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Acaena
''Acaena'' is a genus of about 60 species of mainly evergreen, creeping herbaceous perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a few species extending into the Northern Hemisphere, north to Hawaii ('' A. exigua'') and California ('' A. pinnatifida''). The leaves are alternate, long, and pinnate or nearly so, with 7–21 leaflets. The flowers are produced in a tight globose nflorescence in diameter, with no petals. The fruit is also a dense ball of many seeds; in many (but not all) species the seeds bear a barbed arrowhead point, the seedhead forming a burr which attaches itself to animal fur or feathers for dispersal. Several ''Acaena'' species in New Zealand are known by the common name bidibid. The word is written variously ''bidi-bidi'', ''biddy-biddy'', ''biddi-biddi'', ''biddi-bid'' and a number of other variations. These names are the English rendition of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Pinnatifida
''Acaena pinnatifida'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Rosaceae''. It is known by the common names Argentinian biddy-biddy and California sheepbur. It grows in California (United States), Argentina and Chile. The population from California is sometimes considered to be a distinct species or variety from the population in South America. Distribution and habitat ''Acaena pinnatifida'' is known from California (in the United States), and in South America (Chile to Argentina). In North America, the species grows on roadsides, sand dunes, rocky slopes and coastal grasslands. Taxonomy ''Acaena pinnatifida'' was first formally named and described in 1798 by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón (Spanish botanists) in the ''Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis'' journal. Etymology In English, ''Acaena pinnatifida'' is commonly known as the ''Argentinian biddy-biddy'' and as the ''California sheepbur''. Varieties ''Acaena pinnatifida'' is often discussed as consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Buchananii
''Acaena'' is a genus of about 60 species of mainly evergreen, creeping herbaceous perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a few species extending into the Northern Hemisphere, north to Hawaii ('' A. exigua'') and California ('' A. pinnatifida''). The leaves are alternate, long, and pinnate or nearly so, with 7–21 leaflets. The flowers are produced in a tight globose nflorescence in diameter, with no petals. The fruit is also a dense ball of many seeds; in many (but not all) species the seeds bear a barbed arrowhead point, the seedhead forming a burr which attaches itself to animal fur or feathers for dispersal. Several ''Acaena'' species in New Zealand are known by the common name bidibid. The word is written variously ''bidi-bidi'', ''biddy-biddy'', ''biddi-biddi'', ''biddi-bid'' and a number of other variations. These names are the English rendition of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Boliviana
''Acaena'' is a genus of about 60 species of mainly evergreen, creeping herbaceous perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a few species extending into the Northern Hemisphere, north to Hawaii ('' A. exigua'') and California ('' A. pinnatifida''). The leaves are alternate, long, and pinnate or nearly so, with 7–21 leaflets. The flowers are produced in a tight globose nflorescence in diameter, with no petals. The fruit is also a dense ball of many seeds; in many (but not all) species the seeds bear a barbed arrowhead point, the seedhead forming a burr which attaches itself to animal fur or feathers for dispersal. Several ''Acaena'' species in New Zealand are known by the common name bidibid. The word is written variously ''bidi-bidi'', ''biddy-biddy'', ''biddi-biddi'', ''biddi-bid'' and a number of other variations. These names are the English rendition of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Agnipila
''Acaena'' is a genus of about 60 species of mainly evergreen, creeping herbaceous perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a few species extending into the Northern Hemisphere, north to Hawaii ('' A. exigua'') and California ('' A. pinnatifida''). The leaves are alternate, long, and pinnate or nearly so, with 7–21 leaflets. The flowers are produced in a tight globose nflorescence in diameter, with no petals. The fruit is also a dense ball of many seeds; in many (but not all) species the seeds bear a barbed arrowhead point, the seedhead forming a burr which attaches itself to animal fur or feathers for dispersal. Several ''Acaena'' species in New Zealand are known by the common name bidibid. The word is written variously ''bidi-bidi'', ''biddy-biddy'', ''biddi-biddi'', ''biddi-bid'' and a number of other variations. These names are the English rendition of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Microphylla
''Acaena microphylla'', the bidibid or piripiri, and outside New Zealand, New Zealand-bur, is a small herbaceous, prostrate perennial flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to both the North and South Islands of New Zealand. There are two varieties: *''Acaena microphylla'' var. ''pauciglochidiata'' Bitter *''Acaena microphylla'' Hook.f var. ''microphylla'' There are no synonyms. Description Hooker describes it as "a very small and glabrous species; the leaflets not 1/4 in. long. ''Capitula'' very large for the size of the plant, upwards of an inch across, including the spines, which are not barbate, and distinguish it as a species." Taxonomy and naming ''Acaena microphylla'' was first formally described in 1852 by Joseph Dalton Hooker. The genus name ''Acaena'' is derived from the ancient Greek word ''akaina'', meaning "thorn" or "spine", referring to the spiny calyx of many species of ''Acaena''. The specific epithet ''microphylla'' derives from the Greek w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Novae-zelandiae
