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Giri spikemoss ( Selaginella subalpina ) is a plant species in the Selaginellaceae, fibrous roots, growing creeping or spreading on the forest floor, stems are brownish red and branched. S. subalpina has green leaves, simple, stemless, appear criss-cross, resemble flat scales, smooth surface and encircle the stem. The leaves on the stem are arranged in rows and have spaces. Giri spikemoss grows to form small colonies in the shade at an elevation of about 1500 meters in the tropics. Often used as an ornamental plant. In some areas it is used as wound medicine, blood purifier, stomachache medicine and fever medicine by bathing using boiled water. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Lycopodiopsida Order: Selaginellales Family: Selaginellaceae Genus: Selaginella P.Beauv. in Mag. Encycl. 9(5): 478 (1804) Subgenus: Stachygynandrum Section: Ascendentes Species: Selaginella plana Alderw. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 20: 26 (1915) HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS Chuselaginella ...

Juniper haircap moss ( Polytrichum juniperinum ) is a species of moss in the Polytrichaceae, the leaves are lanceolate, spread upright when dry and bloom when moist, grow thinly to form braided mats and individuals are barely closely related. P. juniperinum has a well-developed system of small tubes for carrying water from the rhizoids to the leaves, resembling systems that have evolved in vascular plants such as ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Juniper haircap moss grows in a variety of habitats but is most commonly found in mineral soils, topsoil, rocks, stumps, roadsides and open woodland. This moss is also found growing in damp wood and other damp places such as river banks. TAXON Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Bryophyta Class: Polytrichopsida Order: Polytrichales Family: Polytrichaceae Genus: Polytrichum Species: Polytrichum juniperinum VERNACULAR NAME Chinese (simplified): 桧叶金发藓 Chinese (traditional): 檜葉金髮蘚 Czech: Ploník jalovcový Danish: Ene-jomfruhår Dutch: Zandhaarmos English...

Pinang piji ( Pinanga coronata ) is a species of plant in the Arecaceae, small palm, clumping or solitary, stem erect, unbranched, 1-2 meters high, 1.5-7 cm in diameter, 4.5-12 cm in segments, 0 scars .5-1.2 cm, stem surface is green to brownish. P. coronata has 4-7 leaves. Leaves including midrib 150-200 cm long; leaf midrib 35-80 cm, petiole 20-100 cm and rachis 90-180 cm. The leaves are 55 cm long, 9 cm wide and have 1-5 ribs. Infrafoliar inflorescences, pendulous or upright, green when young, becoming yellow pink to red and very stiff at the base. Peduncle flat, 1-6.5 x 0.5-2 cm. Profilil 20-28 x 4.5-8 cm, pale yellow when fresh, light brown when dry. The pistillate flowers are creamy white. Fruit ovoid, oval to oval, 11-20 mm, green to pink, remaining stigma red to brownish red. Epicarp is smooth, mesocarp is shiny, thin and fleshy. Endocarp with longitudinal fibers. Seeds correspond to fruit. This species grows in forests, cliffs and forms clumps spread over an elevation ...