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List Of Plants Of Colima
This article contains lists of plants found in the state of Colima, Mexico. Cupressaceae Cupressus Cupressus lusitanica: Mexican white cedar, or Cedar-of-Goa Pinaceae Abies Abies religiosa: Sacred Fir or Oyamel Pinus Pinus pseudostrobus: Chamite or Pachingo Angiospermae {{Empty section, date=September 2016 Aquifoliaceae Ilex Ilex tolucana: Ivy Araliaceae Oreopanax Oreopanax xalapensis: Betulaceae Alnus Alnus jorullensis: Aile Fagaceae Quercus Quercus laurina: Encino laurelillo Pentaphylacacaeae Ternstroemia Ternstroemia lineata: Rosaceae Prunus Prunus serótina: Black Cherry Salicaceae Salix Salix paradoxa: Willow Pentaphylacacaeae Ternstroemia Ternstroemia lineata: Colima, Plants Lists of plants, Colima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colima
Colima, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, is among the 31 states that make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima. Colima is a small state of western Mexico on the central Pacific coast, and includes the four oceanic Revillagigedo Islands. Mainland Colima shares borders with the states of Jalisco and Michoacán. In addition to the capital city of Colima, the main cities are Manzanillo, Villa de Alvarez and Tecomán. Colima is the fourth smallest state in Mexico and has the smallest population, but has one of Mexico's highest standards of living and the lowest unemployment. It is also the state with the highest murder rate per capita and one of the highest crime rates, due to its ports being a contested area for cartels. Geography The state covers a territory of 5,455 km2 and is the fourth smallest federal entity after Tlaxcala, Morelos and the Federal District of Mexico City, containing on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupressus Lusitanica
''Hesperocyparis lusitanica'', the Mexican cypress, cedar-of-Goa or Goa cedar, is a species of Cupressaceae, cypress native to Mexico and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras). It has also been introduced to Belize, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, growing at altitude. The scientific name ''lusitanica'' (of Portugal) refers to its very early cultivation there, with plants imported from Mexico to the monastery at Buçaco Forest, Buçaco, near Coimbra in Portugal in about 1634; these trees were already over 130 years old when the species was botanically described by Philip Miller, Miller in 1768. In Mexico, the tree is also known as ''cedro blanco'' (white cedar) or ''teotlate''. Description ''Hesperocyparis lusitanica'' is an evergreen conifer tree with a conic to ovoid-conic crown, growing to 40 m tall. The foliage grows in dense sprays, dark green to somewhat yellow-green in colour. The leaves are scale-like, 2–5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abies Religiosa
''Abies religiosa'', the oyamel fir or sacred fir, (known as in Spanish) is a fir native to the mountains of central and southern Mexico ( Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre del Sur) and western Guatemala. It grows at high elevations of in cloud forests with cool, humid summers and dry winters in most of its habitat regime. In the state of Veracruz, it grows with precipitation all year long. The tree is resistant to regular winter snowfalls which occur near the upper altitudinal limit of its growth. Names The Spanish name comes from the Nahuatl word ''oyametl'' (''oya'', "to thresh"; ''metl'', " agave"; literally "threshing agave"). It is also called ( Christmas tree) in Mexico. The English name derives from the binomial ''Abies religiosa'', literally "religious fir". This comes from the use of its cut foliage in religious festivals (notably at Christmas) and in churches in Mexico. Description ''Abies religiosa'' is a medium-sized to large evergreen conif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacred Fir
''Abies religiosa'', the oyamel fir or sacred fir, (known as in Spanish) is a fir native to the mountains of central and southern Mexico (Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre del Sur) and western Guatemala. It grows at high elevations of in cloud forests with cool, humid summers and dry winters in most of its habitat regime. In the state of Veracruz, it grows with precipitation all year long. The tree is resistant to regular winter snowfalls which occur near the upper altitudinal limit of its growth. Names The Spanish name comes from the Nahuatl word ''oyametl'' (''oya'', "to thresh"; ''metl'', "agave"; literally "threshing agave"). It is also called (Christmas tree) in Mexico. The English name derives from the binomial ''Abies religiosa'', literally "religious fir". This comes from the use of its cut foliage in religious festivals (notably at Christmas) and in churches in Mexico. Description ''Abies religiosa'' is a medium-sized to large evergreen coniferous tree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinus Pseudostrobus
