List of endemic plants of Aldabra
Aldabra and adjacent coralline island groups, including the Amirante Islands, Farquhar Group, and Southern Coral Group (Coëtivy and Île Platte), are known as the Outer Islands or Coralline Seychelles. They are home to several endemic plants.[1]
These islands are politically part of Seychelles, but World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) treats them a separate botanical country from the Granitic Seychelles, the group of granitic islands which form the main part of the country. The Granitic Seychelles sit on the Seychelles Bank, and unlike the Outer Islands are made of granite derived from ancient continental crust.[2]
Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family. Plants endemic to specific islands or island groups are indicated.
Acanthaceae
[edit]- Hypoestes aldabrensis Baker – Aldabra
Asphodelaceae
[edit]- Aloe aldabrensis (Marais) L.E.Newton & G.D.Rowley – Aldabra
Cucurbitaceae
[edit]- Peponium sublitorale C.Jeffrey & J.S.Page – Aldabra
Cyperaceae
[edit]- Bulbostylis basalis Fosberg – Aldabra
- Cyperus bigibbosa Fosberg – Aldabra
Euphorbiaceae
[edit]- Acalypha claoxyloides Hutch. – Aldabra
Fabaceae
[edit]- Chamaecrista aldabrensis (Hemsl.) Lock & H.E.Ireland – Aldabra
Myrtaceae
[edit]- Eugenia levinervis Fosberg) A.J.Scott – Aldabra
Nyctaginaceae
[edit]- Boerhavia crispifolia Fosberg – Aldabra
Pandanaceae
[edit]- Pandanus aldabraensis H.St.John – Aldabra
- Pandanus grusonianus L.Linden & Rodigas – Amirante Islands
- Pandanus kerchovei L.Linden & Rodigas – Amirante Islands
Phyllanthaceae
[edit]- Phyllanthus maderaspatensis var. frazieri Fosberg – Aldabra
Poaceae
[edit]- Eragrostis decumbens Renvoize – Aldabra
- Panicum aldabrense Renvoize – Aldabra
- Sporobolus aldabrensis Renvoize – Aldabra
- Sporobolus testudinum Renvoize – Aldabra
- Stenotaphrum clavigerum Stapf – Aldabra to Assumption
Portulacaceae
[edit]- Portulaca mauritiensis var. aldabrensis Fosberg – Aldabra
- Portulaca oleracea var. delicatula Fosberg – Aldabra
Sapindaceae
[edit]- Allophylus aldabricus Radlk. – Aldabra
Sapotaceae
[edit]- Sideroxylon inerme subsp. cryptophlebium (Baker) J.H.Hemsl. – Aldabra
Solanaceae
[edit]- Solanum aldabrense C.H.Wright – Aldabra
References
[edit]- ^ Endemic plants of Aldabra, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ 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.