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Wildlife of Yunnan - Page Four - 2012

Yunnan     May 26th to June 12th  2012

 

Yunnan lies in the south-west of China and borders Vietnam, Laos, Burma and Tibet.  We visited the north-western part of Yunnan province which is Tibetan and was once part of the ancient Tibetian province of Kham.  This dramatic area has three rivers - the Yangtse, the Mekong and the Salween - emerge from the heart of Tibet and cut their way through 6000m mountains on their way to the sea.

This Naturetrek trip to Yunnan was titled 'A Plant-hunters Paradise'.  It was in the early 20th century that the intrepid plant hunters Ernest Wilson, George Forrest and Frank Kingdon-Ward found many of our classic garden plants which adorn our gardens and parks to-day.

Here are my photographs of the wildlife we saw.  As our aim was to concentrate on plant life I have started with them and added at the end 'Other Wildlife'.

 

Details and photographs taken on the route may be seen by clicking HERE

I have tried as a general rule to follow the order found in 'A Guide to the Flowers of Western China' by Grey-Wilson and Cribb.

 

This is Page One    - Nelumboaceae to Solms-laubachia

            Page Two    - Ericacae to Saxifraga

            Page Three - Legumnosae to Rubiaceae

            Page Four   - Caprifoliaceae - Oreorchis

Plants of South West China    Part Four

CAPRIFOLIACEAE

LONICERA

Lonicera chaetocarpa possibly

Lonicera mitis probably

Lonicera quinquelocularis probably

DIPELTA

Dipelta yuannensis probably

SAMBUCUS

Sambucus adnata

VIBURNUM

Viburnum nervosum

Viburnum betulifolium

ASTERACEAE

CIRSIUM

Cirsium sp.

SAUSSUREA

Saussurea medusa

LEONTOPODIUM

Leontopodium sp.

LIGULARIA

Ligularia lankongensis

 

ERIGERON

Erigeron multiradiatus

 

CREMANTHODIUM

Cremanthodium sp.

SOROSERIS

Soroseris glomerata

ZINGIBERACEAE

ROSCOEA

Roscoea cautleyana ssp. caulleyana

 

Roscoea cautleyana ssp. sinopurpurea

Roscoea tibetica possibly

ARACEAE

ARISAEMA

Arisaema elephas

 

Arisaema consanguineum

 

JUNCAGINACEAE

TRIGLOCHIN

Triglochin maritimum

IRIDACEAE

IRIS

Iris forrestii

 

Iris chrysographes

Iris ruthenica

 

Iris bulleyana

   

Iris goniocarpa probably

 

LILIACEAE

LILLUM

Lilium souliei

NOMOCHARIS

Nomocharis aperta

FRITILLARIA

Frtillaria cirrhosa

 

LLOYDIA

Lloydia oxycarpa

MEANTHIACEA

ALETRIS

Aletris pauciflora

 

CONVALLARIACEAE

POLYGONATUM

Polygonatum hookeri

Polygonatum cirrhifolium

 

Polygonatum stewartianum probably

MAIANTHEMUM

Maianthemum sp. possibly

OPHIOPOGON

Ophiopogon intermedius possibly

TRILLIACEAE

PARIS

Paris polyphylia

ALLIACEAE

ALLIUM

Allium sp.

ORCHIDACEAE

CYPRIPEDIUM

Cypripedium flavum

 

Cypripedium guttatum

Cypripedium tibeticum

 

Cypripedium yunnanense

 

CEPHALANTHERA

Cephalanthera longifolia

OREORCHIS

Oreochis erythrochrysea

Maidenhair Fern