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Dialyceras
''Dialyceras'' is a genus of trees in the family Sphaerosepalaceae. The species are all endemic to Madagascar. Species ''The Plant List'' and ''Tropicos Tropicos is an online botanical database containing taxonomic information on plants, mainly from the Neotropical realm ( Central, and South America). It is maintained by the Missouri Botanical Garden The Missouri Botanical Garden is a bo ...'' recognise 3 accepted species: * '' Dialyceras coriaceum'' * '' Dialyceras discolor'' * '' Dialyceras parvifolium'' References Sphaerosepalaceae Malvales genera Taxa named by René Paul Raymond Capuron {{Malvales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dialyceras Discolor
''Dialyceras discolor'' is a tree in the family Sphaerosepalaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Distribution and habitat ''Dialyceras discolor'' is known only from a few locations in the northeastern region of Sava. Its habitat is humid evergreen forests from sea-level to altitude. None of the locations are within protected areas. Threats ''Dialyceras discolor'' is threatened because lemur Lemurs ( ) (from Latin ''lemures'' – ghosts or spirits) are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea (), divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are endemic to the island of Madaga ...s, and other animals, disperse the tree's seeds. Threats to these animals would in turn affect the tree's reproduction. References Sphaerosepalaceae Endemic flora of Madagascar Trees of Madagascar Plants described in 1962 Flora of the Madagascar lowland forests Taxa named by René Paul Raymond Capuron {{Malvales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dialyceras Coriaceum
''Dialyceras coriaceum'' is a tree in the family Sphaerosepalaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Distribution and habitat ''Dialyceras coriaceum'' is known only from populations in the northeastern regions of Sava, Analanjirofo and Atsinanana. Its habitat is humid evergreen forests from sea-level to altitude. Some populations are within protected areas. Threats ''Dialyceras coriaceum'' is threatened by cyclones and shifting patterns of agriculture. Because lemur Lemurs ( ) (from Latin ''lemures'' – ghosts or spirits) are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea (), divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are endemic to the island of Madaga ...s disperse the tree's seeds, threats to the lemur would in turn affect the tree's reproduction. References Sphaerosepalaceae Endemic flora of Madagascar Trees of Madagascar Plants described in 1962 Flora of the Madagascar lowland forests Taxa named by René Pau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dialyceras Parvifolium
''Dialyceras'' is a genus of trees in the family Sphaerosepalaceae. The species are all endemic to Madagascar. Species ''The Plant List'' and ''Tropicos'' recognise 3 accepted species: * ''Dialyceras coriaceum'' * ''Dialyceras discolor ''Dialyceras discolor'' is a tree in the family Sphaerosepalaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Distribution and habitat ''Dialyceras discolor'' is known only from a few locations in the northeastern region of Sava. Its habitat is humid evergree ...'' * '' Dialyceras parvifolium'' References Sphaerosepalaceae Malvales genera Taxa named by René Paul Raymond Capuron {{Malvales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphaerosepalaceae
The Sphaerosepalaceae are a family of flowering plants including 14 species of trees and shrubs in two genera, ''Dialyceras'' and ''Rhopalocarpus ''Rhopalocarpus'' is a genus of plants in the family Sphaerosepalaceae. Most species are trees and all are endemic to Madagascar. The generic name is from the Greek meaning "club fruit", referring to the fruit shape. Species ''The Plant List'' a ...'', all of which are endemic to Madagascar. The family has previously been recognized as Rhopalocarpaceae. References Endemic flora of Madagascar Malvales families {{Malvales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Paul Raymond Capuron
René Paul Raymond Capuron (20 October 1921 – 24 August 1971) was a French botanist. Capuron was responsible for an extensive amount of work on the tree flora of Madagascar. Several tree taxa with the specific epithet of ''capuronii'' honor his name, examples being ''Podocarpus capuronii'' and ''Schizolaena capuronii''. Works Highlights of his work include: *''M. arillata'' — a new species of '' Mauloutchia'', formed from the collection of '' Myristicaceae'' specimens. *''Takhtajania perrieri'' — the only extant representative of the family '' Winteraceae''. Capuron was the first to rediscover the plant, following its last sighting by Henri Perrier de la Bathie, back in 1909. Bibliography *''Essai d'introduction à l'étude de la flore forestière de Madagascar'', Tananarive, ''Inspection Générale des Eaux & Forêts'', 1957, 125 pp. *''Rhopalocarpacées''. In: ''Flore de Madagascar et des Comores'', vol. 127, Paris, 1963, 41 pp. *''Révision des Sapindacées de Madagascar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus (biology)
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. 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 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. phylogenetic analysis should clearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example ''Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. ''Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's List of island countries, second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Geography of Madagascar, Madagascar (the List of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of wildlife of Madagascar, its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plant List
The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant species over time, and was produced in response to Target 1 of the 2002-2010 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSP C), to produce "An online flora of all known plants.” It has not been updated since 2013, and has been superseded by World Flora Online. World Flora Online In October 2012, the follow-up project World Flora Online was launched with the aim to publish an online flora of all known plants by 2020. This is a project of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of halting the loss of plant species worldwide by 2020. It is developed by a collaborative group of institutions around the world response to the 2011-2020 GSPC's updated Target 1. This aims to achieve an online Flora of all known plants by 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropicos
Tropicos is an online botanical database containing taxonomic information on plants, mainly from the Neotropical realm ( Central, and South America). It is maintained by the Missouri Botanical Garden The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder and philanthropist Henry Shaw. Its herbarium, with more than 6.6 million ... and was established over 25 years ago. The database contains images and taxonomical and bibliographical data on more than 4.2 million herbarium specimens. In addition, it contains data on over 49,000 scientific publications. The database can be queried in English, French, and Spanish. The oldest records in the database go back to 1703. References External links * Online botany databases Online taxonomy databases Missouri Botanical Garden {{database-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvales Genera
The Malvales are an order of flowering plants. As circumscribed by APG II-system, the order includes about 6000 species within 9 families. The order is placed in the eurosids II, which are part of the eudicots. The plants are mostly shrubs and trees; most of its families have a cosmopolitan distribution in the tropics and subtropics, with limited expansion into temperate regions. An interesting distribution occurs in Madagascar, where three endemic families of Malvales (Sphaerosepalaceae, Sarcolaenaceae and Diegodendraceae) occur. Many species of Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' are known for their wood, with that of '' Ochroma'' (balsa) being known for its lightness, and that of ''Tilia'' (lime, linden, or basswood) as a popular wood for carving. Fruit of the cacao tree ('' Theobroma cacao'') are used as an ingredient for chocolate. Kola nuts (genus '' Cola'') are notable for their high content of caffeine and, in past, were commonly used for preparing of various cola drink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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