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Hatiora
''Hatiora'' is a small genus of epiphytic cacti which belongs to the tribe Rhipsalideae within the subfamily Cactoideae of the Cactaceae. Recent taxonomic studies have led to the three species formerly placed in subgenus ''Rhipsalidopsis'' being removed from the genus, including the well known and widely cultivated ornamental plants known as Easter cactus or Whitsun cactus (cultivars or hybrids of the former '' Hatiora gaertneri''). Description All ''Hatiora'' species are found as epiphytes growing on trees or (rarely) lithophytes growing on rocks. They are found in the tropical rainforests of the Mata Atlântica in eastern Brazil. The plants are weakly succulent, growing more or less upright and becoming woody at the base when older. Spines are usually missing. The insect-pollinated flowers are borne terminally. They are small, with a diameter of about , actinomorphic (radially symmetrical), bell-shaped and always coloured (yellow, yellow-orange or pink). The fruit is a berry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatiora Salicornioides
''Hatiora salicornioides'', the bottle cactus, dancing-bones, drunkard's-dream, or spice cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family. A member of the tribe Rhipsalideae, it often grows as an epiphyte, natively in eastern Brazil and ornamentally elsewhere. Description ''Hatiora salicornioides'' grows to about tall with an erect to pendent growth habit. Its stems are composed of segments long. Each segment is shaped like a club or bottle, with the narrower end at the base. The stems branch from the end of a segment, with up to six branches forming a whorl. The yellow to orange flowers are borne at the ends of younger stem segments, and are long and about the same across when open. Translucent white berries follow the flowers. Hatiora salicomioides - JBM.jpg, Growth habit in cultivation Hatiora salicornioides ies2.jpg, Branching Taxonomy The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth, Adrian H. Haworth in 1819, as ''Rhipsalis salicornioides''. Haworth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatiora Cylindrica
''Hatiora cylindrica'' is a species of often epiphytic cactus in the tribe Rhipsalideae within the subfamily Cactoideae. It is native to east Brazil, where it grows in a variety of habitats, including moist forest, dunes and coastal rocks. Description ''Hatiora cylindrica'' is closely related to ''Hatiora salicornioides'', and has been included within that species. Like ''H. salicornioides'', it is a leafless perennial with many branched green stems made up of individual segments. These are strictly cylindrical as opposed to bottle-shaped in ''H. salicornioides''. Its flowers, borne at the end of the stems, have many yellow to orange petals and open quite widely. They are followed by white fruits. Taxonomy ''Hatiora cylindrica'' was first described by Nathaniel Britton and Joseph Rose in 1923. It has not always been viewed as a separate species, being included in '' H. salicornioides'' as either the form or the variety ''cylindrica''. Molecular phylogenetic stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhipsalideae
The Rhipsalideae are a small tribe of cacti, comprising four or five genera (and around 60 species). They grow on trees (epiphytes) or on rocks (lithophytes), where they either hang down or form creeping or upright shrubs. Their flowers open in the day and remain open at night; they may be either radially symmetrical (regular) or bilaterally symmetrical (zygomorphic). The fruits are berry-like, fleshy with smallish seeds. They are found mainly in the east of South America, with a centre of diversity in Bolivia, but some species occur in Central America and North America; one species, '' Rhipsalis baccifera'', also occurs in the Old World. Taxonomy The tribe Rhipsalideae was established by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1828. De Candolle included only one genus, ''Rhipsalis''. Cacti belonging to the Rhipsalideae are quite distinct in appearance and habit from other cacti, growing on trees or rocks as epiphytes or lithophytes, and are thus easily distinguished. However, for many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatiora Herminiae
''Hatiora herminiae'' is a species of flowering plant in the tribe Rhipsalideae, family Cactaceae. It grows as an epiphyte in cloud forests in Southeast Brazil. Description ''Hatiora herminiae'' is an epiphyte, growing up to about high, either upright or arching over. The stems are circular in cross-section, not ribbed, and are composed of segments long and in diameter. Branches occur at the ends of segments. Pink to magenta flowers are borne from areoles at the ends of stems, and are up to long, opening to across. Olive green berries follow the flowers. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1940 by and , as ''Hariota herminiae''. Confusion over the status of the genus name ''Hariota'' later led to its replacement by the anagram ''Hatiora''. Like many species in the Rhipsalideae, it has also been placed in the genus '' Rhipsalis''. Molecular phylogenetic studies have firmly placed it in ''Hatiora''. Distribution and habitat ''Hatiora herminiae'' is endemic to Southea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhipsalidopsis Gaertneri
''Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri'', synonyms ''Schlumbergera gaertneri'' and ''Hatiora gaertneri'', is a species of epiphytic cactus which belongs to the tribe Rhipsalideae within the subfamily Cactoideae of the Cactaceae. Together with the hybrid with '' R. rosea'', ''Rhipsalidopsis'' × ''graeseri'', it is known, in English speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, as Easter cactus or Whitsun cactus and is a widely cultivated ornamental plant. It has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Description ''Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri'' is found in southeastern Brazil, in Paraná and Santa Catarina, at altitudes of . ''R. gaertneri'' grows on trees (epiphytic) or less often rocks ( lithophytic) in sub-tropical rain forest. With maturity, it develops into a branching pendant leafless shrub with a woody base. The stems are made up of segments, most of which are flattened and which are the photosynthetic organs (cladodes) of the plant. Younger segments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schlumbergera Lutea
