Plants native to Marquesas

We document 111 of the 344 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Marquesas. Native means native: introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where these plants are from, not everywhere they now grow.

Documented 111 Native, per Kew 344 Coverage 32% TDWG MRQ

Best documented by photographic coverage

Every documented species 111 native to Marquesas

SpeciesAuthorityFamily Photographs
Alyxia stellata Roem. & Schult. Apocynaceae 8
Amblovenatum opulentum (Kaulf.) J.P.Roux Thelypteridaceae 8
Arachniodes aristata (G.Forst.) Tindale Dryopteridaceae 8
Asplenium amboinense Willd. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium australasicum Hook. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium caudatum G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium laserpitiifolium Lam. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium oblongifolium Colenso Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium polyodon G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium tenerum G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Barringtonia asiatica Kurz Lecythidaceae 8
Bidens bipontina Sherff Asteraceae 8
Boerhavia repens L. Nyctaginaceae 8
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Fabaceae 8
Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Sapindaceae 8
Cassytha filiformis L. Lauraceae 8
Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. Poaceae 8
Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv. Poaceae 8
Cerbera manghas L. Apocynaceae 8
Cheilanthes tenuifolia (Burm.f.) Sw. Pteridaceae 8
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy Thelypteridaceae 8
Christella parasitica (L.) H.Lév. Thelypteridaceae 8
Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin. Poaceae 8
Colubrina asiatica Brongn. Rhamnaceae 8
Commelina diffusa Burm.f. Commelinaceae 8
Cordia subcordata Lam. Cordiaceae 8
Crepidomanes parvulum (Poir.) Nivart, Senterre & Dubuisson Hymenophyllaceae 8
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus javanicus Houtt. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus odoratus L. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. Cyperaceae 8
Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. Gleicheniaceae 8
Didymoglossum tahitense (Nadeaud) Ebihara & K.Iwats. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Digitaria radicosa (J.Presl) Miq. Poaceae 8
Digitaria setigera Roth Poaceae 8
Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. Sapindaceae 8
Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn & Decken Pteridaceae 8
Erythrina variegata L. Fabaceae 8
Eugenia reinwardtiana (Blume) DC. Myrtaceae 8
Fagraea berteroana A.Gray ex Benth. Gentianaceae 8
Fimbristylis cymosa R.Br. Cyperaceae 8
Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl Cyperaceae 8
Fimbristylis ferruginea (L.) Vahl Cyperaceae 8
Freycinetia arborea Gaudich. Pandanaceae 8
Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. Asparagaceae 8
Gossypium hirsutum L. Malvaceae 8
Guettarda speciosa L. Rubiaceae 8
Guilandina bonduc L. Fabaceae 8
Haplopteris elongata (Sw.) E.H.Crane Pteridaceae 8
Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. Poaceae 8
Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Malvaceae 8
Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J.Sm. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Hymenophyllum flabellatum Labill. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Hypolepis dicksonioides (Endl.) Hook. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Ilex anomala Hook. & Arn. Aquifoliaceae 8
Ipomoea littoralis Blume Convolvulaceae 8
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br. Convolvulaceae 8
Ipomoea violacea L. Convolvulaceae 8
Korthalsella taenioides (Juss.) Endl. Santalaceae 8
Leptecophylla tameiameiae (Cham. & Schltdl.) C.M.Weiller Ericaceae 8
Leptospron adenanthum (G.Mey.) A.Delgado Fabaceae 8
Microschizaea fistulosa (Labill.) C.F.Reed Schizaeaceae 8
Microsorum grossum (Langsd. & Fisch.) S.B.Andrews Polypodiaceae 8
Microsorum punctatum Copel. Polypodiaceae 8
Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb. Poaceae 8
Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott Nephrolepidaceae 8
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl Nephrolepidaceae 8
Odontosoria chinensis (L.) J.Sm. Lindsaeaceae 8
Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso Convolvulaceae 8
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv. Poaceae 8
Palhinhaea cernua (L.) Vasc. & Franco Lycopodiaceae 8
Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi Pandanaceae 8
Peperomia leptostachya Hook. & Arn. Piperaceae 8
Piper latifolium L.f. Piperaceae 8
Pipturus argenteus (G.Forst.) Wedd. Urticaceae 8
Pisonia grandis R.Br. Nyctaginaceae 8
Plumbago zeylanica L. Plumbaginaceae 8
Polyphlebium endlicherianum (C.Presl) Ebihara & K.Iwats. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Premna serratifolia L. Lamiaceae 8
Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv. Psilotaceae 8
Pteris tripartita Sw. Pteridaceae 8
Ptisana salicina (Sm.) Murdock Marattiaceae 8
Sapindus saponaria L. Sapindaceae 8
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm. Schizaeaceae 8
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. Aizoaceae 8
Sida fallax Walp. Malvaceae 8
Sophora tomentosa L. Fabaceae 8
Sphaeropteris medullaris (G.Forst.) Bernh. Cyatheaceae 8
Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers Menispermaceae 8
Stictocardia tiliifolia (Desr.) Hallier f. Convolvulaceae 8
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Dioscoreaceae 8
Thespesia populnea Sol. ex Corrêa Malvaceae 8
Torenia crustacea (L.) Cham. & Schltdl. Linderniaceae 8
Trema orientale (L.) Blume Cannabaceae 8
Tribulus cistoides L. Zygophyllaceae 8
Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf Poaceae 8
Vitex trifolia L. Lamiaceae 8
Boerhavia acutifolia (Choisy) J.W.Moore Nyctaginaceae 7
Ficus prolixa G.Forst. Moraceae 7
Operculina codonantha (Benth.) Hallier f. Convolvulaceae 7
Zehneria mucronata Miq. Cucurbitaceae 6
Cyclophyllum barbatum (G.Forst.) N.Hallé & J.Florence Rubiaceae 5
Asplenium insiticium Brack. Aspleniaceae 4
Dianella adenanthera (G.Forst.) R.J.F.Hend. Asphodelaceae 4
Hymenophyllum pallidum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats. Hymenophyllaceae 4
Selaginella arbuscula (Kaulf.) Spring Selaginellaceae 4
Antrophyum plantagineum Kaulf. Pteridaceae 3
Boehmeria virgata (G.Forst.) Guill. Urticaceae 3
Calymmodon cucullatus (Nees & Blume) C.Presl Polypodiaceae 3
Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane Pteridaceae 3
Lindsaea cultrata (Willd.) Sw. Lindsaeaceae 3

What this page does not tell you

Kew records 233 more species as native to Marquesas 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 (MRQ). 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.