''Socotrella'' is a monotypic genus of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

in family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...

. It contains the single species ''Socotrella dolichocnema'', which is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Socotra Socotra, locally known as Saqatri, is a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean. Situated between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, it lies near major shipping routes. Socotra is the largest of the six islands in the Socotra archipelago as ...

References

*Bruyns, P. V. and A. G. Miller. (2002). ''Socotrella'', a new genus of stapeliad (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) from the island of Socotra. ''Novon'' 12:3 330–333. Asclepiadoideae Vulnerable plants Endemic flora of Socotra Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Monotypic Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub