jkÈú f;;aìï jkÔù rCIs; cd,h ;=< msysá f;;aìï ms<sn| jdßlh ISSN 2235 - 9982 fj¿u 4 l,dmh 01 2016 fmnrjdß iEu jirlu fmnrjdß fojeks Èk f,daljdiS ck;dj c.;a f;;aìï Èkh c.;a f;;aìï Èkh iurkq ,nhs' —wkd.;h i|yd f;;aìï ;srir cd;sl W;aijh jkÔù ixrCIK cSjfkdamdh˜ fujr f;;aìï fomd¾;fïka;=j Èkfha f;audjhs' 2016'02'02 ,sms fm<.eiau 1990 § Y%S ,xldj" nQkao, ixj¾Ok wud;H ffu;%Smd, uq,a msgqj cd;sl WoHdkh ish m<uq isßfiak ue;s;=udf.a wka;¾cd;sl rïid¾ m%Odk;ajfhka yd .re c.;a f;;aìï oskh f;;aìu f,i m%ldYhg ;sridr ixj¾Ok wud;H cd;sl W;aijh m;alrñka" f;;aìï .dñKS chúl%u fmf¾rd we;=¿ msgq iïnkaO wka;¾cd;sl ue;s;=ud yd .re wOHdmk rïid¾ iïuq;shg ne÷kq wud;H wls, úrdÊ "The Water w;r tu jif¾ isg Y%S ldßhjiï ue;s;=udf.a Trumpets" ,xldjo iEu jirlu iyNd.s;ajfhka 2016'02'02 in wild Sri Lanka fmnrjdß fojeks Èk c.;a - Cryptocorynes - 02 Èk ldlalm,a,sh mïn, iq¿ f;;aìï Èkh ieuÍu i|yd ëjr iïfï,k mßY%fha§ Biodiversity wfkl=;a rgj,a iu. meje;aùug lghq;= fhdod Baseline Survey of w;aje,a ne|.kS' we;' Chundikulam National Park miq.sh jir .Kkdjl isg tfukau fuu W;aijfha§ - 4th to 11th April jkcSù ixrCIK jkÔù ixrCIK 2014 - 04 fomd¾;fïka;=j yd uOHu tys§ 1 - 13 jir olajd fomd¾;fïka;=fõ fufy- mdie,a isiqkag fukau újD; Aesthetics of mßir wêldßh taldnoaOj hùu u; Y%S ,xld uqoaor Shapes,Shades c.;a f;;aìï Èkfha cd;sl ;rÕhlao mj;ajk ,§' Bg ld¾hxYh úiska ilialrk and Energy W;aijh iurK w;r" bka wu;rj úch mqj;am;a ,o f;;aìï iïnkaO uqoaor in Wetland tla wdh;khla tys iud.fï wkq.%yfhka §m 4la t<s oelaùuo isÿlrkq Ecosystems - 05 uQ,sl;ajh .kS' jHdma; mek úi÷ï ,nhs' jkaldf,hs rïid¾ ;rÕdj,shla o meje;aúh' Migratory Aquatic fujr c.;a f;;aìï Èkh f;;aìu" wdkú¨kaodj Birds of Bundala ieuÍfï m%uqL j.lSu wod< ;r.j, ch.%dyl rïid¾ f;;aìu" pqkaäl=,ï National Park - 08 uOHu mßir wêldßh ch.%dysldjkag ;Hd. yd yd wdoïf.a md,u cd;sl Adams Bridge Marine úiska orKq ,nhs' c.;a iy;slm;a m%odkh lsÍu WoHdk hk f;;aìï yd National Park - 09 f;;aìï Èkh ieuÍu i|yd we;=¿ cd;sl c.;a f;;aìï tajdfha fjfik f;;aìï —f;;aìï is;=jï - 2016˜ Èkh ieuÍfï m%Odk wdY%S; mCISka 4 lf.a rEm kñka §m jHdma; Ñ;% W;aijh w;s.re ckdêm;s fuu kj f;;aìï uqoaor ;rÕhla mj;ajk ,o w;r yd mßir yd uyje,s j,ska ksrEms;h' uxcq, wurr;ak ksfhdacH wOHCI ^iajNdúl iïm;a l<ukdlrK& jkcSù ixrCIK fomd¾;fïka;=j [email protected] jkÈú f;;aìï grow along the banks of flowing perennial rivers in dense communities with bright "The Water Trumpets" grass green or copper coloured leaves and grow to 4 inches in in wild Sri Lanka - Cryptocorynes height. Due to variation in habit and leaf colouration Photographs by Cryptocorynes are very Ramani Shirantha popular in ornamental plant Ramani Shirantha [email protected] industry, are being exported. They produce flowers when grow in emerged but their ri Lanka, “the pearl of propagation is largely vegeta- the Indian Ocean” is a tive through their rhizome. S small land, blessed with rich aquatic bio diversity of The Cryptocorynes are known high degree of endemism. to be very sensitive to water Cryptocorynes, locally known quality and require stable as “Ati-udayan” are unique, water parameter and light semi-aquatic plants found in conditions. They are not found peripheral riverine areas of the in heavily silted water bodies. central highlands of Sri Lanka Any significant change in with 100% degree of water temperature, pH, endemism. They are belong to hardness, nutrient, light genus Cryptocoryne in family intensity or duration, or root Wild collected Ati-udayan are Cryptocorynes, or ‘Ati- in large quantities. Removal of from the Conservator of Araceae, and commonly disturbance may cause the being exported from Sri Lanka udayan’ plants have medicinal Cryptocornes from stream bed Forests. Very often the referred to as crypts. Their leaves to melt. However, the in large quantities mostly as values as well, administered with leads to soil erosion. A consignments are falsely English name is "Water roots and rhizomes tend to tropical aquarium plants. They mostly to children for fevers, statement from the exporter’s declaring as other Crypto- trumpet" refers to their live, and new leaves may are popular in the US and phlegm, cough and blood "collector" in the past haul coryne sp. not found in the inflorescence viz. a spadix appear within several days or European markets for their purification. Now they are confirmed that the plants had country or sometimes declared enclosed by a spathe, which weeks, sometimes months ornamental value and suitabil- substituted for imported been collected from the Kelani as another water plants on shape resembles to a trumpet. when