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Combretaceae
The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ca 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, ''Combretum imberbe''. Three genera, ''Conocarpus'', ''Laguncularia'', and ''Lumnitzera'', grow in mangrove habitats (mangals). The Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from ''Terminalia ivorensis''. The commonly cultivated ''Quisqualis indica'' is now placed in the genus ''Combretum''. Many plants in the Quisqualis species contain the Non-proteinogenic amino acid excitotoxin Quisqualic acid, a potent AMPA agonist.Excitotoxic cell death and delayed rescue in human neurons derived from NT2 cells, M Munir, L Lu and P Mcgonigl, Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 15, 7847–7860 White mangroves The family name comes from the type genus ''Combretum''; it also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumnitzera
''Lumnitzera'' is an Indo-West Pacific mangrove genus in the family Combretaceae. An English common name is black mangrove. (However, "black mangrove" may also refer to the unrelated genus ''Avicennia''.) ''Lumnitzera'', named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806), occurs in mangroves from East Africa to the Western Pacific (including Fiji and Tonga), and northern Australia. The genus has two species of similar vegetative appearance but with differing flower colour. '' Lumnitzera littorea'' has red flowers whereas ''Lumnitzera racemosa'' has white flowers. Both species have flat and spoon-shaped (spathulate) leaves with emarginate tips. ''L. racemosa'' dominates in the western part of the range and ''L. littorea'' dominates in the east. Hybrids occur within the zone of overlap (''Lumnitzera × rosea''). Three genera of the tropical woody family Combretaceae, ''Laguncularia'', ''Conocarpus'', and ''Lumnitzera'', are found in mangroves but ''Lumnitzera'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguncularia
''Laguncularia'' is a genus of plants in the family Combretaceae The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ca 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, ''Combre .... The only species in the genus is '' L. racemosa'' Gaertn. f. References External links Laguncularia (Combretaceae)- retrieved June 16, 2008 * lan li shu. (2007) "LUMNITZERA". ''Flora of China'' 13: 309–310. 2007. Found a- retrieved June 16, 2008 Combretaceae Myrtales genera {{Myrtales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strephonema
''Strephonema'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Combretaceae. Its native range is Western and Western Central Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropi .... Species: *'' Strephonema mannii'' *'' Strephonema polybotryum'' *'' Strephonema pseudocola'' *'' Strephonema sericeum'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q9080081 Combretaceae Myrtales genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiera
''Guiera'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Combretaceae. ''Guiera senegalensis'' is the only known species in the genus, found in Tropical Africa in dry areas from Senegal to Sudan (requiring much sunlight and light dry soil). The plant produces the tannin 3,4,5-Tri-O-galloylquinic acid and several alkaloids of the harmane family. Uses The plant as a whole is often decorative, however the leaves are known as a medicinal 'cure-all' in Africa: It is known for being hypotensive, antidiarrhetic, anti-inflammatory, and helpful for coughs. Its bark yields a marketable gum; its branches are used for baskets, framework, and fences; its roots for toothpicks; and its smoke repels flies. Ecology Guiera is a pioneer species, spread via animal dispersal and grows well in impoverished soil. It is an indicator species of overgrazed land. Water pump Guiera naturally "pumps" water to the surface in a process called '' hydraulic lift'' or ''hydraulic redistribution'' (HR): When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtales
The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants placed as a sister to the eurosids II clade as of the publishing of the ''Eucalyptus grandis'' genome in June 2014. The APG III system of classification for angiosperms still places it within the eurosids. This finding is corroborated by the placement of the Myrtales in the Malvid clade by the One Thousand Plant Transcriptomes Initiative. The following families are included as of APGIII: * Alzateaceae S. A. Graham * Combretaceae R. Br. ( leadwood family) * Crypteroniaceae A. DC. * Lythraceae J. St.-Hil. ( loosestrife and pomegranate family) * Melastomataceae Juss. (including Memecylaceae DC.) * Myrtaceae Juss. (myrtle family; including Heteropyxidaceae Engl. & Gilg, Psiloxylaceae Croizat) * Onagraceae Juss. (evening primrose and Fuchsia family) * Penaeaceae Sweet ex Guill. (including Oliniaceae Arn., Rhynchocalycaceae L. A. S. Johnson & B. G. Briggs) * Vochysiaceae A. St.-Hil. The Cronquist system gives essentially the same compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getonia
''Getonia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Combretaceae. Its native range is India, Assam to Peninsula Malaysia. Getonia floribunda ''Getonia floribunda'', commonly known as ukshi, is a large climbing shrub which is 5–10 m long, with vines that are about 5–10 cm in diameter, the stem and leaves are said to have medicinal properties. Ukshi is found extensively in the low-lying tropical evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, and rarely in Eastern Ghats of coastal Andhra. These are also found in "''Kavus''" or the Sacred Groves of Kerala. Commonly known as kokkarai in Hindi, Minnarakoti in Tamil, Adivijama, in Telugu. The plant is also grown in central and southern parts of India Hepatoprotective Activity of Extracts from Stem of Calycopteris floribunda Lam. Against Carbon Tetrachloride Induced Toxicity in Rats M. Chinna Eswaraiah *, T. Satyanarayana It bears grey bark and tenuous branches with thick fluff on the surface. The keratinous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dansiea
