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Ferns and fern allies of Macquarie Island

and other subantarctic islands

Macquarie Island is a treeless windswept island at approximately 55° south latitude, midway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Its pteridophyte flora is very depauperate and numbers only 5, sharing its species with Tasmania and southern Australia, New Zealand, southern South America and the other subantarctic islands that lie above 50° parallel.

These islands represent some of the harshest and most extreme cold environments in which ferns and their allies can be found.

Pteridophytes of Macquarie Island

Aus = Mainland Australia; MI = Macquarie Island; Tas = Tasmania; NZ = New Zealand; AI = Auckland Island; Cam = Campbell Is; SAm = Southern South America; FI = Falkland Islands; SG = South Georgia; Afr = Southern Africa; PE = Prince Edward Island; Cro = Crozet Island; KI = Kerguelen Island

Family	Species		Aus	MI	Tas	NZ	AI	Cam	SAm	FI	SG	Afr	PE	Cro	KI
Blechnaceae	Blechnum penna-marina		Aus	MI	Tas	NZ	AI	Cam	SAm	FI	SG		PE	Cro	KI
Dryopteridaceae	Polystichum vestitum			MI	Tas	NZ	AI	Cam
Grammitidaceae	Grammitis poeppigiana		Aus	MI	Tas	NZ	AI	Cam	SAm	FI	SG	Afr		Cro	KI
Hymenophyllaceae	Hymenophyllum falklandianum			MI					SAm	FI	SG
Lycopodiaceae	Huperzia australiana		Aus	MI	Tas	NZ		Cam

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Updated December 1999 by Jim Croft ( jrc@anbg.gov.au )

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