Fiji is an archipelago and island nation in the South Pacific. It consists of two large islands, Vanua Levu and Viti Levu, and many smaller islands. The Fijian islands are home to dozens of endemic species and subspecies of vascular plants, including the endemic genera Degeneria, Gillespiea, and Hedstromia.Endemic plants of Fiji, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family. Extinct and presumed extinct species are indicated with †.
Acanthaceae Graptophyllum repandum Graptophyllum sessilifolium – Vanua Levu Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum
Actinidiaceae Saurauia rubicunda
Anacardiaceae Pleiogynium hapalum
Annonaceae Drepananthus vitiensis † Goniothalamus angustifolius – southern Viti Levu: Mt. Korobaba. Last recorded in 1927. Goniothalamus monospermus Huberantha amoena – Vanua Levu Huberantha capillata – Viti Levu Huberantha loriformis Huberantha vitiensis Meiogyne amygdalina – Viti Levu, Ovalau Meiogyne habrotricha – Viti Levu Meiogyne insularis – Viti Levu Meiogyne laddiana – southeastern Fiji Xylopia degeneri – Viti Levu Xylopia pacifica Xylopia vitiensis
Apocynaceae Alyxia erythrosperma – Viti Levu Carruthersia scandens Hoya desvoeuxensis Hoya megalantha Hoya smithii Hoya vitiensis Hoya vitiensis subsp. parksii – Viti Levu Hoya vitiensis subsp. vitiensis – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Parsonsia smithii – Vanua Levu Sarcolobus stenophyllus – northern Vanua Levu and Yasawa Is. Sarcolobus venulosus – Viti Levu Tabernaemontana thurstonii
Araliaceae Meryta tenuifolia – Viti Levu Plerandra bakeriana – Viti Levu Plerandra costata Plerandra grandiflora – Vanua Levu Plerandra grayi – Viti Levu Plerandra insolita – Viti Levu Plerandra pickeringii Plerandra seemanniana – Viti Levu Plerandra victoriae – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Plerandra vitiensis Polyscias corticata Polyscias culminicola – Viti Levu Polyscias joskei Schefflera euthytricha Schefflera vitiensis
Arecaceae Balaka diffusa – Viti Levu Balaka longirostris – Viti Levu Balaka macrocarpa – southern Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Balaka microcarpa – southeastern Viti Levu Balaka pauciflora – Ovalau Balaka seemannii – Vanua Levu and Taveuni Balaka streptostachys – Vanua Levu: Mt. Sorolevu Clinostigma exorrhizum Cyphosperma naboutinense – Viti Levu Cyphosperma tanga – Viti Levu: Mt. Tomanivi Cyphosperma trichospadix – Vanua Levu and Taveuni Heterospathe longipes Heterospathe phillipsii – southern Viti Levu Hydriastele boumae – Taveuni Hydriastele vitiensis Neoveitchia storckii – southeastern Viti Levu Physokentia petiolata – Viti Levu and Gau Physokentia thurstonii – Vanua Levu and Taveuni Veitchia filifera – Vanua Levu and southern Taveuni Veitchia joannis Veitchia simulans – Taveuni Veitchia vitiensis
Aspleniaceae Asplenium stenolobum – Viti Levu Blechnum brackenridgei – Viti Levu and Ovalau Blechnum difforme – Viti Levu Coryphopteris vitiensis – Viti Levu Deparia gordonii – Viti Levu Diplazium gillespiei – Viti Levu Diplazium melanocaulon var. coriaceum Phegopteris fijiensis Thelypteris archboldiae – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu
Asteraceae Adenostemma vitiense Pytinicarpa pickeringii Strobocalyx insularum
Burseraceae Canarium harveyi var. scandens – southern Viti Levu
Calophyllaceae Calophyllum amblyphyllum – southern Viti Levu Calophyllum leptocladum Calophyllum leucocarpum – Vanua Levu
Cannabaceae Celtis vitiensis – northern and western Viti Levu
Cardiopteridaceae Citronella vitiensis
Casuarinaceae Gymnostoma vitiense
Celastraceae Celastrus richii Elaeodendron vitiense – Viti Levu and Ovalau Salacia vitiensis
Chrysobalanaceae Atuna elliptica – Viti Levu
Clusiaceae Garcinia adinantha
Combretaceae Terminalia capitanea – southeastern Viti Levu Terminalia crebrifolia – west-central Vanua Levu Terminalia luteola – Vanua Levu Terminalia psilantha – Vanua Levu Terminalia pterocarpa – southeastern Viti Levu Terminalia simulans – Vanua Levu Terminalia strigillosa – north-central Vanua Levu Terminalia vitiensis – south-central Viti Levu
Convolvulaceae Decalobanthus calyculatus
