Re: [AGA-Member] FW: Plants of Borneo

[Heather J Gladney <hgladney@comcast.net>]

Please thank Michael for all of us, this is impressive.  You could build 
a lot of great different layouts from this list.  Sounds like he'd make 
a great judge for habitat/ecotype tanks!

Phil Edwards wrote:

> A while ago someone on the list asked about plant species from Borneo 
> and didn't get much of an answer.  We've recently recruited a 
> volunteer to help us answer questions like that here on the Member 
> List.  Michael Firrincili, aka Momotaro on The Planted Tank discussion 
> forums, generously agreed to volunteer to look up the answers to 
> questions like "What species are native to Borneo?" that crop up here 
> on the list.
>
> Here's his list.
>
> > Borneo is Borneo. Yet, Borneo is also part of Malaysia, Indonesia and 
> > Tropical Asia.
> >
> >
> >
> > To the best of my understanding Sarawak and Sabah (northwestern 
> > Borneo) are part of Malaysia. Kalimantan, the largest part of the 
> > island of Borneo, is part of Indonesia. Brunei Darussalam is part of 
> > Tropical Asia. Yikes!
> >
> >
> >
> > That made the job tough! I did find plants that were distributed in 
> > Borneo, I also found plants from the other regions. What I did was 
> > create a list of plants from all of the mentioned regions. Those 
> > being Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia and Tropical Asia since all of 
> > those regions describe the island of Borneo. What I will do is list 
> > the plant by name and then list the applicable area. I will also list 
> > plants with worldwide, cosmopolitan and pantropical distributions.
> >
> >
> >
> > The list:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Aponogeton undulates  (Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo- Kalimantan)
> >
> > Bacopa monnieri  (Tropical Asia)
> >
> > Barclaya motleyi  (Borneo - Sarwak)
> >
> > Ceratophyllum submersum  (Malaysia)
> >
> > Ceratopteris cornuta  (Indonesia)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne auriculata  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne bullosa  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne cordata  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne edithiae (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne ferruginea  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne fusca  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne grabowskii  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne hudoroi  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne keei  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne lingua  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne longicauda  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne pallidinervia  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne striolata  (Borneo)
> >
> > Cryptocoryne zonata  (Borneo)
> >
> > Eusteralis stellata  (Malaysia)
> >
> > Limnophilia heterophylla  (Borneo)
> >
> > Limnophilia indica  (Tropical Asia)
> >
> > Microsorum pteropus  (Tropical Asia)
> >
> > Najas indic  (Tropical Asia)
> >
> > Nymphoides hydrophylla  (Malaysia)
> >
> > Rotala walichii  (Malaysia)
> >
> > Salvinia cucullata  (Tropical Asia)
> >
> >
> >
> > Plants with world wide distributions that may occur in Borneo:
> >
> > Alternanthera sessilis
> >
> > Eichhornia crassipes
> >
> > Lysmachia nummularia
> >
> > Spirodela polyrhiza
> >
> >
> >
> > Plants with cosmopolitan distributions which may occur in Borneo:
> >
> > Riccia fluitans
> >
> > Ricciocarpus natans
> >
> > Samolus valerandi
> >
> >
> >
> > Plants with pantropical distributions that may occur in Borneo:
> >
> > Pistia stratiotes
> >
> > Ultricularia gibba
>
>
> Thank you Mike!
>
>
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