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Silent invaders encroaching on Horton Plains

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By Kumudu Amerasinghe
| The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) Verified
By Kumudu Amerasinghe New alien species pose risks to this unique ecosystem View(s): Renowned for its breathtaking scenery, a blend of undulating hills draped in montane cloud forests, open pathana grasslands, and wetland habitats, Horton Plains harbours an extraordinary array of endemic flora and fauna, including the Sri Lankan sambar deer, leopard, purple-faced leaf monkey, rusty-spotted cat, grizzled giant squirrel, and European otter. It also shelters numerous endemic bird species.
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Gastrochilus flabelliformis (Blatt. & McCann) C.J.Saldanha (Epidendroideae: Vandeae: Aeridinae), an addition to the orchid flora of Sri Lanka, with taxonomic notes on Gastrochilus dasypogon (Sm.) Kuntze

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By Kumudu Amerasinghe, Nadeera Weerasinghe, Muditha Abeysinghe, Champika Bandara
| Wiley Online Library Verified
Abstract Gastrochilus flabelliformis (Blatt. & McCann) C.J.Saldanha is added to the orchid flora of Sri Lanka from the lowland intermediate zone and G. obliquus (Lindl.) Kuntze is omitted from the list. A detailed taxonomic description, color plates, and line drawings with habitat ecology and distribution are provided for the former. Taxonomic notes on the identity of true Gastrochilus dasypogon (Sm.) Kuntze are also discussed in this paper, resulting in the merger of G. acutifolius (≡S.
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