Flora
Kakadu's flora is among the richest in northern Australia-more than 2000 plant species are recorded. This richness is a result of the park's geological, landform and habitat diversity. Kakadu is also considered to be one of the most weed free national parks in the world-only 5.7 per cent of recorded species are weeds (Press et al 1995). The 1995 edition of Rare and Threatened Australian Plants (Briggs and Leigh 1995) identifies 97 rare, vulnerable or poorly known plant species that occur in Kakadu.
A number of publications describe Kakadu's flora: John Brock's Native Plants of Northern Australia and Kym Brennan's Wildflowers of Kakadu are examples. Following is a summary of some of the plants often seen in Kakadu. The descriptions are taken from the work of Brock and Brennan. The name in bold type is the plant's common name, then name in italics is its scientific name and the underlined name is its Gun-djehmi name.