Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) with bark snails

Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) with bark snails

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails (Achatinelloides) sporadically throughout Socotra, but find them covering an entire Socotra cucumber tree…


Gymnocarpos kuriensis

Gymnocarpos kuriensis

Elevation: 409 meters. Endemic.


Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus)

Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus)

A very young Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) that has survived the insatiable appetite of the goats - only because it growing where they cannot…


Campylanthus spinosus

Campylanthus spinosus

Native range of Campylanthus spinosus is North & Central Somalia, Socotra, Yemen. Elevation: 295 meters.


Veronica ciliata

Veronica ciliata

Veronica ciliata is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 5000 meters elevation. Elevation: 3920 meters. Native range is Central Asia to Siberia and…


Lagotis kunawurensis var. sikkimensis

Lagotis kunawurensis var. sikkimensis

Lagotis kunawurensis is found in Sikkim's alpine biome to 5600 meters elevation. Elevation: 4831 meters. Native range is Himalaya to Southeast Tibet.…


Lagotis kunawurensis var. sikkimensis

Lagotis kunawurensis var. sikkimensis

Lagotis kunawurensis is found in Sikkim's alpine biome to 5600 meters elevation. Elevation: 4831 meters. Native range is Himalaya to Southeast Tibet.…


Lagotis kunawurensis var. sikkimensis

Lagotis kunawurensis var. sikkimensis

Lagotis kunawurensis is found in Sikkim's alpine biome to 5600 meters elevation. Elevation: 4831 meters. Native range is Himalaya to Southeast Tibet.…


Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Acanthophyllum cerastioides is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 4029 meters. Native range is Pakistan to South Tibet and Himalaya.