Summary
Included here is the European mountain range known as the Pyrenees. It separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe and forms a natural barrier between France and Spain.
Of the endemic plants so far recorded there about 325 species, subspecies and varieties in 128 genera and 40 families. There are 2 endemic genera (marked red) but no endemic families.
References
Chilton, L. 1997. Plant List for the Pyrenees. A Marengo Publication.
Gomez, D., Sese, J. A. & Villar. L. 2003. The Vegetation of the Alpine Zone in the Pyrenees. In: Alpine Biodiversity in Europe. Eds. L. Nagy, G.Grabherr, Ch. Korner; & D.B.A. Thompson. Ecological Studies, Vol. 167. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Montserrat, P. & Villar, L. 1987. The vegetation and endemic flora of the Spanish Pyrenees. Excursion no. 41. Excursion Guide, XIV International Botanical Congress, Berlin.
Villar, L. undated. El Elemento Endémico en la Flora del Pirineo Occidental Español. Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologla. 22700 JACA (Huesca).
Villar, L & Garcia B. 1989. Vers une Banque de Donns des Plantes Vasculaires Endemiques des Pyrenees. Acta Biologica Montana, IX: 261-274
Villar, L., Sesé, J. A., Goni, D., Fernandez, J. V., Guzman, D. & Catalan, P. 1997. Sur La Flore Endémique et Menacée Des Pyrénées (Aragon et Navarre). Lagascalia, 19: 673-684.