Antarctic flora

The Antarctic floral kingdom, including Antarctica is one of the six floral kingdoms of plant geography. Adjacent to the Antarctic continent, it also includes the offshore island groups such as the Kerguelen and Falkland Islands and the southern tip of South America. Most of the authors also New Zealand or at least the South Island is to put. The Antarctic floral kingdom corresponds in animal geography the Archinotis.

In contrast to the other Flore realms of Antarctica are missing endemic plant families. Specific elements of the empire are Flore (Araucariaceae ), Stachelnüsschen ( Acaena ), Azorella, Gunnera and note book ( Nothofagus ). An endemic species of Kerguelen is the Kerguelenkohl ( Pringlea antiscorbutica ).

In Antarctica itself come next algae, lichens and mosses before only two native flowering plant species, the Antarctic Perlwurz ( Colobanthus crassifolius ) from the carnation family and the Antarctic hairgrass ( Deschampsia antarctica), a sweet grass. Introduced are now also the Annual bluegrass ( Poa annua) and Kentucky bluegrass ( Poa pratensis) ago.