Strobilanthes is a genus of about 350 species of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, mostly native to tropical Asia and Madagascar, but with a few species extending north into temperate regions of Asia. Many species are cultivated for their two-lipped, hooded flowers in shades of blue, pink, white and purple. Most are frost-tender and require protection in frost-prone areas.
Pothos is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Shorea thorelii is a critically endangered tree species, described by Pierre and Lanessan, which is included in the genus Shorea and family Dipterocarpaceae. However, the species name is unresolved according to the Plant List. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Woodfordia fruticosa is a species of plant in the Lythraceae family. Flower peckers drink nectar from its flowers.
Habenaria repens, commonly called the water-spider bog orchid or the floating orchid, is an orchid species widespread across Latin America from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina, as well as in the Southeastern United States from Texas and Oklahoma east to Florida and the Carolinas plus an isolated population in Virginia.
Pothos lancifolius is climbing plant species described by Hooker in the family Araceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. This species has been recorded from Peninsular Malaysia and Vietnam - where it is called ráy leo lá rách or ráy leo hình bút lông.
Mitragyna diversifolia is a tree species in the family Rubiaceae and found in Asia. The Catalogue of Life lists no subspecies.
Trichosanthes tricuspidata is a climbing plant in the family Cucurbitaceae.
Trichosanthes cochinchinensis is a climbing plant in the family Cucurbitaceae, but the name may be unresolved, with The Plant List indicating that Gymnopetalum cochinchinense is a synonym of G. chinense(Lour.) Merr. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life, which records its distribution as: China, India, Nepal to Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Singapore, Java, Philippines, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. In Vietnamese its name is dây cứt quạ.
Pothos scandens is a climbing tropical forest plant in the family Araceae. It is the type species of the genus Pothos. No subspecies are recorded in the Catalogue of Life.
Trichosanthes baviensis is a climbing plant in the family Cucurbitaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. It was described from the Ba Vi area in northern Vietnam and also occurs in southern China.
Sterculia cochinchinensis is a tree species belonging to the genus Sterculia in the family Malvaceae. The name is unresolved according to The Plant List. This species is found in Laos and Vietnam and there are no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Sterculia stigmarota is a plant, belonging to the genus Sterculia and the family Malvaceae. This species is found only in southern Vietnam and there are no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Pachystrobilus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae and the tribe Ruellieae; it is found in south-east Asia. The genus contains a single species, Pachystrobilus involucratus. The Catalogue of Life lists this species under its synonym Strobilanthes involucratus, with a subspecies S. i. tjibodensis.
Salix repens, the creeping willow, is a small, shrubby species of willow in the family Salicaceae, growing up to 1.5 metres in height. Found amongst sand dunes and heathlands, it is a polymorphic species, with a wide range of variants. In the UK, at least, these range from small, prostrate, hairless plants at one end of the spectrum to taller, erect or ascending silky-leaved shrubs at the other. This wide variation in form has resulted in numerous synonyms.
Fibraurea is a plant genus in the family Menispermaceae.
Lasiobema curtisii is a species of 'monkey ladder' lianas in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae, the genus having been separated from Bauhinia but possibly synonymous with Phanera. Under its synonym, Bauhinia curtisii, records exist from Indo-China and Malesia; no subspecies were listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Lasiobema dolichobotrys is a species of 'monkey ladder' lianas in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae, the genus having been separated from Bauhinia but possibly synonymous with Phanera. Under its synonym, Bauhinia cardinalis, records exist from Vietnam, where it is called móng bò đỏ, mấu hang or mấu tràm; no subspecies were listed in the Catalogue of Life.
Benstonea humilis is a species of plant in the family Pandanaceae, with no subspecies listed. It has been recorded from Indo-China and peninsular Malaysia; in Vietnam, it is called dưa nhỏ.
Stachyphrynium placentarium is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae. Its basionym was Phyllodes placentaria Lour. and was subsequently long placed as various species in the genus Phrynium. The species is widespread throughout Asia, with records from Bhutan, southern China, India, Indo-China and Indonesia; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
