Socotrana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Genus: | Socotrana Cassola & Wranik, 1998 |
Species: | S. labroturrita |
Binomial name | |
Socotrana labroturrita Cassola & Wranik, 1998 | |
Socotrana labroturrita is a species of beetle in the family Cicindelidae and is the only species in the genus Socotrana. [1]
Dirachma is the sole genus of the family Dirachmaceae. The genus had been monotypic, its sole species being the woody plant Dirachma socotrana, until a second, herbaceous, species, Dirachma somalensis, was discovered in Somalia and described in 1991.
Crotalaria socotrana is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to north-central Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Tephrosia socotrana is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae.
Launaea socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the islands of Socotra and Samhah in Yemen.
Farsetia socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only on Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Hemicrambe socotrana, synonym Nesocrambe socotrana, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only on "an inhospitable and windswept ridge at the western end of Soqotra", Yemen. It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
The Socotra bunting is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.
Begonia socotrana is a species of plant in the family Begoniaceae. It is endemic to north-central Socotra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas. Due to its winter-blooming tendency, it has been used in begonia hybridization efforts.
Boswellia socotrana is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Socotra, Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Euphorbia socotrana is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a tree or shrub endemic to Soqotra in Yemen.
Iphigenia socotrana is a species of plant in the family Colchicaceae. It is endemic to the island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.
Kraussia socotrana is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Socotra, Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas. The type was collected from Wadi Irih on the Nogad Plain.
Priva socotrana is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae. It is a subshrub endemic to the islands of Socotra and Samhah in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago. It is common and widespread in dry shrublands and woodlands on limestone escarpments and plateaus from 50 to 950 metres elevation.
Pyrostria socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub endemic to the Hajhir Mountains on the island of Socotra in Yemen. It grows in submontane semi-deciduous woodland from 850 to 1,000 metres elevation.
Thamnosma socotrana is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a subshrub endemic to the Hajhir Mountains on the island of Socotra in Yemen. It has evergreen, strongly aromatic leaves with strongly inrolled margins. It is locally common in low montane shrubland from 700 to 1,400 metres elevation.
Turraea socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the family Meliaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen. It is a rare plant which grows on cliffs and in ravines in the island's central and western limestone plateaus, and less commonly on granite in the Hajhir Mountains, from 500 to 700 meters elevation.
Wellstedia socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is a subshrub native to northeastern Somalia and southern Socotra.
Dendrosicyos is a monotypic genus in the plant family Cucurbitaceae. The only species is Dendrosicyos socotranus, the cucumber tree. The species is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen, and is the only species in the Cucurbitaceae to grow in a tree form. The species name was originally spelled D. socotrana, but this is corrected to masculine grammatical gender according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.
Cyanixia is a genus of plants in the Iridaceae, first described in 2003. It contains only one known species, Cyanixia socotrana, a perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plant species endemic to the Island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.
The Socotra skink is a species of skink found in Socotra.