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List of endemic plants of Socotra

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Socotra is the largest island in the Socotra Archipelago, which also includes Abd al Kuri, Samhah, and Darsah. The islands are in the Indian Ocean east of the Horn of Africa and south of the Arabian Peninsula. The archipelago is home to dozens of endemic species and subspecies of plants, including the endemic genera Angkalanthus, Ballochia, Cephalocrotonopsis, Cyanixia, Duvaliandra, Haya, Lachnocapsa, Nirarathamnos, Paraerva, Socotrella, Tamridaea, and Trichocalyx. Although it is politically part of Yemen, the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions treats the Socotra Archipelago as a separate botanical country.

Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family.

Acanthaceae

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Anacardiaceae

Apiaceae

Apocynaceae

Asparagaceae

Asphodelaceae

Aspleniaceae

Asteraceae

Begoniaceae

Boraginaceae

Brassicaceae

Burseraceae

Campanulaceae

Capparaceae

Caprifoliaceae

  • Valeriana extincta Christenh. & Byng – northwestern Socotra (Jebel Ma’alih), Last recorded in 1880.

Caryophyllaceae

Cleomaceae

Colchicaceae

Convolvulaceae

Crassulaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Cyperaceae

Dioscoreaceae

Dirachmaceae

Erythroxylaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Gentianaceae

Geraniaceae

Goodeniaceae

Hypericaceae

Iridaceae

Lamiaceae

Lythraceae

Malpighiaceae

Malvaceae

Meliaceae

Moraceae

Nyctaginaceae

Oleaceae

Orchidaceae

Orobanchaceae

Phyllanthaceae

Plumbaginaceae

Poaceae

Polygalaceae

Portulacaceae

Resedaceae

Rubiaceae

Rutaceae

Sapotaceae

Solanaceae

Thymelaeaceae

Verbenaceae

Vitaceae

References

  1. Endemic plants of Socotra, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. Brummitt, R. K. (2001). World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (PDF) (2nd ed.). International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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