Lemuridae is a family of strepsirrhine primates native to Madagascar and the Comoros Islands. They are represented by the Lemuriformes in Madagascar with one of the highest concentration of the lemurs. One of five families commonly known as lemurs. These animals were once thought to be the evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes, but this is no longer considered correct.
Thamnocalamus is a genus of clumping bamboo in the grass family. These species are found from the Himalayas as well as Madagascar and Southern Africa.
Bridelia is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806. It is widespread across Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Meineckia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.
Cephalostachyum is a genus of Asian and Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.
Schizostachyum is a tall or shrub-like tropical genus of bamboo. They are natives mostly of tropical Asia and Papuasia, with a few species in Madagascar and on certain islands in the Pacific. A few have become naturalized in other tropical regions.
Decaryochloa is a genus of Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.
Hickelia is a genus of African bamboo in the grass family.
- Hickelia africanaS.Dransf. - Tanzania
- Hickelia alaotrensisA.Camus - Madagascar
- Hickelia madagascariensisA.Camus - Madagascar
- Hickelia perrieri(A.Camus) S.Dransf. - Madagascar
Hitchcockella baronii is a species of bamboo, the only known species of the genus Hitchcockella. It is found in Madagascar and was first described by Aimée Antoinette Camus in 1925.
Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family. It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean.
Perrierbambus is a genus of Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.
- Perrierbambus madagascariensisA. Camus
- Perrierbambus tsarasaotrensisA. Camus
Polysphaeria is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae, and its native range is Madagascar and Tropical Africa. It contains the following 22 species according to Plants of the World Online:
Pseudoxytenanthera is a genus of Asian bamboo in the grass family native to India, Sri Lanka, and Indochina.
- Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii(Gamble) H.B.Naithani – India
- Pseudoxytenanthera monadelpha(Thwaites) Soderstr. & R.P.Ellis – India, Sri Lanka, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
- Pseudoxytenanthera ritcheyi(Munro) H.B.Naithani – India
- Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii(Munro) T.Q.Nguyen – India, Vietnam
Prosartes, the fairybells, is a North American genus of flowering plants in the lily family.
Cathariostachys is a genus of Madagascan bamboo in the grass family.
- Cathariostachys capitata - eastern Madagascar
- Cathariostachys madagascariensis(A.Camus) S.Dransf. - central Madagascar
Cathariostachys madagascariensis, the Madagascar giant bamboo or volohosy in Malagasy language, is a bamboo species found in Madagascar. It was originally classified as a new species of Cephalostachys by A. Camus in 1925. In 1998, in part due to the prior encouragement of the late Dr. T.R. Soderstrom of the Smithsonian, S. Dransfield reexamined the classification of several bamboos from Madagascar. Dr. S. Dransfield determined that, although sharing many similar characteristics with Cephalostachys,C. capitata and C. madagariensis are distinct from Cephalostachys. She placed both in the new genus Carthariostachys.
Valiha diffusa is a bamboo species in the genus Valiha found in Madagascar.
Landolphia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1806. They take the form of vines that scramble over host trees. Landolphia is native to tropical Africa.
Faucherea is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1920.
Soejatmi Dransfield is an Indonesia-born British plant taxonomist specializing in bamboos and currently honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.
