Flora of Madagascar
The flora of Madagascar comprises 80% of endemic species . This exceptional originality is due to the fact that Madagascar separated from the African continent approximately 100 million years ago. The insulation of the island, the absence of certain predatory, contributed to the original evolution of the current species. Madagascar has a single endemic flora in the world, with in particular more than thousand species of Orchidée S.
- Baobabs: there exist 6 species different of endemic baobab trees of Madagascar on 8 for the whole of the planet
- Adansonia grandidieri - Baobab tree of Grandidier
- Adansonia madagascariensis - Baobab tree of Madagascar
- Adansonia perrieri - Baobab tree of Perrier (Northern of Madagascar)
- Adansonia rubrostipa (syn. A. fony ) - Baobab tree Fony
- Adansonia suarezensis - Baobab tree of Suarez (Diego Suarez)
- Adansonia za - Baobab tree Za
The name Adansonia is a homage to Michel Adanson, naturalist and explorer French, the first to have described Adansonia digitata .
See too
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- Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier of Bâthie
- Fauna of Madagascar
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