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16-403: The word samre is a name for the plant Malabar melastome (also known as khlongkhleng ), which probably used to grow in abundance in the area, leading the neighbourhood to be known by the name. It was also the name of a Buddhist temple ( wat ) in the area, Wat Samre, believed to have been built around 1717 and now known as Wat Ratchawarin. Samre used to be a site of public executions during

32-502: A medicinal plant in certain parts of the world, but has been declared a noxious weed in the United States . M. malabathricum is a known hyperaccumulator of aluminium , and as such can be used for phytoremediation . The taxonomy of the genus Melastoma requires a complete revision. Early genetics studies were published from 2001, through 2013, but a revision based on them has yet to be. In 2001 Karsten Meyer proposed

48-647: A geographic area can be generated on the Plants of the World Online. Plants are listed in order by approximate size of their native range, beginning with those with the most restricted native ranges. (synonym: Malaxis alamaganensis) Trongkon guåfi (Rota) (synonym: Cyclosorus gretheri ) The following list includes plants that are native to the Marianas but have a broader native range in Micronesia or

64-743: A revision in which the species Melastoma affine and other species were subsumed within this species M. malabathricum . In Australia, currently most authorities do not accept this; instead the naturally occurring populations in Western Australia , Northern Territory , Queensland and north eastern New South Wales remain recognised as M. affine , except by authorities in Queensland. Australian populations which occur as weeds, having different flowers, for example in Warraroon Reserve, Lane Cove , Sydney, further south than

80-480: A rounded base, are up to 7 cm long, and have three distinct main veins running from base to apex. Its flowers are borne on short terminal cymes 2 to 8 cm across. The flowers are pink, violet or mauve. Its fruit is a berry, which when ripe breaks irregularly to expose its soft, dark blue pulp and orange seeds. List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands List of endemic plants in

96-553: Is a flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae native to Seychelles, tropical and subtropical Asia to Australia and western Pacific islands. Despite its common names, it does not have any connection to actual rhododendrons , and belongs to the Rosids clade as opposed to the Asterids clade. This plant is usually found at elevations between 100 m and 2,800 m in grassland and sparse forest habitats. It has been used as

112-643: The Mariana Islands . "Mariana Islands" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), level 3 code "MRN," and includes the following geopolitical territories: Only species , subspecies , varieties , and forms that are recognized as " accepted " by the Plants of the World Online database are included in this list; synonyms are not include. Some synonyms are listed next to

128-631: The Mariana Islands Micronesia is a biodiversity hotspot with an exceptionally high richness of endemic plant species, 10 times higher than that of Hawaii. The Mariana Islands form an archipelago in the northwest of the Micronesian region. In 2012, Craig M. Costion and David H. Lorence compiled a list of Micronesian endemic plants, and assessed that the Mariana Islands had 22 endemic plant species (16 species in

144-601: The Pacific islands. Plants with native ranges into the Asian continent are not included. Only species or subspecies that are recognized as " accepted " by the Plants of the World Online database are included in this list ( synonyms are not include). Some synonyms are listed with the accepted name if they are still in common use in recent botanical literature. This list is not complete and may not reflect recent changes in taxonomy. An updated and complete list can be generated on

160-411: The Plants of the World Online. Plants are listed roughly in order by size of their native range, beginning with plants with the most restricted native ranges. Phyllanthus mariannensis: Guam (synonym: Capparis mariana ) Synonym: Polyscias grandifolia (synonym, Tristiropsis obtusangula ) The following list includes select species or variants that have previously been considered endemic to

176-474: The accepted name if they are still in common use in recent botanical literature. Subspecies are abbreviated "subs.," varieties "var.," and forms "f." after the species name. The following list of Marianas endemic plants was compiled based on a list generated by Plants of the World Online in May 2023. This list may not be complete and may not reflect recent changes in taxonomy. An updated list of accepted species for

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192-568: The borderlines), Bukkhalo in its district (Somdet Phra Chao Tak Sin Road is a borderline). The local temple Wat Samre, or Wat Ratchawarin, indeed, it is located in the area of neighbouring Bukkhalo. 13°42′34.6″N 100°29′29.44″E  /  13.709611°N 100.4915111°E  / 13.709611; 100.4915111 Malabar melastome Melastoma malabathricum , known also as Malabar melastome , Indian rhododendron , Singapore rhododendron , planter's rhododendron and senduduk ,

208-490: The late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries, where prisoners were beheaded and their heads set on spikes by the riverside. It was a place locals feared to be heavily haunted, and is described as such in Nirat Thalang , a travel poem written c. 1815–1816 by Muen Phromsomphatson, a student of Sunthorn Phu . In the 1850s, a plot of land in the area was purchased by American missionary Stephen Mattoon , and it became

224-773: The location of the First Presbyterian Church, Samray as well as Samray Boys' School , the country's first formal school. Samre is in the southeastern corner of Thon Buri District . Samre is bounded by other subdistricts (from north clockwise): Bang Yi Ruea in its district (Krung Thonburi Road is a borderline), Bang Lamphu Lang in Khlong San District (Khlong Bang Sai Kai is a borderline), Wat Phraya Krai and Bang Kho Laem in Bang Kho Laem District with Dao Khanong in its district ( Chao Phraya River and Mahaisawan Road are

240-438: The natural distribution of M. affine , are introduced plants of this M. malabathricum L. species. M. malabathricum grows wild on a wide range of soils, from sea-level up to an altitude of 3000 meters. It is an erect, free-flowering shrub that grows to a height of about 3 meters. The plant is branched, and has reddish stems that are covered with bristly scales and minute hairs. Its leaves are simple, elliptic lanceolate with

256-660: The southern Mariana Islands, of which 11 were isolated to Guam, and 5 species in the northern Mariana Islands). They concluded that there was an approximately 3% rate of endemism in the Mariana Islands (endemic species per km ), which is comparable to the rates in Hawaii (4%) and Tonga (2%) but lower than the 14% rate of endemism among all Micronesian islands. However, the number of known Marianas endemics has greatly expanded since then with new discoveries, taxonomic revisions, and improvements in digitized databases. The following list includes plants that have an endemic range only within

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