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Rare or threatened plants of Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area

Total number of species: 297

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Class Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
land plants Acanthaceae Graptophyllum excelsum NT NTQ
land plants Acanthaceae Graptophyllum ilicifolium holly-leaved graptophyllum V V NTQ
land plants Acanthaceae Rhaphidospora cavernarum V NTQ
land plants Achariaceae Ryparosa kurrangii NT NTQ
land plants Alismataceae Astonia australiensis E NTQ I
land plants Anacardiaceae Buchanania mangoides V NTQ
land plants Annonaceae Meiogyne hirsuta NT NTQ
land plants Annonaceae Polyalthia submontana subsp. submontana NT NTQ
land plants Annonaceae Xylopia monosperma C E NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Cerbera dumicola NT NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Hoya anulata NT NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Hoya macgillivrayi red hoya NT NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Leichhardtia brevifolia V V NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Leichhardtia rara V NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Neisosperma kilneri V V NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Parsonsia bartlensis V NTQ
land plants Apocynaceae Vincetoxicum rupicola E E NTQ
land plants Aponogetonaceae Aponogeton prolifer E E NTQ I
land plants Araceae Remusatia vivipara NT NTQ
land plants Araliaceae Heptapleurum bractescens NT NTQ
land plants Araliaceae Polyscias bellendenkerensis V V NTQ
land plants Araliaceae Trachymene geraniifolia NT NTQ
land plants Arecaceae Archontophoenix myolensis E E NTQ
land plants Arecaceae Arenga australasica V NTQ
land plants Arecaceae Calamus aruensis V NTQ
land plants Arecaceae Hydriastele costata V V NTQ
land plants Arecaceae Linospadix palmerianus NT NTQ
land plants Arecaceae Livistona concinna NT NTQ
land plants Arecaceae Livistona drudei Halifax fan palm E NTQ
land plants Arecaceae Wodyetia bifurcata foxtail palm NT NTQ
land plants Argophyllaceae Argophyllum cryptophlebum NT NTQ
land plants Argophyllaceae Argophyllum curtum NT NTQ
land plants Argophyllaceae Argophyllum iridescens V NTQ
land plants Argophyllaceae Argophyllum verae V NTQ
land plants Aspleniaceae Hymenasplenium wildii V V NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Glossocardia orthochaeta E NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Ozothamnus eriocephalus V V NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Sphaeromorphaea major NT NTQ
land plants Asteraceae Tetramolopium ornans V NTQ
land plants Athyriaceae Diplazium pallidum E E NTQ
land plants Bignoniaceae Dolichandrone spathacea NT NTQ I
land plants Boraginaceae Ehretia microphylla NT NTQ
land plants Brownlowiaceae Berrya rotundifolia E NTQ
land plants Brownlowiaceae Brownlowia argentata NT NTQ
land plants Burseraceae Canarium acutifolium var. acutifolium V V NTQ
land plants Byttneriaceae Commersonia perkinsiana headland commersonia CR CE NTQ
land plants Calophyllaceae Calophyllum bicolor V V NTQ
land plants Calophyllaceae Kayea larnachiana E NTQ
land plants Calophyllaceae Mammea touriga brown touriga NT NTQ
land plants Campanulaceae Lobelia membranacea NT NTQ
land plants Capparaceae Capparis batianoffii V NTQ
land plants Casuarinaceae Allocasuarina filidens Mt. Beerwah she-oak E NTQ
land plants Casuarinaceae Gymnostoma australianum V NTQ
land plants Combretaceae Dansiea elliptica NT NTQ
land plants Combretaceae Dansiea grandiflora V NTQ
land plants Combretaceae Macropteranthes leiocaulis NT NTQ
land plants Convolvulaceae Ipomoea imperati V NTQ
land plants Costaceae Cheilocostus potierae E NTQ
land plants Cucurbitaceae Cucumis costatus NT NTQ
land plants Cunoniaceae Ceratopetalum corymbosum CR NTQ
land plants Cunoniaceae Ceratopetalum macrophyllum NT NTQ
land plants Cyatheaceae Sphaeropteris felina E NTQ
land plants Cycadaceae Cycas megacarpa E E NTQ
land plants Cycadaceae Cycas ophiolitica Marlborough blue E E NTQ
land plants Cycadaceae Cycas silvestris V V NTQ
land plants Cyperaceae Cyperus cephalotes E E NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Eleocharis retroflexa V V NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Fimbristylis vagans E NTQ I
land plants Cyperaceae Paramapania parvibractea V NTQ
land plants Droseraceae Drosera adelae NT NTQ I
land plants Droseraceae Drosera prolifera trailing sundew V V NTQ I
land plants Droseraceae Drosera schizandra notched sundew V V NTQ I
land plants Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris hasseltii NT NTQ
land plants Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris sparsa V NTQ
land plants Dryopteridaceae Elaphoglossum callifolium NT NTQ
land plants Ebenaceae Diospyros areolifolia CR NTQ
land plants Ebenaceae Diospyros granitica NT NTQ
land plants Elaeocarpaceae Elaeocarpus thelmae E NTQ
land plants Ericaceae Dracophyllum sayeri E NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Bertya pedicellata NT NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton caudatus E NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton densivestitus NT NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton magneticus E NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton simulans V NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Croton stockeri V NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia obliqua C V NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Mallotus megadontus E NTQ
land plants Euphorbiaceae Omphalea celata V V NTQ
land plants Haloragaceae Myriophyllum coronatum V V NTQ
land plants Hamamelidaceae Neostrearia fleckeri NT NTQ
land plants Hamamelidaceae Noahdendron nicholasii E NTQ
land plants Hemerocallidaceae Dianella incollata NT NTQ
land plants Hernandiaceae Hernandia bivalvis cudgerie NT NTQ
land plants Hymenophyllaceae Crepidomanes aphlebioides CR NTQ
land plants Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum gracilescens V NTQ
land plants Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum kerianum V NTQ
land plants Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum pallidum NT NTQ
land plants Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum whitei CR EX NTQ
land plants Lamiaceae Callicarpa thozetii E NTQ
land plants Lamiaceae Coleus gratus V V NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Beilschmiedia castrisinensis NT NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Cinnamomum propinquum pepperwood CR NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Endiandra anthropophagorum V NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Endiandra bellendenkerana NT NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Endiandra cooperana E E NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Endiandra globosa ball-fruited walnut NT NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Endiandra grayi V NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Endiandra microneura NT NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Endiandra phaeocarpa V NTQ
land plants Lauraceae Litsea macrophylla NT NTQ
land plants Laxmanniaceae Romnalda ophiopogonoides E NTQ
land plants Laxmanniaceae Sowerbaea subtilis V NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Acacia guymeri NT NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Acacia homaloclada V NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Acacia hylonoma V NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Acacia solenota E NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Archidendron kanisii V NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Austrocallerya pilipes NT NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Cynometra roseiflora CR NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Dioclea hexandra E NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Heliodendron xanthoxylon yellow siris NT NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Senegalia albizioides NT NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Senegalia kerrii V NTQ
land plants Leguminosae Strongylodon lucidus NT NTQ
land plants Linderniaceae Torenia polygonoides V NTQ
land plants Lindsaeaceae Lindsaea terrae-reginae E NTQ
land plants Loranthaceae Dactyliophora novae-guineae NT NTQ
land plants Lycopodiaceae Phlegmariurus delbrueckii V NTQ
land plants Lycopodiaceae Phlegmariurus ledermannii V NTQ
land plants Lycopodiaceae Phlegmariurus lockyeri V V NTQ
land plants Lycopodiaceae Phlegmariurus phlegmarioides V NTQ
land plants Lycopodiaceae Phlegmariurus squarrosus water tassel-fern CR CE NTQ
land plants Lycopodiaceae Phlegmariurus tetrastichoides V V NTQ
land plants Lycopodiaceae Pseudolycopodiella limosa NT NTQ
land plants Malpighiaceae Tristellateia australasiae NT NTQ
land plants Meliaceae Aglaia argentea silver boodyarra V NTQ
land plants Menispermaceae Carronia pedicellata E E NTQ
land plants Monimiaceae Hemmantia webbii V NTQ
land plants Monimiaceae Steganthera australiana NT NTQ
land plants Monimiaceae Wilkiea sp. (McDowall Range J.G.Tracey 14552) NT NTQ
land plants Moraceae Ficus melinocarpa var. hololampra NT NTQ
land plants Musaceae Musa jackeyi CR NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Acmenosperma pringlei V NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Backhousia hughesii CR NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Backhousia oligantha CR NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Corymbia xanthope Glen Geddes bloodwood V V NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Eucalyptus raveretiana black ironbox C V NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Lenwebbia lasioclada CR NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Mitrantia bilocularis CR CE NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia angustifolia narrow-leaved malletwood CR CE NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia arenaria E NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia glabrescens CR NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia pauciovulata CR NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia rubescens scrub turpentine CR CE NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia sessiliflora E NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodamnia spongiosa CR NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodomyrtus canescens E NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodomyrtus effusa E NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Rhodomyrtus pervagata E NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Ristantia pachysperma yellow penda CR NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Ristantia waterhousei CR NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Sannantha papillosa V NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Sphaerantia discolor Tully penda V NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium buettnerianum New Guinea satinash NT NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium glenum E NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium macilwraithianum V NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Syzygium velarum V V NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Waterhousea mulgraveana V NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Xanthostemon arenarius NT NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Xanthostemon formosus E E NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Xanthostemon graniticus V NTQ
land plants Myrtaceae Xanthostemon verticillatus V NTQ
land plants Nepenthaceae Nepenthes mirabilis (Bramston Beach) E NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Acriopsis emarginata pale chandelier orchid V V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Anoectochilus yatesiae jewel orchid NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Aphyllorchis anomala NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Aphyllorchis queenslandica NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Bogoria matutina V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Bulbophyllum grandimesense V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Bulbophyllum maxillare NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Calochilus psednus E E NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Corunastylis tecta Cardwell midge orchid E E NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Corybas cerasinus NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Demorchis queenslandica NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium bigibbum Cooktown orchid V V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium carronii V V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium fellowsii V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium johannis brown antelope orchid V V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium mirbelianum mangrove orchid E E NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium nindii blue orchid E E NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Dendrobium x superbiens V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Didymoplexis pallens crystal bells NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Diuris curta E NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Dockrillia wassellii NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Eulophia bicallosa NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Eulophia pelorica V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Eulophia zollingeri V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Pecteilis rumphii NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Pecteilis xanthantha NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Peristylus banfieldii E NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Rhomboda polygonoides V V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Spathoglottis paulinae NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Spathoglottis plicata New Guinea ground orchid V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Taeniophyllum confertum NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Taeniophyllum lobatum NT NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Vanda hindsii Cape York vanda V V NTQ
land plants Orchidaceae Vrydagzynea grayi E E NTQ
land plants Pandanaceae Freycinetia marginata E NTQ
land plants Pandanaceae Freycinetia percostata V NTQ
land plants Pandanaceae Pandanus zea NT NTQ
land plants Phyllanthaceae Actephila bella E NTQ
land plants Phyllanthaceae Actephila foetida V V NTQ
land plants Phyllanthaceae Glochidion pruinosum E NTQ
land plants Phyllanthaceae Margaritaria indica NT NTQ
land plants Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthus brassii V NTQ
land plants Picrodendraceae Dissiliaria tuckeri E NTQ
land plants Picrodendraceae Sankowskya stipularis E E NTQ
land plants Picrodendraceae Whyanbeelia terrae-reginae NT NTQ
land plants Piperaceae Piper mestonii long pepper NT NTQ
land plants Poaceae Aristida granitica E E NTQ
land plants Poaceae Germainia capitata V V NTQ I
land plants Poaceae Isachne sharpii E NTQ I
land plants Poaceae Lepturus geminatus NT NTQ
land plants Poaceae Paspalidium udum V NTQ
land plants Poaceae Paspalum batianoffii PE EX NTQ
land plants Polygalaceae Comesperma oblongatum V V NTQ
land plants Polygalaceae Comesperma praecelsum V NTQ
land plants Polygalaceae Xanthophyllum fragrans NT NTQ
land plants Polypodiaceae Microsorum membranifolium pimple fern NT NTQ
land plants Polypodiaceae Oreogrammitis albosetosa V NTQ
land plants Polypodiaceae Oreogrammitis reinwardtii V V NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Austromuellera trinervia NT NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Banksia plagiocarpa V NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Buckinghamia ferruginiflora V NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Eidothea zoexylocarya NT NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Grevillea venusta grevillea V NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Helicia grayi E NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Helicia lewisensis E NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Hollandaea riparia V NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Megahertzia amplexicaulis NT NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Stenocarpus cryptocarpus giant-leaved stenocarpus NT NTQ
land plants Proteaceae Stenocarpus davallioides fern-leaved stenocarpus V NTQ
land plants Rhizophoraceae Bruguiera x hainesii Haines's orange mangrove CR CE NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Cyclophyllum costatum V V NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Gardenia actinocarpa E E NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Hedyotis novoguineensis E NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Myrmecodia beccarii V V NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Randia audasii NT NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Uncaria cordata var. cordata E NTQ
land plants Rubiaceae Wendlandia connata NT NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Acronychia acuminata NT NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Citrus inodora E NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Dinosperma longifolium E NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Euodia hylandii V NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Euodia pubifolia E NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Flindersia oppositifolia mountain silkwood CR NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Medicosma glandulosa NT NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Medicosma obovata V V NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Zieria madida Thornton Peak stink bush CR NTQ
land plants Rutaceae Zieria wilhelminae Mt Jukes stink bush CR NTQ
land plants Salicaceae Xylosma ovata NT NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Arytera dictyoneura NT NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Cossinia australiana E E NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Cupaniopsis shirleyana wedge-leaf tuckeroo V V NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Diploglottis harpullioides NT NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Diploglottis pedleyi NT NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Lepiderema hirsuta NT NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Lepisanthes senegalensis E NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Mischocarpus albescens NT NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Sarcopteryx montana NT NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Toechima pterocarpum orange tamarind E E NTQ
land plants Sapindaceae Tristiropsis acutangula V NTQ
land plants Sapotaceae Donella lanceolata NT NTQ
land plants Sapotaceae Planchonella xylocarpa NT NTQ
land plants Simaroubaceae Samadera baileyana NT NTQ
land plants Simaroubaceae Samadera bidwillii V V NTQ
land plants Solanaceae Solanum graniticum granite nightshade E E NTQ
land plants Solanaceae Solanum sporadotrichum NT NTQ
land plants Sparrmanniaceae Corchorus hygrophilus V NTQ
land plants Stackhousiaceae Stackhousia sp. (McIvor River J.R.Clarkson 5201) E NTQ
land plants Stackhousiaceae Stackhousia tryonii NT NTQ
land plants Sterculiaceae Brachychiton compactus NT NTQ
land plants Sterculiaceae Sterculia shillinglawii subsp. shillinglawii NT NTQ
land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium elachophyllum E NTQ I
land plants Stylidiaceae Stylidium longissimum V NTQ
land plants Symplocaceae Symplocos ampulliformis NT NTQ
land plants Symplocaceae Symplocos crassiramifera E NTQ
land plants Symplocaceae Symplocos oresbia NT NTQ
land plants Symplocaceae Symplocos wooroonooran NT NTQ
land plants Thelypteridaceae Amblovenatum immersum CR NTQ
land plants Thelypteridaceae Chingia australis E E NTQ
land plants Thymelaeaceae Phaleria biflora V V NTQ
land plants Thymelaeaceae Pimelea approximans E NTQ
land plants Winteraceae Bubbia queenslandiana subsp. queenslandiana E NTQ
land plants Winteraceae Bubbia whiteana CR NTQ
land plants Zamiaceae Macrozamia serpentina E NTQ
land plants Zingiberaceae Amomum queenslandicum E NTQ

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

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Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Rare or threatened plants of Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area, WetlandInfo website, accessed 24 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=world-heritage-area-great-barrier-reef&Kingdom=plants&SpeciesFilter=RareOrThreatened

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