Endemics in Family Order

Acanthaceae
Hypoestes aldabrensis

Apocynaceae
Secamone fryeri

Asteraceae
Vernonia aldabrensis

Calophyllaceae
Calophyllum inophyllum

Cucurbitaceae
Peponium sublitorale

Cyperaceae
Bulbostylis basalis
Kyllinga bigibbosa

Erythroxylaceae
Erythroxylon acranthum

Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha claoxyloides
Chamaesyce mertonii
Chamaesyce stoddartii

Fabaceae
Chamaecrista aldabrensis
Tephrosia pumila var. aldabrensis

Lamiaceae
Clerodendron glabrum

Malvaceae
Grewia aldabrensis
Grewia glandulosa

Meliaceae
Malleastrum leroyi

Moraceae
Maillardia pendula

Myrtaceae
Eugenia levinervis

Nyctaginaceae
Boerhavia crispifolia

Oleaceae
Jasminum aldabrense

Orchidaceae
Hederorkis seychellensis

Orobanchaceae
Nesogenes prostrata

Pandanaceae
Pandanus aldabraensis

Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus mackenziei

Poaceae
Dactyloctenium pilosum
Eragrostis decumbens
Panicum aldabrense
Sporobolus aldebrense
Sporobolus testudinum
Stenotaphrum clavigerum

Rhizophoraceae
Cassipourea thomassetii

Rubiaceae
Coptosperma supra-axillare
Hedyotis corallicola
Hedyotis prolifera
Tarenna verdcourtiana
Uragoga pervillei

Salicaceae
Flacourtia ramontchi var. renvoizei

Sapindaceae
Allophylus aldabricus

Sapotaceae
Sideroxylon inerme subsp. cryptophlebium

Solanaceae
Solanum aldabrense

Xanthorrhoeaceae
Aloe aldabrensis


Endemics in Alphabetical Order

Acalypha claoxyloides
Allophylus aldabricus
Aloe aldabrensis
Boerhavia crispifolia
Bulbostylis basalis
Calophyllum inophyllum
Cassipourea thomassetii
Chamaecrista aldabrensis
Chamaesyce mertonii
Chamaesyce stoddartii
Clerodendron glabrum
Coptosperma supra-axillare
Dactyloctenium pilosum
Eragrostis decumbens
Erythroxylon acranthum
Eugenia levinervis
Flacourtia ramontchi var. renvoizei
Grewia aldabrensis
Grewia glandulosa
Hederorkis seychellensis
Hedyotis corallicola
Hedyotis prolifera
Hypoestes aldabrensis
Jasminum aldabrense
Kyllinga bigibbosa
Maillardia pendula
Malleastrum leroyi
Nesogenes prostrata
Pandanus aldabraensis
Panicum aldabrense
Peponium sublitorale
Phyllanthus mackenziei
Secamone fryeri
Sideroxylon inerme subsp. cryptophlebium
Solanum aldabrense
Sporobolus aldebrense
Sporobolus testudinum
Stenotaphrum clavigerum
Tarenna verdcourtiana
Tephrosia pumila var. aldabrensis
Uragoga pervillei
Vernonia aldabrensis


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

Hemsley, W. B. 1916. Flora of Seychelles and Aldabra. Journal of Botany, 54: 1-24.

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.

Renvoize, S. A. 1979. The origins of Indian Ocean Island floras. In: Plants and Islands. Ed. D. Bramwell. Academic Press.

Stoddart, D. R. (ed). 1970. Coral Islands of the Western Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin, No. 136.

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.