Madagascar area covers the island Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Mauritius, Reunion and other smaller islands in the wider surroundings of Madagascar.
This sub-region has its specific vegetation, mainly endemic. Flora is formed by more than 8500 plant species, which are of the three quarters endemic. We can find here 7 endemic plant families and 450 endemic plant species. High development attachment is mainly to the Indian part of Paleotropis – much more than to the closer Africa, further then to the Australis.
- AERANGIS CITRATA (Thouars) Schltr.
- ALBIZIA MAINAEA Villiers
- ALOE DESCOINGSII Reynolds
- ALOE HAWORTHIOIDES var. AURANTIACA H. Perrier
- ANISOTES MADAGASCARIENSIS Benoist
- BRILLANTAISIA OWARIENSIS P. Beauv.
- COSTULARIA HORNEI (C. B. Clarke) Kük.
- CROTALARIA GREVEI Drake
- CURCULIGO SEYCHELLENSIS Bojer ex Baker
- DECKENIA NOBILIS H. Wendl. ex Seem. – Cabbage Palm, Millionaire’s Salad
- DIDIEREA MADAGASCARIENSIS Baill. – Octopus-tree
- DILLENIA FERRUGINEA (Baill.) Gilg
- EUPHORBIA DECARYI var. SPIROSTICHA Rauh et G. Buchloh
- GASTONIA CRASSA (Hemsl.) F. Friedmann
- GLEICHENIA POLYPODIOIDES (L.) Sm. – Coral Fern
- GLIONNETIA SERICEA (Baker) Tirveng.
- IPOMOEA PES-CAPRAE (L.) R. Br. – Railroad Vine, Bayhops
- IPOMOEA QUAMOCLIT L. – Cypress Vine, Cardinal Creeper, Cardinal Vine, Star Glory, Hummingbird Vine, Cypressvine Morning Glory
- LODOICEA MALDIVICA (J. F. Gmel.) Pers. – Double-coconut, Sea-coconut, Seychellesnut, Coco de Mer
- MAPANIA FLORIBUNDA (Nees ex Steud.) T. Koyama
- MERREMIA UMBELLATA (L.) Hallier f. – Hogvine
- NEPHROSPERMA VAN-HOUTTEANUM (H. Wendl. ex Van Houtte) Balf. f. – Van Houtten’s Palm
- PACHYPODIUM ROSULATUM Baker – Elephant’s Foot Plant
- PANDANUS BALFOURII Martelli – Balfour’s Pandanus
- PANDANUS MULTISPICATUS Balf. f.
- PANDANUS SECHELLARUM Balf. f. – Seychelles Pandanus
- PARAGENIPA LANCIFOLIA (Bojer ex Baker) Tirveng. et Robbr.
- PHOENICOPHORIUM BORSIGIANUM (K. Koch) Stuntz – Thief palm
- PITTOSPORUM WRIGHTII Hemsl.
- PYROSTRIA BIBRACTEATA (Baker) Cavaco
- RAVENALA MADAGASCARIENSIS Sonnerat – Traveller’s Tree, Traveller’s Palm
- ROSCHERIA MELANOCHAETES (H. Wendl.) H. Wendl. ex Balf. f.
- RUMOHRA ADIANTIFORMIS (G. Forst.) Ching – Leather Fern, Leatherleaf Fern
- SCHIZAEA CONFUSA Selling
- SCHOENOPLECTUS SUPINUS (L.) Palla
- TIMONIUS SECHELLENSIS Summerh.
- VANILLA PHALAENOPSIS Rchb. f. ex Van Houtte
- VERSCHAFFELTIA SPLENDIDA H. Wendl. – Seychelles Stilt Palm