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Biak–Numfoor Rain Forests
The Biak–Numfoor rain forests is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in Indonesia. The ecoregion covers the islands of Biak, Supiori, Numfoor, and several smaller islands, which lie in Cenderawasih Bay north of Yapen and New Guinea. Geography Biak and Supiori are the largest islands in the ecoregion. They lie very close together, separated by a narrow and shallow channel. Numfoor lies southwest of Supiori and Biak. The Padaido Islands are a group of small islands south and southeast of Biak. The surface geology of Biak and Supiori consists mainly of rugged coralline limestone, with outcrops of schist overlain by basaltic lavas and tuffs. The highest elevations in the ecoregion are on Supiori, where a ridge of mountains parallel to Supiori's southern coast reaches in elevation. The islands are oceanic, and not part of the New Guinea continental shelf. Their physical isolation from New Guinea meant that plants and animals had to cross the ocean to get to the islands, giving ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of Papua), and the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, including the island of Sulawesi, the Moluccan islands (the Indonesian provinces of Maluku and North Maluku), and the islands of Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, and Timor, often known as the Lesser Sundas. The Australasian realm also includes several Pacific island groups, including the Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia. New Zealand and its surrounding islands are a distinctive sub-region of the Australasian realm. The rest of Indonesia is part of the Indomalayan realm. In the classification scheme developed by Miklos Udvardy, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Zealand are placed in the Oceania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pometia Pinnata
''Pometia pinnata'' is a large tropical hardwood and fruit tree species, with common names including matoa, taun tree, island lychee, tava, Pacific lychee of the plant family Sapindaceae. Naturally widespread, the trees are native to tropical South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Melanesia. It was transported during the Austronesian expansion to Polynesia during prehistoric times, evident by cognates of local names used on islands ranging from Sulawesi to Niue. Description ''Pometia pinnata'' grows into medium tree of tall. It has pinnate leaves. The fruits are green, yellow, or dark red up to long, each with one seed surrounded by a fleshy aril. This popular fruit is slightly larger than a longan ''Dimocarpus longan'', commonly known as the longan () and dragon's eye, is a tropical tree species that produces edible fruit. It is one of the better-known tropical members of the soapberry family Sapindaceae, to which the lychee and rambut ..., but its flesh is less watery and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biak Naked-backed Fruit Bat
The Biak naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia emersa'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Taxonomy and etymology The Biak naked-backed fruit bat was first described as a species in 1985. Its species name "''emersa''" is from Latin "'' emergere''," meaning "to emerge." Bergmans and Sarbini selected this name because zoologists such as Fredericus Anna Jentink had written about ''Dobsonia'' species from this area long ago, but had overlooked this taxon. Description It has a curved snout and relatively large eyes. Its teeth are small and narrow. Adults have a forearm length of approximately and weigh . Range and status It is endemic to Indonesia. It is a lowland species, found at above sea level. It occupies both primary and secondary forests. As of 2020, it is evaluated as a vulnerable species by the IUCN. It is susceptible to population decline via overhunting Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus
The blue-eyed spotted cuscus or Biak spotted cuscus (''Spilocuscus wilsoni'') is a species of critically endangered marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. Taxonomy The blue-eyed spotted cuscus is one of five species of spotted cuscus in the genus ''Spilocuscus''. Description The blue-eyed spotted cuscus has a pale marbled coat with shades of brown, grey, and white with a creamy white underbelly. This species is relatively smaller in size than the other ''Spilocuscus'' cuscuses and has distinct pale blue eyes. Distribution and habitat The blue-eyed spotted cuscus can be found on several of the islands in the Cenderawasih Bay in West Papua of Indonesia. This region is made up of the islands Biak, Supiori, and Numfor. Despite being endemic to the islands Biak and Supiori, the blue-eyed spotted cuscus have been spotted on the island of Numfor as pets. This cuscus lives in the treetops of the tropical rainforests found throughout Supiori and Biak. Due to the rugged terrain c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biak Glider
The Biak glider (''Petaurus biacensis'') is a species of marsupial in the family Petauridae. It is endemic to the Schouten Islands in the western region of Papua Province, Indonesia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of ''Petaurus breviceps'' (sugar glider); there is still uncertainty regarding its status as a distinct species. The Biak glider ranges in length from and in weight from . Distribution Biak Biak is an island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua (province), Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak is the largest island in its small archipelago, and has many atolls, reefs, and c ..., Supiori and Owi isles.Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World: Taxonomic Browser : Petaurus biacensis''; Smithsonian Institution References External links Taxonomic status MSW - Current as of November 16, 2005 - Retrieved 07:58, 19 October 2012 (UTC) Gliding possums Marsupials of New Guinea Mammals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjekia Maturbongsii
''Manjekia'' is a monotypic genus of palm for a species of palm native to Biak Biak is an island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua (province), Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak is the largest island in its small archipelago, and has many atolls, reefs, and c ... island, Indonesia, off the northwest coast of New Guinea. The genus was proposed in 2014. Its sole species is ''Manjekia maturbongsii'', which was first described in 2012 as ''Adonidia maturbongsii''. The specific epithet honours Rudi Maturbongs for his contributions to the study of palms in Biak. In 2014, the original authors decided that it was sufficiently distinct to be transferred from ''Adonidia'' to its own genus, ''Manjekia''. The transfer has been accepted by sources such as Plants of the World Online. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q21399788, from2=Q52181807, from3=Q15726596 Monotypic Arecaceae genera Ptychospermatinae Biak–Numfoor rain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calophyllum
''Calophyllum'' is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae. They are mainly distributed in Asia, with some species in Africa, the Americas, Australasia, and the Pacific Islands. History Members of the genus ''Calophyllum'' native to Malesia and Wallacea are of particular importance to traditional shipbuilding of the larger Austronesian outrigger ships and were carried with them in the Austronesian expansion as they migrated to Oceania and Madagascar. They were comparable in importance to how oaks were in European shipbuilding and timber industries. The most notable species is the mastwood (''Calophyllum inophyllum'') which grows readily in the sandy and rocky beaches of the island environments that the Austronesians colonized. Description ''Calophyllum'' are trees or shrubs. They produce a colorless, white, or yellow latex. The oppositely arranged leaves have leathery blades often borne on petioles. The leaves are distinctive, with narrow parallel vei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microcos
''Microcos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' or Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae. Species '' Plants of the World Online'' lists: * '' Microcos africana'' (Hook.f.) Burret * '' Microcos antidesmifolia'' (King) Burret * '' Microcos argentata'' Burret * '' Microcos barombiensis'' (K.Schum.) Cheek * '' Microcos bifida'' Burret * '' Microcos borneensis'' Burret * '' Microcos branderhorstii'' Burret * '' Microcos brassii'' Summerh. * '' Microcos calophylla'' Burret * ''Microcos calymmatosepala'' (K.Schum.) Burret * '' Microcos ceramensis'' Burret * ''Microcos cerasifera'' Chiov. * ''Microcos chrysothyrsa'' Burret * ''Microcos chungii'' (Merr.) Chun * ''Microcos cinnamomifolia'' Burret * ''Microcos conocarpa'' Burret * ''Microcos conocarpoides'' (Burret) Burret * ''Microcos coriacea'' Burret * ''Microcos crassifolia'' Burret * ''Microcos dulitensis'' Airy Shaw * ''Microcos erythrocarpa'' (Ridl.) Airy Shaw * ''Microcos fibrocarpa'' (Mast.) Burret * ''Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maniltoa
''Maniltoa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains the following species: * '' Maniltoa floribunda'' * '' Maniltoa grandiflora'' * '' Maniltoa lenticellata'' * '' Maniltoa minor'' * '' Maniltoa rosea'' * '' Maniltoa vestita'' It has been suggested that ''Maniltoa'' should be synonymized with ''Cynometra ''Cynometra'' is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution. It is particularly important as a forest component in west Africa and the neotropics. ''Cynometra alexandri'' (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and eas ...''. References Fabaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Detarioideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myristica
''Myristica'' is a genus of trees in the family Myristicaceae. There are over 150 species, distributed in Asia and the western Pacific. The type species of the genus, and the most economically important member, is ''Myristica fragrans'' (the nutmeg tree), from which mace is also derived. Etymology The name ' is from the Greek adjective , meaning ‘fragrant, for anointing’, referring to its early use. The adjective is from the noun (‘perfume, ointment, anointing oil’). Description All or nearly all species are dioecious. Knuth (1904) however cites a report of trees being male in their sex expression when young and female later. Perianth of one whorl of three largely united segments. Stamens two to thirty, partly or wholly united. The ovary is superior, consisting of a single uniovulate carpel.Secondary Pollen Presentation. page 7. Peter Yeo 1993 Species in this genus use secondary pollen presentation (pollen presentation in the flower which does not use an anther), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diospyros
''Diospyros'' is a genus of over 700 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate regions. Individual species valued for their hard, heavy, dark timber, are commonly known as ebony trees, while others are valued for their fruit and known as persimmon trees. Some are useful as ornamentals and many are of local ecological importance. Species of this genus are generally dioecious, with separate male and female plants. Taxonomy and etymology The generic name ''Diospyros'' comes from a Latin name for the Caucasian persimmon ('' D. lotus''), derived from the Greek διόσπυρος : dióspyros, from ''diós'' () and ''pyrós'' (). The Greek name literally means "Zeus's wheat" but more generally intends "divine food" or "divine fruit". Muddled translations sometimes give rise to curious and inappropriate interpretations such as " God's pear" and " Jove's fire". The genus is a large one a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garcinia
''Garcinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, America, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia. The number of species is disputed; Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognise up to 400. Commonly, the plants in this genus are called saptrees, mangosteens (which may also refer specifically to ''Garcinia mangostana''), garcinias, or monkey fruit. Many species are threatened by habitat destruction, and at least one species, '' G. cadelliana'', from South Andaman Island, is almost or even completely extinct already. The fruits are a food source for several animals, such as the archduke butterflies (''Lexias'' spp.) of tropical eastern Asia which relish the sap of overripe mangosteens. The genus is named after French botanist Laurent Garcin (1683–1751). Description ''Garcinia'' species are evergreen trees and shrubs, dioecious and in several cases apomictic. The fruit is a berry with fleshy endocarp, which in several species is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