''Acaena novae-zelandiae'', commonly known as red bidibid, bidgee-widgee, buzzy and piri-piri bur, is a small Herbaceous plant, herbaceous, prostrate Perennial plant, perennial, native to New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea, of the family Rosaceae. Description ''Acaena novae-zelandiae'' is a small Herbaceous plant, herbaceous Perennial plant, perennial. It is stoloniferous with prostrate stems of 1.5 – 2 mm diameter. Damage to stolons encourages new shoots to be produced. It has Pinnation, imparipinnate leaves, with 9–15 toothed, oblong Leaflet (botany), leaflets, which are approximately 2 –11 cm long. The adaxial surface of the leaves is dark green and shiny, and the abaxial surface is hairy and glaucous green in colouration. The rachis of the leaves is often red. The scape is 10 – 15 cm long and bears a globular, terminal inflorescence, of 20 – 25 mm diameter, with 70 – 100 flowers. The flowers lack petals and can range in colour from gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Alpina
''Acaena alpina'' is a Perennial plant, perennial shrub of the genus ''Acaena'' known for its hardiness and durability. ''A. alpina'' is found throughout central Chile and Argentina. It can withstand a wide range of climates, including that of the Andes, where it is commonly found. ''A.'' ''alpina'' can withstand both hot and cold temperatures as well as wet and dry seasons, though it preferentially grows at high altitudes. ''A. alpina'' was originally typified by Eduard Friedrich Poeppig and Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers in 1843. Habitat and distribution ''Acaena alpina'' is a shrub found along the mountain ranges of South America. ''A. alpina'' is mainly distributed throughout Chile and Argentina, specifically along the Andes mountain range. This organism is also found along vegetation belts in South America, specifically along the 33rd parallel south and most commonly at an elevation of 2100 m to 2500 m. In Chile, the range of ''A. alpina'' spans Regions Five through Nine, from nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Antarctica
''Acaena antarctica'' is a small herbaceous plant in the Rosaceae family native to Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands. Taxonomy and naming ''Acaena antarctica'' was first formally described in 1846 by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Kew holds specimens collected by Hooker from Hermite Island, Cape Horn on the Ross expedition. The genus name ''Acaena'' is derived from the Ancient Greek word ''akaina'' meaning "thorn" or "spine", referring to the spiny calyx of many species of ''Acaena''. The specific epithet, ''antarctica'', derives from the Greek (''anti'', "opposite" and ''arktos'', "bear") and designates the place opposite the constellations of the Great and the Little Bear, thus describing the species as coming from south of the South Pole circle. References External linksPhoto of the planton FlickrHerbarium specimen images & occurrence datafrom GBIF {{Taxonbar, from=Q15288158 antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Exigua
''Acaena exigua'' is an extinct species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name liliwai. It was endemic to Hawaii, where it was known from Kauai and west Maui. It had not been seen or collected since 1957 and was feared extinct until 1997, when one plant was discovered in a remote montane bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and musk ... on Maui. The plant died in 2000, and the species is now considered extinct. Reason for extinction The reason for extinction is unknown. While it has been ascribed to rooting by pigs, feral populations have only been present in the vicinity of the population on Kauai for some twenty years, and West Maui is pig-free. References External linksUSDA Plants Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acaena Anserinifolia
''Acaena anserinifolia'', the bidibidi, hutiwai, or piripiri, is a species of plant, endemic to New Zealand. It has been introduced to the UK and Ireland. Bidibidi can be used to make a tea, used by both Māori and Pākehā settlers in New Zealand, as well as in ointments for wounds and medical purposes. Description The bidibidi is a small plant with deeply divaricated opposite leaflets and long stems ending in a globular capitulum. The flowers are pink, red, or white. It can be told from ''Acaena novae-zelandiae'' by "the distinctive tuft of brush-like hairs surmounting the leaf teeth apices," and by silvery leaf undersides. Range The plant is native to the North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, and the Chatham Islands in New Zealand. It has been introduced to Antipodean Islands, Great Britain and Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus '' Rosa''. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but some are evergreen. They have a worldwide range but are most diverse in the Northern Hemisphere. Many economically important products come from the Rosaceae, including various edible fruits, such as apples, pears, quinces, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, raspberries, blackberries, loquats, strawberries, rose hips, hawthorns, and almonds. The family also includes popular ornamental trees and shrubs, such as roses, meadowsweets, rowans, firethorns, and photinias. Among the most species-rich genera in the family are '' Alchemilla'' (270), '' Sorbus'' (260), ''Crataegus'' (260), '' Cotoneaster'' (260), '' Rubus'' (250), and ''Prunus'' (200), which contains the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots, and almonds. However, all of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
