Plants native to Tubuai Is.

We document 156 of the 349 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Tubuai 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 156 Native, per Kew 349 Coverage 45% TDWG TUB

Best documented by photographic coverage

Every documented species 156 native to Tubuai Is.

SpeciesAuthorityFamily Photographs
Abrodictyum caudatum (Brack.) Ebihara & K.Iwats. Hymenophyllaceae 8
Achyranthes aspera L. Amaranthaceae 8
Acrostichum aureum L. Pteridaceae 8
Adiantum capillus-veneris L. Pteridaceae 8
Adiantum hispidulum Sw. Pteridaceae 8
Alyxia stellata Roem. & Schult. Apocynaceae 8
Amblovenatum opulentum (Kaulf.) J.P.Roux Thelypteridaceae 8
Angiopteris evecta (Forst.) Hoffm. Marattiaceae 8
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent. Apiaceae 8
Arachniodes aristata (G.Forst.) Tindale Dryopteridaceae 8
Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm.f.) Becherer Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium australasicum Hook. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium laserpitiifolium Lam. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium oblongifolium Colenso Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium obtusatum G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Asplenium polyodon G.Forst. Aspleniaceae 8
Barringtonia asiatica Kurz Lecythidaceae 8
Blechnopsis orientalis (L.) C.Presl Blechnaceae 8
Calanthe triplicata (P.Willemet) Ames Orchidaceae 8
Canavalia cathartica Thouars Fabaceae 8
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. Fabaceae 8
Canavalia sericea A.Gray Fabaceae 8
Capparis spinosa L. Capparaceae 8
Carex uncinata L.f. Cyperaceae 8
Cassytha filiformis L. Lauraceae 8
Cenchrus caliculatus Cav. Poaceae 8
Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv. Poaceae 8
Cerbera manghas L. Apocynaceae 8
Cerbera odollam Gaertn. Apocynaceae 8
Cheilanthes nudiuscula (R.Br.) T.Moore Pteridaceae 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
Coleus australis (R.Br.) A.J.Paton Lamiaceae 8
Colubrina asiatica Brongn. Rhamnaceae 8
Commelina diffusa Burm.f. Commelinaceae 8
Cordia subcordata Lam. Cordiaceae 8
Cyclosorus interruptus (Willd.) H.Itô Thelypteridaceae 8
Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus cyperoides (L.) Kuntze Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus javanicus Houtt. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus odoratus L. Cyperaceae 8
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. Cyperaceae 8
Davallia fejeensis Hook. Davalliaceae 8
Davallia solida (Forst.) Sw. Davalliaceae 8
Decalobanthus peltatus (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples Convolvulaceae 8
Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. Gleicheniaceae 8
Digitaria setigera Roth Poaceae 8
Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. Sapindaceae 8
Doryopteris concolor (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn & Decken Pteridaceae 8
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult. Cyperaceae 8
Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr. Fabaceae 8
Erythrina variegata L. Fabaceae 8
Eugenia reinwardtiana (Blume) DC. Myrtaceae 8
Euphorbia atoto G.Forst. Euphorbiaceae 8
Eurya nitida Korth. Pentaphylacaceae 8
Fagraea berteroana A.Gray ex Benth. Gentianaceae 8
Ficinia nodosa (Rottb.) Goetgh., Muasya & D.A.Simpson Cyperaceae 8
Ficus tinctoria G.Forst. Moraceae 8
Fimbristylis cymosa R.Br. Cyperaceae 8
Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl Cyperaceae 8
Freycinetia arborea Gaudich. Pandanaceae 8
Gahnia aspera (R.Br.) Spreng. Cyperaceae 8
Grewia prunifolia A.Gray Malvaceae 8
Guettarda speciosa L. Rubiaceae 8
Gyrocarpus americanus Jacq. Hernandiaceae 8
Haplopteris elongata (Sw.) E.H.Crane Pteridaceae 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
Histiopteris incisa (Thunb.) J.Sm. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Hypolepis tenuifolia (Forst.) Bernh. Dennstaedtiaceae 8
Inocarpus fagifer (Parkinson ex F.A.Zorn) Fosberg Fabaceae 8
Ipomoea littoralis Blume Convolvulaceae 8
