page_title: List of vascular plants of Norfolk Island
section_title: Monocotyledons
hierarchical_section_title: List of vascular plants of Norfolk Island / List of flora of Norfolk Island / Monocotyledons
context_page_description: This is a list of vascular plants that are indigenous to, or naturalised on, Norfolk Island. The list is based on the most recent authoritative treatment of Norfolk Island, the 1994 Flora of Australia 49. That source is dated in places; for example its classification of the flowering plants uses the Cronquist system, aspects of which are no longer accepted. This list therefore differs from the Flora of Australia treatment in several areas; these are footnoted.
context_section_description: The Monocotyledons (monocots) are represented on Norfolk Island by 16 families, 81 genera, and 110 species. Most of them are naturalised, with naturalised grasses account for 5 families, 47 genera and 67 species. Of the 43 indigenous species, 9 are endemic.
  Agavaceae
  Agave americana (Naturalised)
  Cordyline obtecta
  Furcraea foetida (Naturalised)
  Phormium tenax
  Alliaceae
  Nothoscordum borbonicum (Naturalised)
  Araceae
  Colocasia esculenta (Naturalised)
  Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Naturalised)
  Zantedeschia aethiopica (Naturalised)
  Arecaceae
  Howea forsteriana (Naturalised)
  Phoenix canariensis (Naturalised)
  Rhopalostylis baueri
  Asphodelaceae
  Aloe maculata (Naturalised)
  Cannaceae
  Canna indica (Naturalised)
  Colchicaceae
  Gloriosa superba (Naturalised)
  Commelinaceae
  Commelina cyanea
  Tradescantia zebrina (Naturalised)
  Cyperaceae
  Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
  Carex breviculmis
  Carex inversa
  Carex neesiana (Endemic)
  Cyperus albostriatus (Naturalised)
  Cyperus gracilis (Naturalised)
  Cyperus involucratus (Naturalised)
  Cyperus lucidus
  Cyperus rotundus (Naturalised)
  Eleocharis acuta
  Isolepis inundata
  Isolepis nodosa
  Isolepis cernua var. setiformis (Endemic)
  Kyllinga brevifolia
  Pycreus polystachyos
  Schoenoplectus validus
  Hemerocallidaceae
  Dianella intermedia (Endemic)
  Iridaceae
  Anomatheca laxa (Naturalised)
  Ferraria crispa (Naturalised)
  Gladiolus × hortulanus (Naturalised)
  Homeria flaccida (Naturalised)
  Sisyrinchium micranthum (Naturalised)
  Tritonia crocata (Naturalised)
  Tritonia lineata (Naturalised)
  Juncaceae
  Juncus articulatus (Naturalised)
  Juncus australis (Naturalised)
  Juncus bufonius (Naturalised)
  Juncus continuus
  Juncus pallidus (Naturalised)
  Juncus usitatus (Naturalised)
  Liliaceae
  Alstroemeria pulchella (Naturalised)
  Asparagus aethiopicus (Naturalised)
  Asparagus plumosis (Naturalised)
  Crinum asiaticum var. pedunculatum
  Lilium formosanum (Naturalised)
  Limnocharitaceae
  Hydrocleys nymphoides
  Orchidaceae
  Bulbophyllum argyropus
  Dendrobium brachypus (Endemic)
  Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus (Endemic)
  Microtis unifolia
  Oberonia titania
  Phreatia limenophylax (Endemic)
  Phreatia paleata
  Taeniophyllum muelleri
  Thelymitra longifolia (Probably indigenous)
  Tropidia viridifusca
  Pandanaceae
  Freycinetia baueriana (Endemic)
  Poaceae
  Agrostis avenacea
  Aira cupaniana (Naturalised)
  Ammophila arenaria (Naturalised)
  Anthoxanthum odoratum (Naturalised)
  Arundo donax (Naturalised)
  Avena fatua (Naturalised)
  Avena sativa (Naturalised)
  Axonopus fissifolius (Naturalised)
  Bothriochloa macra (Naturalised)
  Briza maxima (Naturalised)
  Briza minor (Naturalised)
  Bromus arenarius (Naturalised)
  Bromus diandrus (Naturalised)
  Bromus hordeaceus (Naturalised)
  Bromus scoparius (Naturalised)
  Bromus willdenowii (Naturalised)
  Catapodium rigidum (Naturalised)
  Cenchrus caliculatus (Possibly extinct)
  Chloris gayana (Naturalised)
  Cortaderia selloana (Naturalised)
  Cymbopogon refractus
  Cynodon dactylon (Naturalised)
  Dactylis glomerata (Naturalised)
  Dichelachne crinita
  Dichelachne micrantha
  Digitaria ciliaris (Naturalised)
  Digitaria setigera
  Echinochloa crusgalli (Naturalised)
  Echinopogon ovatus
  Ehrharta erecta (Naturalised)
  Eleusine indica (Naturalised)
  Elymus multiflorus subsp. kingianus
  Elymus scaber
  Eragrostis brownii (Naturalised)
  Hordeum murinum (Naturalised)
  Lepturus repens  (Possibly indigenous)
  Lolium perenne (Naturalised)
  Lolium rigidum var. rigidum (Naturalised)
  Lolium rigidum var. rottboellioides (Naturalised)
  Melinis minutiflora (Naturalised)
  Microlaena stipoides
  Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. hirtellus
  Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. imbecillus
  Panicum effusum
  Panicum maximum (Naturalised)
  Paspalum dilatatum (Naturalised)
  Paspalum orbiculare
  Paspalum scrobiculatum
  Pennisetum clandestinum (Naturalised)
  Pennisetum purpureum (Naturalised)
  Phalaris minor (Naturalised)
  Poa annua (Naturalised)
  Poa pratensis (Naturalised)
  Rhynchelytrum repens (Naturalised)
  Rostraria cristata (Naturalised)
  Setaria palmifolia (Naturalised)
  Setaria pumila subsp. pallidefusca (Naturalised)
  Setaria verticillata (Naturalised)
  Sorghum arundinaceum (Naturalised)
  Spinifex sericeus (Naturalised)
  Sporobolus africanus
caption: Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax)
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