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Butia Eriospatha
''Butia eriospatha'' is a small species of ''Butia'' palm endemic to the highlands of southern Brazil. It is very similar to ''B. odorata'', but is easily distinguished from this species by the distinct spathes which are densely covered in rust-coloured, woolly hairs. Indeed, the specific epithet is derived from Greek ''ἔριον'', wool, and Latin ''spatha'', which refers to the spathe. It has been given the name woolly jelly palm (UK) or wooly jelly palm (US) in English. Vernacular names for it where it is native are ''butiá-da-serra'', ''butiázeiro'', ''butiá-veludo'', ''butiá'' ''butiá verdadeiro'', ''butiá-do-campo'', ''yatáy'' and ''macumá''. Taxonomy In 1970 Sidney Fredrick Glassman moved this species, along with all other ''Butia'', to '' Syagrus'', but in 1979 he changed his mind and moved everything back. Description ''Butia eriospatha'' is a solitary-trunked palm tree. The trunk is sometimes inclined to a side, and may occasionally be subterranean. The 20-2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardy Palms
Hardy palms are any of the species of palm (Arecaceae) that are able to withstand ''brief'' periods of colder temperatures and even occasional snowfall. A few palms are native to higher elevations of south Asia where true winter conditions occur, while a few others are native to the warmer parts of the temperate zone in North America. A few of these temperate climate palms can tolerate hard freezes with little or no damage. Many of these "hardy " species can be cultivated in warmer parts of temperate climates. The cold hardiness of palms varies by species. The hardiest species are found in the tribe Trachycarpeae, ''Washingtonia,'' and ''Rhapis'', with species which are found in the wild in areas where the mean temperature of the coldest month of the year is not much less that , and ''Trachycarpus'', with species which are found in the wild in areas where the mean temperature of the coldest month of the year is as low as . Members of the above palms and other genera are sometime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Rainforest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera. The Atlantic Forest has ecoregions within the following biome categories: seasonal moist and dry broad-leaf tropical forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, and mangrove forests. The Atlantic Forest is characterized by a high biodiversity and endemism. It was the first environment that the Portuguese colonists encountered over 500 years ago, when it was thought to have had an area of , and stretching an unknown distance inland, making it, back then, the second largest rainforest on the planet, only behind the Amazon rainforest. Over 85% of the original area has been deforested, threatening many plant and animal species with ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quercus Robur
''Quercus robur'', commonly known as common oak, pedunculate oak, European oak or English oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native plant, native to most of Europe west of the Caucasus. It is widely cultivated in temperate regions elsewhere and has escaped into the wild in scattered parts of China and North America. Description ''Quercus robur'' is a large deciduous tree, with circumference of grand oaks from to an exceptional . The Majesty Oak with a circumference of is the thickest tree in Great Britain. The Brureika (Bridal Oak) in Norway with a circumference of (2018) and the Kaive Oak in Latvia with a circumference of are among the thickest trees in Northern Europe. The largest historical oak was known as the Imperial Oak from Bosnia and Herzegovina. This specimen was recorded at 17.5 m in circumference at breast height and estimated at over 150 m³ in total volume. It collapsed in 1998. The species has l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syagrus Romanzoffiana
''Syagrus romanzoffiana'', the queen palm or cocos palm, is a palm native to South America, introduced throughout the world as a popular ornamental garden tree. ''S. romanzoffiana'' is a medium-sized palm, quickly reaching maturity at a height of up to tall, with pinnate leaves having as many as 494 pinnae ( leaflets), although more typically around 300, each pinna being around in length and in width. Etymology Named after Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754–1826), who was Russia's Foreign Minister and Imperial Chancellor and notable patron of the Russian voyages of exploration. He sponsored the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe. It was previously scientifically known as ''Cocos plumosa'', a name under which it became popular in the horticultural trade in the early 20th century. In some areas of the world the plant is still popularly known as the cocos palm. Taxonomy This palm was first scientifically described and validly published as ''Cocos romanzoffiana'' in 1822 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region, Brazil, South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area comprises 26 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities with a total population of over 3.2 million (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE estimate in 2010), making it the seventh most populous metropolitan area in the country. The city sits on a plateau at Above mean sea level, above sea level. It is located west of the seaport of Paranaguá and is served by the Afonso Pena International Airport, Afonso Pena International and Bacacheri Airport, Bacacheri airports. Curitiba is an important cultural, political, and economic center in Latin America and hosts the Federal University of Paraná, established in 1912. In the 1700s, Curitiba's favorabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araucaria Angustifolia
''Araucaria angustifolia'', the Paraná pine, Brazilian pine or candelabra tree (, or ), is a critically endangered species in the conifer genus '' Araucaria''. Although the common names in various languages refer to the species as a "pine", it does not belong in the genus ''Pinus''. Origin and taxonomy The genus ''Araucaria'' was part of terrestrial flora since the Triassic and found its apogee in Gondwana. Today, it is restricted to the Southern Hemisphere and has 19 species. Distribution Covering an original area of , it has now lost an estimated 97% of its habitat to logging, agriculture, and silviculture. It is native to southern Brazil (also found in high-altitude areas of southern Minas Gerais, in central Rio de Janeiro and in the east and south of São Paulo, but more typically in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul). According to a study made by Brazilian researcher Reinhard Maack, the original area of occurrence represented 36.67% of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sciurus Ingrami