''Pinus pseudostrobus'', known in English as the smooth-bark Mexican pine and in Spanish as ''chamite'' or ''pacingo'', is a tree found in forests of Mexico and Central America. It is 8 to 25 m tall with a dense and round top.It is threatened by logging and wood harvesting. The bark is brown and fissured and smooth when young. It is subject to ''ex situ'' conservation. It grows at altitudes between 850 and 3250 m. from 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa, Mexico to Nicaragua and Honduras. It occurs within a rainfall regime that rains mostly in summer. In some forested areas like southern Nuevo León ''Pinus pseudostrobus'' is the tree with largest volume per hectare. English botanist John Lindley described the species in 1839. It is divided into ''Pinus pseudostrobus'' var.''apulcensis'' ( Lindl.)Shaw (Apulco pine), ''Pinus pseudostrobus'' f.''protuberans'' Martínez and ''Pinus pseudostrobus'' var.''pseudostrobus''. It has been introduced in New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilex Tolucana
''Ilex tolucana'' is a tree species in the family Aquifoliaceae, native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America from east-central Sonora south to El Salvador. Habitat and ecology ''Ilex tolucana'' is a tree up to 15 m tall, found in oak forest or in mesophyllous mountain forest, frequently along stream banks. It is almost entirely glabrous with leaves entire or with a few small teeth toward the tip. Flowers are white, born in small umbels. Berries are small, red and globose.Felger, R.S., M.B. Johnson & M.F.Wilson. 2001. Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Oxford University Press. These plants are being conserved at the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in southern Mexico. It is in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in southern Chiapas. Geography El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve has an area of 1191.77 km2 in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, a mountain range t .... References tolucana Vulnerable plants Trees of Northern America Flora of Guat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreopanax Xalapensis
''Oreopanax'' is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Araliaceae, comprising circa 85 species native to the Americas. Distribution ''Oreopanax'' species' range extends from Mexico and the Antilles to Argentina and Brazil, with most species occurring above 500 meters above sea level. Species *'' Oreopanax acerifolius'' *'' Oreopanax albanensis'' *'' Oreopanax allocophyllus'' *''Oreopanax anchicayanus'' *'' Oreopanax andreanus'' *'' Oreopanax angularis'' *'' Oreopanax anomalus'' *'' Oreopanax apurimacensis'' *'' Oreopanax aquifolius'' *'' Oreopanax arcanus'' *''Oreopanax argentatus'' *''Oreopanax artocarpoides'' *''Oreopanax atopanthus'' *''Oreopanax avicenniifolius'' *''Oreopanax bogotensis'' *''Oreopanax boliviensis'' *''Oreopanax brachystachyus'' *'' Oreopanax brunneus'' *'' Oreopanax bullosus'' *'' Oreopanax candamoanus'' *''Oreopanax capitatus'' *'' Oreopanax catalpifolius'' *'' Oreopanax cecropifolius'' *'' Oreopanax cheirophyllus'' *'' Oreopanax cissoides'' *'' Oreop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alnus Jorullensis
''Alnus jorullensis'', commonly known as Mexican alder, is an evergreen or semi-evergreen alder, native to eastern and southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Although previously reported from the Andes, further collections showed these to be the similar species '' A. acuminata'', commonly found in South America. Description ''Alnus jorullensis'' is a medium-sized tree growing to 20–25 m tall. The leaves are obovate to elliptic, 5–12 cm long, somewhat leathery in texture with a serrated margin and glandular on the underside. The flowers are wind-pollinated catkins, produced in early spring.Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Range and habitat ''Alnus jorullensis'' grows in high-elevation forests in Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre del Sur, and in the highlands of Honduras, from 2,800 to 3,800 meters elevation. It is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quercus Laurina
''Quercus laurina'' is a species of oak. It is native primarily to Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Chiapas) and has also been found in Guatemala and El Salvador.Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género ''Quercus'' (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593 in Spanish, with line drawings of each speciesLinares, J. L. 2003. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268 ''Q. laurina'' is a tree up to tall with a trunk as much as or more in diameter. The |
Ternstroemia Lineata
''Ternstroemia lineata'' is a plant species native to high elevations in central Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar .... Many publications call this ''T. pringlei'', but more recent publications confirm that the correct name is ''T. lineata.''Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1929. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 4(8): 234. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15398827 lineatea Flora of Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Serótina
''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, There are about 340 accepted species . Many members of the genus are widely cultivated for their sweet, fleshy fruit and for decorative purposes of their flowers. ''Prunus'' fruit are drupes, or stone fruits. The fleshy mesocarp surrounding the endocarp is edible while the endocarp itself forms a hard, inedible shell called the pyrena ("stone" or "pit"). This shell encloses the seed (or "kernel"), which is edible in some species (such as sweet almonds), but poisonous in many others (such as apricot kernels). Besides being eaten off the hand, most ''Prunus'' fruit are also commonly used in processing, such as jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