the water quality is ity for fish tanks. No doubt another Indian plant. This Valley basin, and from small which export is not prohibited. favourable. Therefore, they are they earn foreign exchange for importation is believed to have streams in such areas as Sri Lanka has ten species of Sri Lanka has no systematic good bio-indicators in aquatic the country but sadly this trade been made necessary as Mawanelle, Avissawella, Cryptocoryne, all are endemic. program for the sustainable ecosystems. has led to bio-piracy. At Cryptocorynes have become Bulathkohupitiya, Ruwan- They are naturally distributed harvest of such aquatic plants present Thailand and Malaysia so scarce here. wella and Yatiyantota where in different bio-geographic Unfortunately their survival in and to obtain a better price for have become the world largest Cryptocoryne plants are very area viz. south-western the wild is greatly endangered, Unfortunately some of them. And there is not proper C. backettii and C. wendtii rare now. lowland rain forests, central due to the pollution of our aquarium plant entrepreneurs protocol for their species level suppliers for the world market, midland, central western waterways and the manner in do not harvest Cryptocorynes According to the amended identification. Therefore, and they earn a huge amount lowlands in the semi- which businessmen haul the in a sustainable way, instead laws and regulation to the illegally extracting them from of foreign exchange through in deciduous monsoon forests Cryptocpryne walkeri from Loggal Oya plants away. At present they they arbitrarily pick them out Forest Ordinance in December the wild will lead to become vitro propagation of our and few scattered in the island can be seen in large numbers from particular critical 2000, all exports of forest them to extinct in a very short endemic plants. Bio-piracy dry zone. The genus Crypto- in few rivers of sandy to silt habitats in the wild and export products require get permits period. There is timely need to Their leaves are arranged in a (Cryptocpryne walkeri). The and smuggling with regards to coryne in Sri Lanka has been substrate in central midland. start the practice of tissue rosette, shape of leaves are spadix at first fused at apex to Cryptocorynes are severe in identified as a very vulnerable diverse; can be linear, spatu- culture, through which base of spathe flap closing Cryptocorynes provide shelter Sri Lanka as their species genus where all members have late, oblanceolate or cordate. technology uniform size plants kettle, much shorter than places for fishes and other level identification is achiev- been listed in threatened The leaf peduncles are very can be obtained to be exported spathe. Female flowers have small aquatic creatures. They able at the flowering stages. groups. According the short, but become elongate at mature enough plants to obtain 4–8 loculei, each with many play a vital role in water As such there are several National Redlist (2012) of Sri maturity. Ati-udayan flowers a greater price. Yet most ovules. Male flowers are purification, minimizing soil incidents of hauling of more Lanka C. alba, C. bogneri, C. are borne on inflorescence exporters are reluctant to naked with solitary stamens. erosion and providing hidden than 150,000 wild collected undulata and C. walkeri, are called a spadix. The spadix is invest in such projects, Typical habitats of Crypto- places for breeding fishes, Ati-udayan plants, intended Critically Endangered. C. usually accompanied by, and however more lucrative the corynes are mostly streams shrimps and others. Dense for export to USA and nevillii, C. parva and C. sometimes partially enclosed returns would be. and rivers with not too rapidly grown Cryptocoryne patches European countries. It has thwaitesii are Endangered and in a spathe; a leaf-like bract. flowing water, in forest areas. in river bed sometimes act as estimated that final world It is clear Ati-udayan are species C. wendtii and C. The spathe is tubular with They also live in seasonally obstacles and reduce flow rate market value for such exports becoming very rare and some backettii are Vulnerable. margins fused for most of inundated forest pools or on particularly at heavy rain. would earn millions of US species represent extremely Another wild hybrid known as length and proximally swollen river banks submerged only at However, some information dollars if matured plants fragmented populations, Cryptocoryne x willisii is in forming a chamber resembles high water.