World fern statistics by country

by Michael Hassler, with minor tweaking by Brian Swale      


Status:                     ++ complete coverage, modern flora existing
+ (+) modern checklist existing, but modern flora only partially existing
+ modern checklist existing
o coverage partial
o (+) coverage partial, but modern flora partially existing
- no good or modern treatment for the country available

Country / Region
Species count
Endem.
Status
Area (km2)
Reference works and checklists
EUROPE
154
22

10.291.830
Europe in general:
Flora Europaea, Vol. 1 (2nd ed.) (TUTIN et al., ed., 1993)
Checklist of European Pteridophytes (DERRICK et al. 1987)
Albania
46
0
++
28.748
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Austria
68
0
++
83.858

Baleares
31
2
++
4.912
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Guia de helechos de la Peninsula Iberica y Baleares (TIERRA 1990)
Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia)
49
0
++
45.227 (Est.)
63.700 (Latv.)
65.300 (Lith.)
Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (CZEREPANOV 1995, Checklist)
Flora of Russia. The European Part and Bordering Regions. Vol. 1 (FEDOROV 1999)
Belgium
53
0
++
30.528
Nouvelle Flore de la Belgique, du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines (DE LANGHE et al. 1983)
Bulgaria
58
0
++
110.994
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Corsica
64
0
++
8.680
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Crete
39
1
++
8.335
Exkursionsflora für Kreta (JAHN & SCHÖNFELDER 1995)
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
former Czechoslovakia (Czech Republik & Slovakia)
63
0
++
78.864 (C.R.)
49.035 (Slov.)

Denmark
46
0
++
43.094
Den danske Flora (HANSEN et al. 1975)
Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (JONSELL, ed., 2000)
England (including Scotland, excluding Northern Ireland)
66
1
++
244.110
The illustrated field guide to ferns and allied plants of the British Iles (JERMY 1991)
Flora of the British Isles (CLAPHAM et al. 1962)
European Turkey
24
0
++
ca. 40.000
Flora of Turkey and the east Aegaean Islands, Vol. 1 (DAVIS, ed., 1965)
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Faroer Isl.
21
0
++
1.399

Finland
55
0
++
338.144
Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (JONSELL, ed., 2000)
France (except Corsica)
107
1
++
535.285
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984) (southern France only)
Index synonymique de la flore de France (KERGUÉLEN 1993)
Germany
73
0
++
356.970

Greece (including Western Aegaean, except Eastern Aegaean Islands)
60
1
++
123.600
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Hungary
54
0
++
93.030

Iceland
35
0
++
103.000
A guide to the flowering plants and ferns of Iceland (KRISTINSSON 1998)
Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (JONSELL, ed., 2000)
Ireland (incl. Northern Ireland)
49
0
++
70.000
The illustrated field guide to ferns and allied plants of the British Iles (JERMY 1991)
Italy (mainland only)
107
1
++
203.856
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Jan Mayen
3
0
++
380
The flora of Jan Mayen (LID 1964)
Malta
27
0
++
316
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
A Flora of the Maltese Islands (HASLAM, SELL & WOLSELEY 1977)
Netherlands
42
0
++
33.920

Norway
64
0
++
385.639
Norsk og svensk flora (LID 1963)
Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (JONSELL, ed., 2000)
Poland
64
0
++
312.684

Portugal
62
2
++
89.357
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Guia de helechos de la Peninsula Iberica y Baleares (TIERRA 1990)
Romania
58
0
++
237.500

European Russia
(excluding Caucasus),
Belarus,
Ukraine (excluding Crimea),
Moldavia
76
0
++
ca. 4.300.000
(Europ. Russia)
603.700 (Ukraine)
207.595 (Belarus)
33.700 (Moldavia)
Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (CZEREPANOV 1995, Checklist)
Flora of Russia. The European Part and Bordering Regions. Vol. 1 (FEDOROV 1999)
Flora of the Russian Arctic, Vol. 1 (TOLMACHEV, ed., 1995)
Sardinia
45
0
++
23.318
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Sicily
45
0
++
25.426
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Spain
100
1
++
498.717
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Plantas Vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares, Vol. 1 (CASTROVIEJO et al. 1986)
Checklist of Vascular Plants of Spain, Vol. 1 (SMYTHIES 1984)
Guia de helechos de la Peninsula Iberica y Baleares (TIERRA 1990)
Svalbard (Spitzbergen)
5
0
++
62.160
Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (JONSELL, ed., 2000)
Svalbards flora (ROENNING 1964)
Sweden
61
0
++
449.964
Norsk og svensk flora (LID 1963)
Flora Nordica, Vol. 1 (JONSELL, ed., 2000)
Switzerland
70
0
++
41.285
Flora Helvetica (LAUBER & WAGNER 1998)
former Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, Macedonia)
83
2
++
255.000
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)

Country / Region
Species count
Endem.
Status
Area (km2)
Reference works and checklists
MACARONESIA
93
17

14.294
Macaronesia in general:
Flora of Macaronesia, Checklist of Vascular Plants, 4th ed. (HANSEN & SUNDING 1993)
Azores
50
4
++
2.247
Flora Europaea, Vol. 1 (2nd ed.) (TUTIN et al. 1993)
Canary Islands
57
2
++
7.273
Exkursionsflora für die Kanarischen Inseln (HOHENESTER & WEISS 1993)
Madeira (incl. Ilhas Desertas, Porto Santo, Salvajes Isl.)
60
5
++
741
Flora of Madeira (PRESS 1994)
Capverdes
45
0
++
4.033
Flora of Macaronesia, Checklist of Vascular Plants, 4th ed. (HANSEN & SUNDING 1993)
The Ferns and Fern-Allies (Pteridophyta) of the Cape Verde Islands (LOBIN et al. 1998)

