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New records of vascular plants from Heard Island

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

J. J. Scott
J. J. Scott
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Department of Botany, Monash University, Clayton, 3168 Australia
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Abstract

Eight species of vascular plants were previously known from subantarctic Heard Island. Three additional species, Montia fontana, Ranunculus biternatus and Poa annua, were discovered during the 1986 austral summer. Details of their habitat and known distribution on the island, and their possible means of arrival, are discussed.

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Polar Record , Volume 25 , Issue 152 , January 1989 , pp. 37 - 42
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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