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

[Paula Hofmann <paulahofmann@montana.com>]

Wow!  What a great service!  Thanks Michael.  Paula

On Saturday 13 August 2005 06:39 am, you 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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Peace and love,

Paula

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