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Lumnitzera Littorea
''Lumnitzera'' is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. An English common name is black mangrove. (However, "black mangrove" may also refer to the unrelated genus '' Avicennia''.) ''Lumnitzera'', named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806), occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific (including Fiji and Tonga), and northern Australia. The genus has two species of similar vegetative appearance but with differing flower colour. '' Lumnitzera littorea'' has red flowers whereas '' Lumnitzera racemosa'' has white flowers. Both species have flat and spoon-shaped (spathulate) leaves with emarginate tips. ''L. racemosa'' dominates in the western part of the range and ''L. littorea'' dominates in the east. Hybrids occur within the zone of overlap (''Lumnitzera × rosea''). Three genera of the tropical woody family Combretaceae, '' Laguncularia'', '' Conocarpus'', and ''Lumnitzera'', are found in mangroves but ''Lumnitzera'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumnitzera × Rosea
''Lumnitzera'' is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. An English common name is black mangrove. (However, "black mangrove" may also refer to the unrelated genus '' Avicennia''.) ''Lumnitzera'', named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806), occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific (including Fiji and Tonga), and northern Australia. The genus has two species of similar vegetative appearance but with differing flower colour. '' Lumnitzera littorea'' has red flowers whereas '' Lumnitzera racemosa'' has white flowers. Both species have flat and spoon-shaped (spathulate) leaves with emarginate tips. ''L. racemosa'' dominates in the western part of the range and ''L. littorea'' dominates in the east. Hybrids occur within the zone of overlap (''Lumnitzera × rosea''). Three genera of the tropical woody family Combretaceae, '' Laguncularia'', '' Conocarpus'', and ''Lumnitzera'', are found in mangroves but ''Lumnitzera'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangroves
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in several plant families. They occur worldwide in the tropics and subtropics and even some temperate coastal areas, mainly between latitudes 30° N and 30° S, with the greatest mangrove area within 5° of the equator. Mangrove plant families first appeared during the Late Cretaceous to Paleocene epochs, and became widely distributed in part due to the movement of tectonic plates. The oldest known fossils of mangrove palm date to 75 million years ago. Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees, also called halophytes, and are adapted to live in harsh coastal conditions. They contain a complex salt filtration system and a complex root system to cope with saltwater immersion and wave action. They are adapted to the low-oxygen conditions of wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combretaceae
The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ca 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, '' Combretum imberbe''. Three genera, '' Conocarpus'', '' Laguncularia'', and ''Lumnitzera'', grow in mangrove habitats (mangals). The Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from '' Terminalia ivorensis''. The commonly cultivated '' Quisqualis indica'' is now placed in the genus '' Combretum''. Many plants in the Quisqualis species contain the Non-proteinogenic amino acid excitotoxin Quisqualic acid, a potent AMPA agonist.Excitotoxic cell death and delayed rescue in human neurons derived from NT2 cells, M Munir, L Lu and P Mcgonigl, Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 15, 7847–7860 White mangroves The family name comes from the type genus '' Combretum'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocimum Tenuiflorum
''Ocimum tenuiflorum'', commonly known as holy basil, ''tulsi'' or ''tulasi'', is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and widespread as a cultivated plant throughout the Southeast Asian tropics. ''Tulsi'' is cultivated for religious and traditional medicine purposes, and also for its essential oil. It is widely used as a herbal tea, commonly used in Ayurveda, and has a place within the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, in which devotees perform worship involving holy basil plants or leaves. The variety of ''Ocimum tenuiflorum'' used in Thai cuisine is referred to as Thai holy basil ( th, กะเพรา ''kaphrao'') and is the key herb in phat kaphrao, a stir-fry dish; it is not the same as Thai basil, which is a variety of ''Ocimum basilicum''. In Cambodia, it is known as ''mreah-prov'' ( km, ម្រះព្រៅ). Morphology Holy basil is an erect, many-branched subshrub, tall with hairy stems. Leaves are g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plectranthus Salvioides
