Flora of Tuamotu

Sophora mangarevaensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to the island of Mangareva in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. It grows on cliffs and on rock outcrops. It is threatened by predation by goats, competition from invasive plants, and fires. There are estimated to be fewer than 250 individuals, and the IUCN Red List assesses the species as Critically Endangered.

Myrsine niauensis is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to the island of Niau in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia.

Pritchardia vuylstekeana is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, Arecaceae. It is a palm tree endemic to the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia.

Homalium mouo is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It is a tree endemic to the island of Makatea in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia.

Fitchia mangarevensis was a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It was found only on the island of Taravai in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia, and is now extinct.

Cyperus phleoides is a species of sedge that is native to the Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago. Two varieties are accepted. Cyperus phleoides var. hawaiiensis (H.Mann) Kük. (synonym Cyperus hawaiiensis H.Mann) – Hawaiian Islands Cyperus phleoides var. phleoides (synonym Cyperus phleoides var. kauaiensis Kük.) – Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotus

Pritchardia mitiaroana, the Mitiaro fan palm or Iniao is a species of palm tree that is native to the island of Mitiaro in the Cook Islands. It grows on karst limestone on the island's makatea (fossilised uplifted reef), and grows to a height of 10m. While previously believed to only be found on Mitiaro, in 2007 several clusters of fan palms on the islands of Niau and Makatea in the Tuamotus in French Polynesia were classified as belonging to the same species. Rarotongan oral histories record that there was once a strong sea route between Niau, the southern Cook Islands, and the Marquesas,

Phyllanthus societatis is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae, native to Nauru, the Cook Islands and the Tuamotus, in the Pacific Ocean. The species was first described in 1866 by Johannes Müller Argoviensis.

Fitchia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to certain islands in the Pacific. Species

The genus Pritchardia (family Arecaceae) consists of between 24 and 40 species of fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae) found on tropical Pacific Ocean islands in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuamotus, and most diversely in Hawaii. The generic name honors William Thomas Pritchard (1829–1907), a British consul at Fiji.

Metrosideros collina is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a tree or shrub native to French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, and the Pitcairn Islands.

Terminalia glabrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae. In the Cook Islands it is commonly known as eastern tropical-almond, kauariki, or ‘enua. It is a tree native to the Cook Islands, Marquesas Islands, Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, and Tubuai Islands in the South Pacific. Terminalia glabrata is a tall broad-topped tree which sheds its leaves during the winter. It has large leaves (< 25 centimetres [9.8 in]) which are wide-oval in shape and widest near the tip and grow in terminal clusters. Fruits grow up to 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) in length

Austrocallerya australis, commonly known as native wisteria, blunt wisteria or Samson's sinew in Australia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to north-eastern Australia, New Guinea and some Pacific Islands. It is a tall, woody climber with pinnate leaves, the leaflets oblong, elliptic or egg-shaped, and panicles of purple, pea-like flowers.

Kadua romanzoffiensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to parts of the southwestern Pacific (Niue, Samoa, Tokelau and Manihiki, Tuvalu) and much of the south-central Pacific (the Cook Islands, the Line Islands, the Pitcairn Islands, the Society Islands, the Tuamotus, and the Tubuai Islands).

Austrocallerya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the subfamily Faboideae in the family Fabaceae. They are robust, twining woody vines. Its native range is from New Guinea to eastern Australia and islands in the Southern Pacific.

Planchonella torricellensis is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Maluku, the Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Fiji, Niue, the Samoan Islands, Tonga, the Tuamotus, and Wallis and Futuna. It is a large tree, growing up to 40 meters tall. It is a canopy tree in lowland moist forest.

Digitaria stenotaphrodes is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native to Pacific islands (the Gilbert Islands, the Howland and Baker Islands, the Phoenix Islands, Tokelau and Manihiki, Tuvalu, the Line Islands, the Society Islands, the Tuamotus, and the Caroline Islands). The species was first described in 1853, as Panicum stenotaphrodes, by Christian Nees von Esenbeck. It was transferred to Digitaria in 1906 by Otto Stapf.

