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The common trees and shrubs of Sri Lanka are a part of the diverse plant wildlife of Sri Lanka. The following list provides the 704 species of common trees and shrubs of flora of Sri Lanka under 95 families. The list is according to A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka, by Mark Ashton, Savitri Gunatilleke, Neela de Zoysa, M ...
Pages in category "Endemic flora of Sri Lanka" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 215 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
There are 18 species of scorpions in Sri Lanka. Out of these 18, 7 are endemic. In addition, 4 subspecies of the 9 non-endemic species are also endemic to Sri Lanka. According to 2014 research, 47 species of pseudoscorpions have been identified in Sri Lanka. Out of this 43 species, 20 species are endemic to Sri Lanka.
This category includes the native flora of Sri Lanka.Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. In accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), this category is included within the larger region of the Indian subcontinent in Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent
Plant diversity and endemism in Sri Lanka are quite high. Of 3,210 flowering plants belonging to 1,052 genera, 916 species and 18 genera are endemic. [3] All but one of Sri Lanka's more than 55 dipterocarp (Sinhalese "Hora") are found nowhere else in the world. Sri Lanka's amphibian diversity is only becoming known now.
Sri Lanka spurfowl, Sri Lanka junglefowl, Sri Lanka grey hornbill, red-faced malkoha, orange-billed babbler, Sri Lanka blue magpie are some of them. [ 5 ] 20 percent of Sri Lanka's endemic freshwater fishes inhabit in the waters of Gin River and Nilwala River , which sourced by the springs of Kanneliya-Dediyagala-Nakiyadeniya.
Stemonoporus is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka. [1] It contains as many as 26 species, all but one confined to the perhumid forests of the island. [citation needed]
Allophylus zeylanicus (Sinhala: වල් කොබ්බෑ - wal kobbe) is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka . Description