''Sciurus ingrami'', usually called Ingram's squirrel in English, is a squirrel found in South America. It is known as ''serelepe'' in southeastern Brazil. It is found in the Atlantic Forest Biome of Brazil and Misiones Province, Argentina. It is regarded variously as a species, or as a subspecies of the Brazilian Squirrel ''Sciurus aestuans'' or ''Guerlinguetus brasiliensis''. It is solitary and territorial, but has been seen to act together and mob a predatory cat, the margay. Diet In the moist highland forests of ''Araucaria angustifolia'' on the Misiones plateau and surrounding areas this squirrel subsists mostly on the nuts of '' Syagrus romanzoffiana''. In a secondary ''Araucaria angustifolia'' forest in the Parque Recreativo Primavera in the vicinity of the city of Curitiba, Paraná, 1400 hours in a single year's time was spent observing the feeding behaviour of this squirrel. Although it fed on ten plant species, it obtained most of its diet from the nuts of '' Syagr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oviposition In Anchylorhynchus Eriospathae
The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typically its form is adapted to functions such as preparing a place for the egg, transmitting the egg, and then placing it properly. For most insects, the organ is used merely to attach the egg to some surface, but for many parasitic species (primarily in wasps and other Hymenoptera), it is a piercing organ as well. Some ovipositors only retract partly when not in use, and the basal part that sticks out is known as the scape, or more specifically oviscape, the word ''scape'' deriving from the Latin word '' scāpus'', meaning "stalk" or "shaft". In insects Grasshoppers use their ovipositors to force a burrow into the earth to receive the eggs. Cicadas pierce the wood of twigs with their ovipositors to insert the eggs. Sawflies slit the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cephrenes Augiades
''Cephrenes augiades'', the orange palm dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Indonesia to the Solomons. The wingspan is about 40 mm. Food The larvae of subspecies ''sperthias'' feed on ''Archontophoenix'', ''Livistona'' and ''Phoenix'' species. During the day it hides within a shelter made by using silk to join fronds of its host plant, which fold together and bend across each other naturally. Other recorded food plants include: * '' Acoelorrhaphe wrightii'' * '' Aiphanes corallina'' * '' Bentinckia nicobarica'' * ''Butia eriospatha'' * ''Calamus moti'' * '' Carpentaria acuminata'' * '' Carpoxylon macrospermum'' * '' Chamaedorea microspadix'' * '' Chrysalidocarpus cabadae'' * '' Clinostigma samoense'' * '' Crysophila guagara'' * ''Gaussia attenuata'' * '' Gronophyllum microcarpum'' * '' Gulubia macrospadix'' * '' Heterospathe delicatula'' * '' Heterospathe woodfordiana'' * ''Howea belmoreana'' * '' Livistona merrillii'' * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opsiphanes Invirae
''Opsiphanes'' is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America. * ''Opsiphanes camena'' Staudinger, 886/small> * '' Opsiphanes cassiae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Opsiphanes cassina'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 – split-banded owlet * '' Opsiphanes invirae'' (Hübner, 808 * ''Opsiphanes mutatus'' Stichel, 1902 * ''Opsiphanes quiteria'' (Stoll, 780 * '' Opsiphanes sallei'' Doubleday, 849/small> * ''Opsiphanes tamarindi'' C. & R. Felder, 1861 * ''Opsiphanes zelotes ''Opsiphanes'' is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae found from Mexico to South America. * ''Opsiphanes camena'' Staudinger, 886/small> * '' Opsiphanes cassiae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Opsiphanes cassina'' C. & R. Felder, 1862 – sp ...'' Hewitson, 1873 References Morphinae Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Edward Doubleday {{Morphinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Catarina State
Santa Catarina (, ) is a state in the South Region of Brazil. It is the 7th smallest state in total area and the 11th most populous. Additionally, it is the 9th largest settlement, with 295 municipalities. The state, with 3.4% of the Brazilian population, generates 3.8% of the national GDP. Santa Catarina is bordered by Paraná to the north, Rio Grande do Sul to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Argentine province of Misiones to the west. The coastline is over 450 km, i.e., about half of Portugal's mainland coast. The seat of the state executive, legislative and judiciary powers is the capital Florianópolis. Joinville, however, is the most populous city in the state. Besides Espírito Santo, Santa Catarina is the only state whose capital is not the most populous city. South of the Tropic of Capricorn, situated in the planet's southern temperate zone, the state has a humid subtropical climate (''Cfa'') in the east and west and an oceanic climate (''Cfb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brassolis Sophorae
''Brassolis sophorae'' is a species of large butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South America. The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including ''Acrocomia aculeata'', '' Archontophoenix alexandrae'', '' Arecastrum romazoffianum'', ''Astrocaryum'', '' Attalea'', ''Bactris'' (including '' Bactris major''), ''Butia eriospatha'', ''Caryota mitis'', '' Caryota urens'', '' Chrysalidocarpus lutescens'', ''Cocos nucifera'', '' Copernicia cerifera'', '' Desmoncus'', '' Euterpe'', '' Hyophorbe lagenicaulis'', '' Livinstona chinensis'', ''Mauritia flexuosa'', '' Neodypsis decaryi'', '' Orbignya'', ''Phoenix canariensis'', ''Phoenix dactylifera'', ''Phoenix reclinata'', ''Pritchardia pacifica'', '' Ptychosperma macarthurii'', '' Roystonea oleracea'', ''Roystonea regia'', '' Roystonea venezuelana'', ''Sabal mauritiiformis'', '' Sabal umbraculiferus'', '' Scheelea macrocarpa'', ''Washingtonia filifera'', ''Saccharum officinarum ''Saccharum officinarum'' is a large, stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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