List of endemic plants of the Comoros explained

The Comoro Islands are an island group in the western Indian Ocean which are home to dozens endemic plants.[1]

The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) treats the islands as a single botanical country although the islands are politically divided. The islands of Grand Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli comprise the Union of the Comoros, an independent republic, while the eastern island of Mayotte is an overseas department of France.[2]

Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family. Plants endemic to specific islands are indicated.

Acanthaceae

Achariaceae

Amaranthaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Annonaceae

Apocynaceae

Araliaceae

Arecaceae

Asparagaceae

Asphodelaceae

Aspleniaceae

Asteraceae

Balsaminaceae

Begoniaceae

Bignoniaceae

Burmanniaceae

Calophyllaceae

Capparaceae

Celastraceae

Clusiaceae

Crassulaceae

Cunoniaceae

Cyatheaceae

Cyperaceae

Dioscoreaceae

Ebenaceae

Ericaceae

Erythroxylaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Gesneriaceae

Hamamelidaceae

Hymenophyllaceae

Iridaceae

Lauraceae

Lecythidaceae

Linaceae

Malvaceae

Melastomataceae

Meliaceae

Menispermaceae

Monimiaceae

Moraceae

Myricaceae

Myrtaceae

Ochnaceae

Olacaceae

Oleaceae

Orchidaceae

Pandanaceae

Passifloraceae

Phyllanthaceae

Piperaceae

Poaceae

Polypodiaceae

Primulaceae

Putranjivaceae

Ranunculaceae

Rhizophoraceae

Rubiaceae

Rutaceae

Salicaceae

Santalaceae

Sapotaceae

Solanaceae

Stilbaceae

Thymelaeaceae

Urticaceae

Violaceae

Vitaceae

Notes and References

  1. https://checklistbuilder.science.kew.org/reportbuilder.do Endemic plants of Comoros
  2. Book: Brummitt, R. K. . 2001 . World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions . 2nd . International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG) . 2021-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160125135239/http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tdwg/TDWG_geo2.pdf . 2016-01-25.