Preliminary results summary | plants | birds | fishes| other intertidal animals  |
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Plants including seagrasses we would like to acknowledge Tan Kai-Xin's invaluable help in compiling the list; and Siti Yaakub for data and assessment of seagrasses. See also Joseph Lai's plants of Semakau on his eart-h.com website: a list of plants with links to fabulous photos |
Api-api putih Avicennia alba Blume Common Api-api jambu Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. Endangered Api-api bulu Avicennia rumphiana Hallier f. Rare Family Casuarinaceae Casuarina equisetifolia J.R. & G.Forst. Common Family Celastraceae Salacia chinensis L. Vulnerable Family Chaetomorphoraceae Chaetomorpha gracilis Common Family Combretaceae Combretum tetralophum C.B.Clarke Endangered Teruntum merah Lumnitzera littorea (Jack) Voigt Rare Teruntum puteh Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. Rare Terminalia catappa L. Common Family Convolvulaceae Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) Sweet ssp. brasiliensis (L.) Ooststr. Common Family Cymodocaceae (Seagrasses) Syringodium isoetifolium Rare no longer encountered on our other shores Needle seagrass Halodule sp. Rare Family Euphorbiaceae Breynia reclinata (Roxb.) Hook.f. Common Buta buta Excoecaria agallocha L. Rare Microstachys chamaelea (L.) Müll.Arg. Common Family Flagellariaceae Flagellaria indica L. Rare Family Goodeniaceae Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. Common Family Gramineae Ischaemum muticum L. Common Sporobolus sp. Indeterminate Family Guttiferae Calophyllum inophyllum L. Rare Seashore mangosteen Garcinia hombroniana Pierre Endangered Family Hydrocharitaceae (Seagrasses) Tape seagrass Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle Rare Spoon seagrass Halophila ovalis Rare Family Lauraceae Cassytha filiformis L. Common Family Lecythidaceae Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz Rare Family Leguminosae Acacia auriculiformis A.Cunn. ex Benth. Alien Noxious invasive weed which may overrun all terrestrial habitats Caesalpinia crista L. Rare Dalbergia candenatensis (Dennst.) Prain Rare Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth. Common Derris sp. Indeterminate Common Derris Derris trifoliata Lour. Common Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) K.Heyne Vulnerable Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre Vulnerable Tamarindus indica L. Alien Vigna marina Merr. Common Family Malvaceae Sea hibiscus Hibiscus tiliaceus L. Common Portia tree Thespesia populnea (L.) Soland. ex Corrêa Rare Family Meliaceae Nyireh bunga Xylocarpus granatum J.König Rare Family Myrsinaceae Ardisia elliptica Thunb. Rare Family Myrtaceae Syzygium cumini (L.) Bruce Alien Syzygium lineatum (DC.) L.M.Perry Common Family Olacaceae Ximenia americana L. Rare Family Orchidaceae Dendrobium crumenatum Sw. Common Family Palmae Cocos nucifera L. Common Nipah palm Nypa fruticans Wurmb Rare Family Pandanaceae Pandanus odoratissimus L.f. Alien Family Polypodiaceae Pyrrosia lanceolata (L.) Farwell Rare Family Pteridaceae Acrostichum aureum L. Common Acrostichum speciosum Willd. Common Family Rhamnaceae Colubrina asiatica L. ex Brongn. Rare Family Rhizophoraceae Bakau putih Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume Rare Tumu Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lamk. ex Savigny Rare Tengar Ceriops tagal (Pers.) C.B.Robins Rare Bakau minyak Rhizophora apiculata Blume Rare Bakau kurap Rhizophora mucronata Poir. Rare Bakau Rhizophora stylosa Griff. Vulnerable Family Rubiaceae Guettarda speciosa L. Rare Morinda citrifolia L. Alien Oxyceros longiflora (Lam.) T.Yamazaki Rare Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea Gaertn.f. Rare Family Sapindaceae Allophyllus cobbe (L.) Reausch. Rare Guioa pleuropteris (Blume) Radlk. Rare Family Sonneratiaceae Perepat Sonneratia alba J.J.Sm. Common Family Sterculiaceae Heritiera littoralis Dryand. Rare Family Taccaceae Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze Endangered Only known in Pulau Semakau Family Verbenaceae Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn. Rare Premna serratifolia L. Rare Family Vitaceae Cayratia trifolia (L.) Domin Rare |