''Dansiea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Combretaceae. Its native range is Northeastern Australia. The genus name honours Samuel Justin Dansie (1927–2012), an Australian forester and plant collector, it was published in Austrobaileya Vol.1 on page 385 in 1981. Species known: *''Dansiea elliptica'' *''Dansiea grandiflora ''Dansiea grandiflora'' is a species of rainforest tree that is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is known to exist only within a limited zone of notophyll vine forest on Cape York Peninsula. It is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ under the Quee ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q8353797 Combretaceae Myrtales genera Taxa named by Norman Brice Byrnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguncularia Racemosa
''Laguncularia racemosa'', the white mangrove, is a species of flowering plant in the leadwood tree family, Combretaceae. It is native to the coasts of western Africa from Senegal to Cameroon, the Atlantic Coast of the Americas from Bermuda and Florida to the Bahamas, Mexico, the Caribbean, and south to Brazil; and on the Pacific Coast of the Americas from Mexico to northwestern Peru, including the Galápagos Islands. It is a mangrove tree, growing to tall. The bark is gray-brown or reddish, and rough and fissured. Pneumatophores and/or prop roots may be present, depending on environmental conditions. The leaves are opposite, elliptical, long, and broad, rounded at both ends, entire, smooth, leathery in texture, slightly fleshy, without visible veins, and yellow-green in color. The petiole is stout, reddish, and long, with two small glands near the blade that exude sugars. The white, bell-shaped flowers are mostly bisexual and about long. The fruit is a reddish-brown dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminalia (plant)
''Terminalia'' is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. The genus name derives from the Latin word ''terminus'', referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots. Selected species There are 282 accepted ''Terminalia'' species as of April 2021 according to Plants of the World Online. Selected species include: *'' Terminalia acuminata'' (Fr. Allem.) Eichl. *'' Terminalia albida'' Scott-Elliot *''Terminalia amazonia'' (J.F.Gmel.) Exell – white olive *''Terminalia arbuscula'' Sw. *''Terminalia archipelagi'' Coode *''Terminalia arjuna'' (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. – arjuna, koha, white marudah *''Terminalia arostrata'' Ewart & O.B.Davies – crocodile tree *'' Terminalia australis'' Cambess – palo amarillo, tanimbú *''Terminalia avicennioides'' *''Terminalia bellirica'' (Gaertn.) Roxb. – beleric *''Terminalia bialata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conocarpus
''Conocarpus'' is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical regions of the world. One of the species is a widespread mangrove species, and the other is restricted to a small area around the southern Red Sea coasts, where it grows alongside seasonal rivers. They are dense multiple-trunked shrubs or small to medium-sized trees from 1 to 20 m tall. The generic name is derived from the Greek words κονος (''konos''), meaning "cone" and καρπος (''karpos'') meaning "fruit". Distribution ''C. erectus'' is native to the coasts of tropical America from Bermuda, the Bahamas, and southern Florida through the West Indies, from Mexico south on the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Atlantic Coasts to Brazil, and on the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands, and on the coast of western Africa from Senegal to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been rarely introduced elsewhere. ''C. lancifolius'' is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in several plant families. They occur worldwide in the tropics and subtropics and even some temperate coastal areas, mainly between latitudes 30° N and 30° S, with the greatest mangrove area within 5° of the equator. Mangrove plant families first appeared during the Late Cretaceous to Paleocene epochs, and became widely distributed in part due to the plate tectonics, movement of tectonic plates. The oldest known fossils of Nypa fruticans, mangrove palm date to 75 million years ago. Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees, also called halophytes, and are adapted to live in harsh coastal conditions. They contain a complex salt filtration system and a complex root system to cope with saltwater immersion and wave action. They are ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminalia Ivorensis
''Terminalia ivorensis'' is a species of tree in the family Combretaceae, and is known by the common names of Ivory Coast almond, idigbo, black afara, framire and emeri. Description ''Terminalia ivorensis'' is found in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... The wood has a density of about 560 kg per cubic metre. The wood is a pale yellow-brown in colour, seasons well with little movement in service, but is generally of low strength. Uses The durable heartwood is used as timber in joinery and high-class furniture. References ivorensis Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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