Nesogenes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. Its native range is Eastern Tropical Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Pacific. Species: Nesogenes africanus G.Taylor Nesogenes decumbens Balf.f. Nesogenes euphrasioides (Hook. & Arn.) A.DC. Nesogenes glandulosus (Scott Elliot) Mildbr. Nesogenes madagascariensis (Bonati) Marais Nesogenes orerensis (Cordem.) Marais Nesogenes prostrata (Benth.) Hemsl. Nesogenes rotensis Fosberg & D.R.Herbst Nesogenes tenuis (Benth. & Hook.f.) Marais

Planchonella tahitensis is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the islands of the south Pacific, including the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, the Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.

Premna tahitensis is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Bismarck Archipelago in Papuasia and some islands of the south Pacific: Fiji, the Marquesas Islands, Niue, the Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, the Society Islands, Tonga, the Tuamotu Islands, the Tubuai Islands, and Wallis and Futuna.

Solanum viride, the green nightshade, garland berry, cannibal's tomato, poroporo or boro dina, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to the Cook Islands, Fiji, Marquesas Islands, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Tokelau and Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotus, and Tubuai Islands in the South Pacific. It has been introduced to Hawaii. In Fiji at the time of contact, human meat was cooked wrapped in its leaves, and a condiment for the meal was made from the fruit.

Kadua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 29 species, all restricted to Polynesia. Twenty-two of these are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Some of the species are common at high elevation. Others are single-island endemics or very rare, and a few are probably extinct. Kadua affinis is widely distributed in Hawaii and is polymorphic. The type species for the genus is Kadua acuminata. Kadua was formerly included in a broadly defined and polyphyletic Hedyotis, which encompassed, in addition to Kadua, species now placed in Oldenlandia, Oldenlandiopsis, Houstonia,

Heliotropium anomalum is a species of flowering shrub in the family Heliotropiaceae. Its common names include Polynesian heliotrope, Pacific heliotrope, Scrub heliotrope and hinahina kū kahakai (Hawaiian). The species is native to the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Christmas Island, Saipan, Tinian, Wake Island and New Caledonia. H. a. var. argenteum is the official flower of the island Kahoʻolawe in Hawaii.

Cyclophyllum barbatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to the South Pacific, including the Caroline Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Marquesas Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuamotu Archipelago, Tubuai Islands, and Vanuatu. It has been introduced to Hawaii.

Asplenium decurrens, commonly known as shore spleenwort, is a small erect species of fern of the family Aspleniaceae. It is predominantly native to South Eastern Australia and New Zealand.

Sida fallax, known as yellow ilima, golden mallow, or ʻIlima is a species of herbaceous flowering plant in the Hibiscus family, Malvaceae, indigenous to the Hawaiian Archipelago and other Pacific Islands. Plants may be erect or prostrate and are found in drier areas in sandy soils, often near the ocean. ʻIlima is the symbol of Laloimehani and is the flower for the islands of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, and Abemama, Kiribati. It is known as ʻilima or ʻāpiki in Hawaiian and as kio in Marshallese, te kaura in Kiribati, idibin ekaura in Nauruan, and akatā in Tuvalu. In Hawaiian religion, the ʻilima flowers

Taeniophyllum fasciola is an epiphytic orchid, native to many Pacific islands. Like all species of Taeniophyllum it is effectively leafless with photosynthetic roots. It was first described in 1786 as Epidendrum fasciola by Georg Forster and was renamed and redescribed many times. In 1862 it received its current name when it was assigned to the genus Taeniophyllum by Berthold Carl Seemann.

Meryta is a genus in the flowering plant family Araliaceae. There are 28 described species in the genus and a number of undescribed species, all small, resinous trees of the subtropical and tropical Pacific Ocean, characterized by huge, simple leaves and a dioecious sexual system, a unique combination in Araliaceae. Meryta has its center of diversity in New Caledonia (11 endemic spp.). Phylogenetic analyses have placed Meryta as a monophyletic genus in one of the three major clades of the Araliaciae, the Polyscias-Pseudopanax group, and more specifically in the Pacific Schefflera subclade.

Psydrax odorata, known as alaheʻe in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It is native to the Pacific Islands, New Guinea and Australia. The first name, Psydrax, is the definition for a bleb, while odoratus defines as a nice aroma.

Cyclophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its natural range extends from New Guinea and northern Australia to many islands of the Pacific Ocean.