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The flora of Madagascar consists of more than 12,000 species of vascular and non-vascular plants. Around 83% of Madagascar's vascular plants are found only on the island. These endemic plants include five entire plant families: Asteropeiaceae, Barbeuiaceae, Physenaceae, Sarcolaenaceae and Sphaerosepalaceae. Unique to Madagascar are the traveller's tree, the Madagascar periwinkle, six species of baobab and around 200 species of palms. The high degree of endemism is due to Madagascar's long isolation following its separation from the African and Indian landmasses in the Mesozoic Era. Today, humid forests, including the lowland forests, are found on the eastern plateau. Much of the central highlands is grassland. In the west are dry forest and succulent woodland. The unique spiny thickets are in the southwest, and mangroves occur on the west coast. Around 10% of the land surface is protected, including the World Heritage sites Tsingy de Bemaraha and the Rainforests of the Atsinanana. (Full article...)

Pinging Tylototriton; now we're doing blurbs for all articles promoted at FAC in 2018. Thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 20:56, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]