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Egletes Repens
''Egletes'' (tropic daisy) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies, with the range of one species barely crossing the US border into the extreme southern part of Texas. ; Species * ''Egletes domingensis'' Cass. - Hispaniola * ''Egletes floribunda'' Poepp. - Amazonas State in Brazil * '' Egletes florida'' Shinners - Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago * '' Egletes humifusa'' Less. - Ecuador * '' Egletes liebmannii'' Sch.Bip. ex Hemsl. - Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico * '' Egletes obovata'' Benth. ex Oerst. - Colombia * '' Egletes prostrata'' (Sw.) Kuntze - West Indies, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northern Brazil * '' Egletes repens'' Shinners - Venezuela, Colombia * ''Egletes tenuifolia'' Cuatrec. - Colombia * '' Egletes viscosa'' (L.) Less. - Texas, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Cassini
Count Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (9 May 1781 – 23 April 1832) was a French botanist and natural history, naturalist, who specialised in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) (then known as family Compositae). He was the youngest of five children of Dominique, comte de Cassini, Jacques Dominique, Comte de Cassini, famous for completing the French cartography#Cassini_maps, map of France, who had succeeded his father as the director of the Paris Observatory. He was also the great-great-grandson of famous Italian-French astronomer, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, discoverer of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and the Cassini division in Saturn's rings. The genus ''Cassinia'' was named in his honour by the botanist Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Montrose), Robert Brown. He named many flowering plants and new genera in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), many of them from North America. He published 65 papers and 11 reviews in the ''[Nouveau] Bulletin des Sciences'' of the Philomatic s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinidad And Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of Grenada and off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest and Venezuela to the south and west. Trinidad and Tobago is generally considered to be part of the West Indies. The island country's capital is Port of Spain, while its largest and most populous city is San Fernando. The island of Trinidad was inhabited for centuries by Indigenous peoples before becoming a colony in the Spanish Empire, following the arrival of Christopher Columbus, in 1498. Spanish governor José María Chacón surrendered the island to a British fleet under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby in 1797. Trinidad and Tobago were ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens as se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egletes Viscosa
''Egletes viscosa'', the erect tropical daisy, is a New World species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies, just barely crossing the US border into the southernmost county in Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ... ( Cameron County). ''Egletes viscosa'' is an annual, aromatic herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall, covered with glandular and non-glandular hairs. One plant can produce several flower heads, each with white or pale blue ray florets and yellow disc florets. References Astereae Flora of Northern America Flora of Southern America Plants described in 1832 {{Astereae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egletes Tenuifolia
''Egletes'' (tropic daisy) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies, with the range of one species barely crossing the US border into the extreme southern part of Texas. ; Species * ''Egletes domingensis'' Cass. - Hispaniola * ''Egletes floribunda'' Poepp. - Amazonas State in Brazil * '' Egletes florida'' Shinners - Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago * '' Egletes humifusa'' Less. - Ecuador * '' Egletes liebmannii'' Sch.Bip. ex Hemsl. - Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico * '' Egletes obovata'' Benth. ex Oerst. - Colombia * '' Egletes prostrata'' (Sw.) Kuntze - West Indies, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northern Brazil * '' Egletes repens'' Shinners - Venezuela, Colombia * '' Egletes tenuifolia'' Cuatrec. - Colombia * '' Egletes viscosa'' (L.) Less. - Texas, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egletes Repens
''Egletes'' (tropic daisy) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies, with the range of one species barely crossing the US border into the extreme southern part of Texas. ; Species * ''Egletes domingensis'' Cass. - Hispaniola * ''Egletes floribunda'' Poepp. - Amazonas State in Brazil * '' Egletes florida'' Shinners - Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago * '' Egletes humifusa'' Less. - Ecuador * '' Egletes liebmannii'' Sch.Bip. ex Hemsl. - Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico * '' Egletes obovata'' Benth. ex Oerst. - Colombia * '' Egletes prostrata'' (Sw.) Kuntze - West Indies, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northern Brazil * '' Egletes repens'' Shinners - Venezuela, Colombia * ''Egletes tenuifolia'' Cuatrec. - Colombia * '' Egletes viscosa'' (L.) Less. - Texas, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egletes Prostrata
''Egletes'' (tropic daisy) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies, with the range of one species barely crossing the US border into the extreme southern part of Texas. ; Species * ''Egletes domingensis'' Cass. - Hispaniola * ''Egletes floribunda'' Poepp. - Amazonas State in Brazil * '' Egletes florida'' Shinners - Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago * '' Egletes humifusa'' Less. - Ecuador * '' Egletes liebmannii'' Sch.Bip. ex Hemsl. - Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico * '' Egletes obovata'' Benth. ex Oerst. - Colombia * '' Egletes prostrata'' (Sw.) Kuntze - West Indies, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northern Brazil * ''Egletes repens'' Shinners - Venezuela, Colombia * ''Egletes tenuifolia'' Cuatrec. - Colombia * '' Egletes viscosa'' (L.) Less. - Texas, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egletes Obovata
''Egletes'' (tropic daisy) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies, with the range of one species barely crossing the US border into the extreme southern part of Texas. ; Species * ''Egletes domingensis'' Cass. - Hispaniola * ''Egletes floribunda'' Poepp. - Amazonas State in Brazil * '' Egletes florida'' Shinners - Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago * '' Egletes humifusa'' Less. - Ecuador * '' Egletes liebmannii'' Sch.Bip. ex Hemsl. - Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico * '' Egletes obovata'' Benth. ex Oerst. - Colombia * ''Egletes prostrata'' (Sw.) Kuntze - West Indies, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northern Brazil * ''Egletes repens'' Shinners - Venezuela, Colombia * ''Egletes tenuifolia'' Cuatrec. - Colombia * '' Egletes viscosa'' (L.) Less. - Texas, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a water boundary with Honduras to the southeast. It has an area of and a population of 441,471 (2022). Its mainland is about long and wide. It is the least populated and least densely populated country in Central America. Its population growth rate of 1.87% per year (2018 estimate) is the second-highest in the region and one of the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Its capital is Belmopan, and its largest city is the namesake city of Belize City. Belize is often thought of as a Caribbean country in Central America because it has a history similar to that of English-speaking Caribbean nations. Indeed, Belize’s institutions and official language reflect its history as a British colony. The Maya civilization spread into the area of Beli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before the Spanish Colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from Nicara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Honduras; to the southeast by El Salvador and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. With an estimated population of around million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and the 11th most populous country in the Americas. It is a representative democracy with its capital and largest city being Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City, the most populous city in Central America. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica. In the 16th century, most of this area was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 from Spain and Mexico. In 1823, it became part of the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |