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Homalomena Symplocarpifolia
''Homalomena'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. ''Homalomena'' are native to tropical Asia and China. Many ''Homalomena'' have a strong smell of anise. The name derives apparently from a mistranslated Malayan vernacular name, translated as , meaning flat, and ''mene'' = moon. The plants of this genus are clump-forming evergreen perennials with mainly heart-shaped or arrowheaded shaped leaves. The flowers are tiny and without petals, enclosed in a usually greenish spathe hidden by the leaves. Some authors have proposed splitting the genus and moving all the neotropical species of ''Homalomena'' to ''Adelonema.'' Selected species * ''Homalomena expedita'' A.Hay & Hersc. – Borneo (Sarawak) * ''Homalomena philippinensis'' Engl. – Philippines, Taiwan (Lanyu Island) See also *''Schismatoglottis ''Schismatoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Members of the genus are similar in appearance and growth habit to those of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (7 January 1794 – 5 March 1865) was an Austrian botanist. He is known for his extensive work on aroids ( Araceae). Biography Schott was born on 7 January 1794 in Brno, Moravia. He studied botany, agriculture and chemistry at the University of Vienna, where he was a pupil of Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766–1839). He was a participant in the Austrian Brazil Expedition from 1817 to 1821. In 1828 he was appointed ''Hofgärtner'' (royal gardener) in Vienna, later serving as director of the Imperial Gardens at Schönbrunn Palace (1845). In 1852 he was in charge of transforming part of palace gardens in the fashion of an English garden. He also enriched the Viennese court gardens with his collections from Brazil. He was also interested in Alpine flora, and was responsible for development of the alpinum at Belvedere Palace in Vienna. In 2008, botanists P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong published '' Schottarum'', a genus of flowering plants from Borneo belonging to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borneo
Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda Islands, located north of Java Island, Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra. The island is crossed by the equator, which divides it roughly in half. The list of divided islands, island is politically divided among three states. The sovereign state of Brunei in the north makes up 1% of the territory. Approximately 73% of Borneo is Indonesian territory, and in the north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island. The Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a small island just off the coast of Borneo. Etymology When the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Jorge de Menezes made contact with the indigenous people of Borneo, they referred to their island as ''Pulu K'lemantang'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homalomena
''Homalomena'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. ''Homalomena'' are native to tropical Asia and China. Many ''Homalomena'' have a strong smell of anise. The name derives apparently from a mistranslated Malayan vernacular name, translated as , meaning flat, and ''mene'' = moon. The plants of this genus are clump-forming evergreen perennials with mainly heart-shaped or arrowheaded shaped leaves. The flowers are tiny and without petals, enclosed in a usually greenish spathe hidden by the leaves. Some authors have proposed splitting the genus and moving all the neotropical species of ''Homalomena'' to '' Adelonema.'' Selected species * '' Homalomena expedita'' A.Hay & Hersc. – Borneo (Sarawak Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...) * '' Homalomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araceae Genera
The Araceae are a family (biology), family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix (botany), spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3,750 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions. Description Within the Araceae, species are often rhizomatous or tuberous; many are Epiphyte, epiphytic, creeping Liana, lianas or Vine, vining plants, and the Leaf, leaves and tissues of the entire plant nearly always contains irritating calcium oxalate crystals or raphides, in varying degrees. The foliage can vary considerably from species to species. The majority of species produce an inflorescence consisting of a spadix (which some compare to a Cornco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schismatoglottis
''Schismatoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Members of the genus are similar in appearance and growth habit to those of the genus ''Homalomena'', but the two genera are not closely related. The primary difference is that the leaves of ''Schismatoglottis'' are not aromatic. ''Schismatoglottis'' are found primarily in tropical parts of Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Melanesia. The majority of the species are native to the Island of Borneo.Bown, Deni (2000). ''Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family''. Timber Press. . '' Schismatoglottis prietoi'', described in 2015 from the Philippines, is uniquely fully aquatic or amphibious in habitat. It forms large colonies in shallow-fast-flowing freshwater rivers in lowland forests. ;Species #'' Schismatoglottis acutifolia'' Engl. - Borneo #''Schismatoglottis adoceta'' S.Y.Wong - Sarawak #'' Schismatoglottis ahmadii'' A.Hay - Borneo #'' Schismatoglottis ardenii'' A.Hay - Sarawak #'' Schismatoglottis asperata'' E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanyu Island
