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Citharexylum Ilicifolium
''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the United States to Argentina. The highest diversity occurs in Mexico and the Andes. The generic name is derived from the Greek words κιθάρα (''kithara''), meaning "lyre", and ξύλον (''xylon''), meaning "wood," referring to the use of the wood in the sounding boards of string instruments. Several species, especially '' C. caudatum'' and '' C. spinosum'', are cultivated as ornamentals. Species 78 species are accepted. # ''Citharexylum affine'' D.Don - from northern Mexico to Nicaragua # ''Citharexylum alainii'' Moldenke - Dominican Republic # ''Citharexylum altamiranum'' Greenm. - northeastern Mexico # ''Citharexylum amabile'' (Bocq.) Christenh. & Byng – west-central Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina # ''Citharexylum an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Cithara
The kithara (), Latinized as cithara, was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the yoke lutes family. It was a seven-stringed professional version of the lyre, which was regarded as a rustic, or folk instrument, appropriate for teaching music to beginners. As opposed to the simpler lyre, the cithara was primarily used by professional musicians, called kitharodes. In modern Greek, the word ''kithara'' has come to mean "guitar", a word which etymologically stems from ''kithara''. Origin and uses The cithara originated from Minoan- Mycenaean swan-neck lyres developed and used during the Aegean Bronze Age. Scholars such as M.L. West, Martha Maas, and Jane M. Snyder have made connections between the cithara and stringed instruments from ancient Anatolia. Whereas the basic lyra was widely used as a teaching instrument in boys’ schools, the cithara was a virtuoso's instrument and generally known as requiring a great deal of skill.: Aristotle calls the cithara an ''organon t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Citharexylum Brachyanthum
''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the United States to Argentina. The highest diversity occurs in Mexico and the Andes. The generic name is derived from the Greek words κιθάρα (''kithara''), meaning "lyre", and ξύλον (''xylon''), meaning "wood," referring to the use of the wood in the sounding boards of string instruments. Several species, especially '' C. caudatum'' and '' C. spinosum'', are cultivated as ornamentals. Species 78 species are accepted. # ''Citharexylum affine'' D.Don - from northern Mexico to Nicaragua # '' Citharexylum alainii'' Moldenke - Dominican Republic # '' Citharexylum altamiranum'' Greenm. - northeastern Mexico # '' Citharexylum amabile'' (Bocq.) Christenh. & Byng – west-central Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina # '' Citharexy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |