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

Liverworts
  • Cephalozia badia
  • Cephaloziella varians
  • Clasmatocolea rigens
  • Cryptochila grandiflora
  • Lepidozia chordulifera
  • Lophocoela lenta
  • Lophozia chordulifera
  • Marchantia berteroana
  • Pachyglossa dissitifolia
  • Riccardia georgiensis
  • Triandrophyllum subtrifidum

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.
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