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The following list provides the 704 species of common trees and shrubs of flora of Sri Lanka under 95 families. The list is according to A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka, by Mark Ashton, Savitri Gunatilleke, Neela de Zoysa, M.D. Dassanayake, Nimal Gunatilleke and Siril Wijesundera. [1]
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. [1] An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a main axis ( peduncle ) and by the timing of its flowering (determinate and indeterminate).
Pommereulla is a genus of Indian and Sri Lankan plants in the grass family. [3] [4] The only known species is Pommereulla cornucopiae, native to Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu. [2]The genus is dedicated to Elizabeth Jullienne du Gage de Pommereul (1733-1782), a French female botanist.
Poaceae (/ p oʊ ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-s i aɪ / poh-AY-see-e(y)e), also called Gramineae (/ ɡ r ə ˈ m ɪ n i. iː,-n i aɪ / grə-MIN-ee-e(y)e), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses.
Elytrophorus spicatus is a tufted, annual or perennial plant with bristly culms. The leaves are loosely sheathed, and the blades are rolled in bud. The inflorescence spike (length of up to 26 cm by 5–9 mm wide) consists of globular clusters of spikelets, which are 4 mm long, with bisexual florets.
Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, and to the province of Yunnan in southern China, but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several regions.
Poaceae, also known as the true grasses, is the fourth largest plant family in the world with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the bamboos , and several important weeds .
This category includes the native flora of Sri Lanka.Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. In accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), this category is included within the larger region of the Indian subcontinent in Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent