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Mangrove Heron
The striated heron (''Butorides striata'') also known as mangrove heron or little green heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall. It is mostly sedentary and noted for some interesting behavioural traits. The breeding habitat is in South America and the Caribbean. The striated heron was formerly considered to be conspecific with the little heron that is found in the Old World tropics from west Africa to Japan and Australia. Taxonomy The striated heron was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with the other herons in the genus '' Ardea'' and coined the binomial name ''Ardea striata''. Linnaeus specified the locality as Suriname. The specific epithet is from Latin ''striatus'' meaning "striated". The striated heron is now one of four closely related species placed in the genus ''Butorides'' that was described in 1852 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth. This bird was long considered to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sonneratia Alba - Manado (2)
''Sonneratia'' is a genus of plants in the Family (biology), family Lythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family called Sonneratiaceae which included both the ''Sonneratia'' and the ''Duabanga'', but these two are now placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family ''Lythraceae''. The genus was also named ''Blatti'' by James Edward Smith (botanist), James Edward Smith, but ''Sonneratia'' had Botanical nomenclature, botanical nomenclature priority. ''Sonneratia'' species are mangrove trees. Species The genus ''Sonneratia'' has the following species: *''Sonneratia alba'' Sm. *''Sonneratia apetala'' Banks *''Sonneratia caseolaris'' (L.) Engl. *''Sonneratia griffithii'' Kurz *''Sonneratia × gulngai'' N.C.Duke *''Sonneratia × hainanensis'' W.C.Ko, E.Y.Chen & W.Y.Chen *''Sonneratia lanceolata'' Blume *''Sonneratia ovata'' Backer *''Sonneratia × urama'' N.C.Duke See also *Mangroves References * * * External links Mangrove Apple (''Sonneratia alba'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
