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Alloxylon
''Alloxylon'' is a genus of four species in the family Proteaceae of mainly small to medium-sized trees. They are native to the eastern coast of Australia, with one species, '' A. brachycarpum'' found in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. The genus is a relatively new creation, being split off from ''Oreocallis''. The name is derived from Ancient Greek ''allo-'' "other" or "strange" and ''xylon'' or "wood" due to their unusual cell architecture compared with the related genera ''Telopea'' and ''Oreocallis''. In Australia, they are known as tree waratahs due to similarities in the inflorescences between them and the closely related '' Telopea''. Classification Together with '' Telopea'', ''Oreocallis'' and ''Embothrium'', ''Alloxylon'' makes up a small group of terminal often red-flowering showy plants scattered around the southern edges of the Pacific Rim. Known as the subtribe Embothriinae, this is an ancient group with roots in the mid Cretaceous, when Australia, Antarctica and So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alloxylon Flammeum
''Alloxylon flammeum'', commonly known as the Queensland tree waratah or red silky oak, is a medium-sized tree of the family Proteaceae found in the Queensland tropical rain forests of northeastern Australia. It has shiny green elliptical leaves up to long, and prominent orange-red inflorescences that appear from August to October, followed by rectangular woody seed pods that ripen in February and March. Juvenile plants have large (up to long) deeply lobed pinnate leaves. Previously known as ''Oreocallis wickhamii'', the initial specimen turned out to be a different species to the one cultivated and hence a new scientific name was required. Described formally by Peter Henry Weston, Peter Weston and Michael Douglas Crisp, Mike Crisp in 1991, ''A. flammeum'' was designated the type species of the genus ''Alloxylon''. This genus contains the four species previously classified in ''Oreocallis'' that are found in Australasia. ''Alloxylon flammeum'' is a Canopy (biology), canopy or Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alloxylon Pinnatum
''Alloxylon pinnatum'', known as Dorrigo waratah, is a tree of the family Proteaceae found in warm-temperate rainforest of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales in eastern Australia. It has shiny green leaves that are either pinnate (lobed) and up to long, or lanceolate (spear-shaped) and up to long. The prominent pinkish-red flower heads, known as inflorescences, appear in spring and summer; these are made up of 50 to 140 individual flowers arranged in corymb or raceme. These are followed by rectangular woody seed pods, which bear two rows of winged seeds. Known for many years as ''Oreocallis pinnata'', it was transferred to the new genus ''Alloxylon'' by Peter Weston and Mike Crisp in 1991. This genus contains the four species previously classified in ''Oreocallis'' that are found in Australasia. Its terminal globular flowers indicate that the species is pollinated by birds. Classified as ''near threatened'' under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alloxylon
''Alloxylon'' is a genus of four species in the family Proteaceae of mainly small to medium-sized trees. They are native to the eastern coast of Australia, with one species, '' A. brachycarpum'' found in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. The genus is a relatively new creation, being split off from ''Oreocallis''. The name is derived from Ancient Greek ''allo-'' "other" or "strange" and ''xylon'' or "wood" due to their unusual cell architecture compared with the related genera ''Telopea'' and ''Oreocallis''. In Australia, they are known as tree waratahs due to similarities in the inflorescences between them and the closely related '' Telopea''. Classification Together with '' Telopea'', ''Oreocallis'' and ''Embothrium'', ''Alloxylon'' makes up a small group of terminal often red-flowering showy plants scattered around the southern edges of the Pacific Rim. Known as the subtribe Embothriinae, this is an ancient group with roots in the mid Cretaceous, when Australia, Antarctica and So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alloxylon Brachycarpum
''Alloxylon brachycarpum'' is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description ''Alloxylon brachycarpum'' grows as a tree reaching 20–40 m high, with a rough, flaking grey to brown trunk. The adult leaves are simple and oval shaped, measuring 6–15 cm long by 2.5–5 cm wide with entire margins. The orange-red flower heads each contain 8 to 25 individual flowers arranged in racemes. These are followed by the development of the leathery seed pods, or fruit, up to 14 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, each of which contain 10-14 winged seeds in two rows. It resembles the Australian species '' A. flammeum'', which has longer, narrower leaves and brighter flowers. Taxonomy Dutch botanist Herman Sleumer described this species as ''Embothrium brachycarpum'' in 1939 before transferring it to the genus ''Oreocallis''. However the fruit of the type specimen were deformed and the spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alloxylon Wickhamii
''Alloxylon wickhamii'' is a rainforest tree to tall in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the Wet Tropics of Queensland. In the wet tropics it is found growing in various well developed rain forests and apparently is "probably more abundant in upland and mountain rain forests". This substantial rain forest tree species has large leaves (adult: up to , younger: up to ) and bunches of attractive pink-red flowers in Oct–Nov. It is "not as well known as ''Alloxylon flammeum ''Alloxylon flammeum'', commonly known as the Queensland tree waratah or red silky oak, is a medium-sized tree of the family Proteaceae found in the Queensland tropical rain forests of northeastern Australia. It has shiny green elliptical leaves ...'' but deserves an equal place in horticulture". References wickhamii Proteales of Australia Trees of Australia Plants described in 1874 Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller {{Australia-eudicot-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreocallis
''Oreocallis'' is a South American plant genus in the family Proteaceae. There is only one species, ''Oreocallis grandiflora'', which is native to mountainous regions in Peru and Ecuador. Previously, the genus was considered to have several species on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, however the four Australasian species were reclassified in the genus ''Alloxylon''. The genus was originally defined by Robert Brown in 1810 to contain the Australian species now classified elsewhere, while the two recognised South American species were placed in ''Embothrium'' at the time. A reclassification by Dutch botanist Hermann Otto Sleumer in 1954 saw these species transferred into ''Oreocallis''. A second species ''O. mucronata'', has been reclassified as conspecific with ''O. grandiflora''. Some recent sources recognize both species. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteaceae Genera
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Proteales. Well-known genera include ''Protea'', ''Banksia'', ''Embothrium'', ''Grevillea'', ''Hakea'' and ''Macadamia''. Species such as the New South Wales waratah (''Telopea speciosissima''), king protea (''Protea cynaroides''), and various species of ''Banksia'', ''soman'', and ''Leucadendron'' are popular cut flowers. The nuts of ''Macadamia integrifolia'' are widely grown commercially and consumed, as are those of Gevuina avellana on a smaller scale. Australia and South Africa have the greatest concentrations of diversity. Etymology The name Proteaceae was adapted by Robert Brown from the name Proteae coined in 1789 for the family by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, based on the genus ''Protea'', which in 1767 Carl Linnaeus derived from the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteaceae
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Proteales. Well-known genera include ''Protea'', ''Banksia'', ''Embothrium'', ''Grevillea'', ''Hakea'' and ''Macadamia''. Species such as the New South Wales waratah (''Telopea speciosissima''), king protea (''Protea cynaroides''), and various species of ''Banksia'', ''soman'', and ''Leucadendron'' are popular cut flowers. The nuts of ''Macadamia integrifolia'' are widely grown commercially and consumed, as are those of Gevuina avellana on a smaller scale. Australia and South Africa have the greatest concentrations of diversity. Etymology The name Proteaceae was adapted by Robert Brown from the name Proteae coined in 1789 for the family by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, based on the genus ''Protea'', which in 1767 Carl Linnaeus derived from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embothrium
''Embothrium'' is a genus of two to eight species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) in the plant family Proteaceae, native to southern South America, in Chile and adjacent western Argentina; the genus occurs as far south as Tierra del Fuego. Common names include Chilean firebush in English, notro in Argentina, ciruelillo, fosforito or notro chileno in Chilean Spanish. They are large shrubs or trees growing to 10–20 m tall with a trunk up to 70 cm diameter. ''E. coccineum'' and perhaps others, is also highly prone to suckering and unmanaged plants often form dense groves of many suckering shoots. The leaves are evergreen, occasionally deciduous in cold areas, 5–12 cm long and 2–4 cm broad. The flowers are produced in dense bunches, brilliant red (rarely white or yellow), tubular, 2.5-4.5 cm long, split into four lobes near the apex which reflex to expose the stamens and style. Systematics One or possibly two extant species are recognised. Two f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waratah
Waratah (''Telopea'') is an Australian-endemic genus of five species of large shrubs or small trees, native to the southeastern parts of Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania). The best-known species in this genus is ''Telopea speciosissima'', which has bright red flowers and is the New South Wales (NSW) state emblem. The waratah is a member of the family Proteaceae, flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The key diagnostic feature of Proteaceae is the inflorescence, which is often very large, brightly coloured and showy, consisting of many small flowers densely packed into a compact head or spike. Species of waratah boast such inflorescences ranging from 6–15 cm in diameter with a basal ring of coloured bracts. The leaves are spirally arranged, 10–20 cm long and 2–3 cm broad with entire or serrated margins. The name ''waratah'' comes from the Eora Aboriginal people, the pre-European inhabitants of the Sydney area. Taxonomy The genus ''Telopea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embothriinae
The Grevilleoideae are a subfamily of the plant family Proteaceae. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it contains around 46 genera and about 950 species. Genera include ''Banksia'', ''Grevillea'', and ''Macadamia''. Description The Grevilleoideae grow as trees, shrubs, or subshrubs. They are highly variable, making a simple, diagnostic identification key for the subfamily essentially impossible to provide. One common and fairly diagnostic characteristic is the occurrence of flowers in pairs that share a common bract. However, a few Grevilleoideae taxa do not have this property, having solitary flowers or inflorescences of unpaired flowers. In most taxa, the flowers occur in densely packed heads or spikes, and the fruit is a follicle. Distribution and habitat Grevilleoideae are mainly a Southern Hemisphere family. The main centre of diversity is Australia, with around 700 of 950 species occurring there, and South America also contains taxa. However, the Grevilleoidea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic period (), and the Classical period (). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Epic and Classical periods of the language. From the Hellenistic period (), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regarded as a separate historical stage, although its earliest form closely resembles Attic Greek and its latest form approaches Medieval Greek. There were several regional dialects of Ancient Greek, of which Attic Greek developed into Koine. Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
