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Schubertia
''Schubertia '' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to South America. The name ''Schubertia'' has been used three times in botany, with this genus in the Apocynaceae the only one retaining the name. Species names created using the other two homonyms have all been changed in accordance with international botanical custom (see below). ;Species # ''Schubertia grandiflora'' Mart. - Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru # ''Schubertia morilloana'' Fontella - Minas Gerais, Bahia # ''Schubertia multiflora'' Mart. - Piauí, Bahia, Pernambuco # ''Schubertia schreiteri'' Descole & T. Mey. - Chuquisaca in Bolivia; Jujuy + Salta in Argentina ;formerly included moved to other genera ''(Araujia, Cryptomeria, Glyptostrobus, Harmsiopanax, Macroscepis, Matelea, Sequoia, Taxodium, Widdringtonia ''Widdringtonia'' is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). The name was Austrian botanist Stephan E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptomeria Japonica
''Cryptomeria'' (literally "hidden parts") is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae. It includes only one species, ''Cryptomeria japonica'' (syn. ''Cupressus japonica'' L.f.). It used to be considered by some to be endemic to Japan (see remark below under 'Endemism'), where it is known as . The tree is called Japanese cedar or Japanese redwood in English. It has been extensively introduced and cultivated for wood production on the Azores. Description ''Cryptomeria'' is a very large evergreen tree, reaching up to tall and trunk diameter, with red-brown bark which peels in vertical strips. The leaves are arranged spirally, needle-like, long; and the seed cones globular, diameter with about 20–40 scales. It is superficially similar to the related giant sequoia (''Sequoiadendron giganteum''), from which it can be differentiated by the longer leaves (under in the giant sequoia) and smaller cones ( i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptomeria
''Cryptomeria'' (literally "hidden parts") is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae. It includes only one species, ''Cryptomeria japonica'' (syn. ''Cupressus japonica'' L.f.). It used to be considered by some to be endemic to Japan (see remark below under 'Endemism'), where it is known as . The tree is called Japanese cedar or Japanese redwood in English. It has been extensively introduced and cultivated for wood production on the Azores. Description ''Cryptomeria'' is a very large evergreen tree, reaching up to tall and trunk diameter, with red-brown bark which peels in vertical strips. The leaves are arranged spirally, needle-like, long; and the seed cones globular, diameter with about 20–40 scales. It is superficially similar to the related giant sequoia (''Sequoiadendron giganteum''), from which it can be differentiated by the longer leaves (under in the giant sequoia) and smaller cones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widdringtonia Nodiflora
''Widdringtonia nodiflora'' (mountain cypress) is a species of '' Widdringtonia'' native to Southern Africa. It usually grows at high altitudes, typically among rocks on mountainsides. Its foliage and wood are highly flammable while its natural habitat is prone to fire. To compensate, the species will coppice from its roots after being burnt down. Description It is an evergreen multistemmed shrub or small to rarely medium-sized tree growing to 5–7 m (rarely to 25 m) tall. The leaves are scale-like, 1.5–2 mm long and 1-1.5 mm broad on small shoots, up to 10 mm long on strong-growing shoots, and arranged in opposite decussate pairs. The cones are globose, 1–2 cm long, with four scales. Each tree produces both male and female cones. It is unique in the genus in its ability to coppice, readily re-sprouting from burnt or cut stumps; this enables it to survive wildfires, and is considered a major factor in allowing its abundance relative to the other specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widdringtonia
''Widdringtonia'' is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). The name was Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher's way of honouring an early expert on the coniferous forests of Spain, Capt. Samuel Edward Widdrington (1787–1856). There are four species, all native to southern Africa, where they are known as cedars or African cypresses. Description This genus contains large evergreen shrubs and trees, reaching 5–20 m tall (to 40 m in ''W. whytei''). Juveniles have needle-like leaves that are arranged in spirals. The scale-like leaves in adults are arranged in decussate opposite pairs in four rows along the twigs. The plants are dioecious. The small male cones grow at the ends of twigs. The scales have no stalks. They grow into an upward, decreasing beak with two to six pollen sacs at the base of the cone. The female cones are small and stalkless and grow in short spikes on the branches. The scales grow in two opposite rows that spread at the base durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macroscepis Hirsuta
''Macroscepis '' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181 ;Species ;formerly included moved to ''Gonolobus, Matelea, Oxypetalum'' # ''Macroscepis dutrae'' now ''Gonolobus dutrae'' # ''Macroscepis longiflora'' now ''Matelea longiflora ''Matelea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines. Some people consider ''Chthamalia ''Chthamalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family ( ...'' # ''Macroscepis retusa'' now '' Oxypetalum retusum'' References Asclepiadoideae Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyptostrobus Pensilis
''Glyptostrobus pensilis'', known in Chinese as 水松 (Shuǐ sōng), and also Chinese swamp cypress, is an endangered conifer, and the sole living species in the genus '' Glyptostrobus''. Description It is a medium-sized to large tree, reaching tall and with a trunk diameter of up to , possibly more. The leaves are deciduous, spirally arranged but twisted at the base to lie in two horizontal ranks, long and broad, but long and scale-like on shoots in the upper crown. The cones are green maturing yellow-brown, pear-shaped, long and diameter, broadest near the apex. They open when mature to release the small, long, winged seeds. Like the related genus '' Taxodium'', it produces ' cypress knees', or pneumatophores, when growing in water, thought to help transport oxygen to the roots. Distribution and habitat ''G. pensilis'' is native to subtropical southeastern China, from Fujian west to southeast Yunnan, and also very locally in northern Vietnam and Laos. It typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matelea Longiflora
''Matelea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines. Some people consider ''Chthamalia ''Chthamalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae: Gonolobinae). The genus was first formally named in 1844. It contains approximately 15 species. ''Chthamalia'' is considered by some to be a synonym or a subgenus ...'' to be a synonym to or a subgenus of ''Matelea''. Selected species Formerly placed here * '' Gonolobus suberosus'' (L.) R.Br. (as ''M. gonocarpos'' (Walter) Shinners or ''M. suberosa'' (L.) Shinners) References External linksJepson Manual Treatment Apocynaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Apocynaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araujia Graveolens
''Araujia'' is a small genus of perennial vines in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1817. The group is native to South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ....Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2). ;Species # '' Araujia angustifolia'' (Hook. & Arn.) Steud. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina # '' Araujia graveolens'' (Lindl.) Mast. - Brazil # '' Araujia herzogii'' (Schltr.) Fontella & Goyder - Bolivia # '' Araujia hortorum'' E.Fourn. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina # '' Araujia megapotamica'' (Spreng.) G.Don - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