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br. Convolvulaceae 8
Ipomoea violacea L. Convolvulaceae 8
Jasminum didymum G.Forst. Oleaceae 8
Korthalsella taenioides (Juss.) Endl. Santalaceae 8
Leptospron adenanthum (G.Mey.) A.Delgado Fabaceae 8
Lepturus repens (G.Forst.) R.Br. Poaceae 8
Lycium carolinianum Walter Solanaceae 8
Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching Thelypteridaceae 8
Microsorum grossum (Langsd. & Fisch.) S.B.Andrews Polypodiaceae 8
Microsorum scolopendria (Burm.f.) Copel. Polypodiaceae 8
Miscanthus floridulus (Labill.) Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb. Poaceae 8
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. Fabaceae 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
Nervilia concolor (Blume) Schltr. Orchidaceae 8
Odontosoria chinensis (L.) J.Sm. Lindsaeaceae 8
Ophioglossum petiolatum Hook. Ophioglossaceae 8
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv. Poaceae 8
Osteomeles anthyllidifolia (Sm.) Lindl. Rosaceae 8
Palhinhaea cernua (L.) Vasc. & Franco Lycopodiaceae 8
Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi Pandanaceae 8
Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. Poaceae 8
Peperomia leptostachya Hook. & Arn. Piperaceae 8
Peperomia tetraphylla (G.Forst.) Hook. & Arn. Piperaceae 8
Phlegmariurus squarrosus (G.Forst.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Lycopodiaceae 8
Phyllanthus virgatus G.Forst. Phyllanthaceae 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 tremula R.Br. Pteridaceae 8
Pteris tripartita Sw. Pteridaceae 8
Ptisana salicina (Sm.) Murdock Marattiaceae 8
Pyrrosia confluens (R.Br.) Ching Polypodiaceae 8
Pyrrosia serpens (G.Forst.) Ching Polypodiaceae 8
Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton Cyperaceae 8
Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. Goodeniaceae 8
Schoenoplectus subulatus (Vahl) Lye Cyperaceae 8
Senna gaudichaudii (Hook. & Arn.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby Fabaceae 8
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. Aizoaceae 8
Sida fallax Walp. Malvaceae 8
Sophora tomentosa L. Fabaceae 8
Sphaeropteris medullaris (G.Forst.) Bernh. Cyatheaceae 8
Stictocardia tiliifolia (Desr.) Hallier f. Convolvulaceae 8
Suriana maritima L. Surianaceae 8
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Dioscoreaceae 8
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Fabaceae 8
Thespesia populnea Sol. ex Corrêa Malvaceae 8
Thuarea involuta (G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Sm. Poaceae 8
Torenia crustacea (L.) Cham. & Schltdl. Linderniaceae 8
Triglochin striata Ruiz & Pav. Juncaginaceae 8
Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr. Fabaceae 8
Vitex trifolia L. Lamiaceae 8
Wollastonia biflora DC. Asteraceae 8
Boerhavia acutifolia (Choisy) J.W.Moore Nyctaginaceae 7
Ficus prolixa G.Forst. Moraceae 7
Geniostoma rupestre J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Loganiaceae 7
Asplenium gibberosum (Forst.) Mett. Aspleniaceae 6
Doodia media R.Br. Blechnaceae 6
Neonauclea forsteri (Seem. ex Havil.) Merr. Rubiaceae 6
Ochrosia oppositifolia K.Schum. Apocynaceae 6
Cyclophyllum barbatum (G.Forst.) N.Hallé & J.Florence Rubiaceae 5
Davallia pectinata Sm. Davalliaceae 5
Dianella adenanthera (G.Forst.) R.J.F.Hend. Asphodelaceae 4
Laportea ruderalis (G.Forst.) Chew Urticaceae 4
Teratophyllum wilkesianum (Brack.) Holttum Dryopteridaceae 4
Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst. Malvaceae 4
Antrophyum plantagineum Kaulf. Pteridaceae 3
Boehmeria virgata (G.Forst.) Guill. Urticaceae 3
Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane Pteridaceae 3
Homalanthus nutans Guill. Euphorbiaceae 3
Hypolepis elegans Carruth. Dennstaedtiaceae 3
Lycopodium venustulum Gaudich. Lycopodiaceae 3
Strophocaulon unitum (L.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm. Thelypteridaceae 3

What this page does not tell you

Kew records 193 more species as native to Tubuai 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 (TUB). 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.