Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Galápagos Islands' has mentioned 'Flora' in the following places:
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The Highlands of Santa Cruz offer exuberant flora, and are famous for the lava tunnels. | WIKI |
The flora of South Plaza includes Opuntia cactus and Sesuvium plants, which form a reddish carpet on top of the lava formations. | WIKI |
On the larger islands, the pattern of generally wet highlands and drier lowlands impacts the flora. | WIKI |
In 1793, James Colnett described the flora and fauna of Galxc3xa1pagos, and suggested the islands could be used as base for the whalers operating in the Pacific Ocean. | WIKI |
Though the first protective legislation for the Galxc3xa1pagos was enacted in 1930 and supplemented in 1936, it was not until the late 1950s that positive action was taken to control what was happening to the native flora and fauna. | WIKI |
Criterion ix: The origin of the flora and fauna of the Galapagos has been of great interest to people ever since the publication of the xe2x80x9cVoyage of the Beaglexe2x80x9d by Charles Darwin in 1839. | UNESCO |
The islands constitute an almost unique example of how ecological, evolutionary and biogeographic processes influence the flora and fauna on both specific islands as well as the entire archipelago. | UNESCO |
Endemic flora such as the giant daisy trees Scalesia spp. | UNESCO |
and many other genera have also radiated on the islands, part of a native flora including about 500 vascular plant species of which about 180 are endemic. | UNESCO |