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Cauca Guan
The Cauca guan (''Penelope perspicax'') is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family, Cracidae. It is a large guan, and like most guans leads a mostly arboreal life in humid forests, where it forages for fruit and leaves. The Cauca guan is endemic to Colombia's Cauca River valley. In Spanish the bird is called pava caucana. Taxonomy and systematics The bird was first formally described in 1911 by the American ornithologist Outram Bangs, based on the type specimen collected on 5 June 1908 by Mervin G. Palmer at San Luis in the Bitaco Valley of western Colombia. All four of the major taxonomic authorities recognize Cauca guan as a species. The genus name ''Penelope'' derives from the Ancient Greek ''penelops'' - a type of duck which was said to have rescued Penelope after she was thrown into the sea. The species epithet ''perspicax'' is Latin for sharp-sighted. The species is monotypic - no subspecies are recognized. Description These are large birds, measuring c.75 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outram Bangs
Outram Bangs (January 12, 1863 – September 22, 1932) was an American zoologist. Biography Bangs was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, as the second son of Edward and Annie Outram (Hodgkinson) Bangs. He studied at Harvard from 1880 to 1884, and became Curator of Mammals at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1900. He died at his summer home at Wareham, Massachusetts. Works''The Florida Deer''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 10:25–28 (1896)''The hummingbirds of the Santa Marta Region of Colombia''American Ornithologists' Union, New York (1899)''The Florida Puma''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13:15–17. (1899)''The Mammals and Birds of the Pearl Islands, Bay of Panama''Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin 46 (8) : 137–160 (1905) with John Eliot Thayer''Notes on the Birds and Mammals of the Arctic Coast of East Siberia''New England Zoological Club, Proceedings, 5 : 1–66 (1914) with Glover Morrill Allen a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cauca Department
Cauca Department (, es, Departamento del Cauca) is a Department of Southwestern Colombia. Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east, and Nariño Department to the south. Putumayo and Caqueta Departments border the southeast portion of Cauca Department as well. It covers a total area of , the 13th largest in Colombia. Its capital is the city of Popayán. The offshore island of Malpelo belongs to the department. It is located in the southwest of the country, mainly in the Andean and Pacific regions (between 0°58′54″N and 3°19′04″N latitude, 75°47′36″W and 77°57′05″W longitude) plus a tiny part (Piamonte) in the Amazonian region. The area includes 2.56% of the country. Administrative Division Cauca department is divided into 42 municipalities, 99 districts, 474 police posts and numerous villages and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
The red-ruffed fruitcrow (''Pyroderus scutatus'') is a species of bird in the monotypic genus ''Pyroderus''. It belongs to the family Cotingidae, and is one of the largest passerines in South America. Its common names in Spanish include ''yacutoro,'' ''toropisco montañero,'' ''sangretoro,'' ''pájaro torero,'' and ''cuervo-frutero de garganta roja.'' This species was first named ''Coracias scutata'' by Shaw in 1792, but was later changed to the current scientific name. This species has five subspecies ''P. s. scutatus'' (Shaw, 1792), ''P. s. orenocensis'' (Lafresnaye, 1846), ''P. s. granadensis'' (Lafresnaye, 1846), ''P. s. masoni'' (Ridgway, 1886), ''P. s. occidentalsis'' (Chapman, 1914). Description It has a relatively heavy pale bluish bill, and the plumage is primarily black, but with a dull brown to bright orange-crimson patch on the throat depending on the subspecies, (thereby superficially resembling the smaller male purple-throated fruitcrow). Some subspecies have bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sickle-winged Guan
The sickle-winged guan (''Chamaepetes goudotii'') is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved August 24, 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The sickle-winged guan shares the genus ''Chamaepetes'' with the black guan (''C. unicolor'') of southern Central America and may form a superspecies with it.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBasel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labidus
''Labidus'' is a genus of New World army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. The genus is known from the United States to Argentina. Species *''Labidus auropubens'' (Santschi, 1920) *'' Labidus coecus'' (Latreille, 1802) *''Labidus curvipes'' (Emery, 1900) *''Labidus mars'' (Forel, 1912) *''Labidus praedator'' (Smith, 1858) *''Labidus spininodis'' (Emery, 1890) *''Labidus truncatidens ''Labidus'' is a genus of New World army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. The genus is known from the United States to Argentina. Species *'' Labidus auropubens'' (Santschi, 1920) *'' Labidus coecus'' (Latreille, 1802) *'' Labidus curvipes'' ( ...'' (Santschi, 1920) References External links * Dorylinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of North America Hymenoptera of South America {{ant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Ants
The name army ant (or legionary ant or ''marabunta'') is applied to over 200 ant species in different lineages. Because of their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as "raids", a huge number of ants forage simultaneously over a limited area. Another shared feature is that, unlike most ant species, army ants do not construct permanent nests; an army ant colony moves almost incessantly over the time it exists. All species are members of the true ant family, Formicidae, but several groups have independently evolved the same basic behavioural and ecological syndrome. This syndrome is often referred to as "legionary behaviour", and may be an example of convergent evolution. Most New World army ants belong to the genera ''Cheliomyrmex'', '' Neivamyrmex'', '' Nomamyrmex'', '' Labidus'', and '' Eciton''. The largest genus is ''Neivamyrmex'', which contains more than 120 species; the most predominant species is ''Eciton burchellii''; its common name "army ant" is considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecropia
''Cecropia'' is a Neotropical genus consisting of 61 recognized species with a highly distinctive lineage of dioecious trees. The genus consists of pioneer trees in the more or less humid parts of the Neotropics, with the majority of the species being myrmecophytic.Berg, Rosselli & Davidson (2005) Berg and Rosselli state that the genus is characterized by some unusual traits: spathes fully enclosing the flower-bearing parts of the inflorescences until anthesis, patches of dense indumentums (trichilia) producing Mullerian (food) at the base of the petiole, and anthers becoming detached at anthesis. ''Cecropia'' is most studied for its ecological role and association with ants. Its classification is controversial; in the past, it has been placed in the Cecropiaceae, Moraceae (the mulberry family), or Urticaceae (the nettle family).Burger (1977) The modern Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system places the "cecropiacean" group in the Urticaceae. The genus is native to the American tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Solanum Species
This is a list of species in the plant genus ''Solanum''. There may be as many as 1,500 species worldwide. With some 1240 accepted specific and infra-specific taxa of the more than 4,000 described, the genus ''Solanum'' contains more species than any other genus in the family Solanaceae and it is one of the largest among the angiosperms. Phylogenetic nomenclature, Phylogenetic analysis of molecular data has established or confirmed that the genera ''Lycopersicon,'' ''Cyphomandra,'' ''Solanum, Normania,'' and ''Triguera'', which were previously classified independently, should in reality be included within the ''Solanum''. In fact, all the species from these four genera have been formally transferred to ''Solanum''. On the other hand, the genus ''Lycianthes'', which is sometimes included within the ''Solanum'', has been shown to be a separate genus.Olmstead, R. G., J. A. Sweere, R. E. Spangler, L. Bohs, & J. D. Palmer (1999) Phylogeny and provisional classification of the Solanacea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ficus
''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The common fig (''F. carica'') is a temperate species native to southwest Asia and the Mediterranean region (from Afghanistan to Portugal), which has been widely cultivated from ancient times for its fruit, also referred to as figs. The fruit of most other species are also edible though they are usually of only local economic importance or eaten as bushfood. However, they are extremely important food resources for wildlife. Figs are also of considerable cultural importance throughout the tropics, both as objects of worship and for their many practical uses. Description ''Ficus'' is a pantropical genus of trees, shrubs, and vines occupying a wide variety of ecological niches; most are evergreen, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinus Patula
''Pinus patula'', commonly known as patula pine, spreading-leaved pine, or Mexican weeping pine, and in Spanish as ''pino patula'' or ''pino llorón'', (''patula'' Latin = “spreading”) is a tree native to the highlands of Mexico. It grows from 24° to 18° North latitude and above sea level. The tree grows up to tall. It cannot withstand long periods of temperatures as low as , but resists occasional brief dips below . It is moderately drought-tolerant, and in this respect is superior to ''Pinus taeda''. The average annual rainfall in its native habitat is from 750 to 2000 mm. This happens mostly in summer, but in a little area of the State of Veracruz on the Sierra Madre Oriental its habitat is rainy the year round. It is planted at high altitudes in Ecuador (3500 m), Bolivia, Colombia (3300m), Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, and Hawaii (3000 m). In Hawaii it is replacing the native alpine grassland. At lower altitudes than its origin country it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Ash
''Fraxinus chinensis'', the Chinese ash, is a species of flowering trees. Its leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine for dysentery disorders. ''Fraxinus chinensis'' is dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ..., with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. References * Bensky, D., Clavey, S., Stöger, E., Gamble, A., Bensky, L. L., & Martin-Kagartsang, J. (2016). Materia Medica (3rd ed.). Schiedlberg: BACOPA. * Xhou-Zhong, Y., Flaws, B., & Shou-Zhong, Y. (1998). The divine farmer's Materia Medica: A translation of the "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing." United States: Blue Poppy Press. chinensis Trees of Korea Flora of China Dioecious plants {{Oleaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risaralda Department
Risaralda () or "Rizaralde", is a landlocked department of Colombia. It is located in the western central region of the country and part of the Paisa Region. Its capital is Pereira. It was divided from the department of Caldas in 1966. Risaralda is very well known for the high quality of its coffee, and a booming industry: clothes, food, trading of goods and services. The territory is very mountainous and has many kinds of climates in a very small area. Its proximity to harbours such as Goodventure on the Pacific Ocean and to the biggest cities in Colombia – Bogota, Cali, Medellin – makes it a fast-growing economic centre. Geography Risaralda department with an area of , is located in the central sector of the central Andean region west of the country between two major poles of economic development (department of Antioquia in northern and southern Cauca Valley, extending between the central and western Cordillera), which slopes down toward the Río Cauca, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
