninsula |
7 |
0 |
+ |
58.824 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) A Manual Flora of Egypt (Muschler 1912) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Syria |
18 |
0 |
+ |
185.180 |
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (Greuter et al. 1984) Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie I (Mouterde 1966) Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (Zohary, Heyn & Heller 1994) |
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
NORTH, CENTRAL AND EASTERN ASIA |
2988 [too high] |
1907 |
|
27.875.469 |
|
|
China (incl. Tibet, excl. Taiwan) |
2563 [too high] |
1405 [too high] |
+ (+) |
9.571.300 |
Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (Vol. 2-6) Flora of China - Checklist (Missouri Botanical Garden, Internet database) Manuscript drafts for the upcoming Flora of China (Missouri Botanical Garden, Internet website for Flora of China) Plants of Central Asia, Vol. 1 (Grubov 1963 [transl. 1999]) |
|
Japan (incl. Yakushima Isl. and Izu Isl., except Ryukyu and Bonin Isl.) |
721 |
129 |
++ |
372.769 |
Flora of Japan (Ohwi 1965) Flora of Japan, Vol. 1 (Iwatsuki et al., ed., 1995) |
|
North Korea, South Korea |
241 |
21 |
- |
120.500 (North Korea) 99.300 (South Korea) |
|
|
Mongolia |
48 |
0 |
++ |
1.566.500 |
Key to the Vascular Plants of Mongolia (Grubov 1982) Plants of Central Asia, Vol. 1 (Grubov 1963 [transl. 1999]) |
|
Ryukyu Isl. |
268 |
14 |
++ |
4.700 |
Flora of the Ryukyu Islands (Walker 1976) |
|
Siberia (incl. Kamchatka, Kuril Isl., Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Primorye, Magadan, etc.) |
193 |
6 |
+ |
ca. 11.500.000 (Siberia) 76.400 (Sakhalin) 15.600 (Kuril Isl.) 518.000 (Kamchatka) |
Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (Czerepanov 1995, Checklist) Flora of the Russian Arctic, Vol. 1 (Tolmachev, ed., 1995) Plants of Central Asia, Vol. 1 (Grubov 1963 [transl. 1999]) |
|
Taiwan (Formosa) |
738 |
125 |
++ |
36.000 |
Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (Vol. 1-6, 1990 ff.) Flora of Taiwan, Vol. 1 (2nd. ed., 1994) |
|
Central Asian Republics (Kazakstan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirgisia) |
56 |
1 |
++ |
2.717.300 (Kazakstan) 143.100 (Tadjikistan) 488.100 (Turkmen.) 447.400 (Uzbekistan) 198.500 (Kirgisia) |
Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (Czerepanov 1995, Checklist) Plants of Central Asia, Vol. 1 (Grubov 1963 [transl. 1999])
|
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT AND INDOCHINA |
1598 |
344 |
|
6.437.509 |
|
|
Andaman Isl. |
68 |
2 |
++ |
6.496 |
Pteridophytes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Dixit 2001) |
|
Bangladesh |
?100-200 [68 in list] |
0 |
- |
147.570 |
|
|
Bhutan |
258 |
1 |
o |
47.000 |
New Species Syndrome in Indian Pteridology and the ferns of Nepal (Fraser-Jenkins 1997) |
|
Burma (Myanmar) |
?500-600 [493 in list] |
12 |
- |
676.552 |
|
|
Cambodia |
?300-400 [140 in list] |
0 |
o |
181.035 |
Fougeres (de la Flore Generale de l'Indochine) (Tardieu-Blot & Christensen 1939-1951) |
|
India |
1042 |
93 |
+ (+) |
3.278.967 |
[over 20 regional floras of India not listed here, see literature list. See also extensive literature list in Khullar 1994/2000] Illustrated Manual of Ferns of Assam (Borthakur et al. 2000) A census of the Indian Pteridophytes (Dixit 1984) The Ferns of India: Enumeration, Synonyms and Distribution (Chandra 2000) New Species Syndrome in Indian Pteridology and the ferns of Nepal (Fraser-Jenkins 1997) Fern flora of South India (Nampy & Madhusoodanan 1998) An illustrated fern flora of West Himalaya. Vol. 1-2 (Khullar 1994/2000) |
|
Laos |
?300-400 [140 in list] |
1 |
o |
236.800 |
Fougeres (de la Flore Generale de l'Indochine) (Tardieu-Blot & Christensen 1939-1951) |
|
Maledives |
?0 |
0 |
- |
298 |
|
|
Nepal |
393 |
2 |
+ |
147.181 |
An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal, Vol. 1 (Hara et al. 1978) An enumeration of the Pteridophytes of Nepal (Iwatsuki 1988) New Species Syndrome in Indian Pteridology and the ferns of Nepal (Fraser-Jenkins 1997) An illustrated fern flora of West Himalaya. Vol. 1-2 (Khullar 1994/2000) |
|
Nicobar Isl. |
87 |
2 |
++ |
1.800 |
Pteridophytes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Dixit 2001) Flora of Great Nicobar Island (Sinha 1999) |
|
Pakistan |
138 |
1 |
+ |
796.095 |
An illustrated fern flora of West Himalaya. Vol. 1-2 (Khullar 1994/2000) Flora of West Pakistan. Incl.: An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West Pakistan and Kashmir (by R. R. Stewart) (Nasir, ed., 1972) |
|
Sikkim |
297 |
3 |
+ (+) |
7.300 |
A census of the Indian Pteridophytes (Dixit 1984) The Ferns of India: Enumeration, Synonyms and Distribution (Chandra 2000) |
|
Sri Lanka |
396 |
37 |
+ |
65.610 |
A check list of the pteridophytes of Sri Lanka (Abeywickrama 1978) An annotated check-list of the Pteridophytes of Ceylon (Sledge 1982) |
|
Thailand |
652 |
21 |
++ |
513.115 |
Flora of Thailand, Vol. 3/1-4 (Tagawa & Iwatsuki 1979-1989) Pteridophytes in Thailand (Boonkeerd & Pollawatn 2000) |
|
Vietnam |
591 |
66 |
o |
331.690 |
Fougeres (de la Flore Generale de l'Indochine) (Tardieu-Blot & Christensen 1939-1951) |
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
MALESIA |
3227 |
2326 |
|
2.959.296 |
Malesia in general (except Bismarck Arch., Solomons, Bougainville): Flora Malesiana, Series II: Fern and Fern Allies. Vol. 1-3 (to be continued) |
|
Bismarck Arch. (New Britain, New Ireland, New Hanover, Admirality Isl., etc.) |
?300-400 [84 in list] |
19 |
- (+) |
48.500 |
|
|
Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan, Brunei, incl. Natuna Isl., Riouw Arch.) |
1185 |
722 |
- (+) |
743.384 |
The Plants of Mt. Kinabalu, vol. 1 (Ferns and Fern Allies) (Parris et al. 1992) |
|
Bougainville Isl. |
?100-150 [22 in list] |
4 |
- |
8.370 |
|
|
Java (incl. Madura Isl.) |
519 |
75 |
- (+) |
130.520 |
|
|
Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor, Wetar) |
164 |
14 |
- (+) |
ca. 80.000 |
|
|
peninsular Malaysia, Singapore (incl. Langkawi Isl.) |
660 |
49 |
++ |
132.246 |
A revised Flora of Malaya II: Ferns of Malaya, ed. 2 (Holttum 1966) A Guide to the Ferns of Singapore (Wee 1987) |
|
Moluccas (Tanimbar, Kei, Aru, Banda, Ambon, Ceram, Buru, Sula, Obi, Bacan, Halmaheira, Ternate, Tidore, Morotai, Talaud) |
?500-600 [352 in list] |
64 |
- (+) |
74.500 |
|
|
New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea, incl. d'Entrecasteaux Isl., Louisiade Arch., Rennell Isl.) |
1183 |
722 |
- (+) |
800.000 |
|
|
Philippines |
1048 |
402 |
o (+) |
300.000 |
Guide to Philippine Flora and Fauna, Vol. 2 (Zamora & Co 1986) |
|
Solomons |
?300-400 [159 in list] |
39 |
- |
27.556 |
|
|
Sulawesi (Celebes) (incl. Selayar, Banggai, Sangihe) |
?500-700 [397 in list] |
82 |
- (+) |
189.070 |
|
|
Sumatra (incl. Mentawai, Enggano, Nias, Simeuleu, Lingga, Anambas, Krakatau, Bangka, Belitung) |
?700-800 [615 in list] |
155 |
- (+) |
425.150 |
|
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
AUSTRALIA |
470 |
159 |
|
7.690.849 |
Australia in general: Census of Australian Vascular Plants (Hnatiuk 1990) Flora of Australia, Volume 48 (1998) |
|
New South Wales |
177 |
3 |
++ |
801.500 |
|
|
Australian Capital Territory |
22 |
0 |
++ |
|
|
|
Northern Territory |
84 |
3 |
++ |
1.346.200 |
|
|
Queensland |
390 |
74 |
++ |
1.727.200 |
|
|
South Australia |
53 |
1 |
++ |
984.400 |
Flora of South Australia (Jessop & Toelken 1986) Ferns and Allied Plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia (Duncan & Isaac 1994) |
|
Tasmania |
102 |
7 |
++ |
68.300 |
Ferns and Allied Plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia (Duncan & Isaac 1994) The Ferns of Tasmania (Garrett 1997) |
|
Victoria |
122 |
1 |
++ |
227.600 |
Ferns and Allied Plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia (Duncan & Isaac 1994) Flora of Victoria, Vol. 2 (Walsh & Entwisle, ed., 1994) |
|
Western Australia |
85 |
8 |
++ |
2.535.500 |
|
|
Christmas Island (Australia) |
31 |
2 |
++ |
135 |
Flora of Australia, Vol. 49/50 (Oceanic Islands) (1993/1994) |
|
Cocos Island (Keeling Island) |
0 |
0 |
++ |
14 |
Flora of Australia, Vol. 49/50 (Oceanic Islands) (1993/1994) |
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
PACIFIC |
1209 |
745 |
|
349.946 |
Pacific in general: Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands (Mueller-Dombois & Fosberg 1998) |
|
American Samoa |
110 |
2 |
o |
197 |
A revision of the Pteridophyta of Samoa (Christensen 1943) Vegetation of Eastern Samoa (Whistler 1980) Plants of the Manua Islands (Yuncker 1945) |
|
Antipodes Isl. |
23 |
1 |
++ |
ca. 60 |
New Zealand Ferns and Allied Plants (Brownsey & Smith-Dodsworth 1989) A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species (Brownsey, Given & Lovis 1985) Biota Australis Terrestris (Ashworth & Vestal, Internet database) |
|
Auckland Isl. |
43 |
0 |
++ |
551 |
New Zealand Ferns and Allied Plants (Brownsey & Smith-Dodsworth 1989) Biota Australis Terrestris (Ashworth & Vestal, Internet database) A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species (Brownsey, Given & Lovis 1985) |
|
Austral Isl. (Tubuai Isl., incl. Rapa Isl.) |
103 |
25 |
+ |
148 |
Les Orchidees du Tubuai, suives d'un catalogue des plantes a fleurs et fougeres des Iles Australes (Hallé 1980) Flora of Southestern Polynesia, II. Pteridophytes (Brown & Brown 1931) |
|
Banaba Isl. (Ocean Isl.) |
1 |
0 |
+ |
ca. 10 |
Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) |
|
Bonin Isl. (incl. Volcano Isl. = Kazan-Retto = Iwo-jima) |
79 |
22 |
++ |
132 |
A revised list of vascular plants indigenous and introduced to the Bonin (Ogasawara) and the Volcano (Kazan) Islands (Kobayashi & Ono 1987) Flora of the Bonin Islands (Toyoda 1981) |
|
Campbell Isl. |
22 |
0 |
++ |
137 |
New Zealand Ferns and Allied Plants (Brownsey & Smith-Dodsworth 1989) A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species (Brownsey, Given & Lovis 1985) Biota Australis Terrestris (Ashworth & Vestal, Internet database) |
|
Chatham Isl., Snares Isl. |
84 |
1 |
++ |
963 |
New Zealand Ferns and Allied Plants (Brownsey & Smith-Dodsworth 1989) A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species (Brownsey, Given & Lovis 1985) |
|
Christmas Isl. (Kiribati p. p.) |
0 |
0 |
+ |
321 |
Plants of Christmas Island (Chock & Hamilton 1962) |
|
Cook Isl. (incl. Rarotonga Isl.) |
58 |
6 |
+ |
230 |
Flora of Rarotonga (Wilder 1931) |
|
Federal States of Micronesia (Central and Eastern Carolines: Truk, Yap, Pohnpei, Kosrae) |
134 |
15 |
+ |
702 |
Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) |
|
Fiji |
298 |
75 |
++ |
18.376 |
The pteridophyte flora of Fiji (Brownlie 1977) |
|
Gambier Isl. (incl. Mangareva Isl.) |
9 |
0 |
+ |
ca. 50 |
Census of the flora of the Gambier Islands, Polynesia (St. John 1988) Flora of Southestern Polynesia, II. Pteridophytes (Brown & Brown 1931) |
|
Gilbert Islands (Kiribati p. p.) |
4 |
0 |
+ |
311 |
Flora of the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, checklist (Fosberg & Sachet 1987) Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) Vegetation of Nauru and the Gilbert Islands (Thaman 1992) |
|
Hawaii |
167 |
116 |
+ |
16.729 |
Ferns of Hawai’i (Valier 1995) |
|
Henderson Isl. (incl. Ducie Atoll) |
8 |
0 |
+ |
37 |
Henderson Island (Southeast Polynesia) (Fosberg et al. 1983) Flora of Southestern Polynesia, II. Pteridophytes (Brown & Brown 1931) |
|
Kermadec Isl. |
36 |
3 |
++ |
36 |
Kermadec Islands Flora. An annotated checklist (Sykes 1977) New records and other information on the vascular flora of the Kermadec Islands (Sykes & West 1996) A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species (Brownsey, Given & Lovis 1985) New Zealand Ferns and Allied Plants (Brownsey & Smith-Dodsworth 1989) |
|
Line Islands (Kiribati p. p.) |
5 |
0 |
+ |
436 |
Notes on the vascular flora and terrestrial vertebrates of Caroline Atoll, Southern Line Islands (Clapp & Sibley 1971) Vegetation History of Washington Island (Teraina), Northern Line Islands (Wester et al. 1992) Checklist of the vascular plants of the northern Line Islands (Wester 1985) |
|
Lord Howe Isl. |
61 |
23 |
++ |
154 |
Flora of Australia, Vol. 49/50 (Oceanic Islands) (1993/1994) |
|
Macquarie Isl. |
6 |
0 |
++ |
123 |
Flora of Australia, Vol. 49/50 (Oceanic Islands) (1993/1994) Biota Australis Terrestris (Ashworth & Vestal, Internet database) |
|
Marcus Isl. |
0 |
0 |
+ |
ca. 10 |
Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) |
|
Marquesas Isl. |
ca. 120 [74 in list] |
21 |
o |
1.020 |
Flora of Southestern Polynesia, II. Pteridophytes (Brown & Brown 1931) |
|
Marshall Isl. |
10 |
0 |
+ |
174 |
Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) Vascular Plants recorded from Jaluit Atoll (Fosberg & Sachet 1962) A review of the natural history of the Marshall Islands (Fosberg 1990) |
|
Nauru |
3 |
0 |
++ |
21 |
Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) Vegetation of Nauru and the Gilbert Islands (Thaman 1992) The Flora of Nauru (Thaman et al. 1994) |
|
New Caledonia (incl. Ile des Pins, Loyalty Isl., Ile Art) |
263 |
107 |
++ |
19.058 |
Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances, Vol. 3 (Brownlie 1969) |
|
New Zealand (incl. Stewart Isl., Three Kings Isl.) |
181 |
36 |
++ |
270.000 |
New Zealand Ferns and Allied Plants (Brownsey & Smith-Dodsworth 1989) A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species (Brownsey, Given & Lovis 1985) |
|
Niue Isl. |
28 |
0 |
++ |
264 |
The flora of Niue Island (Yuncker 1943) Contributions to the flora of Niue (Sykes 1970) |
|
Norfolk Isl. |
47 |
7 |
++ |
39 |
Flora of Australia, Vol. 49/50 (Oceanic Islands) (1993/1994) |
|
Northern Marianas |
28 |
1 |
++ |
152 |
Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) Ferns and Orchids of the Mariana Islands (Raulerson & Rinehart 1992) |
|
Palau Isl. (Republic of Palau, Western Carolines) |
124 |
13 |
+ |
516 |
Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) Vascular Plants of Palau with vernacular names (Fosberg et al. 1980) |
|
Phoenix Islands (Kiribati p.p.) |
0 |
0 |
++ |
42 |
Flora of the Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific (Fosberg & Stoddart 1994) |
|
Pitcairn Isl., Oeno Atoll |
18 |
4 |
+ |
6 |
An account of the flora of Pitcairn Island (St. John 1987) Flora of Southestern Polynesia, II. Pteridophytes (Brown & Brown 1931) |
|
Society Isl. (Tahiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Makatea, etc.) |
190 |
67 |
o |
1.628 |
Pteridophytes of Society Islands (Copeland 1931)
|
|
Southern Marianas (incl. Guam) |
67 |
4 |
++ |
867 |
Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) Ferns and Orchids of the Mariana Islands (Raulerson & Rinehart 1992) The Flora of Guam (Stone 1970) |
|
Tokelau Isl. (incl. Swains Isl.) |
9 |
0 |
o |
14 |
The vegetation of the Tokelau Islands with special reference to the plants of Nukunonu Atoll (Parham 1971) The Flora and Vegetation of Swains Island (Whistler 1983) |
|
Tonga |
90 |
3 |
+ |
750 |
Plants of Tonga (Yuncker 1959) The vegetation of Late, Tonga (Sykes 1981) The Pteridophytes of 'Eua, Southern Tonga (Sykes 1978) New or noteworthy ferns from the Tongan Islands (Iwatsuki 1963) |
|
Tuamotu Arch. (excl. Gambier Isl.) |
9 |
0 |
o |
ca. 450 |
Takapoto Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago: terrestrial vegetation (Sachet 1983) Flora of Makatea (Wilder 1934) Flora of Southestern Polynesia, II. Pteridophytes (Brown & Brown 1931) |
|
Tuvalu (Ellice Isl.) |
7 |
0 |
o |
26 |
Vegetation and Flora of Nui Atoll, Tuvalu (Woodroffe 1985) |
|
Vanuatu (incl. Santa Cruz Isl.) |
?130-170 [120 in list] |
22 |
- |
12.190 |
|
|
Wake Isl. |
0 |
0 |
+ |
8 |
Vegetation and flora of Wake Island (Fosberg 1959) Wake Island vegetation and flora, 1961-1963 (Fosberg & Sachet 1969) Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae (Fosberg et al. 1982) |
|
Wallis Isl., Futuna Isl. (Horne Isl.) |
59 [6 in list]
|
?0 |
- |
177 |
|
|
Western Samoa |
217 |
29 |
o |
2.831 |
A revision of the Pteridophyta of Samoa (Christensen 1943) Vegetation and Flora of the Aleipata Islands, Western Samoa (Whistler 1983) |
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
NORTH AMERICA |
435 |
138 |
|
21.938.931 |
North America in general: Flora of North America, North of Mexico, Vol. 2 (1993) A Field Manual of the Ferns and Fern-Allies of the United States and Canada (Lellinger 1985) A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the United States, Canada and Greenland (Kartesz & Kartesz 1980) |
|
Canada |
167 |
2 |
++ |
9.970.610 |
The flora of Canada (Scoggan 1978) Les fougeres et les plantes alliees du Canada (Cody & Britton 1989) |
|
USA |
410 |
74 |
++ |
8.262.426 |
|
|
Alaska (incl. Aleutes) |
66 |
0 |
++ |
1.530.000 |
Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories (Hultén 1968) |
|
Greenland |
31 |
0 |
++ |
2.175.600 |
|
|
Bermuda |
19 |
4 |
o |
53 |
Flora of Bermuda (Britton 1918) |
|
St. Pierre & Miquelon Isl. |
32 |
0 |
++ |
242 |
|
|
Country / Region |
Species count |
endem. |
Status |
Area (km2) |
Reference works and checklists |
|
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA |
2620 |
616 |
|
2.485.930 |
Central America in general: Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 1 (1995) [covers in Mexico only Chiapas fully] Ferns and allied plants, with special reference to tropical America (Tryon & Tryon 1982) |
|
Belize |
250 |
2 |
++ |
22.965 |