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1.00. Impatienselongata
Family:-Balsaminaceae
Status:- Endemic
Perennial to 70 cm tall plant
Distribution:- Montane forest, especially amongst riverside rocks and waterfall zones, or in more exposed places, particularly rocky, scrub covered slopes, locally common, 1170-2000 m alt.
2012 Red List Category:- VU (Vulnerable)
2.00 .Ranunculus sagittifolius
Family:-Ranunculaceae
Status:- Endemic
Perennial herb, to 90 cm tall
Distribution:-Upper montane zone. In wet or marshy places, amonggrass. Common. Flowering April to October.
2012 Red List Category :- VU (Vulnerable)
5.00. Rhynchoglossumnotonianum
Family:-Gesneriaceae
Status:- Native
Sinhala Name:-Diya nilla
Erect, branching herbs, sometimes reduced to a single leaf, 10-80 cm high
Distribution:-Known primarily from the montane forests of the moist and intermediate zones. Also common in South India
2012 Red List Category :- NT (Near Threatened)
7.00. Strobilanthesviscosa var. digitalis
Family:-Acanthaceae
Status:- Endemic, perhaps restricted to the Knuckles Mountains.
Undershrub 0.3-2.5 m high
Distribution:-Montane forest, 900-1000 m.
2012 Red List Category :- - |
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10.00 . Impatiens repens
Family:-Balsaminaceae
Status:- Endemic
Sinhala Name:-Gal- demata
Trailing or creeping perennial plant
Distribution:- Moist rocks in submontane rain-forest, very rare, to 950 m alt.
2012 Red List Category:- CR (Critically Endangered)
15.00. Gordoniaspeciosa
Family:-Theaceae
Status:- Endemic
Sinhala Name:-Rathu-mihiriya
Medium-sized trees, up to 15 m tall
Distribution:-In montane forest areas of wet zone, 1270-1650 m, uncommon; flowers and fruits -Oct—Feb.
2012 Red List Category:- EN (Endangered)
20.00.Schumacheriaalnifolia
Family:-Dilleniaceae
Status:- Endemic
Sinhala Name:-Kekiri-wara
Erect shrubs, with spreading branches
Distribution:-In montane forests in wet zone, 1200—2000 m; fairly common; flowers and fruits June-Apr.
2012 Red List Category:- EN (Endangered)
25.00.Osbeckiaparvifolia
Family:-Melastomataceae
Status:- Native
Sinhala Name:-Bowitiya
A prostrate to ascending herb
Distribution:-Also in South India. Montane zone, rather common.
2012 Red List Category:- EN (Endangered) |
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30.00.Adrorhizonpurpurascens
Family:-Orchidaceae
Status:- Endemic
Epiphyte with non‑pseudobulbous stems
Distribution:- on trunks of trees and on rocks by streams in the submontane or mid‑country tropical wet evergreen forests from 548 to 1829 m alt.
2012 Red List Category:- VU (Vulnerable)
35.00.Hebenariaacuminata
Family:-Orchidaceae
Status:- Native
Terrestrial, leafy herb
Distribution:- Rather common, on the slopes and hill cuttings among grass and other weeds at an alt. between 915 and 1524 m Flowers October-December
2012 Red List Category:- VU (Vulnerable)
40.00.Luisiateretifolia
New Name-Luisiazeylanica
Family:-Orchidaceae
Status:- Native
Epiphyte with non-pseudobulbous, rigid, branching stems
Distribution:- Rather common, on trees in the tropical wet evergreen forests up to 762 m alt. Flowers March-June, December
2012 Red List Category:- LC (Least Concerned)
50.00. Impatiens henslowiana
Family:-Balsaminaceae
Status:- Native
perennial to 1.5 m tall
Distribution:-Upland rain-forest, scrub and rocky places, frequently bordering rivers and streams or in the spray zone of waterfalls, 900—2000 m alt.
2012 Red List Category:- VU (Vulnerable) |