Country / Region
Species count
Endem.
Status
Area (km2)
Reference works and checklists
NORTHWEST AFRICA
65
1

4.756.888
Northwest Africa in general:
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Flore de l'Afrique du Nord, Vol. 1 (MAIRE 1952)
Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (OZENDA 1991)
Algeria
51
0
++
2.381.740
Nouvelle Flore de l'Algerie (QUEZEL & SANTA 1962)
Libya
15
0
++
1.757.000
Flora of Libya - Pteridophytes (1989)
Morocco
53
1
++
453.730
Pteridophyta, in: Flore pratique du Maroc, Vol. 1 (SALVO & OUYAHYA 1999)
Tunisia
28
0
+
164.418


Country / Region
Species count
Endem.
Status
Area (km2)
Reference works and checklists of Ferns and Fern Allies
TROPICAL AND NORTHEAST AFRICA
742
373

22.833.594

Angola
199
2
++
1.246.700
Conspectus florae angolensis: Pteridophyta (SCHELPE 1977)
Annobon Isl.
31
0
o
ca. 1.500

Ascension Isl.
11
6
++
88
Farne auf atlantischen Inseln (BENL & BENL 1988)
The Endemic Flora of St. Helena (CRONK 2000)
Benin (Dahomey)
37
0
++
112.622
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Flora of Benin, Vol. 1 (SOUZA 1987)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo)
204
3
++
2.017
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
The Pteridophyta of Bioko, Vol. 1-5 (BENL 1978-91)
Botswana
38
0
++
581.730
Flora Zambesiaca: Pteridophyta (SCHELPE 1970)
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
12
1
+
274.200
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso (LEBRUN 1991)
Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (OZENDA 1991)
Burundi
?100-150
[93 in list]
5
- (+)
27.834
Flore de l'Afrique Centrale (various volumes, see literature list, only a minor part of the Ferns is covered)
Cameroun
278
10
++
475.442
Flore du Cameroun, Vol. 3 (TARDIEU-BLOT 1964)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Central African Republic
112
2
+
622.436
Catalogue de la flore de Centrafrique (BOULEVERT 1977)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Chad
30
1
+
1.284.000
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional (LEBRUN et al. 1972, with supplements 1976, 1977, 1986)
Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (OZENDA 1991)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Congo (Republic Congo)
214
11
+
342.000
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo (SITA & MOUTSAMBOTE 1988)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Djibouti
13
0
+
23.200
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la République de Djibouti (LEBRUN ET AL. 1990)
Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae (PICHI-SERMOLLI 1954 ff.)
[Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Vol. 1: due to be published in 2002]
Egypt (except Sinai peninsula)
12
0
+
938.915
A Manual Flora of Egypt (MUSCHLER 1912)
Flora of Egypt, Vol. 1 (BOULOS 1999)
Conspectus Florae Orientalis, Vol. 9 (ZOHARY, HEYN & HELLER 1994)
Med-Checklist, Vol. 1 (GREUTER et al. 1984)
Equatorial Guinea (continental part [former Rio Muni], except Bioko Isl. and Annobon Isl.)
?100-120
[80 in list]
0
-
24.500

Eritrea
13
1
o
121.144
Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae (PICHI-SERMOLLI 1954 ff.)
[Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Vol. 1: due to be published in 2002]
Ethiopia
134
9
o
1.133.380
Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae (PICHI-SERMOLLI 1954 ff.)
[Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Vol. 1: due to be published in 2002]
Gabon
168
1
++
267.667
Flore du Gabon, Vol. 8. Ptéridophytes (TARDIEU-BLOT 1964)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Gambia
17
0
o
11.295
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Ghana
146
2
o
238.500
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Guinea
173
3
o
245.857
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Guinea-Bissau
6
0
o
36.125
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
159
2
o
322.462
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Kenya
258
3
+ (+)
582.646
Flora of Tropical East Africa (various volumes)
Pteridophytes of Tropical East Africa (JOHNS 1991, Checklist)
Liberia
165
2
+
99.067
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Über die Farne Liberias (Westafrika), ihr Vorkommen und ihre Verbreitung (KUNKEL 1962)
Malawi
187
0
++
118.484
Flora Zambesiaca: Pteridophyta (SCHELPE 1970)
Mali
31
0
+
1.240.192
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali (BOUDET et al. 1986)
Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (OZENDA 1991)
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Mauretania
8
0
++
1.030.700
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires de la Mauritanie et du Sahara occidental (LEBRUN 1998)
Flore de Mauritanie, Vol. 2 (BARRY & CELLES 1991)
Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (OZENDA 1991)
Mozambique
206
1
++
799.380
Flora Zambesiaca: Pteridophyta (1970)
Niger
14
0
+
1.267.000
Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger (FABRèGUES & LEBRUN 1976)
Flore et végétation du Sahara. 3. ed. (OZENDA 1991)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Nigeria
180
1
o
923.768
The ferns and fern-allies of West Tropical Africa (ALSTON 1959)
Les Pteridophytes de l'Afrique Intertropicale Francaise (TARDIEU-BLOT 1953)
Pemba Isl.
14