# Ferns, conifers, mosses and seaweeds of Somalia: 131 species

> Every non-flowering plant species with a record from Somalia in GBIF: seaweeds, ferns, mosses, liverworts, clubmosses and conifers, with class, family and number of records.

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/nature/ferns-conifers-mosses-and-seaweeds-of-somalia/
Last checked: 2026-11-13
Publisher: Calankii (https://calankii.com)

## In short

On 12 November 2026 the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the international open database of species records, held records of 131 non-flowering plant species with Somalia as the country, in 10 groups ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)).

The largest groups by number of species on record are ([GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)):

- Florideophyceae: 39
- Polypodiopsida: 28
- Bryopsida: 23
- Ulvophyceae: 21
- Pinopsida: 9
- Lycopodiopsida: 4
- Jungermanniopsida: 3
- Gnetopsida: 2
- Charophyceae: 1
- Marchantiopsida: 1

## Most often recorded

The species with the most GBIF records from Somalia are African juniper (77), Maidenhair Fern (57), *Selaginella yemensis* (43), Oeosporangium coriaceum (40), Aleuritopteris scioana (33), Shrubby Horsetail (24) ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)).

64 of the 131 species have a single record from Somalia (same source).

## Named after Somali places

5 species on this list carry Somalia or a Somali place in their scientific name, for example *Fissidens somaliae*, *Barbula somaliae*, *Tortella somaliae*, *Riccia somaliensis*, *Ephedra somalensis* ([GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)).

## Species under threat

The IUCN Red List places these species in a threatened category ([GBIF species API, IUCN Red List category](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species)):

- Endangered: Monterey Pine ([IUCN via GBIF](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species))
- Vulnerable: Norfolk Island Pine ([IUCN via GBIF](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species))

All plant lists: [Plants of Somalia](/en/nature/plants-of-somalia/).

## How to read this list

A species is on this list when GBIF holds at least one record of it from Somalia. A record can be a museum specimen more than a century old, a sighting shared by an observer, or a specimen cited in a scientific paper. Some records are old and a few may be misidentified, so this is a list of records, not of what lives in Somalia today. Names follow the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, which can lag behind the newest research.

## Red List summary

- Critically Endangered (CR): 0
- Endangered (EN): 1
- Vulnerable (VU): 1
- Near Threatened (NT): 0
- Least Concern (LC): 15
- Data Deficient (DD): 0
- Not Evaluated (NE): 114

Categories are from the IUCN Red List as published through GBIF ([GBIF species API, IUCN Red List category](https://techdocs.gbif.org/en/openapi/v1/species)).

## Largest families

- Pteridaceae: 16 species
- Pottiaceae: 12 species
- Rhodomelaceae: 7 species
- Galaxauraceae: 5 species
- Aspleniaceae: 5 species
- Codiaceae: 4 species
- Halimedaceae: 4 species
- Cystocloniaceae: 4 species
- Solieriaceae: 4 species
- Cupressaceae: 4 species

## Full list (131 species)

Each name links to its Calankii page where one exists, otherwise to its GBIF species page. "Records in Somalia" is the number of GBIF occurrence records with Somalia as the country, counted on 12 November 2026 ([GBIF occurrence search, Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)). The same rows, with Wikidata ids and more columns, are in the open data file [species-recorded-in-somalia.csv](/data/nature/species-recorded-in-somalia.csv).

| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Landlady's Wig](/en/nature/ferns-conifers-mosses-and-seaweeds-of-somalia/) | *Ahnfeltia plicata* | Ahnfeltiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Anadyomene wrightii](https://www.gbif.org/species/5272949) | *Anadyomene wrightii* | Anadyomenaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Norfolk Island Pine](https://www.gbif.org/species/2684969) | *Araucaria heterophylla* | Araucariaceae | VU | 1 |
| [Egyptian Spleenwort](https://www.gbif.org/species/2650613) | *Asplenium aethiopicum* | Aspleniaceae | NE | 21 |
| [Rustyback](https://www.gbif.org/species/2650617) | *Asplenium ceterach* | Aspleniaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Mauritius spleenwort](https://www.gbif.org/species/4258282) | *Asplenium daucifolium* | Aspleniaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Asplenium phillipsianum](https://www.gbif.org/species/7924275) | *Asplenium phillipsianum* | Aspleniaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Asplenium stuhlmannii](https://www.gbif.org/species/4257831) | *Asplenium stuhlmannii* | Aspleniaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Boodlea composita](https://www.gbif.org/species/8259272) | *Boodlea composita* | Boodleaceae | NE | 1 |
| [palamocladium moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/2679728) | *Palamocladium leskeoides* | Brachytheciaceae | NE | 6 |
| [Saw-blade Algae](https://www.gbif.org/species/9359402) | *Caulerpa serrulata* | Caulerpaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Ceramium diaphanum](https://www.gbif.org/species/5277142) | *Ceramium diaphanum* | Ceramiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Corallophila cinnabarina](https://www.gbif.org/species/2658295) | *Corallophila cinnabarina* | Ceramiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Champia irregularis](https://www.gbif.org/species/2663432) | *Champia irregularis* | Champiaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Chara zeylanica](https://www.gbif.org/species/5270840) | *Chara zeylanica* | Characeae | LC | 4 |
| [Cladophora mauritiana](https://www.gbif.org/species/5272477) | *Cladophora mauritiana* | Cladophoraceae | NE | 1 |
| [Cladophora vagabunda](https://www.gbif.org/species/5272441) | *Cladophora vagabunda* | Cladophoraceae | NE | 3 |
| [Codium decorticatum](https://www.gbif.org/species/5272147) | *Codium decorticatum* | Codiaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Codium dichotomum](https://www.gbif.org/species/5272200) | *Codium dichotomum* | Codiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Velvet Horn](https://www.gbif.org/species/5272167) | *Codium tomentosum* | Codiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Codium vermilara](https://www.gbif.org/species/5272160) | *Codium vermilara* | Codiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Jania cultrata](https://www.gbif.org/species/6453204) | *Jania cultrata* | Corallinaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Arizona cypress](https://www.gbif.org/species/2684046) | *Cupressus lusitanica* | Cupressaceae | LC | 5 |
| [Italian Cypress](https://www.gbif.org/species/2684030) | *Cupressus sempervirens* | Cupressaceae | LC | 2 |
| [Juniperus excelsa](https://www.gbif.org/species/8042675) | *Juniperus excelsa* | Cupressaceae | NE | 1 |
| [African juniper](https://www.gbif.org/species/2684500) | *Juniperus procera* | Cupressaceae | LC | 77 |
| [Hypnea musciformis](https://www.gbif.org/species/9802728) | *Hypnea musciformis* | Cystocloniaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Hypnea nidifica](https://www.gbif.org/species/2668400) | *Hypnea nidifica* | Cystocloniaceae | NE | 9 |
| [Green Tips](https://www.gbif.org/species/2668366) | *Hypnea spicifera* | Cystocloniaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Hypnea valentiae](https://www.gbif.org/species/2668329) | *Hypnea valentiae* | Cystocloniaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Bracken](https://www.gbif.org/species/5275012) | *Pteridium aquilinum* | Dennstaedtiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Avrainvillea erecta](https://www.gbif.org/species/2643501) | *Avrainvillea erecta* | Dichotomosiphonaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Avrainvillea lacerata](https://www.gbif.org/species/2643478) | *Avrainvillea lacerata* | Dichotomosiphonaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Shrubby Horsetail](https://www.gbif.org/species/8404336) | *Ephedra ciliata* | Ephedraceae | LC | 24 |
