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Ochna
''Ochna'' is a genus comprising 79 species of Evergreen, evergreen trees, shrubs and shrublets belonging to the flowering plant family Ochnaceae. These species are native to tropical woodlands of Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Mascarenes and Asia. Species of this genus are usually called ochnas, bird's-eye bushes or Mickey-mouse plants, a name derived from the shape of the drupelet fruit. The name of this genus comes from the Greek language, Greek word ''wikt:fr:ὄχνη, ὄχνη'' (''ókhnē''), used by Theocritus and meaning "wild pear", as the leaves are similar in appearance. Some species, including ''Ochna integerrima'' (yellow ''Mai'' flower) and ''Ochna serrulata, O. serrulata'' (bird's eye plant), are cultivated as decorative plants. Distribution Species of this genus are found in the Old World Tropics, in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, and southeastern China. Species 79 species ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochnaceae
Ochnaceae is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants in the Order (biology), order Malpighiales.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Books: Ontario, Canada. (2007). . In the APG III system of History of plant systematics, classification of flowering plants, Ochnaceae is defined broadly, to include about 550 species,Maria do Carmo E. Amaral, and Volker Bittrich. 2014. "Ochnaceae". pages 253-268. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor). 2014. ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' volume XI. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany. (print). (eBook). and encompasses what some taxonomists have treated as the Segregate (taxonomy), separate families Medusagynaceae and Quiinaceae. In a phylogenetic Research, study that was Academic publishing, published in 2014, Ochnaceae was recognized in the broad Sensu, sense,Julio V. Schneider, Pulcherie Bissiengou, Maria do Carmo E. Amaral, Ali Tahir, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochna Apetala
''Ochna'' is a genus comprising 79 species of evergreen trees, shrubs and shrublets belonging to the flowering plant family Ochnaceae. These species are native to tropical woodlands of Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarenes and Asia. Species of this genus are usually called ochnas, bird's-eye bushes or Mickey-mouse plants, a name derived from the shape of the drupelet fruit. The name of this genus comes from the Greek word '' ὄχνη'' (''ókhnē''), used by Theocritus and meaning "wild pear", as the leaves are similar in appearance. Some species, including '' Ochna integerrima'' (yellow ''Mai'' flower) and '' O. serrulata'' (bird's eye plant), are cultivated as decorative plants. Distribution Species of this genus are found in the Old World Tropics, in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, and southeastern China. Species 79 species are accepted. *'' Ochna afzelii'' *'' Ochna afzelioides'' *'' Ochna andravin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochna Serrulata
''Ochna serrulata'' (commonly known as the small-leaved plane, carnival ochna, bird's eye bush, Mickey mouse plant or Mickey Mouse bush due to the plant's ripe blackfruit, which upside down resembles the ears of Mickey Mouse, and bright-red sepals, which resembles his trousers) is an ornamental garden plant in the family Ochnaceae which is indigenous to South Africa. It is planted in southern African gardens and is an invasive species in Australia and New Zealand. Taxonomy ''Ochna serrulata'' was first described by the German naturalist Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, and given its current binomial name by Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin ''serrula'' "little saw", and refers to its fine-toothed leaf margins. Description ''Ochna serrulata'' is a small shrub growing between high, although it may occasionally become a small tree up to high. The narrow leaves are oblong to elliptic and measure in length by wide, and are shiny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochna Integerrima
''Ochna integerrima'', popularly called yellow ''Mai'' flower (, ''hoa mai'', ''hoàng mai'' in southern Vietnam, although in the north, ''mai'' usually refers to ''Prunus mume''), is a plant species in the genus ''Ochna'' () and family Ochnaceae. In the wild, it is a small tree or shrub species (2-7 m tall). The timing of the yellow flowers of this plant make it very popular in southern Vietnam, where (often bonsai-style) plants are purchased during Tết. In Vietnam, the variety of ''O. integerrima'' whose flowers have five petals is called ''mai vàng'' (yellow ''mai''), whereas ''mai núi'' (mountain ''mai'') flowers have between five and nine petals. In Cambodia, it is called ''angkea'' (), ''angkeasel'' (), ''angkea loeung'' or ''kongkea'' . ''Ochna integerrima'' ( ''Chang nao'') is the provincial flower of Mukdahan province, Thailand. Gallery Hoa_mai.jpg, Tết decoration Cây Mai.jpg, Mai tree Ochna integerrima (3).JPG, Mai flower with 5 petals Mai vàng sáu cánh. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochna Angustata
''Ochna angustata'' is a species of plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is endemic to Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr .... References Flora of Mozambique angustata Near threatened flora of Africa Endemic flora of Mozambique Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{malpighiales-stub ... [...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] |
Tropics
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's axial tilt; the width of the tropics (in latitude) is twice the tilt. The tropics are also referred to as the tropical zone and the torrid zone (see geographical zone). Due to the overhead sun, the tropics receive the most solar energy over the course of the year, and consequently have the highest temperatures on the planet. Even when not directly overhead, the sun is still close to overhead throughout the year, therefore the tropics also have the lowest seasonal variation on the planet; "winter" and "summer" lose their temperature contrast. Instead, seasons are more commonly divided by precipitation variations than by temperature variations. The tropics maintain wide diversity of local climates, such as rain forests, monsoons, sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plants Of The World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online in March 2017 with the goal of creating an exhaustive online database of all seed-bearing plants worldwide. (Govaerts wrongly speaks of "Convention for Botanical Diversity (CBD)). The initial focus was on tropical African flora, particularly flora ''Zambesiaca'', flora of West and East Tropical Africa. Since March 2024, the website has displayed AI-generated predictions of the extinction risk for each plant. Description The database uses the same taxonomical source as the International Plant Names Index, which is the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). The database contains information on the world's flora gathered from 250 years of botanical research. It aims to make available data from projects that no longer have an online ... [...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] |
