List of flora of Greenland

The flora of Greenland consists of a total of 575 species or 606 taxa (species and subspecies) of vascular plants, of which 13 are endemic, and 87 taxa introduced by humans, most of which are naturalized.[1][2]

Apiaceae

Aspleniaceae

Asteraceae

  • Achillea millefolium ssp. millefolium – introduced
  • Antennaria affinis – native, endemic (microspecies)
  • Antennaria alpina
  • Antennaria angustata – native
  • Antennaria boecherana – native, endemic (microspecies)
  • Antennaria canescens – native
  • Antennaria compacta – native
  • Antennaria friesiana – native
  • Antennaria glabrata – native
  • Antennaria hansii – native, endemic (microspecies)
  • Antennaria intermedia – native, endemic (microspecies)
  • Antennaria porsildii – native
  • Antennaria sornborgeri – native
  • Antennaria subcanescens – native
  • Arnica angustifolia ssp. angustifolia – native
  • Artemisia borealis ssp. borealis – native
  • Artemisia vulgaris – introduced
  • Chamomilla recutita – introduced
  • Chamomilla suaveolens – introduced
  • Cirsium arvense – introduced
  • Cirsium helenioides – native, locally extinct
  • Crepis tectorum ssp. tectorum – introduced
  • Erigeron borealis – native
  • Erigeron compositus – native
  • Erigeron humilis – native
  • Erigeron uniflorus ssp. eriocephalus – native
  • Erigeron uniflorus ssp. uniflorus – native
  • Filaginella uliginosa – introduced
  • Hieracium sect. Alpina – native
  • Hieracium sect. Prenanthoidea – native
  • Hieracium sect. Subalpina – native
  • Hieracium sect. Tridentata – native
  • Leontodon autumnalis ssp. autumnalis – introduced (Norsemen)
  • Leucanthemum vulgare – introduced
  • Matricaria maritima ssp. phaeocephala – native
  • Matricaria perforata – introduced
  • Omalotheca norvegica – native
  • Omalotheca supina – native
  • Senecio vulgaris – introduced
  • Taraxacum sect. Arctica – native
  • Taraxacum sect. Borealia – native
  • Taraxacum sect. Spectabilia – native

Betulaceae

Boraginaceae

Brassicaceae

Callitrichaceae

  • Callitriche anceps – native
  • Callitriche hamulata – native
  • Callitriche hermaphroditica – native
  • Callitriche palustris – native

Calochortaceae

Campanulaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Chenopodiaceae

Cornaceae

Crassulaceae

Cupressaceae

Cyperaceae

Diapensiaceae

Droseraceae

Dryopteridaceae

Empetraceae

Equisetaceae

Ericaceae

Fabaceae

Gentianaceae

Geraniaceae

Haloragaceae

Hippuridaceae

Iridaceae

Isoetaceae

Juncaceae

Juncaginaceae

Lamiaceae

Lentibulariaceae

Linnaeaceae

Lycopodiaceae

Malaceae

Melanthiaceae

Menyanthaceae

  • Menyanthes trifoliata – native

Myrsinaceae

Onagraceae

Ophioglossaceae

Orchidaceae

Orobanchaceae

Papaveraceae

Parnassiaceae

  • Parnassia kotzebuei – native

Plantaginaceae

Plumbaginaceae

Poaceae

Polemoniaceae

Polygalaceae

Polygonaceae

Polypodiaceae

  • Polypodium sibiricum – native

Portulacaceae

Potamogetonaceae

Primulaceae

Ranunculaceae

Rosaceae

Rubiaceae

Salicaceae

Saxifragaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Selaginellaceae

Sparganiaceae

Thelypteridaceae

Urticaceae

Violaceae

Woodsiaceae

Zosteraceae

References

  1. Tyge W. Böcher, B. Fredskild, K. Holmen & K. Jakobsen (1978). Grønlands Flora (in Danish) (3rd ed.). Copenhagen: P. Haase & Søns Forlag.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Reidar Elven, Inger Nordal & Vladimir Y. Razzhivin (May 30, 2000). "PanArctic Flora Checklist". Archived from the original on September 15, 2008.
  3. Felix Gartmann (1990). "Three species of flowering plants new for Greenland". Acta Botanica Islandica. 10: 23–25.
  4. F. J. A. Daniels & C. M. van Herk (1984). "Equisetum hiemale L. found in Greenland". Acta Botanica Islandica. 7: 31–36.
  5. Vilhelm Dalgaard & Bent Fredskild (1993). "× Ledodendron vanhoeffeni (syn.: Rhododendron vanhoeffeni) refound in Greenland". Nordic Journal of Botany. 13 (3): 253–255. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00045.x.
  6. Flora of North America
  7. Christian Bay (1993). "Taxa of vascular plants new to the flora of Greenland". Nordic Journal of Botany. 13 (3): 247–252. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00044.x.
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