2026/04/09 by Laura Jennings, Liam Trethowan, Deby Arifiani +11 · 2 voices
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Fern and Epiphyte Biology #Plant Diversity and Evolution
paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/phytokeys.273.184780
openalex created_date 2025/12/05 · openalex publication_date 2026/04/09 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/16
A checklist of the 319 endemic vascular plants of the Lesser Sunda Islands is presented, derived from specimen data and expert-verified georeferences. The majority of these endemic plant species are single-island endemics (251 species). Timor is the richest in endemic plant species, with 82 single-island endemics, despite Flores (46 endemics) and Sumbawa (38 endemics) being islands of similar size. Of the 121 species that have been Red Listed, 45 are Data Deficient and 56 are in threatened categories. The persistence of many of these species is uncertain, with 51 not collected since the 19 th century. We hope that this baseline data will spur targeted searches for these species, highlight taxonomic gaps, and aid conservation planning decisions.