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Eremolaena
''Eremolaena'' is a genus of flowering plant in the Sarcolaenaceae family, endemic to Madagascar. The genus has three species, all native to the country's humid east coast. The family Sarcolaenaceae is endemic to Madagascar. The genus appears to be most closely related to the genera '' Pentachlaena'' and '' Perrierodendron''. Species ''Eremolaena humblotiana'', known by the vernacular names ''Amaninombilahy, Hamaninaombilahy'' and ''Fotona'', is found in the humid Madagascar lowland forests and Madagascar subhumid forests ecoregions, up to 1200–1500 meters elevation, from the Brickaville to Vatomandry area, Betampona Reserve, Zahamena Reserve, and the area around Lac Alaotra. ''Eremolaena rotundifolia'', known by the vernacular names ''Amaninombilahy fotsy, Anjananjana, Fotona, Fotonala, Fotonalahy, Menahy lahy, Takodizahana lahy'' and ''Voantalanina,'' is native to littoral (seaside) forests on sand at Masoala National Park Masoala National Park, in northeast Madagascar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eremolaena Darainensis
''Eremolaena darainensis'' is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is named for its native commune of Daraina. Description ''Eremolaena darainensis'' grows as a tree up to tall. Its branches are red to gray brown and lenticellate. The bark is smooth. Its ovate to obovate leaves are chartaceous and measure up to long. They are green above and white below. The flowers are solitary with five green sepals and five white petals. Fruits are unknown. Distribution and habitat ''Eremolaena darainensis'' is known only from the northern region of Sava. Its habitat is semi-deciduous forest Semi-deciduous or semi-evergreen is a botanical term which refers to plants that lose their foliage for a very short period, when old leaves fall off and new foliage growth is starting. This phenomenon occurs in tropical and sub-tropical woody spec ... on steep slopes from to altitude. Threats ''Eremolaena darainensis'' is currently known only from five subpopula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eremolaena Humblotiana
''Eremolaena humblotiana'' is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. It is named for the French naturalist Léon Humblot. Description ''Eremolaena humblotiana'' grows as a shrub or tree. Its subcoriaceous leaves may measure more than long. The inflorescences bear two flowers. Distribution and habitat ''Eremolaena humblotiana'' is known only from the eastern regions of Alaotra-Mangoro, Analanjirofo and Atsinanana. Its habitat is humid and subhumid forest up to about altitude. Threats ''Eremolaena humblotiana'' is threatened by logging, wildfires and tropical storms. Three subpopulations of the species are in protected areas: in the Betampona Betampona is a rural commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Fenerive Est, which is a part of Analanjirofo Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 8,562 inhabitants in 2018.Troisieme Recensement Gene ..., Zahamena and Analalava Protected Areas of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eremolaena Rotundifolia
''Eremolaena rotundifolia'' is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning "round leaves". Description ''Eremolaena rotundifolia'' grows as a shrub or tree. Its chartaceous leaves measure up to long. The inflorescences bear a single flower. Distribution and habitat ''Eremolaena rotundifolia'' is known from the eastern regions of Sava, Atsimo-Atsinanana Atsimo-Atsinanana (South East) is a region in Madagascar. Its capital is Farafangana. The region used to be part of the Fianarantsoa Province. The region extends along the southern part of the east coast of Madagascar. It is bordered by Vatovavy-F ..., Vatovavy-Fitovinany, Analanjirofo, Atsinanana and Anosy. Its habitat is humid coastal forest from sea-level to about altitude. Some subpopulations are in protected areas. References Sarcolaenaceae Endemic flora of Madagascar Plants described in 1914 Flora of the Madagascar lowland forests [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarcolaenaceae
The Sarcolaenaceae are a family of flowering plants endemic to Madagascar. The family includes 79 species of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs in ten genera. Recent DNA studies indicate that the Sarcolaenaceae are a sibling taxon to the family Dipterocarpaceae of Africa, South America, India, Southeast Asia and Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The .... References * External links Images of Sarcolaenaceae in Madagascar (Missouri Botanic Garden) {{Taxonbar, from=Q132091 Malvales families Endemic flora of Madagascar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentachlaena
''Pentachlaena'' is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the Sarcolaenaceae family, endemic to Madagascar. It was first scientifically described in 1920. Species The genus includes the following species: * ''Pentachlaena betamponensis'' 2000 * ''Pentachlaena latifolia'' 1920 * ''Pentachlaena orientalis'' 1973 * ''Pentachlaena vestita ''Pentachlaena vestita'' is a plant in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning "blanketed", referring to the hairy indument on the underside of the leaves and also on stems, fruits ...'' 2016 References Sarcolaenaceae Malvales genera Endemic flora of Madagascar Taxa named by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie {{Sarcolaenaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Ernest Baillon
Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany. He was appointed to the Légion d'honneur in 1867 and joined the Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, r ... in 1894. Baillon put together the "Dictionnaire de botanique", for which Auguste Faguet produced the wood engravings. The plant genus '' Baillonia'' (family Verbenaceae) was named in his honor by Henri Théophile Bocquillon. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betampona
Betampona is a rural commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Fenerive Est, which is a part of Analanjirofo Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 8,562 inhabitants in 2018.Troisieme Recensement General This commune was split off Fenoarivo Atsinanana (Fenerive Est) only in 2015. Nature *Betampona Reserve Betampona Reserve is a nature reserve in Toamasina Province of Madagascar. It is located 40 km northwest of Toamasina Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French Tamatave, is the capital of the Atsinanana region ... References Populated places in Analanjirofo {{Analanjirofo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Flora Of Madagascar
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example ''Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. ''Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservatory And Botanical Garden Of The City Of Geneva
The Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the city of Geneva () is a museum and an institution of the City of Geneva. Establishment and location It was founded in 1817 in a former area of ''Bastions Park'' in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. The Botanical Gardens were transferred to the Console site (192 rue de Lausanne) in 1904, constructed by the Genevan architect Henri Juvet in 1902–1904 specifically to house the Delessert herbarium held at Bastions. The collection grew in 1911–1912 with the gift of the Emile Burant herbarium, then again in 1923–1924 with the posthumous donation of the de Candolle herbarium. In its present location, it occupies an area of adjacent to Lake Geneva and the park of the United Nations Office at Geneva and ranks as one of the five most important in the world. The gardens themselves were designed by . The Botanical Garden's greenhouses initially remained at the Bastions site for financial reasons. Then, in 1910–1911, the architect Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tôlanaro
Fort-Dauphin (Malagasy Tolagnaro or Taolagnaro) is a city (''commune urbaine'') on the southeast coast of Madagascar. It is the capital of the Anosy Region and of the Taolagnaro District. It has been a port of local importance since the early 1500s. A new port, the Ehoala Port was built in 2006–2009. Fort-Dauphin was the first French settlement in Madagascar. Location Fort-Dauphin was initially situated on a short, narrow peninsula on the extreme southeastern coast of Madagascar. It has since grown to cover a much greater area along the ocean, almost to Mount Bezavona. Climate Fort-Dauphin has a tropical rainforest climate, though it is less rainy than areas further north on the eastern Malagasy coast. Being closer to the centre of the subtropical anticyclones than other parts of Madagascar, most rainfall is orographic, and tropical cyclones are not as common as in more northerly parts of the island. History The bay of Fort-Dauphin was found by a Portuguese Captain i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masoala National Park
Masoala National Park, in northeast Madagascar, is the largest of the island's protected areas. Most of the park is situated in Sava Region and a part in Analanjirofo. Created in 1997, the park protects 2,300 square kilometres of rainforest and 100 square kilometres of marine parks. The Masoala Peninsula is exceptionally diverse due to its large size, and variety of habitats. Altogether, the park protects tropical rainforest, coastal forest, flooded forest, marsh, and mangrove. Three marine parks protect coral reefs and a dazzling array of marine life. Climate This is an exceptionally wet area of Madagascar. The driest part of the year is from September to December. As the park is accessible only by a three-hour boat journey, the cyclone season (January to March) is best avoided. Flora and fauna There are ten lemur species, including the red ruffed lemur, which is native to the peninsula. The island reserve of Nosy Mangabe is one of the best sites in Madagascar to try to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Littoral
The littoral zone or nearshore is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely inundated), to coastal areas that are permanently submerged — known as the ''foreshore'' — and the terms are often used interchangeably. However, the geographical meaning of ''littoral zone'' extends well beyond the intertidal zone to include all neritic waters within the bounds of continental shelves. Etymology The word ''littoral'' may be used both as a noun and as an adjective. It derives from the Latin noun ''litus, litoris'', meaning "shore". (The doubled ''t'' is a late-medieval innovation, and the word is sometimes seen in the more classical-looking spelling ''litoral''.) Description The term has no single definition. What is regarded as the full extent of the littoral zone, and the way the littoral zone is divided into subregions, varies in different co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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