The Flora of Madagascar: Higher Plant Groups

Summary and Status Directory  

The data in this table are derived from the corresponding Genus and Species pages. The data provide a summary of the treatment presented in the published parts of the Flore de Madagascar et des Comores for Vascular Plants and from Marline et al. 2012. Checklist of the Bryophytes of Madagascar. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 33(3): 199–255. for the Bryophyte groups, together with a summary of the data presented here in the Madagascar Catalogue, which includes information on the number of species currently accepted, and an estimate of the number of undescribed species for the genera for which a recent taxonomic evaluation has been conducted. The number of accepted species is added to the estimate of undescribed species to provide an estimated total. Place cursor over headers marked [+] for further explanation of the column contents.

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Group	Flore de Madagascar [+]		Madagascar Catalogue					Further taxonomic work	Data capture complete
	No. of species accepted [+]	Native species endemism [+]	No. of published species accepted [+]	Native species endemism [+]	Estimated undescribed species [+]	Estimated total species [+]	Native species endemism [+]
Entire Bryophyte Flora	1144	28.67%	1145	28.65%	incomplete	incomplete	-	required	no
Fern and Fern Allies	incomplete	-	633 (302;331;0)	45.5%	incomplete	incomplete	-	required	no
Gymnosperms	incomplete	-	7 (6;1;?)	85.7%	incomplete	incomplete	-	not currently required	no
Basal Angiosperms	incomplete	-	337 (312;20;5)	98.5%	incomplete	incomplete	-	required	no
Monocots	incomplete	-	2759 (1987;692;80)	73.9%	incomplete	incomplete	-	required	no
Lower Eudicots	incomplete	-	61 (50;9;2)	84.7%	incomplete	incomplete	-	in progress	no
Rosids	incomplete	-	4014 (3382;484;154)	87.5%	incomplete	incomplete	-	required	no
Asterids	incomplete	-	4196 (3574;448;182)	84.9%	incomplete	incomplete	-	required	no
Unplaced dicots	incomplete	-	* ;(*;*;*)	*%	incomplete	incomplete	-	required	no
Angiosperms	incomplete	-	11057 (8988;1651;419)	88.9%	incomplete	incomplete	-	required	no
Entire Vascular Plant Flora	incomplete	-	11705 (9314;1940;419)	82.6%	incomplete	incomplete	-	required	no

N.B. The this table is still under construction, the data are not reliable.