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Chuniophoeniceae
Chuniophoeniceae is a tribe of palms in subfamily Coryphoideae of plant family Arecaceae. The four genera within the tribe are morphologically dissimilar and do not have overlapping distributions. Three of the genera are monotypic, while the fourth genus ('' Chuniophoenix'') has three species. Description Outwardly, the palms in the four genera of Chuniophoeniceae appear quite different. ''Chuniophoenix'' are small palms from the forest understory with clustered stems; '' Kerriodoxa'' is a squat, single-stemmed rainforest palm; ''Nannorrhops'' is a sprawling desert palm with branching stems; and ''Tahina'' is a massive solitary palm from exposed limestone outcrops. They differ significantly in their flowering strategies, too. ''Chuniophoenix'' species flower regularly throughout their lives (pleonanthic) and produce hermaphroditic flowers (rarely single gender); ''Kerriodoxa'' are also pleonanthic, but are always dioecious; ''Nannorrhops'' stems die after flowering (hapaxanthi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coryphoideae
The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting ''Mauritia'', ''Mauritiella'' and ''Lepidocaryum,'' all of subfamily Calamoideae, tribe Lepidocaryeae, subtribe Mauritiinae. However, all Coryphoid palm leaves have induplicate (V-shaped) leaf folds (excepting ''Guihaia''), while Calamoid palms have reduplicate (inverted V-shaped) leaf folds. Pinnate leaves do occur in Coryphoideae, in ''Phoenix'', '' Arenga'', ''Wallichia'' and bipinnate in ''Caryota''. Classification Subfamily Coryphoideae is divided into 8 tribes: * Sabaleae ** ''Sabal'' * Cryosophileae ** ''Schippia'' ** '' Trithrinax'' ** ''Zombia'' ** ''Coccothrinax'' ** ''Hemithrinax'' ** ''Thrinax'' ** ''Chelyocarpus'' ** ''Cryosophila'' ** ''Itaya'' ** ''Sabinaria'' * Phoeniceae ** ''Phoenix'' * Trachycarpeae ** ''Chamaerops'' ** ''Guihaia'' ** ''Trachycarpus'' ** ''Rhapidophyllum'' ** ''Maxburretia'' ** ''Rhapis'' ** ''Livistona'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuniophoenix Nana
''Chuniophoenix'' is a genus of palm tree named after Chun Woon-Young, then director of the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou. It contains three known species, native to southern China and Vietnam. ''Chuniophoenix'' is a member of tribe Chuniophoeniceae, a small group of palms that exhibit great morphological diversity and interesting biogeography. The tribe includes four genera: ''Chuniophoenix'' with 3 species in China and Vietnam, ''Kerriodoxa'' (monotypic) in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand, ''Nannorrhops'' (monotypic) from Arabia to Afghanistan, and ''Tahina'' (monotypic) in Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... References Arecaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Max Burret {{Arecacea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahina (plant)
''Tahina spectabilis'', the tahina palm, also called blessed palm or dimaka is a species of gigantic palm (family Arecaceae, or Palmae) that is found only in the Analalava District of northwestern Madagascar where its range is only twelve acres (4.8 hectares), one of the most extreme examples of endemism known. It can grow tall and has palmate leaves over across. The trunk is up to twenty inches (51 centimeters) thick, and sculpted with the most conspicuous leaf scars of any tree. An individual tree was discovered when in flower in 2007; it was first described the following year as a result of photographs being sent to Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom for identification. The palm is thought to live for up to fifty years before producing an enormous inflorescence up to nineteen feet (eight meters) in height and width, surpassed in size only by Corypha spp. and by Metroxylon salomonense and being monocarpic subsequently dying. The inflorescence, a panicle, consists of hundreds, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borasseae
Borasseae is a tribe in the palm subfamily Coryphoideae. The tribe ranges from southern Africa and Madagascar north through the Arabian Peninsula to India, Indochina, Indonesia and New Guinea. Several genera are restricted to islands in the Indian Ocean. The two largest genera, ''Hyphaene'' and ''Borassus'', are also the most widespread. Description Borassoid palms typically have large, column-like trunks, though several species of ''Hyphaene'' have branching or clustered stems. The leaves are large, palmate and often with spines or sharp edges along the petioles. Leaves are retained on young palm stems, later falling to reveal prominent scars. All genera in the Borasseae are dioecious, with separate male and female trees; they are pleonanthic, flowering regularly for many years. Inflorescences are large and pendulous; the male flowers are much smaller than the female and are borne in clusters within catkin-like structures. Fruits contain hard, woody endocarps surrounding the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corypheae
Corypheae is a tribe of palm trees in the subfamily Coryphoideae. In previous classifications, tribe Corypheae included four subtribes: Coryphinae, Livistoninae, Thrinacinae and Sabalinae, but recent phylogenetic studies have led to the genera within these subtribes being transferred into other tribes ( Chuniophoeniceae, Trachycarpeae, Cryosophileae and Sabaleae). Tribe Corypheae is now restricted to the genus ''Corypha ''Corypha'' (gebang palm, buri palm or talipot palm) is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea and northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, Queensland). They are fan palms (su ...'' alone. References Monocot tribes Monotypic plant taxa {{Corypheae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahina Spectabilis
''Tahina spectabilis'', the tahina palm, also called blessed palm or dimaka is a species of gigantic palm (family Arecaceae, or Palmae) that is found only in the Analalava District of northwestern Madagascar where its range is only twelve acres (4.8 hectares), one of the most extreme examples of endemism known. It can grow tall and has palmate leaves over across. The trunk is up to twenty inches (51 centimeters) thick, and sculpted with the most conspicuous leaf scars of any tree. An individual tree was discovered when in flower in 2007; it was first described the following year as a result of photographs being sent to Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom for identification. The palm is thought to live for up to fifty years before producing an enormous inflorescence up to nineteen feet (eight meters) in height and width, surpassed in size only by Corypha spp. and by Metroxylon salomonense and being monocarpic subsequently dying. The inflorescence, a panicle, consists of hundreds, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuniophoenix
''Chuniophoenix'' is a genus of Arecaceae, palm tree named after Chun Woon-Young, then director of the Botanical Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou. It contains three known species, native to southern China and Vietnam. ''Chuniophoenix'' is a member of Tribe (biology), tribe Chuniophoeniceae, a small group of palms that exhibit great morphology (biology), morphological diversity and interesting biogeography. The tribe includes four genera: ''Chuniophoenix'' with 3 species in China and Vietnam, ''Kerriodoxa'' (Monotypic taxon, monotypic) in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand, ''Nannorrhops'' (monotypic) from Arabian Peninsula, Arabia to Afghanistan, and ''Tahina spectabilis, Tahina'' (monotypic) in Madagascar. References Chuniophoenix, Arecaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Max Burret {{Arecaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nannorrhops
''Nannorrhops ritchiana'', the Mazari palm, is the sole species in the genus ''Nannorrhops'' in the palm family Arecaceae. Distribution It is native to southwestern Asia, in the historical region of Balochistan, from the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula east through Iran and Afghanistan to Pakistan, growing at altitudes of up to 1,600 m.Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2006). A contribution to the flora of Wadi Abdur (Dhofar, Southern Oman). Webbia: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography 61: 253-260. Description It is a shrub-like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. The stems grow slowly and often tightly together, reaching or more tall. It is a List of Arecaceae genera#Tribe Corypheae, fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaf, leaves with a long, smooth (unspined) petiole terminating in a rounded fan of 20–30 leaflets, long, with a distinct glaucous blue-green to grey-green colour. The flowers are borne in tall, open clusters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture. Typically, they also look different from the parts of the flower, such as the petals or sepals. A plant having bracts is referred to as bracteate or bracteolate, while one that lacks them is referred to as ebracteate and ebracteolate, without bracts. Variants Some bracts are brightly-coloured and serve the function of attracting pollinators, either together with the perianth or instead of it. Examples of this type of bract include those of ''Euphorbia pulcherrima'' (poinsettia) and ''Bougainvillea'': both of these have large colourful bracts surrounding much smaller, less colourful flowers. In grasses, each floret (flower) is enclosed in a pair of papery bracts, called the lemma (lower bract) and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it the world's sixteenth-most populous country. Vietnam borders China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City (commonly known as Saigon). Vietnam was inhabited by the Paleolithic age, with states established in the first millennium BC on the Red River Delta in modern-day northern Vietnam. The Han dynasty annexed Northern and Central Vietnam under Chinese rule from 111 BC, until the first dynasty emerged in 939. Successive monarchical dynasties absorbed Chinese influences through Confucianism and Buddhism, and expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
