Entries for the 'Flora of Malaysia & Borneo' Category
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The Gingers of Malaysia and Borneo
Category: Flora of Malaysia & Borneo
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| The Gingers of Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
Of the approximately 1200 species of plants found in the Ginger family about 1000 occur in tropical Asia. The richest area floristically is the Malesian region; a distinct zone that includes Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. |
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The Gingers of Kinabalu Park in Sabah
Category: Flora of Malaysia & Borneo
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| The center of diversity for the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, is the Indo-Malayan region with approximately 160 species occurring in Peninsular Malaysia. Borneo is still insufficiently known and under explored for gingers but may have more species than Peninsular Malaysia. One genus, Burbidgea, is not known to occur outside of Borneo. Geanthus was another genus found only in Borneo but now is included in the genus Etlingera.
One of the largest parks in ... |
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Nepenthes rajah from Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah
Category: Flora of Malaysia & Borneo
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| Carnivorous plants are fascinating in that they capture and digest various prey in order to accumulate nutrients for growth. The habitats where they normally occur are nutrient poor. There are many species of carnivorous plants and they are found throughout the world. Of the seven genera of Pitcher plants, the Nepenthes genus is the largest found from Northern Australia throughout Southeast Asia to Southern China. There are also some species found in Ind... |
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