| [Somaliland Jointfir](https://www.gbif.org/species/2653360) | *Ephedra somalensis* | Ephedraceae | LC | 13 |
| [Fissidens somaliae](https://www.gbif.org/species/8791973) | *Fissidens somaliae* | Fissidentaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Common Cord-moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/5281229) | *Funaria hygrometrica* | Funariaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Dichotomaria marginata](https://www.gbif.org/species/4376188) | *Dichotomaria marginata* | Galaxauraceae | NE | 6 |
| [Galaxaura clavigera](https://www.gbif.org/species/2665244) | *Galaxaura clavigera* | Galaxauraceae | NE | 2 |
| [Galaxaura rugosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/2665285) | *Galaxaura rugosa* | Galaxauraceae | NE | 9 |
| [Tricleocarpa cylindrica](https://www.gbif.org/species/2665235) | *Tricleocarpa cylindrica* | Galaxauraceae | NE | 1 |
| [Tricleocarpa fragilis](https://www.gbif.org/species/2665223) | *Tricleocarpa fragilis* | Galaxauraceae | NE | 3 |
| [Gelidiella acerosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/2663047) | *Gelidiella acerosa* | Gelidiellaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Gracilaria corticata](https://www.gbif.org/species/5278820) | *Gracilaria corticata* | Gracilariaceae | NE | 12 |
| [Gracilaria isabellana](https://www.gbif.org/species/5729946) | *Gracilaria isabellana* | Gracilariaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Dapple-mouthed Grimmia](https://www.gbif.org/species/7777829) | *Grimmia tergestina* | Grimmiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Sessile Grimmia](https://www.gbif.org/species/5281668) | *Schistidium apocarpum* | Grimmiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Halimeda cylindracea](https://www.gbif.org/species/2643278) | *Halimeda cylindracea* | Halimedaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Large Leaf Watercress Algae](https://www.gbif.org/species/2643285) | *Halimeda discoidea* | Halimedaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Watercress Algae](https://www.gbif.org/species/2643260) | *Halimeda opuntia* | Halimedaceae | NE | 4 |
| [Stalked Lettuce Leaf Algae](https://www.gbif.org/species/2643307) | *Halimeda tuna* | Halimedaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Carpopeltis maillardii](https://www.gbif.org/species/2656575) | *Carpopeltis maillardii* | Halymeniaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Halymenia dilatata](https://www.gbif.org/species/2656311) | *Halymenia dilatata* | Halymeniaceae | NE | 8 |
| [Halymenia durvillei](https://www.gbif.org/species/2656308) | *Halymenia durvillei* | Halymeniaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Bird's-foot Wing-moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/7435779) | *Nogopterium gracile* | Lembophyllaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Leucodon dracaenae](https://www.gbif.org/species/5282876) | *Leucodon dracaenae* | Leucodontaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Yamadaella caenomyce](https://www.gbif.org/species/2664897) | *Yamadaella caenomyce* | Liagoraceae | NE | 6 |
| [Fragile Coral Weed](https://www.gbif.org/species/5276535) | *Amphiroa fragilissima* | Lithophyllaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Staghorn Clubmoss](https://www.gbif.org/species/6385660) | *Palhinhaea cernua* | Lycopodiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Metzgeria quadrifaria](https://www.gbif.org/species/7661201) | *Metzgeria quadrifaria* | Metzgeriaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Alleniella remota](https://www.gbif.org/species/8185355) | *Alleniella remota* | Neckeraceae | NE | 1 |
| [Prince-of-Wales Feather-moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/5282898) | *Leptodon smithii* | Neckeraceae | NE | 2 |
| [Large Adderstongue](https://www.gbif.org/species/3659152) | *Ophioglossum polyphyllum* | Ophioglossaceae | NE | 10 |
| [Netted Adderstongue](https://www.gbif.org/species/2650137) | *Ophioglossum reticulatum* | Ophioglossaceae | LC | 1 |
| [Pseudolithothamnium album](https://www.gbif.org/species/7654258) | *Pseudolithothamnium album* | Peyssonneliaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Aleppo Pine](https://www.gbif.org/species/5285604) | *Pinus halepensis* | Pinaceae | LC | 1 |
