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Flora of the Philippines. Lush vegetation in a forest in Palawan. The flora of the Philippines boasts a diverse array of plant species given its location in the great Malaysian flora. The Malaysian Phytogeographic zone is considered to be one of the most important centers for plant diversity because of the multitude and variance of species ...
Semecarpus paucinervius. Shorea astylosa. Shorea contorta. Shorea malibato. Shorea negrosensis. (previous page) (next page) Categories: Flora of the Philippines. Endemic flora by country.
The streptophyte algae (i.e. excluding the land plants) have around 122 genera; they adapted to fresh water very early in their evolutionary history and have not spread back into marine environments. [citation needed] Some time during the Ordovician, streptophytes invaded the land and began the evolution of the embryophyte land plants. [28]
The wildlife of the Philippines includes a significant number of endemic plant and animal species. The country's surrounding waters reportedly [1] have the highest level of marine biodiversity in the world. The Philippines is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries and is a global biodiversity hotspot. In 2013, 700 of the country's 52,177 ...
9,994 km 2 (11%) [1] The Luzon rain forest is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the island of Luzon. Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines, and the Luzon rain forest is the most extensive rainforest ecoregion of the country. The ecoregion includes the lowlands of Luzon and neighboring islands below 1000 meters elevation.
Ecoregions in the Philippines. The Philippine archipelago is one of the world's great reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism. The archipelago includes over 7000 islands, and a total land area of 300,780 km 2. The Philippines was never connected to mainland Asia via land bridges, [dubious – discuss] so the flora and fauna of the islands had ...
This category has the following 25 subcategories, out of 25 total. Landforms of the Philippines by island group (3 C) Landforms of the Philippines by province (82 C) Landforms of the Philippines by region (18 C)
Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide. [2] It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. It is broader than the term flora which refers to species composition.