Ultramafic geoecology of South and Southeast Asia

Botanical Studies

Table 3 Surface area covered by ultramafic rocks, total number of species in the regional flora, number of ultramafic-associated species, and number of ultramafic endemic species along with percent ultramafic endemism in the region’s flora for a number of global hotspots for ultramafic endemism and for regions within South and Southeast Asia

Region	Surface area of ultramafics (km²)	Total number of vascular plant species in the flora	Number of ultramafic-associated species	Number of ultramafic endemic species (% ultramafic endemism)	References
New Caledonia	5470	3371	2150	1785 (83)	Jaffré (1992), van der Ent et al. (2015d), Isnard et al. (2016)
California, United States	~6000	5271	492	246 (4.7)	Anacker et al. (2011), Burge et al. (2016), Jepson Flora Project (2016), Safford et al. (2005)
Queensland, Australia	818	8500	553	18 (0.2)	Batianoff and Specht (1992), Batianoff and Singh (2001)
Western Australia, Australia	5654	~12,000	1355	14 (0.12)	Van der Ent et al. (2015d)
New Zealand	~310	2418	~800	15 (0.6)	Lee (1992), New Zealand Plant Conservation Network (2016), Van der Ent et al. (2015d)
Cuba	5300	6375	–	920 (14)	Reeves et al. (1999)
Zimbabwe	~3000	6385	322	322 (5)	Wild (1965), Proctor and Cole (1992)
Sabah	~3500	~8000	4252	347 (4.3)	Van der Ent et al. (2015a)
Sulawesi, Indonesia	~15,400	~5000	na	na	Van der Ent et al. (2013a)
Palawan, Philippines	~3000	1522	na	na	Davis and Heywood (1995)
Sri Lanka	7	3492	107	0	MOE (2012), Rajakaruna and Bohm (2002), Samithri (2015)