Checklist of the
Vascular Plants of the
Northern Territory
May 2011
Short, P.S., Albrecht, D.E., Cowie, I.D., Lewis, D.L.
& Stuckey, B.M. (eds)
Northern
Territory Herbarium
Department
of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport
Northern Territory Herbarium
Department of Natural Resources,
Environment, The Arts and Sport
© Northern Territory of Australia, 2011
ISBN 978-1-921937-03-3
Cover
Gossypium sturtianum (Photo: D.E. Albrecht)
Sturt’s Desert Rose
Floral emblem of the Northern Territory
Suggested citation
Short, P.S., Albrecht, D.E., Cowie, I.D.,
Lewis, D.L. & Stuckey, B. (eds) (2011). Checklist of the
Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Herbarium, Department
of Natural
Resources, Environment, The Arts and
Sport.
This checklist is available at:
http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/plants_herbarium/resources.html
Contact the Northern Territory Herbarium
Darwin (DNA)
Ground Floor, Herbarium
Building
The Boulevard
PALMERSTON NT 0830
AUSTRALIA
PO Box 496
PALMERSTON NT 0831
AUSTRALIA
Telephone: +61 (0)8 89994516
Facsimile: +61 (0)8 89994527
Email: herbarium@nt.gov.au
Alice Springs (NT)
Alice Springs Desert Park
ALICE SPRINGS
AUSTRALIA
PO Box 1120
ALICE SPRINGS NT 0871
AUSTRALIA
Telephone: +61 (0)8 89518791
Facsimile: +61 (0)8 89518790
Email: herbarium@nt.gov.au
Web: http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/plants_herbarium/index.html
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................1
FAMILY CONCEPTS AND ARRANGEMENT OF
TAXA........................................................2
NATIVE, NATURALISED AND ENDEMIC
TAXA....................................................................3
Naturalised (*) and possibly naturalised (?*) taxa
.............................................................................................3
Endemic taxa (E)....................................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES
........................................................................................................................................4
“FERNS AND FERN ALLIES”
......................................................... 5
LYCOPHYTES........................................................................................................................................5
Class LYCOPODIOPSIDA
...............................................................................................................................5
EUPHYLLOPYTES................................................................................................................................5
Class PSILOTOPSIDA
.......................................................................................................................................5
Class MARATTIOPSIDA...................................................................................................................................5
Class
POLYPODIOPSIDA................................................................................................................................5
“GYMNOSPERMS”
............................................................................ 7
Class
CYCADOPSIDA
.......................................................................................................................................7
Class
PINOPSIDA...............................................................................................................................................7
“ANGIOSPERMS”
..............................................................................
8
