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Entada Abyssinica
''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. Species The following species have been accepted: * '' Entada abyssinica'' Steudel ex A. Rich. * ''Entada africana'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Entada arenaria'' Schinz * '' Entada bacillaris'' F.White * '' Entada borneensis'' Ridl. * '' Entada camerunensis'' Villiers * '' Entada chrysostachys'' (Benth.) Drake * '' Entada dolichorrhachis'' Brenan * '' Entada gigas'' (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical) * '' Entada glandul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entada Africana
''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. Species The following species have been accepted: * '' Entada abyssinica'' Steudel ex A. Rich. * '' Entada africana'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Entada arenaria'' Schinz * '' Entada bacillaris'' F.White * '' Entada borneensis'' Ridl. * '' Entada camerunensis'' Villiers * '' Entada chrysostachys'' (Benth.) Drake * '' Entada dolichorrhachis'' Brenan * '' Entada gigas'' (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical) * '' Entada glandu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotropical Realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical realm is one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean islands, and southern North America. In Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula and southern lowlands, and most of the east and west coastlines, including the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula are Neotropical. In the United States southern Florida and coastal Central Florida are considered Neotropical. The realm also includes temperate southern South America. In contrast, the Neotropical Floristic Kingdom excludes southernmost South America, which instead is placed in the Antarctic kingdom. The Neotropic is delimited by similarities in fauna or flora. Its fauna and flora are distinct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entada Glandulosa
''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. Species The following species have been accepted: * ''Entada abyssinica'' Steudel ex A. Rich. * ''Entada africana'' Guill. & Perr. * ''Entada arenaria'' Schinz * ''Entada bacillaris'' F.White * ''Entada borneensis'' Ridl. * ''Entada camerunensis'' Villiers * ''Entada chrysostachys'' (Benth.) Drake * ''Entada dolichorrhachis'' Brenan * ''Entada gigas'' (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical) * ''Entada glandulosa'' Gagnep. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantropical
A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers Tropics, tropical regions of both hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and ''Bacopa''. ''Neotropical'' is a zoogeographic term that covers a large part of the Americas, roughly from Mexico and the Caribbean southwards (including cold regions in southernmost South America). ''Palaeotropical'' refers to geographical occurrence. For a distribution to be palaeotropical a taxon must occur in tropical regions in the Old World. According to Armen Takhtajan, Takhtajan (1978), the following families have a pantropical distribution: Annonaceae, Hernandiaceae, Lauraceae, Piperaceae, Urticaceae, Dilleniaceae, Tetrameristaceae, Passifloraceae, Bombacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Myrtaceae, