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Lasianthus Chartaceus
''Lasianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are tropical subshrubs, shrubs, or rarely, small trees. They inhabit the understory of primary forests. ''Lasianthus'' has about 300 species. The type species for the genus is ''Lasianthus cyanocarpus''. In 2012, a revision of ''Lasianthus'' in Malesia described 131 species. Another 30 or so species grow elsewhere in tropical Asia. Most of these are described in Flora of China (series), Flora of ChinaHua Zhu and Charlotte M. Taylor. 2011. ''Lasianthus'', pages 185-198. In: Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, and Hong Deyuan (editors). 1994 onward. ''Flora of China'', vol. 19: Cucurbitaceae - Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae. Science Press: Beijing, China; and Missouri Botanical Garden Press: St. Louis, MO, USA. (vol. 19) (set). (See ''External links'' below). or in ''A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon''.Colin E. Ridsdale. 1998. Rubiaceae, pages 141-343. In: Meliyasena D. Dassanayake and W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Revised Handbook To The Flora Of Ceylon
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasianthus Aristatus
''Lasianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are tropical subshrubs, shrubs, or rarely, small trees. They inhabit the understory of primary forests. ''Lasianthus'' has about 300 species. The type species for the genus is '' Lasianthus cyanocarpus''. In 2012, a revision of ''Lasianthus'' in Malesia described 131 species. Another 30 or so species grow elsewhere in tropical Asia. Most of these are described in Flora of ChinaHua Zhu and Charlotte M. Taylor. 2011. ''Lasianthus'', pages 185-198. In: Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, and Hong Deyuan (editors). 1994 onward. ''Flora of China'', vol. 19: Cucurbitaceae - Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae. Science Press: Beijing, China; and Missouri Botanical Garden Press: St. Louis, MO, USA. (vol. 19) (set). (See ''External links'' below). or in '' A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon''.Colin E. Ridsdale. 1998. Rubiaceae, pages 141-343. In: Meliyasena D. Dassanayake and William D. Clayton (edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixora Baileyana
''Ixora baileyana'' is a species of flowering plant in the coffee and gardenia family Rubiaceae, first described in 1987. It is found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. Description ''Ixora baileyana'' is a shrub to about tall with leaves that are either stemless () or have very short petioles. There are interpetiolar stipules about long, and the leaves are generally broader towards the apex with an acute (pointed) tip and an obtuse (blunt) base. They can reach in length and in width, with between 9 and 14 pairs of lateral veins. Small scented flowers are produced in clusters in the and are more or less sessile. They are tubular and have four recurved lobes about long. They have four stamens, of which only the tips reach beyond the corolla lobes, and a slightly longer style. The ovary has four locules and the stigma has four spreading lobes. The fruit are 4-locular drupes, red in colour, more or less spherical, and about diameter. The calyx p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
