List of endemic plants of Seychelles
The Granitic Seychelles are a group of islands which form the main part of the island country Seychelles. These islands sit on the Seychelles Bank and composed mostly of granite derived from ancient continental crust. The Granitic Seychelles are home to several dozen endemic species and subspecies of plants, including the endemic genera Deckenia, Glionnetia, Lodoicea, Medusagyne, Nephrosperma, Northia, Paragenipa, Phoenicophorium, and Protarum, Roscheria, Vateriopsis, Verschaffeltia, and Xyroschoenus.[1]
Aldabra and Seychelles' other coralline islands – the Amirante Islands, Farquhar Group, and Southern Coral Group (Coëtivy and Île Platte) – which are known as the Outer Islands or Coralline Seychelles, are politically part of Seychelles, but the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions treats them a separate botanical country.[2]
Plants are listed alphabetically by plant family. Plants endemic to specific islands are indicated.
Acanthaceae
- Justicia gardineri Turrill – Silhouette
Anacardiaceae
- Campnosperma seychellarum Marchand
Apocynaceae
- Secamone schimperiana (Hemsl.) Klack.
Araceae
- Protarum Engl.
- Protarum sechellarum Engl.
Araliaceae
- Astropanax procumbens (Hemsl.) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
- Polyscias crassa (Hemsl.) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett
- Polyscias lionnetii (F.Friedmann) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett
- Polyscias sechellarum Baker
Arecaceae
- Deckenia H.Wendl. ex Seem.
- Deckenia nobilis H.Wendl. ex Seem.
- Lodoicea Comm. ex DC.
- Lodoicea maldivica (J.F.Gmel.) Pers. – Curieuse and Praslin
- Nephrosperma Balf.f.
- Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum (H.Wendl. ex Van Houtte) Balf.f.
- Phoenicophorium H.Wendl.
- Phoenicophorium borsigianum (K.Koch) Stuntz
- Roscheria H.Wendl. ex Balf.f.
- Roscheria melanochaetes (B.S.Williams) H.Wendl. ex Balf.f.
- Verschaffeltia H.Wendl.
- Verschaffeltia splendida H.Wendl.
Aspleniaceae
- Diplazium sechellarum (Baker) C.Chr.
Asteraceae
- Gynura sechellensis Hemsl.
- Vernonia sechellensis Baker – Mahé
Balsaminaceae
- Impatiens gordonii Horne ex Baker – Mahé
Begoniaceae
- Begonia seychellensis Hemsl. – Mahé and Silhouette
Bignoniaceae
- Colea seychellarum Seem.
Cyatheaceae
- Alsophila sechellarum (Mett.) R.M.Tryon
Cyperaceae
- Costularia xipholepis (Baker) Henriette & Senterre – Mahé
- Mapania floribunda (Nees ex Steud.) T.Koyama
- Mapania seychellaria D.A.Simpson – Praslin
- Xyroschoenus Larridon
- Xyroschoenus hornei (C.B.Clarke) Larridon
Dilleniaceae
- Dillenia ferruginea (Baill.) Gilg
Dipterocarpaceae
- Vateriopsis F.Heim
- Vateriopsis seychellarum (Dyer) F.Heim – Mahé
Ebenaceae
- Diospyros boiviniana (Baill.) G.E.Schatz & Lowry
Erythroxylaceae
- Erythroxylum sechellarum O.E.Schulz
Euphorbiaceae
- Excoecaria benthamiana Hemsl.
Hymenophyllaceae
- Trichomanes beaverianum (Senterre & Rouhan) Christenh.
- Trichomanes cupressoides Desv. – Mahé and Silhouette
- Trichomanes fulgens C.Chr.
Hypoxidaceae
- Curculigo maheensis (F.Friedmann) Christenh. & Byng – Mahé
- Curculigo rhizophylla (Baker) T.Durand & Schinz
- Curculigo seychellensis Bojer ex Baker
Lamiaceae
- Achyrospermum seychellarum Baker – Mahé and Silhouette
Lindsaeaceae
- Nesolindsaea kirkii (Hook.) Lehtonen & Christenh.
