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The TIPAs programme focuses on critical sites for wild plant populations. It aims to identify areas important for the conservation of threatened plants and/or habitats and areas with exceptional plant richness, and to raise awareness of the importance of plant life in tropical countries, encouraging long term conservation of these areas.
The fifth and final layer is the herb layer which is the forest floor. The forest floor is mainly bare except for various plants, mosses, and ferns. The forest floor is much more dense than above because of little sunlight and air movement. [2] Plant species native to the tropics found in tropical ecosystems are known as
This category contains articles related to the native flora of tropical Asia. For the purposes of this category, "tropical Asia" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), which calls it Asia-Tropical, namely as one of the nine "botanical continents". It includes the following regions:
Heliconia is a genus of flowering plants in the monotypic family Heliconiaceae. Most of the 194 known species [3] are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the western Pacific and Maluku in Indonesia. [2] Many species of Heliconia are found in the tropical forests of these regions.
Malpighia emarginata is a host plant for the caterpillars of the white-patched skipper (Chiomara asychis), [25] Florida duskywing (Ephyriades brunneus), [26] and brown-banded skipper (Timochares ruptifasciatus). [27] Larvae of the acerola weevil (Anthonomus macromalus [d]) feed on the fruits, while adults consume young leaves. [28]
Caribbean copper plant Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Euphorbia ingens: candelabra tree Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Euphorbia tetragona: naboom Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Euphorbia tirucalli: pencil spurge Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Gymnanthes: gymnanthes trees; Gymnanthes lucida: crabwood Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Hevea: rubber ...
Clusia rosea is a tree native to the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Hispaniola (such as in Los Haitises National Park), Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Florida. [7] [8]It is a hemiepiphyte; that is, it grows as an epiphyte on rocks or other trees at the start of its life and behaving like a strangler fig as it gets larger.
Botanical Garden of National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan. Curcuma petiolata (also known as jewel of Thailand, [3] Siam tulip, hidden ginger, [3] pastel hidden ginger, [3] hidden lily [3] or queen lily [4]) is a plant of the Zingiberaceae or ginger family. It is native to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Java. [5] Average height 2–3 feet (60 ...