''Plectranthus'' is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants from the sage family, Lamiaceae, found mostly in southern and tropical Africa and Madagascar. Common names include spur-flower. ''Plectranthus'' species are herbaceous perennial plants, rarely annuals or soft-wooded shrubs, sometimes succulent; sometimes with a tuberous base. Several species are grown as ornamental plants. The cultivar = 'Plepalila' has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Recent phylogenetic analysis found ''Plectranthus'' to be paraphyletic with respect to ''Coleus'', ''Solenostemon'', ''Pycnostachys'' and ''Anisochilus''. The most recent treatment of the genus resurrected the genus ''Coleus'', and 212 names were changed from combinations in ''Plectranthus'', ''Pycnostachys'' and ''Anisochilus''. ''Equilabium'' was segregated from ''Plectranthus'', after phylogenetic studies supported its recognition as a phylogenetically distinct genus. Etymology The word ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthosiphon Rubicundus
''Orthosiphon'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae native to Africa, Southern Asia and Queensland, with one species ''(O. americanus)'' in Colombia. They are herbaceous shrubs which grow to a height of . Some ''Orthosiphon'' species are popular garden plants because of their flowers, which are white and bluish with filaments resembling a cat's whiskers. In the wild, the plants can be seen growing in forests and along roadsides. Common names in Southeast Asia are ''Misai Kucing'' (Malaysia), ''Kumis Kucing'' and ''Remujung'' (Indonesia), and ''Yaa Nuat Maeo'' (Thailand). Species # ''Orthosiphon adenocaulis'' A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar # '' Orthosiphon allenii'' (C.H.Wright) Codd - from Zaire + Tanzania to Zimbabwe # ''Orthosiphon americanus'' Harley & A.J.Paton - Colombia # ''Orthosiphon argenteus'' A.J.Paton & Hedge - Madagascar # ''Orthosiphon aristatus'' aka ''Orthosiphon stamineus'' (Blume) Miq. - China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Queensland; naturali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platostoma Menthoides
''Platostoma menthoides'' is a species of plant belonging to the mint family Lamiaceae and is found widely in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ..., India. Traditionally this plant used in common cold and febrifuge. Acute oral toxicity study In Acute Oral Toxicity Study, no mortality was found at the end of study and sign of toxicity like change in skin and fur, eyes and mucous membrane, and also respiratory, circulatory, autonomic, and central nervous system and somatomotor activity, behavior pattern, sign of tremors, convulsions, salvation, lethargy, sleep, coma were also not found. Antipyretic activity Ethanolic extract of bark of ''Platostoma menthoides'' on yeast-induced pyrexia shows significant effect. References Lamiaceae Flora of India ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basilicum Polystachyon
''Basilicum'' is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1802. It contains only one known species, ''Basilicum polystachyon'', native to Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia (Saudi Arabia, India, China, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, etc.), New Guinea, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...s.Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q3206267, from2=Q10957839 Lamiaceae Monotypic Lamiaceae genera Flora of Africa Flora of Asia Flora of Australia Flora of New Guinea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropteranthes Montana
''Macropteranthes'' is a genus containing five species of woody shrub native to northern Australia. Four species, ''M. fitzalanii, M. leichhardtii, M. leiocaulis'', and ''M. montana'', are found in Queensland, predominantly along the northeastern coast. '' M. kekwickii'', commonly known as bullwaddy, is found in the Northern Territory.''Bullwaddy Conservation Reserve Plan of Management 2005''. Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. ISBN N. 0 7245 4866 1 Accessed 22 October 2020/ref> References Combretaceae Myrtales genera Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Queensland {{Myrtales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvia Plebeia
''Salvia plebeia'' is an annual or biennial herb that is native to a wide region of Asia. It grows on hillsides, streamsides, and wet fields from sea level to . ''S. plebeia'' grows on erect stems to a height of tall, with elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate leaves. Inflorescences are 6-flowered verticillasters in racemes or panicles, with a distinctly small corolla () that comes in a wide variety of colors: reddish, purplish, purple, blue-purple, to blue, and rarely white. Notes External links * plebeia ''Plebeia'' is a genus of mostly small-bodied stingless bees, formerly included in the genus '' Trigona''. Most of the ~45 species are placed in the subgenus ''(Plebeia)'' (''s.s.''), but there also are four species in the subgenus ''(Scaura)''. ... Flora of China {{Salvia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isodon Rugosus
''Isodon'' is a group of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae described as a genus in 1840. It is native to tropical and subtropical parts of the Old World, primarily Asia but two species are from Africa. Many of the species are endemic 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 els ... to China. ;Species References {{Taxonbar, from=Q931964 Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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