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The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 21,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana , and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the ...
This is a list of Australian plants which have had a common name prefixed with the adjective "native".. Early European settlers in Australia were confronted with a large variety of unaccustomed animals and plants, and in many cases gave them familiar names qualified with the adjective "native", based on some fancied resemblance, so what is now a koala was called a "native bear" and the dingo a ...
The list of threatened plants of Australia Queensland includes all plant species listed as critically endangered or endangered in Australia under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
List of Adenanthos species; Flora of Ashmore and Cartier Islands; List of Australian Proteaceae; List of Australian plant species authored by George Don; List of Australian plant species authored by Joseph Maiden
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, also known as RFK, is an identification key giving details—including images, taxonomy, descriptions, range, habitat, and other information—of almost all species of flowering plants (i.e. trees, shrubs, vines, forbs, grasses and sedges, epiphytes, palms and pandans) found in tropical rainforests of Australia, with the exception of most orchids which ...
Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the flora of Australia defined politically, see Category:Flora of Australia by state or territory. In the WGSRPD, Australia is as politically defined except for the following exceptions: the Australian Antarctic Territory is not included in Australia; it is treated as part of the Antarctic continent;
The list of seaweeds and marine flowering plants of Australia (temperate waters) is a list of marine species that form a part of the flora of Australia.. The geographical range is from Perth, Western Australia to New South Wales, and those tropical species which are also found in this range may also be listed here..
Australian Plant Name Index. Australian Flora and Fauna, Number: 12−15. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. In 4 volumes: Australian plant name index: A−C. Australian Flora and Fauna Series. Vol. 1. 1991. ISBN 978-0-644-13367-8. Series number 12. Australian plant name index: D−J. Australian Flora and Fauna Series. Vol. 2 ...