Alsophila Fulgens

	Alsophila Fulgens ''Alsophila fulgens'', synonym ''Cyathea fulgens'', is a species of tree fern native to Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. It forms part of the complex centered on ''Alsophila woodwardioides'' comprising six very similar taxa from the Greater Antilles. The other five species are '' Alsophila jimeneziana'' (syn. ''Cyathea crassa''), ''Alsophila grevilleana'', ''Alsophila portoricensis'' and ''Alsophila tussacii''. Large and Braggins (2004) note that this group is known to cross with members of the ''Alsophila minor'' complex. In the wild, ''A. fulgens'' also forms hybrids with ''Alsophila brooksii ''Alsophila brooksii'', synonym ''Cyathea brooksii'', is a species of tree fern native to Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, where it grows on serpentine soils in shaded ravines, along streams, and on forested slopes at an altitude of 250–950 m. ...''. References fulgens Flora of Cuba Flora of the Dominican Republic Flora of Haiti Flora of Jamaica Flora without expected TNC cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Synonym (taxonomy) The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name (under the currently used system of scientific nomenclature) to the Norway spruce, which he called ''Pinus abies''. This name is no longer in use, so it is now a synonym of the current scientific name, ''Picea abies''. * In zoology, moving a species from one genus to another results in a different binomen, but the name is considered an alternative combination rather than a synonym. The concept of synonymy in zoology is reserved for two names at the same rank that refers to a taxon at that rank - for example, the name ''Papilio prorsa'' Linnaeus, 1758 is a junior synonym of ''Papilio levana'' Linnaeus, 1758, being names for different seasonal forms of the species now referred to as ''Araschnia le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Flora Of Haiti The wildlife of Haiti is important to the country because of its biodiversity. According to the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Haiti is considered to be "one of the most biologically significant countries of the West Indies". With an estimated 5,600 plant species on the island of Hispaniola, some of which only occur in Haiti, 36% are considered as endemic to the island. A mountainous area country, it is situated in the western three-eighths of Hispaniola and shares a border with the Dominican Republic. There are nine life zones, from low desert to high cloud forests, as well as four mountain ranges, and hundreds of rivers and streams and the coral reefs in the seas that surround the islands. Issues of environmental damage, expanding population, deforesting and erosion are of concern; less than 2% of the original forest remains on account of deforestation. This degradation is traced from the 17th century to 19th century starting with the French colonization of the Haiti and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Flora Of The Dominican Republic The flora of the Dominican Republic is diverse. Species * '' Abarema abbottii'' * '' Aiphanes minima'' * ''Akrosida floribunda'' * '' Ardisia escallonioides'' * ''Aulacomnium palustre'' * ''Bactris plumeriana'' * ''Boerhavia diffusa'' * '' Buddleja domingensis'' * '' Burmannia capitata'' * ''Byrsonima crassifolia'' * ''Carica papaya'' * ''Cassytha filiformis'' * ''Catalpa brevipes'' * ''Cedrela odorata'' * ''Cissus trifoliata'' * ''Clusia rosea'' * '' Coccothrinax boschiana'' * ''Crescentia cujete'' * ''Croton barahonensis'' * ''Croton ciliatoglandulifer'' * ''Croton eluteria'' * '' Cyathea abbottii'' * ''Cyathea balanocarpa'' * '' Cyathea brooksii'' * '' Cyathea crassa'' * '' Cyathea fulgens'' * ''Dipholis salicifolia'' * '' Dorstenia erythranda'' * '' Dorstenia peltata'' * '' Fuchsia triphylla'' * ''Gaussia attenuata'' * ''Hymenaea protera'' * '' Hymenocallis latifolia'' * '' Jaltomata antillana'' * ''Jatropha integerrima'' * '' Juglans jamaicensis'' * '' Juniperus gracilior'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Flora Of Cuba This is a list of plants which includes trees and other herbs, vines, climbers, lianas, shrubs, subshrubs that are native or endemic, found in Cuba. This list should exclude plants grown, invasive species or introduced by humans (example: weeds). The endemic genera or species (exclusive of Cuba) will be marked in bold type. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by binomial names. Common names are in parentheses. A '' Acacia belairioides'' ''Acacia bucheri'' ''Acacia cornigera'' '' Acacia daemon'' ''Acacia roigii'' ''Acacia zapatensis'' '' Acoelorrhaphe wrightii'' ''Acrocomia crispa'' ''Agave anomala'' ''Ageratina riparia'' ''Albizia berteriana'' ''Allophylus roigii'' ''Amyris cubensis'' ''Amyris polymorpha'' ''Ancistranthus harpochiloides'' ''Annona cristalensis'' ''Annona ekmanii'' ''Ateleia gummifera'' '' Ateleia salicifolia'' '' Atkinsia cubensis'' ''Avicennia germinans'' Orchids are native B ''Bactris cubensis'' ''Banara wilsonii'' '' Begonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alsophila (plant) ''Alsophila'' is a genus of tree ferns in the family Cyatheaceae. It has also been considered to be a section in the subgenus ''Cyathea'' of the genus ''Cyathea''. Description Species of ''Alsophila'' have a treelike growth habit, with an erect trunk that rarely branches, or sometimes a more shrublike habit, with a creeping stem. Their fronds are large, with a strawlike stalk (stipe), dark brown or black in colour. Brown or dark brown scales are present, with distinct margins. The blade (lamina) of the frond is divided one to three times (one- to three-pinnate). The sori (spore-producing structures) are rounded and borne on smaller veins on the lower surface of the frond. An indusium (a covering to the sori) may or may not be present; if present initially, it may be lost as the frond ages. ''Alsophila'' is now separated from the other genera in the family Cyatheaceae primarily on the basis of molecular phylogenetic studies. The scales on the stalks (petioles) provide a morphol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alsophila Brooksii ''Alsophila brooksii'', synonym ''Cyathea brooksii'', is a species of tree fern native to Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, where it grows on serpentine soils in shaded ravines, along streams, and on forested slopes at an altitude of 250–950 m. The trunk is prostrate and only about 6 cm in diameter. Fronds are pinnate or bipinnate and up to 2 m long. The base of the rachis is covered with blackish scales that have a paler margin. Sori occur in two rows, one along each side of the pinnule midvein. In the wild, ''A. brooksii'' is known to hybridise with '' Alsophila fulgens'' and '' Alsophila portoricensis'', although the resulting plants are thought to be sterile. This taxon is not to be confused with ''Cyathea brooksii'' Copel., which is a synonym of ''Sphaeropteris squamulata ''Sphaeropteris squamulata'', synonym ''Cyathea squamulata'', is a species of tree fern native to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the southern Philippines, including the Sulu Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hybrid (biology) In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction. Hybrids are not always intermediates between their parents (such as in blending inheritance), but can show hybrid vigor, sometimes growing larger or taller than either parent. The concept of a hybrid is interpreted differently in animal and plant breeding, where there is interest in the individual parentage. In genetics, attention is focused on the numbers of chromosomes. In taxonomy, a key question is how closely related the parent species are. Species are reproductively isolated by strong barriers to hybridisation, which include genetic and morphological differences, differing times of fertility, mating behaviors and cues, and physiological rejection of sperm cells or the developing embryo. Some act before fertilization and others after it. Similar barriers exist in plants, with differences in flowering tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cyatheales The order Cyatheales, which includes most tree ferns, is a taxonomic order of the fern class, Polypodiopsida. No clear morphological features characterize all of the Cyatheales, but DNA sequence data indicate the order is monophyletic. Some species in the Cyatheales have tree-like growth forms from a vertical rhizome, others have shorter or horizontal expanding rhizomes. Some species have scales on the stems and leaves, while others have hairs. However, most plants in the Cyatheales are tree ferns and have trunk-like stems up to tall. It is unclear how many times the tree form has evolved and been lost in the order.Judd, W.S., C.S. Campbell, E.A. Kellogg, P.F. Stevens, and M.J. Donoghue (Eds.) 2008. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach, Third Edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA. Description While the Cyatheales have been shown to be monophyletic through molecular analysis, no prominent morphological characteristics are common to the entire group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alsophila Grevilleana ''Alsophila grevilleana'', synonym ''Cyathea grevilleana'', is a species of tree fern endemic to Jamaica, where it grows in moist gullies and on wooded hills in both calcareous and noncalcareous soils at an altitude of 200–1200 m. The trunk of this plant is erect, about 7 m tall, and 10–15 cm in diameter. It is characteristically clothed in old stipe bases, brown scales and blackish spines. Fronds are tripinnate, dark green in colour, and up to 4 m in length. The last pinnae are sometimes separated, forming a distinctive clump around the trunk apex. The rachis is yellow-brown and almost smooth. This species has a long, dark brown stipe with a few scattered spines. Sori are produced in four to six pairs along the pinnule midvein. They are protected by pale brown indusia that are cup-like in appearance. ''A. grevilleana'' forms part of the complex centered on ''Alsophila woodwardioides'' comprising six very similar taxa from the Greater Antilles. The other five species a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]