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Carpotroche Caceresiae
''Carpotroche caceresiae'' is a species of plant in the genus '' Carpotroche''. ''C. caceresiae'' has been collected from very wet undisturbed forest on the Caribbean coast of Honduras and Nicaragua, at elevations of up to although it may exist in other areas of Honduras as well as Guatemala. ''C. caceresiae'' is named in memory of Berta Isabel Cáceres, one of 123 environmental activists assassinated between 2009 and 2016 in retaliation for their opposition to environmental destruction and loss of indigenous land in Honduras. Description ''C. caceresiae'' has winged, usually cauliflorous fruits that can be green, white, orange, red or any combination thereof. Diagnostic morphological characters for ''C. caceresiae'' stipulate leaves that lack translucent dots or lines and that are usually clustered towards branch tips; petiole including pulvinus at both ends; odoriferous, unisexual, polygamomonoecious or -dioecious flowers with more petals than sepals; numerous stamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpotroche
''Carpotroche'' is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Achariaceae. It is native to the American tropics The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax .... Taxonomy The following species are currently recognized: * ''Carpotroche'' ''amazonica'' Mart. ex Eichler * ''Carpotroche'' ''brasiliensis'' (Raddi) A.Gray * ''Carpotroche'' ''caceresiae'' D. Santam * ''Carpotroche'' ''criapidentata'' Ducke * ''Carpotroche'' ''crispidentata'' Ducke * ''Carpotroche'' ''froesiana'' Sleumer * ''Carpotroche'' ''grandiflora'' Spruce ex Eichler * ''Carpotroche'' ''integrifolia'' Kuhlm. * ''Carpotroche'' ''longifolia'' (Poepp.) Benth. * ''Carpotroche'' ''pacifica'' (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec. * ''Carpotroche'' ''platyptera'' Pittier * ''Carpotroche'' ''ramosii'' (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec. * ''Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya civilization, Maya, before Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholic Church, Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and Honduras. Nicaragua is bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean and shares maritime borders with El Salvador to the west and Colombia to the east. The country's largest city and national capital is Managua, the List of largest cities in Central America#Largest cities proper, fourth-largest city in Central America, with a population of 1,055,247 as of 2020. Nicaragua is known as "the breadbasket of Central America" due to having the most fertile soil and arable land in all of Central America. Nicaragua's multiethnic population includes people of mestizo, indigenous, European, and African heritage. The country's most spoken language is Spanish language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berta Isabel Cáceres
Berta is a female Germanic name or may also be a colloquial shortening of Alberta or Roberta. Berta may refer to: People Given name * Berta Berkovich Kohút (1921-2021), survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp * Berta Bojetu (1946-1997), Slovene writer, poet and actress * Berta Cáceres (1971-2016), Honduran (Lenca) environmental activist, indigenous leader * Berta Castañé (born 2002), Catalan Spanish actress and model * Berta Daniel (1896–1981), German photographer and political activist. * Berta Drews (1901-1987), German stage and film actress * Berta Persson (1893-1961), first woman bus driver in Sweden. * Berta Piñán (born 1963), Spanish (Asturian) writer, politician * Berta Sieradzki (1911–2019), German-born Jewish Canadian centenarian * Berta Singerman (1901-1998), Belarusian-Argentine singer and actress * Berta Türk (1888–1960), Austrian-born Hungarian actress * Berta Vázquez (born 1992), Ukrainian-born Spanish actress, model, and singer * Berta Zuckerka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
