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Planaltina (plant)
Planaltina may refer to: Geography * Planaltina, Federal District, an administrative region in the Federal District, Brazil * Planaltina, Goiás, a municipality in the state of Goiás (in the metropolitan region of Brasilia), Brazil * Planaltina do Paraná, a municipality in the state of Paraná, Brazil Sport * Planaltina Esporte Clube, a football club of the Federal District, Brazil Biology * ''Planaltina'' (fish), a genus of characins endemic to Brazil * ''Planaltina'' (plant), a genus of Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ... endemic to Brazil {{disambiguation, Planaltina, Distrito Federal, Brazil = , page-title = Planaltina, Federal District, Genus disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planaltina, Federal District
Planaltina is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. History Beginning in the first half of the eighteenth century bandeirantes came to this region looking for gold and emeralds. Existing documents do not tell us the exact date of the foundation of Planaltina, but it is believed to be 1790. According to oral tradition, the first name of the settlement was Mestre D'armas because a blacksmith, expert in the art of fixing and dealing with weapons (armas), settled in the region. The founding of the nucleus which gave birth to Planaltina is attributed to José Gomes Rabelo, a rancher who transferred from the former capital of the Province of Goiás, to a small lake called Lagoa Bonita, later extending his land to the dwelling known as "Mestre D'armas". A chapel was erected to pay homage to Saint Sebastian, who had supposedly spared the settlers from an epidemic that attacked them at the time. Dona Marta Carlos Alarcão ordered a wooden statue of the saint from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planaltina, Goiás
Planaltina is a city located in the Metropolitan Region of Brasilia, center of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Planaltina is often referred to as Planaltina de Goiás, but in official documents it is called Planaltina. Location and Geography Planaltina is part of micro-region 12 of the state, the so-called Entorno do Distrito Federal. It borders Água Fria de Goiás, Formosa, Mimoso de Goiás, Padre Bernardo and, the Distrito Federal. It is located on the northeastern boundary of the Federal District north of the satellite city of Planaltina, DF. It is 273 kilometers from the state capital Goiânia and . from Central Zone ( Plano Piloto). Planaltina is the gateway to an enormous area of ecological preservation, in which can be found the important Chapada dos Veadeiros national park. Nearby is Lagoa Formosa, which, with its 17 square kilometers of surface area, is the largest natural lake in the state of Goiás. Also nearby is the source of the Maranhão River, which flows n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planaltina Do Paraná
Planaltina do Paraná is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Paraná This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Paraná (PR), located in the South Region of Brazil. Paraná is divided into 399 municipalities, which are grouped into 39 microregions, which are grouped into 10 mesoregions. See also *G ... References Municipalities in Paraná {{ParanáBR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planaltina Esporte Clube
Planaltina Esporte Clube, commonly known as Planaltina, are a Brazilian football team from Planaltina, in Distrito Federal A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they .... They competed in the Série C once. History The club was founded on May 30, 1963. Planaltina competed in the Série C in 1996, being eliminated in the First Stage of the competition. Stadium Planaltina Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Adonir José Guimarães. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 6,000 people. References {{Authority control Association football clubs established in 1963 Football clubs in the Federal District (Brazil) 1963 establishments in Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planaltina (fish)
''Planaltina'' is a genus of characins endemic to Brazil.Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. ''BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.'' Species There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: * '' Planaltina britskii'' Menezes, S. H. Weitzman & J. R. Burns, 2003 * '' Planaltina glandipedis'' Menezes Menezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de ..., S. H. Weitzman & J. R. Burns, 2003 * '' Planaltina myersi'' J. E. Böhlke, 1954 References Diapomini Fish of South America Fish of Brazil Endemic fish of Brazil {{Characidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planaltina (plant)
Planaltina may refer to: Geography * Planaltina, Federal District, an administrative region in the Federal District, Brazil * Planaltina, Goiás, a municipality in the state of Goiás (in the metropolitan region of Brasilia), Brazil * Planaltina do Paraná, a municipality in the state of Paraná, Brazil Sport * Planaltina Esporte Clube, a football club of the Federal District, Brazil Biology * ''Planaltina'' (fish), a genus of characins endemic to Brazil * ''Planaltina'' (plant), a genus of Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ... endemic to Brazil {{disambiguation, Planaltina, Distrito Federal, Brazil = , page-title = Planaltina, Federal District, Genus disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 13,500 species in about 620 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include '' Coffea'', the source of coffee, ''Cinchona'', the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine, ornamental cultivars (''e.g.'', ''Gardenia'', '' Ixora'', '' Pentas''), and historically some dye plants (''e.g.'', '' Rubia''). Description The Rubiaceae are morphologically easily recognizable as a coherent group by a combination of characters: opposite or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, interpetiolar stipules, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
