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Flora of the South Sandwich Islands

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This is a list of the flora of the South Sandwich Islands, a group of islands in the subantarctic Atlantic Ocean, part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The list contains flora in the strict sense; that is, plants only. It comprises a single species of vascular plant, 38 mosses, and 11 liverworts. Unusually, not a single species is known to have naturalised on the islands; all are presumed native.

The islands also contain 5 species of fungus, 41 lichens and 16 diatoms.

Vascular plants

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Mosses

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Liverworts

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References

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  • Convey, P.; et al. (2000). "The flora of the South Sandwich Islands, with particular reference to the influence of geothermal heating". Journal of Biogeography. 27 (6): 1279–1295. Bibcode:2000JBiog..27.1279C. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00512.x.