Plants native to Pitcairn Is.

We document 66 of the 115 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Pitcairn 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 66 Native, per Kew 115 Coverage 57% TDWG PIT

Best documented by photographic coverage

Every documented species 66 native to Pitcairn Is.

SpeciesAuthorityFamily Photographs
Achyranthes aspera L. Amaranthaceae 8
Alyxia stellata Roem. & Schult. Apocynaceae 8
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent. Apiaceae 8
Arachniodes aristata (G.Forst.) Tindale Dryopteridaceae 8
Asplenium australasicum Hook. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium obtusatum G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium polyodon G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Fabaceae 8
Capparis spinosa L. Capparaceae 8
Cassytha filiformis L. Lauraceae 8
Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. Poaceae 8
Cerbera manghas L. Apocynaceae 8
Christella parasitica (L.) H.Lév. Thelypteridaceae 8
Commelina diffusa Burm.f. Commelinaceae 8
Cordia subcordata Lam. Cordiaceae 8
Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob. Asteraceae 8
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus javanicus Houtt. Cyperaceae 8
Davallia solida (Forst.) Sw. Davalliaceae 8
Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. Gleicheniaceae 8
Digitaria setigera Roth Poaceae 8
Eugenia reinwardtiana (Blume) DC. Myrtaceae 8
Fimbristylis cymosa R.Br. Cyperaceae 8
Guettarda speciosa L. Rubiaceae 8
Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn. Heliotropiaceae 8
Heliotropium arboreum (Blanco) Mabb. Heliotropiaceae 8
Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Kubitzki Hernandiaceae 8
Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Malvaceae 8
Hypolepis tenuifolia (Forst.) Bernh. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Ipomoea violacea L. Convolvulaceae 8
Korthalsella taenioides (Juss.) Endl. Santalaceae 8
Lepturus repens (G.Forst.) R.Br. Poaceae 8
Lycium carolinianum Walter Solanaceae 8
Microsorum grossum (Langsd. & Fisch.) S.B.Andrews Polypodiaceae 8
Microsorum scolopendria (Burm.f.) Copel. Polypodiaceae 8
Nephroia orbiculata (L.) L.Lian & Wei Wang Menispermaceae 8
Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott Nephrolepidaceae 8
Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam. Nephrolepidaceae 8
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl Nephrolepidaceae 8
Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso Convolvulaceae 8
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv. Poaceae 8
Osteomeles anthyllidifolia (Sm.) Lindl. Rosaceae 8
Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi Pandanaceae 8
Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. Poaceae 8
Pemphis acidula J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Lythraceae 8
Peperomia leptostachya Hook. & Arn. Piperaceae 8
Pisonia grandis R.Br. Nyctaginaceae 8
Polyphlebium endlicherianum (C.Presl) Ebihara & K.Iwats. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Premna serratifolia L. Lamiaceae 8
Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv. Psilotaceae 8
Pyrrosia serpens (G.Forst.) Ching Polypodiaceae 8
Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. Goodeniaceae 8
Senna gaudichaudii (Hook. & Arn.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Fabaceae 8
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. Aizoaceae 8
Sphaeropteris medullaris (G.Forst.) Bernh. Cyatheaceae 8
Suriana maritima L. Surianaceae 8
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Dioscoreaceae 8
Thespesia populnea Sol. ex Corrêa Malvaceae 8
Thuarea involuta (G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Sm. Poaceae 8
Asplenium lobulatum Mett. Aspleniaceae 7
Ficus prolixa G.Forst. Moraceae 7
Geniostoma rupestre J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Loganiaceae 7
Doodia media R.Br. Blechnaceae 6
Cyclophyllum barbatum (G.Forst.) N.Hallé & J.Florence Rubiaceae 5
Dianella adenanthera (G.Forst.) R.J.F.Hend. Asphodelaceae 4
Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst. Malvaceae 4

What this page does not tell you

Kew records 49 more species as native to Pitcairn 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 (PIT). 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.