Plants native to Kermadec Is.

We document 89 of the 112 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Kermadec 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 89 Native, per Kew 112 Coverage 79% TDWG KER

Best documented by photographic coverage

Every documented species 89 native to Kermadec Is.

SpeciesAuthorityFamily Photographs
Acianthus sinclairii Hook.f. Orchidaceae 8
Adiantum cunninghamii Hook. Pteridaceae 8
Adiantum diaphanum Blume Pteridaceae 8
Adiantum hispidulum Sw. Pteridaceae 8
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent. Apiaceae 8
Arachniodes aristata (G.Forst.) Tindale Dryopteridaceae 8
Ascarina lucida Hook.f. Chloranthaceae 8
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium oblongifolium Colenso Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium obtusatum G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Austroblechnum norfolkianum (Heward) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich Blechnaceae 8
Callitriche muelleri Sond. Plantaginaceae 8
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Fabaceae 8
Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. Poaceae 8
Chenopodium triandrum G.Forst. Chenopodiaceae 8
Chenopodium trigonon Schult. Chenopodiaceae 8
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy Thelypteridaceae 8
Coriaria arborea Linds. Coriariaceae 8
Corynocarpus laevigatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Corynocarpaceae 8
Cotula australis Hook.f. Asteraceae 8
Cyperus ustulatus A.Rich. Cyperaceae 8
Dendrobium gracilicaule F.Muell. Orchidaceae 8
Disphyma australe (Sol. ex Aiton) J.M.Black Aizoaceae 8
Doodia australis (Parris) Parris Blechnaceae 8
Eleocharis acuta R.Br. Cyperaceae 8
Euchiton involucratus (G.Forst.) Holub Asteraceae 8
Ficinia nodosa (Rottb.) Goetgh., Muasya & D.A.Simpson Cyperaceae 8
Haloragis erecta (Murray) Oken Haloragaceae 8
Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Malvaceae 8
Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J.Sm. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Hydrocotyle moschata G.Forst. Araliaceae 8
Hymenophyllum demissum (Forst.) Sw. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum dilatatum (Forst.) Sw. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hymenophyllum flabellatum Labill. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hypolepis dicksonioides (Endl.) Hook. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Hypolepis tenuifolia (Forst.) Bernh. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br. Convolvulaceae 8
Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Cyperaceae 8
Juncus australis Hook.f. Juncaceae 8
Juncus edgariae L.A.S.Johnson & K.L.Wilson Juncaceae 8
Juncus gregiflorus L.A.S.Johnson Juncaceae 8
Juncus usitatus L.A.S.Johnson Juncaceae 8
Lagenophora pumila (G.Forst.) Cheeseman Asteraceae 8
Lepidium oleraceum Sparrm. Brassicaceae 8
Lepturus repens (G.Forst.) R.Br. Poaceae 8
Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching Thelypteridaceae 8
Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. Poaceae 8
Microtis parviflora R.Br. Orchidaceae 8
Microtis unifolia (G.Forst.) Rchb.f. Orchidaceae 8
Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam. Nephrolepidaceae 8
Nephrolepis flexuosa Colenso Nephrolepidaceae 8
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn. Ophioglossaceae 8
Ophioglossum petiolatum Hook. Ophioglossaceae 8
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv. Poaceae 8
Palhinhaea cernua (L.) Vasc. & Franco Lycopodiaceae 8
Parablechnum novae-zelandiae (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Gasper & Salino Blechnaceae 8
Parapolystichum glabellum (A.Cunn.) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran Dryopteridaceae 8
Parietaria debilis G.Forst. Urticaceae 8
Peperomia urvilleana A.Rich. Piperaceae 8
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. Pittosporaceae 8
Poa anceps G.Forst. Poaceae 8
Poa cita Edgar Poaceae 8
Polyphlebium endlicherianum (C.Presl) Ebihara & K.Iwats. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Polyphlebium venosum (R.Br.) Copel. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Pseudodiphasium volubile (G.Forst.) Holub Lycopodiaceae 8
Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv. Psilotaceae 8
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Pteris tremula R.Br. Pteridaceae 8
Pyrrosia eleagnifolia (Bory) Hovenkamp Polypodiaceae 8
Pyrrosia serpens (G.Forst.) Ching Polypodiaceae 8
Rytidosperma racemosum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar Poaceae 8
Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers. Primulaceae 8
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm. Schizaeaceae 8
Sicyos australis Endl. Cucurbitaceae 8
Solanum aviculare G.Forst. Solanaceae 8
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin Asteraceae 8
Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze Aizoaceae 8
Tmesipteris lanceolata P.A.Dang. Psilotaceae 8
Tmesipteris tannensis (Spreng.) Bernh. Psilotaceae 8
Typha orientalis C.Presl Typhaceae 8
Wahlenbergia vernicosa J.A.Petterson Campanulaceae 7
Rhopalostylis baueri (Hook.f.) H.Wendl. & Drude Arecaceae 6
Alsophila milnei (Hook.f.) R.M.Tryon Cyatheaceae 5
Homalanthus polyandrus (Hook.f. ex Müll.Arg.) Cheeseman Euphorbiaceae 4
Lepidium castellanum de Lange & Heenan Brassicaceae 4
Rytidosperma unarede (Raoul) Connor & Edgar Poaceae 4
Coprosma petiolata Hook.f. Rubiaceae 3
Doodia milnei Carruth. Blechnaceae 3
Lastreopsis decomposita (R.Br.) Tindale Dryopteridaceae 3

What this page does not tell you

Kew records 23 more species as native to Kermadec 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 (KER). 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.