The Alien Landscapes of Socotra Island

Situated in the Indian Ocean 250 km from Somalia and 340 km from Yemen, the 'alien' Socotra Island is a small archipelago of four islands belonging to the Republic of Yemen. It's a real jewel of biodiversity and its fierce heat and drought have combined to create a unique, spectacular and bizarre endemic flora. Botanists state that more than a third of the 800 of so plant species of Socotra are found nowhere else and rank the flora of Socotra among the ten most endangered island flora in the world.

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