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A revised checklist of the vascular plants of Navassa Island, a U.S. possession in the Caribbean, is presented. This is the first update since the original list was published by Ekman in 1929. A recent expedition to the island resulted in the addition of 35 taxa. Eight pteridophytes and 139 angiosperms are recorded from the island.
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Zanoni, T.A., Buck, W.R. Navassa Island and its flora. 2. Checklist of the vascular plants. Brittonia 51, 389–394 (1999). https://doi.org/10.2307/2666520
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