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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 island has an area of approximately 3,600 km 2, [10] and measures 132 kilometres (82 mi) in length and 49.7 kilometres (30.9 mi) in width. [11] Socotra lies some 240 kilometres (150 mi) east of the coast of Somalia and 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. [12] A coastal plain, up to 5 km wide, extends around most of Socotra.
Endemic flora of Socotra — an island off the northeastern coast of Africa in the Red Sea. The native flora of the island of Socotra is biogeographically under the Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa. Socotra is politically within Yemen, whose mainland is across the Red Sea.
The species is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen, and is the only species in the Cucurbitaceae to grow in a tree form. The species name was originally spelled D. socotrana, [2] but this is corrected to masculine grammatical gender according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. [3] [4]
Socotra is the most isolated island in the world and lies 200 miles southeast from the coast of Yemen. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Scottish botanist Isaac Bayley Balfour described this species in 1884 from material collected from the Yemeni island of Socotra, where he recorded it was common. [4] The species name is derived from the Latin adjective arbusculus "small tree". [5] Two subspecies are recognised. [6] Balfour had visited Socotra in 1880 and collected many plants. [7]
Croton socotranus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to Socotra. [2] A shrub, it is dominant in the meterhel croton shrubland, co-dominant in the shirmihin d'efer mixed deciduous shrubland, and is found in many other shrubland biotopes.
Buxus hildebrandtii is found in the foothills and mountains of eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somaliland, northern and central Somalia, and on Socotra Island. [2] It grows in semi-arid semi-evergreen or evergreen shrubland communities, generally between 600 and 2000 meters elevation, which lie between lowland Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets and high-elevation juniper forests.