Orchid Island, known as Pongso no Tao by the indigenous inhabitants, is a volcanic island located off the southeastern coast of Taiwan, the island and the nearby are governed by Taiwan as in Taitung County, which is one of the county's two insular townships (the other being Lyudao Township). It is separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait. It is considered a potential World Heritage Site.https://twh.boch.gov.tw/taiwan/index.aspx?lang=en_us Names Orchid Island is known by the Tao people indigenous to the island as Pongso no Tao ("island of human beings"). It was also known by the Tao as Ma'ataw ("floating in the sea") or Irala ("facing the mountain"); the latter being contrasted with the Tao name for the Taiwanese mainland – "Ilaod" ("toward the sea"). In the 17th century, it appeared on Japanese maps as "Tabako", a name borrowed into FrenchA 1654 map. and English as "Tabaco". It is still known by Filipinos as , a name also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homalomena Philippinensis
''Homalomena philippinensis'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to the Philippines and Orchid Island in Taiwan. The plant has large heart-shaped leaves that grow up to around tall from an underground corm. It grows at low elevations usually in forests and along bodies of water. It is commonly known as payau or payaw, alupayi or alopayi, salet, or tahig, among other names. ''H. philippinensis'' is commonly grown as an ornamental plant. The petioles of the leaves have a sweet chewing gum scent when crushed. The leaves are used in Philippine folk medicine and for wrapping food in Philippine cuisine Filipino cuisine is composed of the cuisines of more than a hundred distinct Ethnic groups in the Philippines, ethnolinguistic groups found throughout the Philippines, Philippine archipelago. A majority of mainstream Filipino dishes that comp .... References philippinensis Flora of Mindanao Garden plants of Asia House plants Flora of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarawak
Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo) to the south, and Brunei in the north. The state capital, Kuching, is the largest city in Sarawak, the economic centre of the state, and the seat of the Sarawak state government. Other cities and towns in Sarawak include Miri, Malaysia, Miri, Sibu, and Bintulu. As of 2020 Malaysia census, the population of Sarawak was 2.453 million. Sarawak has an equatorial climate with tropical rainforests and abundant animal and plant species. It has several prominent cave systems at Gunung Mulu National Park. Rajang River is the longest river in Malaysia; Bakun Dam, one of the largest dams in Southeast Asia, is located on one of its tributaries, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homalomena Expedita
''Homalomena expedita'' is a species of flowering plant in the arum family Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also ..., native to Borneo. A facultative aquatic perennial, in the wild it is found in well-lit swamps and ditches near sea level, even in tidal mudflats, suggesting that it can handle high salinity. In Sarawak it is known in cultivation as an ornamental, and it is regularly available for sale in Bangkok, with the sourcing said to be southern Thailand. References expedita Ornamental plants Endemic flora of Borneo Plants described in 2002 {{Araceae-stub ... [...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] |
Homalomena Occulta - Saigon Zoo And Botanical Gardens - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - DSC01251
''Homalomena'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. ''Homalomena'' are native to tropical Asia and China. Many ''Homalomena'' have a strong smell of anise. The name derives apparently from a mistranslated Malayan vernacular name, translated as , meaning flat, and ''mene'' = moon. The plants of this genus are clump-forming evergreen perennials with mainly heart-shaped or arrowheaded shaped leaves. The flowers are tiny and without petals, enclosed in a usually greenish spathe hidden by the leaves. Some authors have proposed splitting the genus and moving all the neotropical species of ''Homalomena'' to '' Adelonema.'' Selected species * ''Homalomena expedita'' A.Hay & Hersc. – Borneo (Sarawak) * ''Homalomena philippinensis'' Engl. – Philippines, Taiwan (Lanyu Island) See also *''Schismatoglottis ''Schismatoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Members of the genus are similar in appearance and growth habit to those of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelonema
''Adelonema'' is a genus of plants in the family Araceae. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted these species: * '' Adelonema allenii'' * '' Adelonema crinipes'' * '' Adelonema erythropus'' * '' Adelonema hammelii'' * '' Adelonema kvistii'' * '' Adelonema mofflerianum'' * '' Adelonema orientale'' * '' Adelonema pallidinervium'' * '' Adelonema panamense'' * '' Adelonema peltatum'' * '' Adelonema picturatum'' * '' Adelonema roezlii'' * '' Adelonema speariae'' * '' Adelonema wallisii'' * '' Adelonema wendlandii'' * '' Adelonema yanamonoense'' See also *'' Homalonema'' *''Schismatoglottis ''Schismatoglottis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. Members of the genus are similar in appearance and growth habit to those of the genus ''Homalomena'', but the two genera are not closely related. The primary differen ...'' References Araceae genera Plants described in 1860 Taxa named by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott {{Araceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
