%0 Journal Article
%T EXOTIC SPECIES OF SOCOTRA ISLAND, YEMEN: A FIRST CONTRIBUTION
%A R.K. SOMASHEKAR
%A F. ATTORRE
%A N. TALEB
%A F. BRUNO
%J Annali di Botanica
%D 2010
%I University La Sapienza of Rome
%X A first inventory of the exotic species of Socotra has been compiled on the basis of the published literature and original distribution data collected by field surveys from 2006 to 2008. A strictly geographical and conservative approach was adopted including only cultivated species and those with a native range separated from Socotra territory. The extracted aliens (87 taxa, 68 genera, 40 family) represent approximately 9% of the total flora of the region (850 taxa). Most were introduced in the past 10 to 20 years. Agricultural cultivated or crop species dominated with 38 species (43.7%), fruit followed by basing 14 species (16.1%) and ruder or ornamental species (35 species, 40.2%).
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