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Urera Kaalae
''Urera kaalae'', opuhe, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It inhabits slopes and gulches in mesic forests at elevations of . Currently it is restricted to the southern and central parts of the Waianae Mountains. Associated plants include maile ('' Alyxia oliviformis''), hame (''Antidesma platyphyllum''), '' Asplenium kaulfusii'', ''Athyrium'' spp., āwikiwiki (''Canavalia'' spp.), pāpala (''Charpentiera'' spp.), akoko (''Euphorbia'' spp.), poolā ('' Claoxylon sandwicense''), ēlama (''Diospyros hillebrandii''), ''Doryopteris'' spp., iei.e. ('' Freycinetia arborea''), manono ('' Hedyotis acuminata''), ''Hibiscus'' spp., olopua ('' Nestegis sandwicensis''), māmaki (''Pipturus albidus''), hala pepe ('' Dracaena'' spp.), ālaa ('' Pouteria sandwicensis''), kōpiko (''Psychotria'' spp.), heuhiuhi ('' Senna gaudichaudii''), aiai ('' Paratrophis pendulina''), ōpuhe ('' Touchardia sandwicensis''), and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Wawra Von Fernsee
Heinrich Wawra Ritter von Fernsee (born Jindřich Blažej Vávra; 2 February 1831 – 24 May 1887) was a Czechs, Czech-Austrians, Austrian ship surgeon, botanist and explorer. Biography Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee was born on 2 February 1831 in Brno, Moravia. The youngest of five sons of a miller, he studied medicine and botany at the University of Vienna from 1849 to 1855. Upon graduating he joined the Austro-Hungarian Navy, Austro-Hungarian Imperial Navy on 6 December 1855. The commander of the fleet at this time was the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian. Wawra von Fernsee retired from the navy in 1878 to work on his extensive collections. He died on 24 May 1887 in Baden bei Wien, Baden, at the age of 56. The plant genus ''Fernseea'' was named after him.Genaust, Helmut (1976). ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen'' Expeditions *1856: Ship surgeon on the schooner ''Saida'' to the Mediterranean Sea, Western Mediterranean. *1857–1858: Ship surgeon on the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doryopteris
''Doryopteris'' is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae. Species The Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscription of the genus was uncertain . The ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' lists species in three groups. 1. ''Doryopteris'' Sensu, s.s. – species and hybrids assigned to the genus in Molecular phylogenetics, molecular phylogenetic studies: *''Doryopteris adornata'' Yesilyurt *''Doryopteris angelica'' K.Wood & W.H.Wagner *''Doryopteris collina'' (Raddi) J.Sm. *''Doryopteris concolor'' (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn *''Doryopteris decipiens'' (Hook.) J.Sm. *''Doryopteris decora'' Brack. *Doryopteris × excisa, ''Doryopteris'' × ''excisa'' Sehnem *Doryopteris × hybrida, ''Doryopteris'' × ''hybrida'' Brade & Rosenst. *Doryopteris × intermedia, ''Doryopteris'' × ''intermedia'' Sehnem *''Doryopteris kirkii'' (Hook.) Alston *''Doryopteris leitei'' Tryon *''Doryopteris lonchophora'' (Mett.) J.Sm. *''Doryopteris lorentzii'' (Hie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habitat Loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease in biodiversity and Abundance (ecology), species numbers. Habitat destruction is in fact the leading cause of biodiversity loss and species extinction worldwide. Humans contribute to habitat destruction through the Exploitation of natural resources, use of natural resources, agriculture, industrial production and urbanization (urban sprawl). Other activities include mining, logging and trawling. Environmental factors can contribute to habitat destruction more indirectly. Geological processes, climate change, introduced species, introduction of invasive species, ecosystem nutrient depletion, water pollution, water and noise pollution are some examples. Loss of habitat can be preceded by an initial habitat fragmentation. Fragmentation and lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xylosma Hawaiensis
''Xylosma hawaiensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. Common names include Hawai'i brushholly, ''maua'', and ''ae'' (Maui only). Description ''Xylosma hawaiensis'' is a small deciduous tree, reaching a height of . The alternate, elliptical leaves are long, wide, and produced on thin petioles in length. Young leaves are bronze green, reddish, or copper-colored with red veins, aging to shiny dark green on top and slightly shiny green on bottom. Twigs are initially dark red and mature to a dark brown. Racemes long are produced at the bases of new leaves or the back of leaves. The dioecious flowers are greenish or reddish and in diameter. Female plants produce abundant berries A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not have a stone fruit, stone or pit (fruit), pit although many wikt:pip#Etymology 2, pips or seeds may be p ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touchardia Sandwicensis
''Touchardia sandwicensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. It is a tree native to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is commonly known as ''ōpuhe, hōpue'', or ''hona''. It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 35 ft (10.7 m) tall on the island of Hawaii, and a shrub or small tree on the other islands. It has a straight trunk up to 1 foot in diameter, and grey, smooth, fibrous bark. Leaves are large, alternate, and oblong or narrowly elliptical, long by wide, on a leaf stalk long. They are pointed at the apex and blunt at the base, with wavy teeth along the margins. Plants are dioecious, and flowers grow in clusters (cymes) of numerous tiny flowers along twigs and at the base of leaves. Fruits are rounded and about in diameter, containing a single seed. It is widespread in moist forests throughout the islands, growing from elevation on Hawaii. The species was first described as ''Urera sandwicensis'' by Hugh Algernon Weddell Hugh Algern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paratrophis Pendulina