| [Mexican Weeping Pine](https://www.gbif.org/species/5285090) | *Pinus patula* | Pinaceae | LC | 1 |
| [Monterey Pine](https://www.gbif.org/species/5285727) | *Pinus radiata* | Pinaceae | EN | 1 |
| [Plagiochila fusifera](https://www.gbif.org/species/7634826) | *Plagiochila fusifera* | Plagiochilaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Plagiochila squamulosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/7398977) | *Plagiochila squamulosa* | Plagiochilaceae | NE | 1 |
| [African fern-pine](https://www.gbif.org/species/2687628) | *Afrocarpus gracilior* | Podocarpaceae | LC | 16 |
| [Lepisorus excavatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/4025570) | *Lepisorus excavatus* | Polypodiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Barbula somaliae](https://www.gbif.org/species/9000069) | *Barbula somaliae* | Pottiaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Pointed Beard-moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/5711152) | *Didymodon acutus* | Pottiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Didymodon tophaceopsis](https://www.gbif.org/species/5280205) | *Didymodon tophaceopsis* | Pottiaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Hydrogonium fontanum](https://www.gbif.org/species/7487477) | *Hydrogonium fontanum* | Pottiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Hymenostylium crassinervium](https://www.gbif.org/species/5280340) | *Hymenostylium crassinervium* | Pottiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Hymenostylium hildebrandtii](https://www.gbif.org/species/5280339) | *Hymenostylium hildebrandtii* | Pottiaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Hook-beak Tufa-moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/7347186) | *Hymenostylium recurvirostrum* | Pottiaceae | NE | 4 |
| [Sendtner's Molendoa Moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/2671204) | *Molendoa sendtneriana* | Pottiaceae | NE | 8 |
| [pseudocrossidium moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/2671805) | *Pseudocrossidium replicatum* | Pottiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Fragile Tortula Moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/2671326) | *Syntrichia fragilis* | Pottiaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Small Twisted Moss](https://www.gbif.org/species/2671342) | *Tortella humilis* | Pottiaceae | NE | 9 |
| [Tortella somaliae](https://www.gbif.org/species/2671341) | *Tortella somaliae* | Pottiaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Actiniopteris dimorpha](https://www.gbif.org/species/7335807) | *Actiniopteris dimorpha* | Pteridaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Fan-Leaved Fern](https://www.gbif.org/species/4205838) | *Actiniopteris radiata* | Pteridaceae | NE | 11 |
| [Actiniopteris semiflabellata](https://www.gbif.org/species/4205834) | *Actiniopteris semiflabellata* | Pteridaceae | NE | 15 |
| [Adiantum balfourii](https://www.gbif.org/species/3749148) | *Adiantum balfourii* | Pteridaceae | NE | 12 |
| [Maidenhair Fern](https://www.gbif.org/species/2651816) | *Adiantum capillus-veneris* | Pteridaceae | LC | 57 |
| [Adiantum incisum](https://www.gbif.org/species/8309462) | *Adiantum incisum* | Pteridaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Aleuritopteris farinosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/7874167) | *Aleuritopteris farinosa* | Pteridaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Aleuritopteris scioana](https://www.gbif.org/species/8205311) | *Aleuritopteris scioana* | Pteridaceae | NE | 33 |
| [Jersey Fern](https://www.gbif.org/species/5566022) | *Anogramma leptophylla* | Pteridaceae | NE | 1 |
| [green cliffbrake](https://www.gbif.org/species/7173446) | *Cheilanthes viridis* | Pteridaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Scaly Lip Fern](https://www.gbif.org/species/7335582) | *Cosentinia vellea* | Pteridaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Oeosporangium coriaceum](https://www.gbif.org/species/9764710) | *Oeosporangium coriaceum* | Pteridaceae | NE | 40 |
| [Onychium divaricatum](https://www.gbif.org/species/5566707) | *Onychium divaricatum* | Pteridaceae | NE | 11 |
| [Pellaea calomelanos](https://www.gbif.org/species/7335563) | *Pellaea calomelanos* | Pteridaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Pellaea longipilosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/5566104) | *Pellaea longipilosa* | Pteridaceae | NE | 2 |
