Table 5.5a      Evaluation of Floral Species of Conservation Interest Recorded Within the Assessment Area

 

Common Name

Scientific Name

Growth Form

Status*

Distribution

Silver-back Artocarpus

Artocarpus hypargyreus

Tree

Vulnerable[1]

Locally common

Small Persimmon

Diospyros vaccinioides

Shrub

Critically endangered[1]

Locally very common

Chinese Lily

Lilium brownii

Herb

Protected[2]

Locally restricted distribution but common on Hong Kong Island

Incense Tree

Aquilaria sinensis

Tree

Vulnerable[1]

Class II protected[3]

Locally common

Balloon Flower

Platycodon grandiflorus

Herb

Protected[2]

Locally restricted distribution but common on Hong Kong Island

Cycad-fern

Brainea insignis

Herb

Class II protected[3]

Locally uncommon

Phantom Orchid

Habenaria dentata

Herb

Protected[2]

Locally common

Buttercup orchid

Spathoglottis pubescens

Herb

Protected[2]

Locally very common

Long Tentacle Orchid

Peristylus calcaratus

Herb

Protected[2]

Locally uncommon

Sword-leaved Orchid

Cymbidium ensifolium

Herb

Protected[2]

Locally uncommon

Green-flowered Rattlesnake-Plantain

Goodyera viridiflora

Herb

Protected[2]

Locally uncommon

*Sources: [1] 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [2] Cap. 96 Forestry Regulation {N.B. this does not apply to Ocean Park}. [3] List of Wild Plants under State Protection, SEPA, PRC (1999).