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Threatened Tiwi Plants
The following abbreviations are used in the table below:
- NT Status – Status of species listed under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act
- National Status – Status of species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)
- CR – Species is listed as Critically Endangered
- EN – Species is listed as Endangered
- VU – Species is listed as Vulnerable
Endemic refers to species that are only found on the Tiwi Islands.
Common Name |
|
Species |
|
NT Status |
|
National Status |
|
Endemic |
|
Elaeocarpus |
|
Elaeocarpus miegei |
|
CR |
|
|
|
|
|
Xylopia |
|
Xylopia monosperma |
|
EN |
|
EN |
|
Endemic |
|
Garcinia |
|
Garcinia warrenii |
|
EN |
|
|
|
|
|
Typhonium |
|
Typhonium mirabile |
|
EN |
|
EN |
|
Endemic |
| Typhonium |
|
Typhonium jonesii |
|
EN |
|
EN |
|
Endemic |
| Burmannia |
|
Burmannia sp. Bathurst Island |
|
EN |
|
EN |
|
Endemic |
|
Tarennoidea
|
|
Tarennoidea wallichii |
|
EN |
|
|
|
|
| Cephalomanes |
|
Cephalomanes obscurum |
|
EN |
|
|
|
|
| Endiandra |
|
Endiandra limnophila |
|
VU |
|
|
|
|
| Calochilus |
|
Calochilus caeruleus |
|
VU |
|
|
|
|
| Freycinetia |
|
Freycinetia excelsa
|
|
VU |
|
|
|
|
| Mitrella |
|
Mitrella tiwiensis |
|
VU |
|
VU |
|
Endemic |
|
Hoya |
|
Hoya australis subsp. oramicola |
|
VU |
|
VU |
|
Endemic |
|
Luisia |
|
Luisia corrugata |
|
VU |
|
|
|
|
|
Cycad |
|
Cycas armstrongii |
|
VU |
|
|
|
|
|
Mapania |
|
Mapania macrocephala |
|
VU |
|
|
|
|
| Thrixspermum |
|
Thrixspermum congestum |
|
VU |
|
|
|
|
| Freycinetia |
|
Freycinetia percostata |
|
VU |
|
|
|
|
| Dendromyza |
|
Dendromyza reinwardtiana |
|
VU |
|
|
|
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