Loranthaceae
- Bakerella clavata subsp. sechellensis (Baker) Balle
Marattiaceae
- Angiopteris chongsengiana Senterre & I.Fabre
- Ptisana laboudalloniana Senterre & I.Fabre
Melastomataceae
- Memecylon elaeagni Blume
Moraceae
- Ficus reflexa subsp. sechellensis (Baker) C.C.Berg
- Trilepisium gymnandrum (Baker) J.Gerlach
Myrtaceae
- Syzygium wrightii (Baker) A.J.Scott
Nepenthaceae
- Nepenthes pervillei Blume – Mahé and Silhouette
Ochnaceae
- Medusagyne Baker
- Medusagyne oppositifolia Baker – Mahé
Orchidaceae
- Eulophia seychellarum Rolfe ex Summerh. – Mahé
- Malaxis seychellarum (Kraenzl.) Summerh.
- Vanilla phalaenopsis Rchb.f. ex Van Houtte
Pandanaceae
- Martellidendron hornei (Balf.f.) Callm. & Chassot
- Pandanus balfourii Martelli
- Pandanus multispicatus Balf.f.
- Pandanus sechellarum Balf.f.
Piperaceae
- Piper silhouettanum J.Gerlach
Pittosporaceae
- Pittosporum senacia subsp. wrightii (Hemsl.) Cufod. ex F.Friedmann – Mahé and Silhouette
Polypodiaceae
- Bolbitis bipinnatifida (Mett.) Ching
- Dryopteris wardii (Baker) Kuntze
- Elaphoglossum hornei C.Chr.
- Grammitis pervillei (Mett.) Tardieu
- Parapolystichum hornei (Baker) Rouhan
- Tectaria pleiotoma (Baker) C.Chr.
Primulaceae
- Myrsine seychellarum (Mez) Ricketson & Pipoly – Mahé and Silhouette
Putranjivaceae
- Drypetes riseleyi Airy Shaw
Rubiaceae
- Craterispermum microdon Baker – Mahé
- Craterispermum praslinense Padayachy & Senterre – Praslin
- Craterispermum silhouettense Padayachy & Senterre – Silhouette
- Glionnetia Tirveng.
- Glionnetia sericea (Baker) Tirveng. – Mahé and Silhouette
- Ixora pudica Baker – Mahé and Silhouette
- Paragenipa Baill.
- Paragenipa lancifolia (Bojer ex Baker) Tirveng. & Robbr.
- Peponidium carinatum (Baker) Kainul. & Razafim.
- Peponidium celastroides (Baker) Kainul. & Razafim. – Mahé and Silhouette
- Psychotria silhouettae F.Friedmann – Silhouette
- Rothmannia annae (E.P.Wright) Keay
- Seychellea Razafim., Kainul. & Rydin
- Seychellea sechellarum (Baker) Razafim., Kainul. & Rydin
Salicaceae
- Ludia mauritiana var. sechellensis F.Friedmann
- Allophylus sechellensis Summerh.
Sapotaceae
- Mimusops sechellarum (Oliv.) Hemsl.
- Northia Hook.f.
- Northia seychellana Hook.f.
Selaginellaceae
- Selaginella sechellarum Baker
Simaroubaceae
- Soulamea terminalioides Baker – Mahé and Silhouette
Stemonuraceae
- Grisollea thomassetii Hemsl. – Mahé and Silhouette
Triuridaceae
- Sciaphila thomassetii (Hemsl.) V.Merckx & Byng – Mahé
References
- ^ Endemic plants of Seychelles, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) checklist builder. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Brummitt, R. K. (2001). World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (PDF) (2nd ed.). International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases For Plant Sciences (TDWG). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2021-07-27.