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The Rafflesia arnoldii is typical plant for Borneo. The flora of Borneo include 15 species of dicot tree, 37 species of non-tree dicot and 49 species of monocot endemic to the rich forest of Brunei Darussalam. [1]
The national flower of Malaysia is the bunga raya (Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis). [10] [19] Maldives.
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, [1] is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower.
A melting pot of Indonesian flora in Cibodas botanical garden, Indonesia. The flora consists of many unique varieties of tropical plants. Blessed with a tropical climate and roughly 17,000 islands, Indonesia is the nation with the second highest biodiversity in the world.
Species in the genus vary in morphology.Along with floral morphology, characteristics such as bulb size, bulb tunic color, and leaf morphology help identify individual species.
The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. [5] [6] The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century.
The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family.It contains 138 genera [2] and 1,858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee.
The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates.They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petals that are twice divided (valvate) in bud and with numerous showy, prominent stamens.