Reference(s): Cavaco, A. & M. Keraudren. (1958)
Status: this genus has been assessed for the following:
- Species in Fl. Madag: 21 endemic
- Accepted published species: 19 endemic
- Estimated undescribed species: 9 endemic
- Estimated total species: 28 endemic
- Indigenous species endemism: 100%
Additional taxonomic work: in progress
Species level data entry: complete
Note: Fl. Madagasc. cites X. grandiflora (syn. X. lamarckii) and X. amplexicaulis as doubtfully present in Madagascar, both are known from the Mascarenes, and neither have been collected with certainty in Madagascar, we therefore exclude them both.
Contributed/compiled by: P.B. Phillipson & G.E. Schatz
Updated on: 22 Apr. 2008
