Plants native to Santa Cruz Is.

We document 85 of the 296 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Santa Cruz 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 85 Native, per Kew 296 Coverage 29% TDWG SCZ

Best documented by photographic coverage

Every documented species 85 native to Santa Cruz Is.

SpeciesAuthorityFamily Photographs
Abrodictyum obscurum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Acanthus ilicifolius L. Acanthaceae 8
Antiaris toxicaria (J.F.Gmel.) Lesch. Moraceae 8
Antrophyum callifolium Blume Pteridaceae 8
Arthropteris palisotii (Desv.) Alston Arthropteridaceae 8
Asplenium australasicum Hook. Aspleniaceae 8
Barringtonia asiatica Kurz Lecythidaceae 8
Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. Lecythidaceae 8
Bischofia javanica Blume Phyllanthaceae 8
Blechnopsis orientalis (L.) C.Presl Blechnaceae 8
Calophyllum inophyllum L. Calophyllaceae 8
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Fabaceae 8
Cassytha filiformis L. Lauraceae 8
Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv. Poaceae 8
Cerbera manghas L. Apocynaceae 8
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy Thelypteridaceae 8
Cocos nucifera L. Arecaceae 8
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) A.Juss. Euphorbiaceae 8
Coelogyne imbricata (Hook.) Rchb.f. Orchidaceae 8
Commersonia bartramia (L.) Merr. Malvaceae 8
Cordyline fruticosa (L.) A.Chev. Asparagaceae 8
Corymborkis veratrifolia (Reinw.) Blume Orchidaceae 8
Cyrtosperma merkusii (Hassk.) Schott Araceae 8
Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. Ebenaceae 8
Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. Fabaceae 8
Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl. Araceae 8
Excoecaria agallocha L. Euphorbiaceae 8
Falcataria falcata (L.) Greuter & R.Rankin Fabaceae 8
Ficus septica Burm.f. Moraceae 8
Ficus tinctoria G.Forst. Moraceae 8
Flagellaria indica L. Flagellariaceae 8
Geophila herbacea (Jacq.) K.Schum. Rubiaceae 8
Gnetum gnemon L. Gnetaceae 8
Haplopteris elongata (Sw.) E.H.Crane Pteridaceae 8
Helminthostachys zeylanica (L.) Hook. Ophioglossaceae 8
Heritiera littoralis Aiton Malvaceae 8
Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Kubitzki Hernandiaceae 8
Hetaeria oblongifolia Blume Orchidaceae 8
Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Malvaceae 8
Inocarpus fagifer (Parkinson ex F.A.Zorn) Fosberg Fabaceae 8
Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) Kuntze Fabaceae 8
Leea nova-guineensis Valeton Vitaceae 8
Liparis condylobulbon Rchb.f. Orchidaceae 8
Lygodium reticulatum Schkuhr Lygodiaceae 8
Melicope elleryana (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley Rutaceae 8
Melochia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf Malvaceae 8
Microsorum scolopendria (Burm.f.) Copel. Polypodiaceae 8
Morinda citrifolia L. Rubiaceae 8
Odontosoria chinensis (L.) J.Sm. Lindsaeaceae 8
Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi Pandanaceae 8
Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir. Phyllanthaceae 8
Piper latifolium L.f. Piperaceae 8
Piper macropiper Pennant Piperaceae 8
Pipturus argenteus (G.Forst.) Wedd. Urticaceae 8
Pisonia grandis R.Br. Nyctaginaceae 8
Planchonella chartacea H.J.Lam Sapotaceae 8
Planchonella obovata (R.Br.) Pierre Sapotaceae 8
Pleiogynium timoriense (DC.) Leenh. Anacardiaceae 8
Polyscias scutellaria (Burm.f.) Fosberg Araliaceae 8
Pometia pinnata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Sapindaceae 8
Premna serratifolia L. Lamiaceae 8
Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv. Psilotaceae 8
Pteris tripartita Sw. Pteridaceae 8
Pteris vittata L. Pteridaceae 8
Pterocarpus indicus Willd. Fabaceae 8
Pyrrosia longifolia (Burm.f.) Morton Polypodiaceae 8
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm. Schizaeaceae 8
Spathoglottis plicata Blume Orchidaceae 8
Symplocos cochinchinensis S.Moore Symplocaceae 8
Tectaria decurrens (C.Presl) Copel. Tectariaceae 8
Thuarea involuta (G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Sm. Poaceae 8
Ticanto crista (L.) R.Clark & Gagnon Fabaceae 8
Trema orientale (L.) Blume Cannabaceae 8
Geniostoma rupestre J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Loganiaceae 7
Diospyros hebecarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth. Ebenaceae 6
Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume Elaeocarpaceae 6
Lindsaea agatii (Brack.) Lehtonen & Tuomisto Lindsaeaceae 6
Abebaia dissecta (L.f.) Randriarisoa & K.Armstr. Sapotaceae 5
Lecanopteris sinuosa Copel. Polypodiaceae 5
Hymenophyllum pallidum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats. Hymenophyllaceae 4
Lygodium circinnatum (Burm.f.) Sw. Lygodiaceae 4
Anoectochilus subregularis (Rchb.f.) Ormerod Orchidaceae 3
Appendicula reflexa Blume Orchidaceae 3
Phlegmariurus carinatus (Desv.) Ching Lycopodiaceae 3
Tectaria crenata Cav. Tectariaceae 3

What this page does not tell you

Kew records 211 more species as native to Santa Cruz 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 (SCZ). 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.