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Palaua Rhombifolia
''Palaua'' may refer to: * ''Palaua'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Actinidiaceae * ''Palaua'' (gastropod), a land snail genus in the family Euconulidae * Palaua, a genus of flatworms in the family Palauidae. {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaua (plant)
''Palaua'' is a genus of malvaceous plants native to the Andes. It shares with ''Malope'' and ''Kitaibelia'' the property of possessing capitate schizocarps, and was formerly classified with them in a subfamily Malopoideae or tribe Malopeae. It is now considered to be more closely related to ''Sphaeralcea'', and to other Andean mallows. It is native to Peru and northern Chile. The genus name of ''Palaua'' is in honour of Antonio Palau y Verdera (1734–1793), a Spanish naturalist. It was first described and published in Diss. Vol.1 on page 40 in 1785. Known species According to Kew, The genus is recognised by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ARS is one of four agencies in USDA's Research, Education and Economics mission area. ARS is charged with ext ..., but they only accept the following spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |