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The islands of the Indian Ocean are part of either the eastern, western, or southern areas. Some prominently large islands include Madagascar, Sri Lanka, and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, and Lesser Sunda Islands.
The Kerguelen Islands are part of the Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra ecoregion that includes several subantarctic islands. In this cold climate plant life is mainly limited to grasses, mosses and lichens, although the islands are also known for the indigenous edible Kerguelen cabbage.
The intensification of the Indian Ocean monsoon system after around eight million years ago is believed to have further favoured the expansion of humid and sub-humid forests in the Late Miocene, especially in the northern Sambirano region. [24] Some of the grasslands may also date to the Late Miocene, when there was a global grassland expansion ...
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The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are isolated, being the only atolls in the eastern Indian Ocean, and were uninhabited until relatively recently in the early 19th century.The first botanical study was done while naturalist Charles Darwin visited the southern atoll for ten days, arriving April 1, 1836.
Dracaena reflexa (commonly called song of India [3] or song of Jamaica) is a tree native to Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, and other nearby islands of the Indian Ocean. [2] It is widely grown as an ornamental plant and houseplant , valued for its richly coloured, evergreen leaves, and thick, irregular stems.
Western Indian Ocean region according to the WGSRPD. This category contains articles related to the native flora of the Western Indian Ocean.; For the purposes of this category, "Western Indian Ocean" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), namely as a region within the botanical continent of Africa, that includes the following ...
The wildlife of the Maldives includes the flora and fauna of the islands, reefs, and the surrounding ocean. Recent scientific studies suggest that the fauna varies greatly between atolls following a north–south gradient, but important differences between neighbouring atolls were also found (especially in terms of sea animals), which may be ...