Cunoniaceae Geissois imthurnii – Viti Levu Geissois stipularis – Viti Levu Geissois superba – Viti Levu Geissois ternata Geissois ternata var. glabrior Geissois ternata var. minor Geissois ternata var. serrata – Waya Geissois ternata var. ternata Pterophylla exigua – Vanua Levu Pterophylla richii Pterophylla vitiensis Spiraeanthemum graeffei – Viti Levu Spiraeanthemum katakata Spiraeanthemum serratum – Viti Levu and Taveuni Spiraeanthemum vitiense
Cyatheaceae Sphaeropteris microlepidota – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu
Cyperaceae Carex albert-smithii Carex gibbsiae
Degeneriaceae Degeneria Degeneria roseiflora – Vanua Levu and Taveuni Degeneria vitiensis – Viti Levu
Dennstaedtiaceae Dennstaedtia inermis – Viti Levu Microlepia vitiensis – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu
Ebenaceae Diospyros gillespiei Diospyros gillespiei var. gillespiei Diospyros gillespiei var. nandarivatensis – northern Viti Levu Diospyros phlebodes Diospyros vitiensis Diospyros vitiensis var. longisepala Diospyros vitiensis var. vitiensis
Elaeocarpaceae Elaeocarpus ampliflorus – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus cassinoides Elaeocarpus chelonimorphus Elaeocarpus chionanthus – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus degenerianus – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus gillespieanus – Vanua Levu Elaeocarpus kambi – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus kasiensis – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus laurifolius – Vanua Levu Elaeocarpus lepidus Elaeocarpus melochioides – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus milnei – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus pittosporoides – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus praeclarus – Vanua Levu Elaeocarpus pyriformis Elaeocarpus roseiflorus – Vanua Levu Elaeocarpus storckii Elaeocarpus subcapitatus – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus vitiensis – Viti Levu Elaeocarpus xanthodactylus – Vanua Levu and Moala
Ericaceae Paphia vitiensis – Viti Levu
Euphorbiaceae Acalypha amplexicaulis – northern and western Viti Levu Acalypha insulana var. anisodonta Acalypha insulana var. flavicans Acalypha repanda var. denudata Acalypha rivularis Claoxylon echinospermum Claoxylon vitiense Cleidion leptostachyum Croton heterotrichus – Viti Levu Croton leptopus Croton metallicus Endospermum macrophyllum Endospermum robbieanum – central and southern Vanua Levu Excoecaria acuminata Excoecaria confertiflora – southern Viti Levu Macaranga caesariata – Viti Levu Macaranga graeffeana Macaranga graeffeana var. crenata Macaranga graeffeana var. graeffeana Macaranga graeffeana var. major Macaranga magna – Viti Levu Macaranga marikoensis Macaranga membranacea – northern and western Vanua Levu Macaranga secunda Macaranga seemannii var. deltoides – western Viti Levu Macaranga vitiensis
Fabaceae Acacia mathuataensis – Viti Levu Acacia richii Canavalia vitiensis Cynometra falcata – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Cynometra insularis Cynometra minor Cynometra vestita – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Cynometra vitiensis Parkia parrii – Vanua Levu Prioria platycarpa Serianthes melanesica var. meeboldii Serianthes vitiensis – Vanua Levu Storckiella vitiensis
Flagellariaceae Flagellaria collaris
Gentianaceae Fagraea gracilipes
Gesneriaceae Cyrtandra acutangula – south-central Viti Levu Cyrtandra aloisiana – southern Viti Levu Cyrtandra amicta – Viti Levu Cyrtandra anthropophagorum Cyrtandra cephalophora Cyrtandra chippendalei Cyrtandra chlorantha – Viti Levu Cyrtandra ciliata Cyrtandra coleoides Cyrtandra cyathibracteata – Viti Levu Cyrtandra denhamii – Ngau Cyrtandra dolichocarpa Cyrtandra esothrix – Viti Levu Cyrtandra gregoryi – Taveuni Cyrtandra harveyi – Vanua Levu Cyrtandra hispida – Taveuni Cyrtandra hornei – Viti Levu Cyrtandra involucrata Cyrtandra jugalis – Viti Levu Cyrtandra kandavuensis – Kandavu Cyrtandra leucantha Cyrtandra longifruticosa – Vanua Levu Cyrtandra milnei Cyrtandra montana – Viti Levu Cyrtandra multiseptata – Viti Levu Cyrtandra muskarimba Cyrtandra natewaensis Cyrtandra occulta – north-central Viti Levu Cyrtandra prattii – Viti Levu Cyrtandra pritchardii Cyrtandra reticulata – Vanua Levu Cyrtandra rotumaensis – Rotuma Cyrtandra spathacea – Viti Levu Cyrtandra taviunensis – Taveuni Cyrtandra tempestii – southeastern Taveuni Cyrtandra tomentosa – Viti Levu Cyrtandra trichophylla – Viti Levu Cyrtandra tuiwawae – Taveuni Cyrtandra ventricosa Cyrtandra victoriae – Viti Levu Cyrtandra vitiensis – Viti Levu Cyrtandra waisaliensis – Vanua Levu Cyrtandra xanthantha – Viti Levu
