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Cupressus dupreziana, the Saharan cypress, or tarout, is a very rare coniferous tree native to the Tassili n'Ajjer mountains in the central Sahara desert, southeast Algeria, where it forms a unique population of trees hundreds of kilometres from any other trees. There are only 233 specimens of this endangered species, the largest about 22 m tall. The majority are estimated to be over 2000 years old, with very little regeneration due to the increasing desertification of the Sahara. Rainfall totals in the area are estimated to be about 30 mm annually. The largest one is named Tin-Balalan is

Quercus hypoleucoides, the silverleaf oak or the whiteleaf oak, is a North American species of oak tree or shrub. It grows in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Quercus thorelii is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. The species is named after the French botanist Clovis Thorel. It has been found in Indochina (Laos, Vietnam) and in southern China (Guangxi, Yunnan). It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks. Quercus thorelii is a tree up to 30 m. tall. Twigs are covered with star-shaped hairs. Leaves can be as much as 170 mm long. The acorn is oblate, 10-15 × 25-30 mm, light brown, densely tomentose, apex depressed, with a scar that is approx. 20 mm in diameter.

Quercus austrocochinchinensis is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Vietnam and Thailand as well as Yunnan Province in southern China. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus austrocochinchinensis is a tree up to 15 m. tall, with brown twigs and leaves as much as 200 mm long. The acorn is oblate, 11-14 × 13-18 mm, angular, yellowish-brown tomentose, with rounded apex; the scar is approx. 12 mm in diameter.

Quercus argyrotricha is a rare Chinese species of trees in the beech family. It has been found only in Guizhou Province in southern China. The common name is Chinese for this species is gui zhou qing gang. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus argyrotricha is a tree with yellow twigs and leaves as much as 12 cm long. The tree can grow up to 10 meters or more. The leaves are leathery, 3 to 6 centimeters wide, and either oval or oval-elliptic in shape. The base is oblique and rounded. The leaves are also lustrous and glabrous above. But they are silvery stellate

Pseudosorghum is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. Species Pseudosorghum fasciculare (Roxb.) A.Camus - Yunnan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam Pseudosorghum zollingeri (Steud.) A.Camus - Myanmar, Philippines, Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam, Java formerly included see Saccharum Pseudosorghum hildebrandtii - Saccharum hildebrandtii - Madagascar

Parahyparrhenia is a genus of Afro-Asian plants in the grass family. Globally, the genus comprises seven species. Two species are known to occur in India, where they are narrow endemic. The species show disjunct distribution in Africa and Asia. Parahyparrhenia bellariensis (Hack.) Clayton an extremely rare grass which was presumed extinct was rediscovered after 184 years from Andhra Pradesh, South India. Mr. Shahid Nawaz, an agrostologist at the Blatter Herbarium, recollected the specimens of P. bellariensis. The species following its rediscovery, was preliminary classified as Critically

Humbertochloa is a genus of African plants belonging to the grass family. Species Humbertochloa bambusiuscula A.Camus & Stapf - Madagascar Humbertochloa greenwayi C.E.Hubb. - Tanzania

Hickelia is a genus of African bamboo in the grass family. Species Hickelia africana S.Dransf. - Tanzania Hickelia alaotrensis A.Camus - Madagascar Hickelia madagascariensis A.Camus - Madagascar Hickelia perrieri (A.Camus) S.Dransf. - Madagascar

Quercus xanthotricha is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Indochina (Laos, Vietnam) and in southern China (Yunnan); the synonym Q. djiringensis suggests it may be distributed as far south as Di Linh in Lâm Đồng Province. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.

Quercus subsericea is a tree species in the beech family Fagaceae. There are no known subspecies. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. This oak species is an emergent tropical forest tree, growing up to 52 m. tall and 0.86 m. dbh and has been recorded from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines (Palawan).

Quercus kouangsiensis is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Yunnan. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus kouangsiensis is a tree up to 15 meters tall. Leaves can be as much as 20 cm long.

Quercus chevalieri is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Vietnam and also in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus chevalieri is a tree up to 20 m. tall with leaves as much as 110 mm long. The acorn is ovoid to oblong-ellipsoid, 10-15 (sometimes 20) × 6-8 (sometimes 15) mm, glabrous; the scar is approx. 5 mm in diameter. Some authors have misapplied this name to another plant, Cyclobalanopsis augustinii var. nigrinux (H.H. Hu) M. Deng & Z.K. Zhou.

