Scaevola muluensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Goodeniaceae |
Genus: | Scaevola |
Species: | S. muluensis |
Binomial name | |
Scaevola muluensis | |
Scaevola muluensis is a species of plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sarawak. This plant was first described in 1993 by the botanist Khoon Meng Wong in the journal Sandakania. [3] [2]
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Scaevola floribunda is a species of plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to Fiji.
Scaevola socotraensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to Socotra off the coast of mainland Yemen. There are just a few individuals of this critically endangered plant growing at freshwater seeps on the island. Changes in the hydrology of the local ecosystem caused by development are a threat.
Scaevola verticillata is a species of plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to Borneo where it is confined to Sarawak.
Scaevola coriacea, the dwarf naupaka, is one of the ten Scaevolas, that are endemic to Hawaii.
Scaevola taccada, also known as beach cabbage, sea lettuce, beach naupaka, naupaka kahakai (Hawaiian), magoo (Divehi), merambong (Malay), bapaceda or papatjeda, ngahu (Tongan) is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae found in coastal locations in the tropical areas of the Indo-Pacific. It is a common beach shrub throughout the Arabian Sea, the tropical Indian Ocean and the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Scaevola platyphylla, commonly known as broad-leaved fanflower, is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Plants grow to between 0.3 and 1.3 metres high and have blue to purple flowers that appear between August and January in their native range.
Bungarimba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The type species was transferred from Porterandia by K.M. Wong in 2004. The genus is found from Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra and New Guinea.
Scaevola canescens is a species of plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia where it occurs "from Shark Bay to Perth, in open forest and heath in sandy soil".
Scaevola acacioides, is an erect, spreading shrub in the family Goodeniaceae.
Scaevola plumieri is a species of plant in the family Goodeniaceae which grows on coastal dunes in the tropics and subtropics.
Scaevola enantophylla, commonly known as climbing fan-flower,is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a scrambling vine with yellow fan-shaped flowers, and the only species in the genus with leaves arranged opposite.
Scaevola gracilis is a plant in the family Goodeniaceae, native to the Kermadec Islands and Tonga.
Scaevola gaudichaudii, the ridgetop naupaka, is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae. The flowers are yellow. The plant is endemic to Hawaii.
Scaevola restiacea is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. Plants grow to between 0.15 and 0.5 metres high and have blue-white flowers that can appear in March or June or from August to December in their native range. They are found growing on undulating plains on sandy soils