Heliconiaceae Heliconia paka
Hernandiaceae Hernandia olivacea
Hymenophyllaceae Trichomanes caespifrons
Lamiaceae Gmelina vitiensis Oxera lehuntei – Viti Levu Premna protrusa Vitex vitilevuensis – Viti Levu
Lauraceae Cinnamomum degeneri – Viti Levu and Ovalau Cinnamomum fitianum Cinnamomum lanuginosum Cinnamomum ovalauense Cinnamomum pallidum Cinnamomum rigidum – Viti Levu Cinnamomum vitiense – Viti Levu Cryptocarya barbellata – Viti Levu Cryptocarya constricta Cryptocarya fusca Cryptocarya lancifolia Cryptocarya parinarioides – northern and western Viti Levu Cryptocarya turrilliana Endiandra gillespiei Endiandra luteola Endiandra monticola Endiandra reticulata – Viti Levu Endiandra trichotosa Endiandra tryphera Litsea alleniana – Viti Levu Litsea burckelloides – Viti Levu Litsea grayana Litsea hornei – Viti Levu Litsea imthurnii – Viti Levu Litsea mathuataensis – Vanua Levu Litsea palmatinervia – south-central Viti Levu Litsea pickeringii Litsea richii Litsea seemannii – Viti Levu and Ovalau Litsea vitiana
Lecythidaceae Barringtonia seaturae – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu
Linaceae Hugonia vitiensis – southern and southeastern Viti Levu
Lindsaeaceae Lindsaea lapeyrousei subsp. fijiensis – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Lindsaea vitiensis
Loganiaceae Geniostoma calcicola – Fulanga Geniostoma macrophyllum Geniostoma stipulare Neuburgia alata – southeasdtern Viti Levu Neuburgia collina – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Neuburgia macrocarpa – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Neuburgia macroloba – Taveuni
Lycopodiaceae Huperzia foliosa Huperzia trifoliata
Malpighiaceae Hiptage myrtifolia
Malvaceae Firmiana diversifolia Grewia vitiensis – western Viti Levu Hibiscus bennettii – Vanua Levu Hibiscus bragliae – Ovalau Hibiscus fijiensis – Vanua Levu Hibiscus macverryi – Taveuni Hibiscus storckii – Taveuni Melochia degeneriana Melochia grayana – Vanua Levu Melochia longepetiolata – Kandavu Melochia mollipila – northwestern Viti Levu Melochia parhamii – Vanua Levu Melochia roseiflora – northwestern Viti Levu Microcos vitiensis – Viti Levu and Taveuni Pterocymbium oceanicum – northwestern Viti Levu and east-central Vanua Levu Sterculia dasyphylla – Vanua Levu Sterculia vitiensis – Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Trichospermum fosbergii – Vanua Levu Trichospermum smithii – Vanua Levu
Melastomataceae Astronidium angulosum Astronidium confertiflorum Astronidium degeneri † Astronidium floribundum – Viti Levu: southeastern Mt. Korombamba. Last recorded in 1927. Astronidium inflatum † Astronidium kasiense – Vanua Levu: Mt. Kasi. Last recorded in 1934. Astronidium lepidotum Astronidium macranthum Astronidium pallidiflorum Astronidium parviflorum Astronidium pseudoparviflorum Astronidium robustum Astronidium saulae Astronidium sessile Astronidium storckii Astronidium tomentosum Astronidium victoriae Medinilla archboldiana Medinilla decora Medinilla heterophylla Medinilla kambikambi † Medinilla kandavuensis – Kadavu: Hills above Namalata and Ngaloa Bays. Last recorded in 1933. Medinilla longicymosa Medinilla ovalifolia Medinilla rhodochlaena Medinilla spectabilis Medinilla subviridis Medinilla waterhousei – Taveuni and Vanua Levu Memecylon insperatum
Meliaceae Aglaia amplexicaulis – western Viti Levu Aglaia archboldiana – Viti Levu and Ovalau Aglaia basiphylla Aglaia evansensis – northwestern Viti Levu Aglaia fragilis – northern and west-central Viti Levu Aglaia gracilis – Viti Levu Aglaia unifolia – Viti Levu