Perrierbambus is a genus of Madagascan bamboo in the grass family. The genus name of Perrierbambus is in honour of Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958), a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. It was first described and published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.71 on pages 699-700 in 1924. Species Perrierbambus madagascariensis A. Camus Perrierbambus tsarasaotrensis A. Camus

Microstegium vimineum, commonly known as Japanese stiltgrass, packing grass, or Nepalese browntop, is an annual grass that is common in a wide variety of habitats and is well adapted to low light levels. It has become an invasive species throughout parts of the world, most notably North America.

Cymbopogon ambiguus, or Australian lemon-scented grass, is a plant species in the family Poaceae. It has fragrant, bluish-green grey leaves and fluffy seed heads. It is self-fertile.

Quercus stewardiana is a species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It is widespread across much of China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang). It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus stewardiana is a tree up to 12 meters tall. Twigs are hairless. Leaves can be as much as 12 cm long, green on the top but white and waxy on the underside.

Quercus saravanensis is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in northern Indochina (Laos + Vietnam), and also in the Province of Yunnan in southwestern China. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus saravanensis is a large tree up to 50 m tall. Twigs are hairless. Leaves can be as much as 140 mm long, thin and papery. The acorn is ellipsoid, 15-20 × 15-20 mm, glabrous; the scar is approx. 8 mm in diameter.

Quercus poilanei is an Asian species of tree in the family Fagaceae. It has been found in northern Indochina (Thailand and Vietnam) and also in the Province of Guangxi in southern China. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus poilanei is a tree up to 16 m. tall. Twigs are orange-brown with a felty coating of hairs. Leaves can be as much as 80 mm long. The acorn is ovoid-ellipsoid or globose, 15-20 × 13–15 mm, with a scar 5–7 mm in diameter.

Quercus gambleana is a species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in northeastern India and southwestern China (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan). It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus gambleana is a tree which grows to 20 meters (66 ft) tall. Leaves can be as much as 20 cm long (7.9 in).

Neostapfiella is a genus of Madagascan plants in the grass family. Species Neostapfiella chloridiantha A.Camus Neostapfiella humbertiana A.Camus Neostapfiella perrieri A.Camus

Hitchcockella baronii is a species of bamboo, the only known species of the genus Hitchcockella. It is found in Madagascar and was first described by Aimée Antoinette Camus in 1925.

Quercus setulosa is the accepted name of an oak species in genus Quercus of the family Fagaceae. It is now placed in section Ilex of subgenus Cerris.

Quercus langbianensis is an uncommon oak tree species in the family Fagaceae. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks. These differ from other Quercus groups in that they have acorns with distinctive cups: usually with substantial rings, made-up of scales that have grown together. This species can be found in sub-tropical and tropical seasonal forests of Vietnam.

Quercus arbutifolia, synonym Quercus obovatifolia, is a species of oak in the beech family Fagaceae, native to southeast China and Vietnam. It is placed in Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks. There are no known subspecies. In Vietnam it may be called sồi lá trôn. It is reported that there are five populations of Quercus arbutifolia in China. But several populations have experienced severe habitat degradation. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List Categories & Criteria (IUCN 2011), this species qualifies as vulnerable. Both in situ

Elytrophorus spicatus (common name spikegrass) is a small plant in the Poaceae family native to Africa, the Indian subcontinent, south-east Asia and Australia.

Corylus yunnanensis, the Yunnan hazel, is a species of hazelnut found in western China. It is a small tree or shrub. The flowers have triangular shaped petals. The round nuts which are encased in a very tough oval shaped shell and can be consumed by humans. The plant is not commercially grown for the nuts, rather they are sometimes used as ornamental plants. They are located in Western Guizhou, Hubei, South Western and Western Sichuan, and Western Yunnan.

Aponogeton lakhonensis is a species of an aquatic plant in the Aponogetonaceae family. This species with a yellow-flowered single spike rising above the water, is found in ricefields, ponds and slow-moving streams of tropical and sub-tropical Asia. An outlier population occurs in Sulawesi, the main area of occurrence is from Thailand to China and Assam in India. It is more closely related to tropical Australian species of Aponogeton than it is to other Southeast Asian species. In Thailand the whole plant is eaten is salads, whereas Cambodians prefer the leaves alone served with fish sauce.

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Viguierella is a genus of Madagascan plants in the grass family. The only known species is Viguierella madagascariensis.