List of endemic plants of the Juan Fernández Islands

This is a list of endemic vascular plants of the Juan Fernández Islands of Chile. The islands are home to several dozen endemic species and subspecies of plants, including the endemic genera Centaurodendron, Cuminia, Juania, Lactoris, Megalachne, Nothomyrcia, Robinsonia, Thyrsopteris, and Yunquea.Endemic plants of Juan Fernández Islands, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 February 2025.

Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family.

† indicates species believed to be extinct.

Amaranthaceae Chenopodium crusoeanum Chenopodium nesodendron – Alejandro Selkirk Island Chenopodium sanctae-clarae – Santa Clara Island

Apiaceae Apium fernandezianum Eryngium bupleuroides – Robinson Crusoe Island Eryngium × fernandezianum (E. bupleuroides × E. inaccessum) – Robinson Crusoe Island Eryngium inaccessum – Robinson Crusoe Island †Eryngium sarcophyllum – Alejandro Selkirk Island. Last recorded in 1919.

Arecaceae Juania Juania australis – Robinson Crusoe Island

Aristolochiaceae Lactoris Lactoris fernandeziana – Robinson Crusoe Island

Aspleniaceae Asplenium macrosorum Asplenium stellatum Blechnum cycadifolium Blechnum fernandezianum Blechnum longicauda Blechnum schottii

Asteraceae Centaurodendron Centaurodendron dracaenoides – Robinson Crusoe Island Centaurodendron palmiforme – Robinson Crusoe Island Centaurodendron schilleri – Alejandro Selkirk Island Erigeron fernandezianus Erigeron ingae Erigeron luteoviridis Erigeron rupicola Erigeron stuessyi – Alejandro Selkirk Island Robinsonia Robinsonia berteroi Robinsonia evenia Robinsonia gayana Robinsonia gracilis †Robinsonia macrocephala – Robinson Crusoe Island Robinsonia masafuerae Robinsonia saxatilis Robinsonia thurifera Sonchus berteroanus Sonchus brassicifolius Sonchus lobatiflorus Sonchus marginatus Sonchus micranthus Sonchus neriifolius Sonchus phoeniciformis Sonchus pruinatus Sonchus regius Sonchus sinuatus Sonchus splendens Yunquea Yunquea tenzii – Robinson Crusoe Island

Berberidaceae Berberis corymbosa Berberis masafuerana – Alejandro Selkirk Island

Boraginaceae Selkirkia berteroi – Robinson Crusoe Island

Brassicaceae Cardamine kruesselii

Bromeliaceae Greigia berteroi Ochagavia elegans

Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia berteroi Wahlenbergia fernandeziana Wahlenbergia grahamiae Wahlenbergia masafuerae Wahlenbergia tuberosa

Caryophyllaceae Spergularia masafuerana

Cyatheaceae Dicksonia berteroana – Robinson Crusoe Island Dicksonia externa – Alejandro Selkirk Island Thyrsopteris Thyrsopteris elegans

Cyperaceae Carex aspericaulis – Alejandro Selkirk Island Carex berteroniana Carex fernandesiana Carex fernandezensis – Robinson Crusoe Island Carex firmula subsp. firmula – Alejandro Selkirk Island Carex macloviformis – Alejandro Selkirk Island Carex plurinervata – Alejandro Selkirk Island Carex stuessyi – Alejandro Selkirk Island Machaerina scirpoidea – Robinson Crusoe Island

Ericaceae Gaultheria racemulosa

Escalloniaceae Escallonia callcottiae

Euphorbiaceae Dysopsis hirsuta

Fabaceae Sophora fernandeziana – Robinson Crusoe Island Sophora masafuerana Sophora reedeana – Robinson Crusoe Island

Gleicheniaceae Sticherus lepidotus

Gunneraceae Gunnera bracteata – Robinson Crusoe Island Gunnera masafuerae – Alejandro Selkirk Island Gunnera peltata – Robinson Crusoe Island

Haloragaceae Haloragis masafuerana Haloragis masafuerana var. asperrima Haloragis masafuerana var. masafuerana Haloragis masatierrana Haloragis masatierrana var. applanata – Robinson Crusoe Island Haloragis masatierrana var. masatierrana Haloragis masatierrana var. scabrida

Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum ferrugineum Hymenophyllum parvulum Hymenophyllum rugosum Trichomanes ingae – Robinson Crusoe Island Trichomanes philippianum

Juncaceae Luzula masafuerana

Lamiaceae Cuminia Cuminia eriantha Cuminia eriantha var. eriantha – Robinson Crusoe Island Cuminia eriantha var. fernandezia – Robinson Crusoe Island

Myrtaceae Myrceugenia schulzei – Alejandro Selkirk Island Nothomyrcia Nothomyrcia fernandeziana – Robinson Crusoe Island Ugni selkirkii – Robinson Crusoe Island

Ophioglossaceae Ophioglossum fernandezianum – Robinson Crusoe Island

Orchidaceae Gavilea insularis

Orobanchaceae Euphrasia formosissima Euphrasia formosissima subsp. cucharensis – Alejandro Selkirk Island Euphrasia formosissima subsp. formosissima – Alejandro Selkirk Island

Piperaceae Peperomia berteroana subsp. berteroana Peperomia fernandeziana Peperomia margaritifera Peperomia skottsbergii

Plantaginaceae Plantago fernandezia

Poaceae Agrostis masafuerana Festuca dolichathera – Alejandro Selkirk Island Festuca masafuerana – Alejandro Selkirk Island †Festuca masatierrae – Robinson Crusoe Island. Last recorded in 1854. Festuca robinsoniana Megalachne Megalachne berteroniana

Polypodiaceae Arthropteris altescandens Megalastrum glabrius Megalastrum inaequalifolium Megalastrum masafuerae Pleopeltis × cerro-altoensis (P. macrocarpa × P. masafuerae) Polystichum tetragonum Rumohra berteroana Synammia intermedia

Pteridaceae Hemionitis chilensis Hemionitis hookeri

Ranunculaceae Ranunculus caprarum

Rhamnaceae Colletia spartioides – Robinson Crusoe Island

Rosaceae Acaena masafuerana × Margyracaena (Acaena x Margyricarpus) × Margyracaena skottsbergii (Acaena argentea x Margyricarpus digynus) Margyricarpus digynus

Rubiaceae Coprosma oliveri – Robinson Crusoe Island Coprosma pyrifolia Galium masafueranum – Alejandro Selkirk Island

Rutaceae Fagara externa (unplaced) Zanthoxylum mayu – Robinson Crusoe Island

Salicaceae Azara serrata var. fernandeziana

Santalaceae †Santalum fernandezianum – last recorded in 1908

Solanaceae Nicotiana cordifolia Nicotiana cordifolia subsp. cordifolia Nicotiana cordifolia subsp. sanctaclarae Solanum fernandezianum

Urticaceae Boehmeria excelsa Urtica glomeruliflora Urtica masafuerae

Verbenaceae Rhaphithamnus venustus

Winteraceae Drimys confertifolia

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