Summary
Included here is the Aldabra Archipelago (Aldabra, Cosmoledo, Assumption and Astove) in the Indian Ocean.
Of the endemic and near endemic vascular plants so far recorded there are about 42 species in 37 genera and 28 families but no endemic genera.
References
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Hemsley, W. B. 1919. Flora of Aldabra: with notes on the flora of the neighbouring islands. Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 108-153.
Hemsley, W. B. & Turrill, W. B. 1917. Plants of Seychelles and Aldabra. Journal of Botany, 55: 285-288.
Hnatiuk, R. J. & Merton, L. F. H. 1979. Vegetation of Aldabra, a reassessment. Atoll Research Bulletin, 239: 1-22.
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Wickens, G. E. 1979. Speculations on seed dispersal and the flora of the Aldabra archipelago. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, 286: 85-97.