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Cuban Dry Forests
The Cuban dry forests are a tropical dry forest ecoregion that occupies on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives of rainfall annually. Cuban dry forests can be differentiated into evergreen forests, semi-deciduous forests, mogotes, and sclerophyllous low forests. Evergreen forests Less than 30% of all trees lose their leaves in evergreen forests, and there are few epiphytes or lianas. It is classified according to leaf length as being either mesophyllous (leaves ) or microphyllous (leaves ). Mesophyllous forest occurs at elevations from sea level to or . The canopy reaches a height of , while certain trees such as palms emerge at . The upper layer of trees in Sierra del Rosario includes (''Alchornea latifolia''), (''Calophyllum antillanum''), ('' Sideroxylon foetidissimum'') and ('' Matayba oppositifolia''). Yaya (''Oxandra lanceolata''), ''Wallenia laurifolia'', (''Trophis racemosa'') and ''Ficus'' species grow in the lower layer. Microphyllous e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola ( Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calophyllum Antillanum
''Calophyllum antillanum'' is an evergreen, medium-sized tropical tree in the Calophyllaceae family. It is also known as Antilles beauty leaf , Antilles calophyllum, Alexandrian laurel, Galba, Santa Maria, mast wood, and West Indian laurel. Galba, its common name in Trinidad, may have been the origin of the stage name of Grenadian-born calypsonian, Sir Galba. Uses It is prized for producing a very hard, durable wood. "The leaves were once used as a diuretic in Grenada, but it is said in Dominica to be poisonous (Politi, 1996). It is considered an invasive weed species in some areas. The wood of this tree is widely used in the tropics. The heartwood varies from yellowish pink through reddish brown while sapwood is generally lighter in color. The grain is usually interlocked, and the specific gravity ranges from 0.51 to 0.57. The wood is fairly easy to work, rating above average in shaping, sanding, and mortising, and below average in planing, turning, and boring. It is moderat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucida
''Bucida'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Indian almond family, Combretaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * '' Bucida angustifolia'' * ''Bucida buceras'' L. - Bullet tree (southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Bahamas) * '' Bucida comintana'' * '' Bucida correlliana'' * '' Bucida eocenica'' * '' Bucida macrostachya'' * '' Bucida macrostachys'' * '' Bucida megaphylla'' * '' Bucida megapotamica'' * '' Bucida molinetii'' (M.Gómez) Alwan & Stace - Spiny black olive (southern Florida in the United States, the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola) * '' Bucida nariniana'' * '' Bucida nitida'' * ''Bucida ophiticola'' Bisse (Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...) * '' Bucida palustris'' Borhidi & O.Muñiz * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cactus
A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek word (''káktos''), a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is now not certain. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Although some species live in quite humid environments, most cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought. Many live in extremely dry environments, even being found in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth. Because of this, cacti show many adaptations to conserve water. For example, almost all cacti are succulents, meaning they have thickened, fleshy parts adapted to store water. Unlike many other succulents, the stem is the only part of most cacti where this vital process takes place. Most species of cacti have lost true leaves, retaining only spines, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms when these minerals precipitate out of water containing dissolved calcium. This can take place through both biological and nonbiological processes, though biological processes, such as the accumulation of corals and shells in the sea, have likely been more important for the last 540 million years. Limestone often contains fossils which provide scientists with information on ancient environments and on the evolution of life. About 20% to 25% of sedimentary rock is carbonate rock, and most of this is limestone. The remaining carbonate rock is mostly dolomite, a closely related rock, which contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, . ''Magnesian limestone'' is an obsolete and poorly-defined term used variously for dolomite, for limes ... [...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] |