''Schlumbergera lutea'', synonym ''Hatiora epiphylloides'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, subfamily Cactoideae, native to southeast Brazil. It is a shrubby epiphyte, with flattened stems and bright yellow flowers. Description ''Schlumbergera lutea'' is an epiphyte, with a shrubby growth habit and often pendant stems. The stems are made up of somewhat triangular segments, long and up to wide. It has very small areoles that are without spines. The flowers are bright yellow, long. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1935, as ''Rhipsalis epiphylloides''. It was transferred to the genus '' Hatiora'' in 1983. The generic boundaries within the tribe to which it belongs, Rhipsalideae, have long been unclear. On the basis of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2011, the species was transferred to the genus ''Schlumbergera''. Since the name "''Schlumbergera epiphylloides''" had already been used for a different species, Calvente and Zappi published the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Taxa Named By Anagrams
In the biological nomenclature codes, an anagram can be used to name a new taxon. Wordplays are one source of inspiration allowing organisms to receive Scientific name, scientific names. In the binomial nomenclature, as scientists have latitude in naming genus, genera and species, a taxon name can therefore be an anagram, provided it remains pronounceable. For example, in the ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'', a new generic name can be taken from the name of a person by using an anagram or abbreviation of it. William Elford Leach was among the first naturalists to use taxonomic anagrams, and, in 1818, he described several isopod genera that were each other's anagrams of 'Caroline' : ''Conilera'', ''Lironeca'', ''Nerocila'', ''Olencira'', and ''Rocinela''. List in botany Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Anagrams Taxonomic lists Anagrams, Taxa Lists of things named after people Biological nomenclature Nomenclature codes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Succulent Plant
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meaning "juice" or "sap". Succulents may store water in various structures, such as leaf, leaves and Plant stem, stems. The water content of some succulent organs can get up to 90–95%, such as ''Glottiphyllum semicyllindricum'' and ''Mesembryanthemum barkleyii''. Some definitions also include roots, thus geophytes that survive unfavorable periods by dying back to underground storage organs (caudex) may be regarded as succulents. The habitats of these water-preserving plants are often in areas with high temperatures and low rainfall, such as deserts, but succulents may be found even in Alpine climate, alpine ecosystems growing in rocky or sandy soil. Succulents are characterized by their ability to thrive on limited water sources, such as mist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cactoideae
The Cactoideae are the largest subfamily of the cactus family, Cactaceae, and are widely distributed throughout the Americas. Cactaceae is the 5th most endangered plant or animal family evaluated globally by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Around 80% of cactus species belong to this subfamily. The genera of the Cactoideae are characterized by microscopic foliage leaves. All photosynthesis occurs in shoot cortex cells covered by a persistent epidermis and stomata. Another important characteristic of this subfamily is ribbed stems, which enable the inner cortex to expand radially without breaking the shoot surface to absorb large quantities of water.Mauseth, J. D. (2006). Structure–function relationships in highly modified shoots of Cactaceae. ''Annals of Botany, 98''(5), 901-926. , the internal classification of the family Cactaceae remained uncertain and subject to change. A classification incorporating many of the insights from the molecular studies was pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cactaceae
A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek word (''káktos''), a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is now not certain. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. They are native to the Americas, ranging from Patagonia in the south to parts of western Canada in the north, with the exception of ''Rhipsalis baccifera'', which is also found in Africa and Sri Lanka. Cacti are adapted to live in very dry environments, including the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth. Because of this, cacti show many adaptations to conserve water. For example, almost all cacti are succulents, meaning they have thickened, fleshy parts adapted to store water. Unlike many other succulents, the stem is the only part of most cacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berry (botany)
In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a drupe, drupe (pit) produced from a single flower containing one Ovary (botany), ovary. Berries so defined include grapes, Ribes, currants, and tomatoes, as well as cucumbers, eggplants (aubergines), persimmons and bananas, but exclude certain fruits that meet the berry, culinary definition of berries, such as strawberries and raspberries. The berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire outer layer of the ovary wall ripens into a potentially edible "pericarp". Berries may be formed from one or more gynoecium, carpels from the same flower (i.e. from a simple or a compound ovary). The seeds are usually embedded in the fleshy interior of the ovary, but there are some non-fleshy exceptions, such as ''Capsicum'' species, with air rather than pulp around their seeds. Many berries are edible, but others, such as the Potato fruit, fruits of the potato and the deadly nightshade, are poisonous to humans. A plant that be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Nelson Rose
Joseph Nelson Rose (January 11, 1862 – May 4, 1928) was an American botanist. He was born in Union County, Indiana. His father died serving during the Civil War when Joseph Rose was a young boy. He later graduated from high school in Liberty, Indiana. He received his Ph.D. in Biology from Wabash College in 1889. having received his B.A. in Biology and M.A. Paleobotany earlier at the same institute. He married Lou Beatrice Sims in 1888 and produced with her three sons and three daughters. Rose worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and became an assistant curator at the Smithsonian in 1896. While Rose was employed by the national museum, he was an authority on several plants families, including Apiaceae (Parsley Family) and Cactaceae (Cactus Family). He made several field trips to Mexico, and presented specimens to the Smithsonian and the New York Botanical Garden. With Nathaniel Lord Britton, Rose published many articles on the Crassulaceae. He took a leave of abs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
