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Achrouteria Durifructa
''Chrysophyllum durifructum'' is a tree in the family Sapotaceae, native to Brazil. Description ''Chrysophyllum durifructum'' grows up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is scaly. Its oblanceolate leaves measure up to long. Fascicles feature up to 10 green flowers. The fruits ripen green and measure up to long. Distribution and habitat ''Chrysophyllum durifructum'' is native to Brazil, where it is only known from an area of Amazonas north of Manaus Manaus () is the List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil, capital and largest city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. It is the List of largest cities in Brazil, seventh-largest city in Brazil, w .... Its habitat is in lowland forest. References durifructum Flora of North Brazil Plants described in 1974 {{Sapotaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Antônio Rodrigues
William Antônio Rodrigues (born 1928) is a Brazilian botanist. Rodrigues was born in São João del Rei, Brazil in 1928. He was a faculty member of the Universidade Federal do Paraná. He collected, and described plants from Brazil. Part of his research focused on Myristicaceae. He is the authority for at least 88 taxa In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and ... including: References 20th-century Brazilian botanists 1928 births People from São João del-Rei Living people {{Botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Dale Pennington
Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a playwright during the Roman Republic. He was the author of six comedies based on Greek originals by Menander or Apollodorus of Carystus. All six of Terence's plays survive complete and were originally produced between 166–160 BC. According to ancient authors, Terence was born in Carthage and was brought to Rome as a slave, where he gained an education and his freedom; around the age of 25, Terence is said to have made a voyage to the east in search of inspiration for his plays, where he died either of disease in Greece, or by shipwreck on the return voyage. However, Terence's traditional biography is often thought to consist of speculation by ancient scholars who lived too long after Terence to have access to reliable facts about his life. Terence's plays quickly became standard school texts. He ultimately secured a place as one of the four authors taught to all grammar pupils in the Western Roman E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapotaceae
240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology)">order Ericales">family (biology)">family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology)">order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of evergreen trees and Shrub, shrubs in around 65 genera (35–75, depending on generic definition). Their distribution is Tropics, pantropical. Many species produce edible fruits, or white blood-sap that is used to cleanse dirt, organically and manually, while others have other economic uses. Species noted for their edible fruits include '' Manilkara'' ( sapodilla), '' Chrysophyllum cainito'' (star-apple or golden leaf tree), '' Gambeya africana'' and '' Gambeya albida'' (star-apple), and '' Pouteria'' ('' abiu, canistel, lúcuma'', mamey sapote). '' Vitellaria paradoxa'' (''shi'' in several languages of West Africa and ''karité'' in French; also anglicized as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Leaf Morphology
The following terms are used to describe leaf plant morphology, morphology in the description and taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflet (botany), leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular or irregular, and may be smooth or have hair, bristles, or spines. For more terms describing other aspects of leaves besides their overall morphology see the leaf#Terminology, leaf article. The terms listed here all are supported by technical and professional usage, but they cannot be represented as mandatory or undebatable; readers must use their judgement. Authors often use terms arbitrarily, or coin them to taste, possibly in ignorance of established terms, and it is not always clear whether because of ignorance, or personal preference, or because usages change with time or context, or because of variation between specimens, even specimens from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fascicle (botany)
In botany, a fascicle is a bundle of leaves or flowers growing crowded together; alternatively the term might refer to the vascular tissues that supply such an organ with nutrients.Shashtri, Varun. Dictionary of Botany. Publisher: Isha Books 2005. However, vascular tissues may occur in fascicles even when the organs they supply are not fascicled. Etymology of fascicle and related terms The term ''fascicle'' and its derived terms such as ''fasciculation'' are from the Latin ''fasciculus'', the diminutive of ''fascis'', a bundle. Accordingly, such words occur in many forms and contexts wherever they are convenient for descriptive purposes. A fascicle may be leaves or flowers on a short shoot where the nodes of a shoot are crowded without clear internodes, such as in species of ''Pinus'' or '' Rhigozum''. However, bundled fibres, nerves or bristles as in tissues or the glochid fascicles of ''Opuntia'' may have little or nothing to do with branch morphology. In pines Leaf fasc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazonas (Brazilian State)
Amazonas () is a federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the North Region, Brazil, North Region in the north-western corner of the country. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, largest Brazilian state by area and the list of the largest country subdivisions by area, ninth-largest country subdivision in the world with an area of 1,570,745.7 square kilometers. It is the largest country subdivision in South America, being greater than the areas of Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay combined. Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre (state), Acre. It also borders the nations of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the departments of Colombia, Departments of Amazonas (Colombian department), Amazonas, Vaupés Department, Vaupés and Guainía Department, Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas State, Venezuela, Amazonas state in Venezuela, and the Loreto Region in Peru. Amazonas is named after the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaus
Manaus () is the List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil, capital and largest city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas. It is the List of largest cities in Brazil, seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2022 population of 2,063,689 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east centre of the state, the city is the centre of the Greater Manaus, Manaus metropolitan area and the largest metropolitan area in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil by urban landmass. It is situated near Meeting of Waters, the confluence of the Rio Negro (Amazon), Negro and Amazon River, Amazon rivers. It is one of the two cities in the Amazon rainforest with a population of over 1 million people, alongside Belém. The city was founded in 1669 as the Fort of São José do Rio Negro. It was elevated to a town in 1832 with the name of "Manaus", an altered spelling of the indigenous Manaós peoples, and legally transformed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodriguésia (journal)
''Rodriguésia'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering all aspects of botany with an emphasis on South America. It was established in 1935 and is published by the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. The editor-in-chief is Karen Lucia De Toni (Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden). Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in EBSCO databases, Latindex, Referativnyi Zhurnal, and Scopus Scopus is a scientific abstract and citation database, launched by the academic publisher Elsevier as a competitor to older Web of Science in 2004. The ensuing competition between the two databases has been characterized as "intense" and is c .... References External links *{{Official website, http://rodriguesia.jbrj.gov.br/index_ingles.html Botany journals Continuous journals Academic journals established in 1935 English-language journals Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro Botanical Garden
The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden or Jardim Botânico is located at the Jardim Botânico district in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The Botanical Garden shows the diversity of Brazilian and foreign flora. There are around 6,500 species (some endangered) distributed throughout an area of as well as numerous greenhouses. The garden also houses monuments of historical, artistic, and archaeological significance. There is an important research center, which includes the most complete library in the country specializing in botany with over 32,000 volumes. It was founded in 1808 by King John VI of Portugal. Originally intended for the acclimatization of spices like nutmeg, pepper and cinnamon imported from the West Indies, the garden was opened to the public in 1822, and is now open during daylight hours every day except 25 December and 1 January. The park lies at the foot of the Corcovado Mountain, far below the right arm of the statue of '' Christ the Redeemer'' and contai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysophyllum
''Chrysophyllum'' is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. The genus is native to the tropical Americas, from Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Caribbean. One species, '' C. oliviforme'', extends north to southern Florida.''Chrysophyllum'' L. ''World Flora Online''. Accessed 3 December 2022. Description ''Chrysophyllum'' members are usually tropical s, often growing rapidly to 10–20 m or more in height. The are oval, 3–15 cm long, green above, densely golden pubescent below, from which the genus is named. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of North Brazil
Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring ( indigenous) native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora'' for purposes of specificity. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