Trophis Racemosa
''Trophis racemosa'', commonly named white ramoon, is a species of plant of the fig The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ... family native to Latin America. References Moraceae Plants described in 1753 {{Moraceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trophis
''Trophis'' is a genus in the plant family Moraceae which includes about nine species, six of which are Neotropical and three which are Palaeotropical. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants. Recent work suggests that the genus is polyphyletic. Selected species *''Trophis branderhorstii'' (Diels) Corner *''Trophis caucana'' (Pittier) C.C.Berg *''Trophis cuspidata'' Lundell *''Trophis drupacea'' (Diels) Corner *''Trophis involucrata'' W.C.Burger *''Trophis mexicana'' (Liebm.) Bureau *''Trophis noraminervae'' Cuevas & Carvajal *''Trophis philippinensis'' (Bureau) Corner *''Trophis racemosa'' (L.) Urb. *''Trophis scandens ''Malaisia scandens'' (syn. ''Trophis scandens''), the burny vine or crow ash, is a species of large woody vines, constituting part of the fig plant family. They grow naturally in rainforests in Australia and Malesia. In Australia, they grow n ...'' (Lour.) Hook. & Arn. References Moraceae Moraceae genera Dioecious pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallenia Laurifolia
''Wallenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae endemic to the West Indies. Species *'' Wallenia apiculata'' *'' Wallenia aquifolia'' *'' Wallenia bumelioides'' *'' Wallenia calyptrata'' *'' Wallenia clusioides'' *'' Wallenia corymbosa'' *''Wallenia crassifolia'' *''Wallenia discolor'' *''Wallenia ekmanii'' *'' Wallenia elliptica'' *'' Wallenia erythrocarpa'' *'' Wallenia fawcettii'' *''Wallenia formonensis'' *''Wallenia gracilis'' *''Wallenia hughsonii'' *''Wallenia ilicifolia'' *''Wallenia jacquinioides'' *'' Wallenia lamarckiana'' *''Wallenia laurifolia'' *''Wallenia lepperi'' *''Wallenia maestrensis'' *''Wallenia punctulata ''Wallenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae endemic to the West Indies. Species *'' Wallenia apiculata'' *'' Wallenia aquifolia'' *'' Wallenia bumelioides'' *'' Wallenia calyptrata'' *'' Wallenia clusioides'' *'' ...'' *'' Wallenia purdieana'' *'' Wallenia subverticillata'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallenia
''Wallenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae endemic to the West Indies. Species *'' Wallenia apiculata'' *'' Wallenia aquifolia'' *'' Wallenia bumelioides'' *'' Wallenia calyptrata'' *'' Wallenia clusioides'' *'' Wallenia corymbosa'' *''Wallenia crassifolia'' *''Wallenia discolor'' *''Wallenia ekmanii'' *'' Wallenia elliptica'' *'' Wallenia erythrocarpa'' *'' Wallenia fawcettii'' *''Wallenia formonensis'' *''Wallenia gracilis'' *''Wallenia hughsonii'' *''Wallenia ilicifolia'' *''Wallenia jacquinioides'' *''Wallenia lamarckiana'' *''Wallenia laurifolia'' *''Wallenia lepperi'' *''Wallenia maestrensis'' *''Wallenia punctulata'' *''Wallenia purdieana'' *''Wallenia subverticillata'' *''Wallenia sylvestris'' *''Wallenia urbaniana'' *''Wallenia venosa ''Wallenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae endemic to the West Indies. Species *'' Wallenia apiculata'' *'' Wallenia aquifolia'' *'' Wallenia bumelioides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxandra Lanceolata
''Oxandra lanceolata'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It occurs naturally in Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. It is an evergreen tree growing up to 15 metres high. Its leaves are 3.5-9.5 cm long, 1.5–4 cm wide and elliptic, lanceolate or oblanceolate in shape, with a rounded base and a sharp tip to the leaf blade. The petiole is bare and grows up to 1–2 mm in length. Its compound fruit are ellipsoidal in shape, reddish-black in colour, 11–13 mm long and 7–9 mm wide. Its wood is used as a raw material, such as from October 1886 onwards for truncheons of the Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and .... References Annonaceae Endemic flora of Cuba Endemic flora of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxandra
''Oxandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the soursop family, Annonaceae. Selected species * ''Oxandra lanceolata'' (Sw.) Baill. * ''Oxandra laurifolia'' (Sw.) A.Rich. * ''Oxandra leucodermis'' (Spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ... ex Benth.) Warm. References External links Annonaceae Annonaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Annonaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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