| [Ladder Brake, Ladder brake fern](https://www.gbif.org/species/5275398) | *Pteris vittata* | Pteridaceae | LC | 10 |
| [Ptychomitrium indicum](https://www.gbif.org/species/2674119) | *Ptychomitrium indicum* | Ptychomitriaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Amansia glomerata](https://www.gbif.org/species/5277555) | *Amansia glomerata* | Rhodomelaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Amansia rhodantha](https://www.gbif.org/species/5277370) | *Amansia rhodantha* | Rhodomelaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Chondria dasyphylla](https://www.gbif.org/species/7769508) | *Chondria dasyphylla* | Rhodomelaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Leveillea jungermannioides](https://www.gbif.org/species/5278181) | *Leveillea jungermannioides* | Rhodomelaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Lophocladia lallemandii](https://www.gbif.org/species/2659723) | *Lophocladia lallemandii* | Rhodomelaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Melanothamnus polyphysus](https://www.gbif.org/species/12206647) | *Melanothamnus polyphysus* | Rhodomelaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Palisada perforata](https://www.gbif.org/species/5823941) | *Palisada perforata* | Rhodomelaceae | NE | 3 |
| [Red Sea Grapes](https://www.gbif.org/species/2663158) | *Botryocladia pseudodichotoma* | Rhodymeniaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Riccia somaliensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/7873069) | *Riccia somaliensis* | Ricciaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Azolla nilotica](https://www.gbif.org/species/4196470) | *Azolla nilotica* | Salviniaceae | LC | 2 |
| [Mosquito Fern](https://www.gbif.org/species/2650106) | *Azolla pinnata* | Salviniaceae | LC | 1 |
| [Sarcodia montagneana](https://www.gbif.org/species/2667579) | *Sarcodia montagneana* | Sarcodiaceae | NE | 7 |
| [Schizymenia dubyi](https://www.gbif.org/species/2665958) | *Schizymenia dubyi* | Schizymeniaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Sebdenia monardiana](https://www.gbif.org/species/2656275) | *Sebdenia monardiana* | Sebdeniaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Selaginella bryopteris](https://www.gbif.org/species/7944571) | *Selaginella bryopteris* | Selaginellaceae | NE | 6 |
| [Selaginella phillipsina](https://www.gbif.org/species/8096715) | *Selaginella phillipsina* | Selaginellaceae | NE | 20 |
| [Selaginella yemensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8402802) | *Selaginella yemensis* | Selaginellaceae | NE | 43 |
| [Green Bubble Weed](https://www.gbif.org/species/2644845) | *Dictyosphaeria cavernosa* | Siphonocladaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Algae](https://www.gbif.org/species/2668123) | *Eucheuma denticulatum* | Solieriaceae | NE | 7 |
| [Eucheuma serra](https://www.gbif.org/species/2668112) | *Eucheuma serra* | Solieriaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Meristotheca papulosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/2668282) | *Meristotheca papulosa* | Solieriaceae | NE | 16 |
| [Sarconema filiforme](https://www.gbif.org/species/5279582) | *Sarconema filiforme* | Solieriaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Splachnobryum aquaticum](https://www.gbif.org/species/8842979) | *Splachnobryum aquaticum* | Splachnobryaceae | NE | 7 |
| [Spyridia hypnoides](https://www.gbif.org/species/2657182) | *Spyridia hypnoides* | Spyridiaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Marsh Fern](https://www.gbif.org/species/6426452) | *Thelypteris confluens* | Thelypteridaceae | LC | 1 |
| [Green Hair Algae](https://www.gbif.org/species/8556759) | *Chlorodesmis fastigiata* | Udoteaceae | NE | 1 |
| [Sea Lettuce](https://www.gbif.org/species/5273309) | *Ulva lactuca* | Ulvaceae | NE | 6 |
| [Ulva reticulata](https://www.gbif.org/species/5273443) | *Ulva reticulata* | Ulvaceae | NE | 5 |
| [Sea Tube](https://www.gbif.org/species/5273060) | *Valonia utricularis* | Valoniaceae | NE | 1 |

## Sources

- [GBIF occurrence search, country Somalia](https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?country=SO)
- [GBIF Backbone Taxonomy](https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei)
- [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](https://www.iucnredlist.org/)

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