| Torenia travancorica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Linderniaceae |
| Genus: | Torenia |
| Species: | T. travancorica |
| Binomial name | |
| Torenia travancorica | |
Torenia travancorica is a species of flowering plant belonging the family Linderniaceae. [1] [2] It is seen in evergreen forests and grasslands of the Western Ghats. [3] [4]
Torenia travancorica is a creeping herb with four-angled slender stems. leaves are ovate, acjminate with rounded base. There are 5–7 pairs of nerves and 1 cm long petiole. Tubular, narrowly winged flowers are axillary. Corolla tube is yellow and lobes are deep blue. Pitted pale brown seeds are seen in 2 cm long capsule.[ citation needed ]
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Magnolia wilsonii, or Wilson's magnolia, is a species of Magnolia native to China, in the provinces of western Guizhou, Sichuan and northern Yunnan, where it grows in the forest understory at altitudes of 1,900-3,000 m, rarely up to 3,300 m.
Sphagneticola trilobata, commonly known as the Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye, merigold Singapore daisy, creeping-oxeye, trailing daisy, and wedelia, is a plant in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, but now grows throughout the Neotropics. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental groundcover.
Torenia is a genus of plants now classified in the family Linderniaceae. Torenia has also been classified in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. Often called wishbone flowers, bluewings; in Hawaii nanioola'a or ola'a beauty, some species are grown as garden plants. Many F1 and F2 Torenia hybrids have been hybridized in the last 30 years. Colors can range from white with yellow throats to violet, blue, cobalt, lavender and purple.
Tecomaria capensis, the Cape honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southern Africa. Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the true honeysuckle.
Actinodaphne bourneae is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Tamil Nadu in India. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gluta travancorica is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to the southern Western Ghats in India.
Lindera wrayi is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Litsea hirsutissima is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Litsea nigrescens is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to India.
Litsea travancorica is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a tree that grows from 7 to 10 metres tall. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India, in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. It grows in semi-evergreen and evergreen montane rain forests from 800 to 1,200 metres elevation.
Neolitsea fischeri is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a small tree endemic to the Anaimalai and Palni Hills in southern India.
Neolitsea kedahense is a species of tree in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Kedah in Peninsular Malaysia. It belongs to lower risk bracket of the conservation status.
Neolitsea mollissima is a species of tree in the family Lauraceae. It is known from a single collection; it is endemic to Perak in Peninsular Malaysia.
Nothaphoebe kingiana is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is native to Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Nothopegia is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae, native to India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Phoebe scortechinii is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Nymphaea micrantha is a water lily belonging to the genus Nymphaea. It is native to the tropics of West Africa.
Rhododendron eudoxum is a species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family. It is native to the bamboo forests of southeast Xizang and northwest Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 3,300–4,300 m (10,800–14,100 ft). It is a dwarf shrub that typically grows to 30–120 cm tall, with leathery leaves that are long-elliptic to oblong-obovate in shape, and 2.3–3 cm (0.9–1.2 in) long and 0.8–1.4 cm (0.3–0.6 in) wide. Its flowers are red. It is placed in section Ponticum.
Ochlandra travancorica, or reed bamboo is a species of bamboo, endemic to the Western Ghats, India. It is naturalised in the West Indies. Clusters of this bamboo are known to be the spawning area for the critically endangered frog species Raorchestes chalazodes.
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