|
Genipa
''Genipa'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is native to the American tropical forests. Description Tall trees, without any spines, prickles or thorns; with large opposite leaves of almost leathery texture, smooth or hairy. Presence of interpetiolar stipules, triangle-shaped. The large flowers are arranged in terminal cymes; the calyx is tubular, while the corolla can be trumpet-shaped or short-cylindrical, with 5-6 lobes. The stamens are located at the top of the corolla. The fruit is an almost globose or ovoid berry, smooth, fleshy, with a thick rind. The seeds are large and flat. Taxonomy The species from Madagascar, originally described by Drake, do not belong to the Rubiaceae tribe Gardenieae like the New World ''Genipa'' species, but in the tribe Octotropideae. Those species were transferred to the genus '' Hyperacanthus''. ''Genipa spruceana'' is considered doubtfully distinct from ''Genipa americana''. Species currently recognized in ''Geni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genipa Americana
''Genipa americana'' () is a species of trees in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the tropical forests of North and South America, as well as the Caribbean. Description ''Genipa americana'' trees are up to 30 m tall and up to 60 cm dbh. Their bark is smooth with little fissures. The leaves are opposite, obovate, or obovate oblong, 10–35 cm long, 6–13 cm wide, and glossy dark green, with entire margin, acute or acuminate apex, and attenuated base. The inflorescences are cymes up to 10 cm long. The flowers are white to yellowish, slightly fragrant, calyx bell-shaped, corolla at 2–4.5 cm long, trumpet-shaped, and five- or six-lobed. The five short stamens are inserted on top of the corolla tube. The fruit is a thick-skinned edible greyish berry 10–12 cm long, 5–9 cm in diameter. Distribution and habitat ''Genipa americana'' is native to the tropical forests of the Americas, from tropical Florida south to Argentina. It is present fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genipa Spruceana
''Genipa'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is native to the American tropical forests. Description Tall trees, without any spines, prickles or thorns; with large opposite leaves of almost leathery texture, smooth or hairy. Presence of interpetiolar stipules, triangle-shaped. The large flowers are arranged in terminal cymes; the calyx is tubular, while the corolla can be trumpet-shaped or short-cylindrical, with 5-6 lobes. The stamens are located at the top of the corolla. The fruit is an almost globose or ovoid berry, smooth, fleshy, with a thick rind. The seeds are large and flat. Taxonomy The species from Madagascar, originally described by Drake, do not belong to the Rubiaceae tribe Gardenieae like the New World ''Genipa'' species, but in the tribe Octotropideae. Those species were transferred to the genus '' Hyperacanthus''. ''Genipa spruceana'' is considered doubtfully distinct from ''Genipa americana''. Species currently recognized in ''Geni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genipa Infundibuliformis
''Genipa'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is native to the American tropical forests. Description Tall trees, without any spines, prickles or thorns; with large opposite leaves of almost leathery texture, smooth or hairy. Presence of interpetiolar stipules, triangle-shaped. The large flowers are arranged in terminal cymes; the calyx is tubular, while the corolla can be trumpet-shaped or short-cylindrical, with 5-6 lobes. The stamens are located at the top of the corolla. The fruit is an almost globose or ovoid berry, smooth, fleshy, with a thick rind. The seeds are large and flat. Taxonomy The species from Madagascar, originally described by Drake, do not belong to the Rubiaceae tribe Gardenieae like the New World ''Genipa'' species, but in the tribe Octotropideae. Those species were transferred to the genus '' Hyperacanthus''. ''Genipa spruceana'' is considered doubtfully distinct from ''Genipa americana''. Species currently recognized in ''Geni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genipa Spruceana MHNT
''Genipa'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is native to the American tropical forests. Description Tall trees, without any spines, prickles or thorns; with large opposite leaves of almost leathery texture, smooth or hairy. Presence of interpetiolar stipules, triangle-shaped. The large flowers are arranged in terminal cymes; the calyx is tubular, while the corolla can be trumpet-shaped or short-cylindrical, with 5-6 lobes. The stamens are located at the top of the corolla. The fruit is an almost globose or ovoid berry, smooth, fleshy, with a thick rind. The seeds are large and flat. Taxonomy The species from Madagascar, originally described by Drake, do not belong to the Rubiaceae tribe Gardenieae like the New World ''Genipa'' species, but in the tribe Octotropideae. Those species were transferred to the genus '' Hyperacanthus''. ''Genipa spruceana'' is considered doubtfully distinct from ''Genipa americana''. Species currently recognized in ''Geni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyperacanthus (plant)
