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Firmiana Subglabra
''Firmiana'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, from South, SE to temperate East Asia. It was formerly placed in the now defunct family Sterculiaceae and may sometimes be called the "parasol tree". The genus name honours Karl Joseph von Firmian. The defining characteristic of Firmiana spp. is the development of the fruit. Shortly after pollination the five carpels unfold to be flat and turn green with four developing seeds attached to the edge, fully exposed to the environment. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' includes: # ''Firmiana bracteata'' # ''Firmiana calcarea'' # ''Firmiana colorata'' # ''Firmiana danxiaensis'' # ''Firmiana daweishanensis'' # ''Firmiana diversifolia'' # ''Firmiana fulgens'' # ''Firmiana hainanensis'' # ''Firmiana kerrii'' # ''Firmiana kwangsiensis'' # ''Firmiana major'' # ''Firmiana malayana'' # ''Firmiana minahassae'' # ''Firmiana papuana'' # ''Firmiana pulcherrima'' # ''Firmiana simplex'' — Chinese parasol tree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. The group was formerly called Magnoliophyta. Angiosperms are by far the most diverse group of Embryophyte, land plants with 64 Order (biology), orders, 416 Family (biology), families, approximately 13,000 known Genus, genera and 300,000 known species. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody Plant stem, stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. Angiosperms are distinguished from the other major seed plant clade, the gymnosperms, by having flowers, xylem consisting of vessel elements instead of tracheids, endosperm within their seeds, and fruits that completely envelop the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