''Paratrophis pendulina'' is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, Moraceae. In Australia it is commonly known as whalebone tree, and other common names include the white handlewood, axe-handle wood, grey handlewood and prickly fig. In Hawaii it is known as Hawai'i roughbush or ''aiai'' in Hawaiian. It is native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia, and to New Guinea, the Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Tubuai Islands, and the Hawaiian Islands. It is usually a small tree or shrub, reaching a height of with a trunk diameter of .''Streblus brunonianus'' NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024. Description [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senna Gaudichaudii
''Senna gaudichaudii'', also known by many common names, including kolomana in Hawaii and as blunt-leaved senna in Australia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to some Pacific Islands including Hawaii, parts of Southeast Asia and Queensland in Australia. It is shrub or small tree with Pinnation, pinnate leaves, usually with three to five pairs of oblong to egg-shaped leaflets, and yellow flowers arranged in groups of four to ten, with ten fertile stamens in each flower. Description ''Senna gaudichaudii'' is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of , sometimes a tree-top vine. Its new growth is sometimes covered with soft, golden-yellow hairs. The leaves are pinnate, long on a Petiole (botany), petiole long, usually with three to five pairs of oblong to egg-shaped leaflets, the narrower end towards the base. The leaflets are mostly long and wide, usually spaced apart. There are up to three stalked Gland (botany), glands between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychotria
''Psychotria'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, with over 1,600 species. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. Some species are endangered or facing extinction due to deforestation, especially species of central Africa and the Pacific. Many species, including ''Psychotria viridis'', produce the Psychedelic drug, psychedelic chemical dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Selected species * ''Psychotria abdita'' * ''Psychotria acutiflora'' * ''Psychotria adamsonii'' * ''Psychotria alsophila'' * ''Psychotria angustata'' * ''Psychotria atricaulis'' * ''Psychotria beddomei'' * ''Psychotria bimbiensis'' * ''Psychotria bryonicola'' * ''Psychotria camerunensis'' * ''Psychotria capensis'' * ''Psychotria carronis'' * ''Psychotria carthagenensis'' * ''Psychotria cathetoneura'' * ''Psychotria cernua' * ''Psychotria chalconeura'' * ''Psychotria chimboracensis'' * ''Psychotria clarendonensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pouteria Sandwicensis
''Planchonella sandwicensis'' is a species of flowering tree in the sapodilla family, Sapotaceae, that is endemic to the main islands of Hawaii. Names for this species in the Hawaiian language include ''Ālaa'', ''Āulu'' and ''Ēlaa''. Description ''Ālaa'' inhabits dry, coastal mesic, and mixed mesic forests at elevations of . ''Ālaa'' reaches a height of and a trunk diameter of . The thick bark is grey and fissured, with an orange inner layer. The leaves are alternate, thick, leathery, oblong or elliptical, and measure long and wide. The upper surfaces of the leaves are glabrous and shiny green, while the lower surfaces are dull and may feature bronze or reddish brown pressed hairs. The hairs are sometimes found only on the tips of new leaves (see photo gallery below). Inflorescences with one to four bell-shaped flowers are found at the bases of leaves. The fruit, a berry, is in diameter and yellow, orange, or purplish black. Each fruit contains one to five seeds, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracaena (plant)
''Dracaena'' () is a genus of about 200 species of trees and succulent shrubs. The formerly accepted genera '' Pleomele'' and '' Sansevieria'' are now included in ''Dracaena''. In the APG IV classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). It has also formerly been separated (sometimes with '' Cordyline'') into the family Dracaenaceae or kept in the Agavaceae (now Agavoideae). The name ''dracaena'' is derived from the romanized form of the Ancient Greek – ''drakaina'', "female dragon". The majority of the species are native to Africa and the Canary Islands, southern Asia through to northern Australia, with two species in tropical Central America. Description Species of ''Dracaena'' have a secondary thickening meristem in their trunk, termed Dracaenoid thickening by some authors, which is quite different from the thickening meristem found in dicotyledonous plants. This characteristic is shared with me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pipturus Albidus
''Pipturus albidus'', known as ''māmaki'' (sometimes ''waimea'', for its resemblance to olomea) in Hawaiian and known as Waimea pipturus in English, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of . ''Māmaki'' is a small tree that reaches a height of and a trunk diameter of . Uses Medicinal Native Hawaiians made a treatment for illnesses known as ''ea'' and ''pāaoao'' from the fruit. They also combined fresh ''māmaki'' leaves with hot stones and spring water to produce herbal tea that was an effective treatment for general debility. Tea made from the leaves of this plant have antiviral properties, antibacterial properties, and antioxidants such as catechins, chlorogenic acid, and rutin It also contains anticancer and chemopreventive properties. Today, packages of dried ''māmaki'' leaves are commercially produced. Non-medicinal The bast fibres were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestegis Sandwicensis
''Notelaea sandwicensis'', commonly known as Hawai'i olive or ''olopua'', is a species of flowering tree in the olive family, Oleaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is found on all major islands at elevations of in coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests, and, especially, dry forests. It usually reaches a height of with a trunk diameter of , but may reach in height with a trunk diameter of . Uses Native Hawaiians used the hard wood of ''olopua'' to make ''au koi'' (adze handles), ''apuapu'' (rasps for making fish hooks), ''ōō'' ( digging sticks), ''lāau melomelo'' (fishing lures), ''pou'' (house posts), ''pāhoa'' (daggers), ''pīkoi'' (tripping weapons similar to a rope dart), and spears. Because the wood burned well even if green, it was used as ''wahie'' (firewood Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not heavily processed, and is in some sort of firelog, recognizable log or branch form, compared to other form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
