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Botanical gardens in Philippines have collections consisting entirely of Philippines native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in many provinces, municipalities, and cities of Philippines, some administered by local governments and some are privately owned.
Pages in category "Endemic flora of the Philippines" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 222 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Clerodendrum quadriloculare (known as the bronze-leaved clerodendrum, fireworks plant, [3] [4] Philippine glorybower, shooting star or starburst bush [4] in English, and bagawak or bagawak morado [3] [4] in Filipino) is a species of flowering plant native to New Guinea and the Philippines.
At the very least, one-third of the more than 9,250 vascular plant species native to the country are endemic. [3] There are, however, no plant families endemic to the country. [4] The families of gingers, begonias, gesneriads, orchids, pandans, palms, and dipterocarps are particularly high in endemic species. For example, two-thirds of the 150 ...
There are some endemic plants and trees within a boundary of only a few hundred meters of coastline and there’s no place like this along the entire east coast of Palawan north of Puerta Princesa: only around 300 to 500 meters of coastline with some beautiful mix of trees and bushes looking very bizarre.
Nepenthes philippinensis / n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z f ɪ ˌ l ɪ p ɪ ˈ n ɛ n s ɪ s / is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines.It is known from Palawan and the neighbouring Calamian Islands (including Busuanga, Coron, and Culion) and Linapacan, where it grows at 0–600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level.
See: List of endangered plants, List of critically endangered plants. Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN. Additionally 1674 plant species (7.6% of those evaluated) are listed as Data Deficient , meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment ...
Scyphiphora is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.It is the only genus in the tribe Scyphiphoreae.The genus contains only one species, viz. Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, which has a large distribution range from India, to tropical Asia and the western Pacific. [1]