Plants native to Antipodean Is.

We document 154 of the 200 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Antipodean Is.. Native means native: introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where these plants are from, not everywhere they now grow.

Documented 154 Native, per Kew 200 Coverage 77% TDWG ATP

Best documented by photographic coverage

Every documented species 154 native to Antipodean Is.

SpeciesAuthorityFamily Photographs
Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk Rosaceae 8
Alsophila smithii (Hook.f.) R.M.Tryon Cyatheaceae 8
Anaphalioides bellidioides (G.Forst.) D.Glenny Asteraceae 8
Androstoma empetrifolium Hook.f. Ericaceae 8
Anisotome latifolia Hook.f. Apiaceae 8
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent. Apiaceae 8
Aporostylis bifolia (Hook.f.) Rupp & Hatch Orchidaceae 8
Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium oblongifolium Colenso Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium obtusatum G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium scleroprium Hombr. & Jacq. Aspleniaceae 8
Austroblechnum banksii (Hook.f.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich Blechnaceae 8
Austroblechnum colensoi (Hook.f.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich Blechnaceae 8
Austroblechnum durum (T.Moore) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich Blechnaceae 8
Austroblechnum lanceolatum (R.Br.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich Blechnaceae 8
Austroblechnum penna-marina (Poir.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich Blechnaceae 8
Austrolycopodium fastigiatum (R.Br.) Holub Lycopodiaceae 8
Austrolycopodium magellanicum (P.Beauv.) Holub Lycopodiaceae 8
Azorella polaris (Hombr.) G.M.Plunkett & A.N.Nicolas Apiaceae 8
Brachyscome radicata Hook.f. Asteraceae 8
Bulbinella rossii (Hook.f.) Cheeseman Asphodelaceae 8
Caladenia carnea R.Br. Orchidaceae 8
Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce Orchidaceae 8
Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. Orchidaceae 8
Cardamine corymbosa Hook.f. Brassicaceae 8
Carex edura K.A.Ford Cyperaceae 8
Carex geminata Schkuhr Cyperaceae 8
Carex trifida Cav. Cyperaceae 8
Carex uncinata L.f. Cyperaceae 8
Carpha alpina R.Br. Cyperaceae 8
Cassinia vauvilliersii Hook.f. Asteraceae 8
Centrolepis ciliata (Hook.f.) Druce Restionaceae 8
Chiloglottis cornuta Hook.f. Orchidaceae 8
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce Caryophyllaceae 8
Coprosma ciliata Hook.f. Rubiaceae 8
Coprosma cuneata Hook.f. Rubiaceae 8
Coprosma foetidissima J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Rubiaceae 8
Coprosma perpusilla Colenso Rubiaceae 8
Coprosma rugosa Cheeseman Rubiaceae 8
Corybas acuminatus M.A.Clem. & Hatch Orchidaceae 8
Corybas dienemus D.L.Jones Orchidaceae 8
Corybas macranthus (Hook.f.) Rchb.f. Orchidaceae 8
Corybas oblongus (Hook.f.) Rchb.f. Orchidaceae 8
Corybas rivularis (A.Cunn.) Rchb.f. Orchidaceae 8
Corybas trilobus (Hook.f.) Rchb.f. Orchidaceae 8
Cranfillia fluviatilis (R.Br.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich Blechnaceae 8
Craspedia uniflora G.Forst. Asteraceae 8
Crassula moschata G.Forst. Crassulaceae 8
Damnamenia vernicosa (Hook.f.) Given Asteraceae 8
Diphasium scariosum (G.Forst.) Rothm. Lycopodiaceae 8
Dracophyllum longifolium (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. Ericaceae 8
Dracophyllum scoparium Hook.f. Ericaceae 8
Drosera stenopetala Hook.f. Droseraceae 8
Ehrharta diplax F.Muell. Poaceae 8
Epilobium alsinoides A.Cunn. Onagraceae 8
Epilobium brunnescens (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn Onagraceae 8
Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn. Onagraceae 8
Fuchsia excorticata L.f. Onagraceae 8
Galium propinquum A.Cunn. Rubiaceae 8
Gentianella cerina (Hook.f.) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu Gentianaceae 8
Gentianella concinna (Hook.f.) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu Gentianaceae 8
Geranium potentilloides L'Hér. ex DC. Geraniaceae 8
Gonocarpus aggregatus (Buchanan) Orchard Haloragaceae 8
Gonocarpus micranthus Thunb. Haloragaceae 8
Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J.Sm. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Huperzia australiana (Herter) Holub Lycopodiaceae 8
Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae DC. Araliaceae 8
Hymenophyllum armstrongii (Baker) Kirk Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum bivalve (G.Forst.) Sw. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum demissum (Forst.) Sw. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum dilatatum (Forst.) Sw. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum flabellatum Labill. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum lyallii Hook.f. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum minimum A.Rich. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum multifidum (G.Forst.) Sw. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum pulcherrimum Colenso Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum (Forst.) Sw. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum villosum Colenso Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hypolepis millefolium Hook. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Cyperaceae 8
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f. Juncaceae 8
Juncus sarophorus L.A.S.Johnson Juncaceae 8
Koeleria spicata (L.) Barberá, Quintanar, Soreng & P.M.Peterson Poaceae 8
Lagenophora pumila (G.Forst.) Cheeseman Asteraceae 8
Lateristachys diffusa (R.Br.) Holub Lycopodiaceae 8
Lepidium oleraceum Sparrm. Brassicaceae 8
Lepidium oligodontum de Lange & Heenan Brassicaceae 8
Leptinella plumosa Hook.f. Asteraceae 8
Limosella australis R.Br. Plantaginaceae 8
Lobelia angulata G.Forst. Campanulaceae 8
Lomaria discolor (G.Forst.) Willd. Blechnaceae 8
Luzula banksiana E.Mey. Juncaceae 8
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau Juncaceae 8
Metrosideros umbellata Cav. Myrtaceae 8
Microschizaea australis (Gaudich.) C.F.Reed Schizaeaceae 8
Microschizaea fistulosa (Labill.) C.F.Reed Schizaeaceae 8
Montia fontana L. Montiaceae 8
Myriophyllum triphyllum Orchard Haloragaceae 8
Myrsine divaricata A.Cunn. Primulaceae 8
Nertera granadensis (Mutis ex L.f.) Druce Rubiaceae 8
Notogrammitis angustifolia (Jacq.) Parris Polypodiaceae 8
Notogrammitis billardierei (Willd.) Parris Polypodiaceae 8
Notogrammitis heterophylla (Labill.) Parris Polypodiaceae 8
Notogrammitis patagonica (C.Chr.) Parris Polypodiaceae 8
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f. Cyperaceae 8
Parablechnum minus (R.Br.) Gasper & Salino Blechnaceae 8
Parablechnum montanum (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Gasper & Salino Blechnaceae 8
Parablechnum procerum (G.Forst.) C.Presl Blechnaceae 8
Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Asphodelaceae 8
Phyllachne colensoi (Hook.f.) Berggr. Stylidiaceae 8
Pleurophyllum criniferum Hook.f. Asteraceae 8
Pleurophyllum hookeri Buchanan Asteraceae 8
Pleurophyllum speciosum Hook.f. Asteraceae 8
Poa astonii Petrie Poaceae 8
Polystichum vestitum (G.Forst.) C.Presl Dryopteridaceae 8
Prasophyllum colensoi Hook.f. Orchidaceae 8
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Puccinellia walkeri (Kirk) Allan Poaceae 8
Ranunculus acaulis DC. Ranunculaceae 8
Raukaua simplex (G.Forst.) A.D.Mitch., Frodin & Heads Araliaceae 8
Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers. Primulaceae 8
Schoenus pauciflorus (Hook.f.) Hook.f. Cyperaceae 8
Senecio radiolatus F.Muell. Asteraceae 8
Sticherus cunninghamii (Heward ex Hook.) Ching Gleicheniaceae 8
Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. Orchidaceae 8
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Orchidaceae 8
Tmesipteris tannensis (Spreng.) Bernh. Psilotaceae 8
Townsonia deflexa Cheeseman Orchidaceae 8
Urtica australis Hook.f. Urticaceae 8
Veronica elliptica G.Forst. Plantaginaceae 8
Veronica salicifolia G.Forst. Plantaginaceae 8
Waireia stenopetala (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy Orchidaceae 8
Zotovia thomsonii (Petrie) Edgar & Connor Poaceae 8
Anisotome antipoda Hook.f. Apiaceae 7
Gentianella antarctica (Kirk) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu Gentianaceae 7
Juncus pusillus Buchenau Juncaceae 7
Veronica benthamii Hook.f. Plantaginaceae 7
Chionochloa antarctica (Hook.f.) Zotov Poaceae 6
Potamogeton ochreatus Raoul Potamogetonaceae 6
Rostkovia magellanica (Lam.) Hook.f. Juncaceae 6
Taraxacum zealandicum Dahlst. Asteraceae 5
Colobanthus muscoides Hook.f. Caryophyllaceae 4
Leptinella dispersa (D.G.Lloyd) D.G.Lloyd & C.J.Webb Asteraceae 4
Notogrammitis givenii (Parris) Parris Polypodiaceae 4
Phyllachne clavigera (Hook.f.) F.Muell. Stylidiaceae 4
Poa foliosa (Hook.f.) Hook.f. Poaceae 4
Ranunculus pinguis Hook.f. Ranunculaceae 4
Acaena minor (Hook.f.) Allan Rosaceae 3
Anthoxanthum fuscum (Zotov) de Lange & C.J.James Poaceae 3
Isolepis aucklandica Hook.f. Cyperaceae 3
Isolepis habra (Edgar) Soják Cyperaceae 3
Leptinella lanata Hook.f. Asteraceae 3

What this page does not tell you

Kew records 46 more species as native to Antipodean Is. that we do not document. They are real, accepted plants. They have no page here because we could not find three photographs of them licensed for commercial use, and this site publishes no species it cannot show you. That gap is the honest measure of what we are missing, and it is why we print both numbers rather than the flattering one.

This is a checklist of what is native, not a guide to what will grow in your garden, and it carries no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not have those from a source we can cite.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). Native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country (ATP). Introduced, extinct and doubtful records excluded. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
  2. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  3. iNaturalist. Photographs, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.