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Boea (bug)
''Boea'' is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae, with species originating from Australia, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.Skog, L.E. & J.K. Boggan. 2007World Checklist of Gesneriaceae Washington, DC: Dept. of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. For example, ''B. hygroscopica'', also known as the Queensland rock violet in Australia, occurs in Cape York Peninsula and Northeast Queensland as far south as Rockhampton, from elevation. It grows along creek beds, on moist banks, moss-covered rocks in rainforest, open forest, vine forest and gallery forest. Some ''Boea'' species are known as types of resurrection plant due to their ability to survive desiccation (e.g. ''B. hygrometrica'' and ''Boea hygroscopica, B. hygroscopica''). File:Boea hemsleyana plant.jpg, ''Boea hemsleyana'' plant File:Boea hemsleyana flowers.jpg, ''Boea hemsleyana'' flowers File:Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boea Hygroscopica
''Boea hygroscopica'' (known as rock violet) is one of 15 species of flowering plant of the ''Boea'' genus in the Gesneriaceae, gesneriad family. It is considered a 'resurrection plant' because of its ability to withstand virtually total water loss. Detached leaves of ''B. hydroscopica'' can withstand desiccation by increasing the small amount of constitutive glutathione by up to 50 times. It is Endemism, endemic to Queensland, Australia and is found growing along creek beds, on moist banks and moss-covered rocks in rainforest, open forest, vine forest and gallery forest. Description ''Boea hygroscopica'' is an herbaceous or woody plant growing no taller than . The flowers are in diameter and the Peduncle (botany), peduncles (flower stems) are long. There are 5 petals and they are dimorphic, with 2 larger ones about and 3 smaller ones about . Gallery Image:Boea-hygroscopica-coenobita-CC-BY.jpg , In desiccated state Image:Boea-hygroscopica-leaf-J.L.Dowe-CC-BY.jpg , Leaf det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |