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  • They are dominated by Cyperus latifolius with C. aterrimus or Hypericum lanceolatum, Alchemilla cryptantha, Anagallis angustiloba and Jussiaea repens.

    Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009

  • Plant endemism in the area is restricted to one species, Apoplanesia cryptantha, in the Fabaceae family.

    Lara-Falcón dry forests 2008

  • Representative species are Capparis coccolobifolia and C. tenuisiliqua, and the endemic Apoplanesia cryptantha.

    Coastal Venezuelan mangroves 2008

  • Gundelia tournefortii, Noaea mucronata, Thymus spp., and Salvia cryptantha – often in oak forest clearings; various graminoid formations; and high mountain steppes of Achillea vermicularis, Ajuga chia, Helianthemum nummularium, Malcolmia africana, and Marrubium parviflorum.

    Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests 2008

  • The proposed airstrip would be leveled near a spot called Prosperous Bay Plain, a 150 hectares (ha) area of semi-desert supporting the native shrub, Suaedia fruticosa, and an endemic annual, Hydrodea cryptantha as well as many endemic invertebrates, some of which are known exclusively from this plain.

    St. Helena scrub and woodlands 2008

  • A few examples of conspicuous endemic species are shrubs such as Adesmia pinifolia, Chuquiraga ruscifolia and Chuquiraga echegarayi, cushions such as Adesmia subterranea, Azorella cryptantha, Laretia acaulis and Oxychloe bisexualis, forbs such as Senecio uspallatensis, Chaetanthera pentacaenoides and C. spathulata, and tussock grasses such as Stipa ruiz-lealii, Stipa speciosa var. breviglumis and several forms of Stipa vaginata.

    Southern Andean steppe 2007

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