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As of 2018, 343 families of vascular plants and bryophytes, with roughly 12,000 species, were known according to the Catalogue of the plants of Madagascar. Many plant groups are still insufficiently known. [2] Madagascar is the island with the second-highest number of vascular plants, behind New Guinea. [3]
This category contains the native flora of Madagascar as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few ...
This list of vascular plants found in Tsimanampetsotsa National Park is based primarily on Ratovonaman [1] with the addition of species noted in LaFleur, [2] mentioned in Tropicos [3] or verified observations on INaturalist. [4] Species names were checked for currency and endemisim using the Tropicos Catalogue of the Plants of Madagascar. [5]
Harungana madagascariensis is a flowering plant found in Madagascar that is commonly known as the dragon's blood tree, orange-milk tree or haronga. [ 3 ] Description
The Madagascar succulent woodlands are a xeric shrublands ecoregion in southwestern and central western Madagascar.Native plants survive in the arid climate and long dry season with adaptations like succulent leaves, water storing trunks, photosynthetic stems, and dropping leaves during the dry season.
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Didiereaceae is a family of flowering plants found in continental Africa and Madagascar. It contains 20 species classified in three subfamilies and six genera. Species of the family are succulent plants, growing in sub-arid to arid habitats. Several are known as ornamental plants in specialist succulent collections.
Carlephyton madagascariense is native to the Ankarana area of northern Madagascar. It inhabits dry deciduous forest between 10 and 250 meters elevation. [1] It typically grows in clusters. The species is known from three locations.