''Hyperacanthus'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Rubiaceae, occurring on Madagascar and nearby southern Africa, approximately from Mozambique to the southernmost parts of the continent. This genus used to contain only 5 species, but the number has tripled since a number of plants formerly believed to be genip-trees – the "''Genipa ''Genipa'' is a genus of trees in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is native to the American tropical forests. Description Tall trees, without any spines, prickles or thorns; with large opposite leaves of almost leathery texture, smooth or ha ... sensu'' Drake" group – were recognized to be not as closely related to genips as was previously believed. Those species are now placed in ''Hyperacanthus'', at least provisionally: * ''Hyperacanthus ambovombensis'' Rakotonas. & A.P.Davis * ''Hyperacanthus amoenus'' (Sims) Bridson * ''Hyperacanthus exosolenius'' (formerly in ''Genipa'', tentatively placed here) * ''Hyperacanthus g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardenieae
Gardenieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 586 species in 53 genera. Genera Currently accepted names * '' Adenorandia'' Vermoesen (1 sp) * '' Agouticarpa'' C.H.Press. (7 sp) * '' Aidia'' Lour. (55 sp) * '' Aidiopsis'' Tirveng. (1 sp) * '' Alleizettella'' Pit. (2 sp) * '' Aoranthe'' Somers (5 sp) * '' Atractocarpus'' Schltr. & K.Krause (29 sp) * '' Aulacocalyx'' Hook.f. (12 sp) * '' Benkara'' Adans. (19 sp) * '' Brachytome'' Hook.f. (8 sp) * '' Brenania'' Keay (2 sp) * '' Bungarimba'' K.M.Wong (4 sp) * '' Calochone'' Keay (2 sp) * '' Casasia'' A.Rich (10 sp) * '' Catunaregam'' Wolf (12 sp) * '' Ceriscoides'' ( Hook.f.) Tirveng. (11 sp) * '' Coddia'' Verdc. (1 sp) * '' Deccania'' Tirveng. (1 sp) * '' Dioecrescis'' Tirveng. (1 sp) * '' Duperrea'' Pierre ex Pit. (1 sp) * '' Euclinia'' Salisb. (3 sp) * '' Fosbergia'' Tirveng. & Sastre (4 sp) * '' Ganguelia'' Robbr. (1 sp) * ''Gardenia'' J.Ellis (134 sp) * '' Gardeniopsis'' Miq. ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubiaceae Genera
Full list of the genera in the family Rubiaceae. If the generic name is for an accepted genus, it will appear in ''bold italics'' followed by the author(s). If the name is a synonym, it will appear in ''italics'' followed by an equals sign (=) and the accepted name to which it is referred. Detailed, up to date information can be found oPlants of the World Online A *''Abbottia'' F.Muell. = ''Timonius'' Rumph. ex DC. *''Abramsia'' Gillespie = '' Airosperma'' K.Schum. & Lauterb. *''Acmostima'' Raf. = ''Pavetta'' L. * ''Acranthera'' Arn. ex Meisn. * '' Acrobotrys'' K.Schum. & K.Krause *''Acrodryon'' Spreng. = ''Cephalanthus'' L. *''Acrostoma'' Didr. = '' Remijia'' DC. * '' Acrosynanthus'' Urb. * ''Acunaeanthus'' Borhidi, Komlodi & Moncada * ''Adenorandia'' Vermoesen *''Adenosacme'' Wall. ex G.Gon = ''Mycetia'' Reinw. *''Adenothola'' Lem. = ''Manettia'' Mutis ex L. * ''Adina'' Salisb. * '' Adinauclea'' Ridsdale = ''Adina'' Salisb. * '' Adolphoduckea'' Paudyal & Delp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Drake Del Castillo
Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (28 December 1855 – 14 May 1904) was a French botanist. He was born at Paris and studied with Louis Édouard Bureau (1830–1918) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (National Museum of Natural History). Between 1886 and 1892, he published ''Illustrationes Florae Insulae Maris Pacifici'' ("Illustrations of the flora of the islands of the Pacific Ocean") a summarization of his work on the flora of French Polynesia. He also studied the flora of Madagascar. In addition, he put together a herbarium which contained more than 500,000 samples. He died in 1904 at Saint-Cyran-du-Jambot, bequeathing his herbarium to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Taxa He was the taxonomic authority of numerous plants. The following is a list of botanical genera that he described: * ''Alluaudia'', family Didiereaceae * '' Apaloxylon'', family Leguminosae * '' Bathiaea'', family Leguminosae * ''Cullumiopsis'', family Asteraceae (now classed a sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León became th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. Among other things, a taxonomy can be used to organize and index knowledge (stored as documents, articles, videos, etc.), such as in the form of a library classification system, or a search engine taxonomy, so that users can more easily find the information they are searching for. Many taxonomies are hierarchies (and thus, have an intrinsic tree structure), but not all are. Originally, taxonomy referred only to the categorisation of organisms or a particular categorisation of organisms. In a wider, more general sense, it may refer to a categorisation of things or concepts, as well as to the principles underlying such a categorisation. Taxonomy organizes taxonomic units known as "taxa" (singular "taxon")." Taxonomy is different from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
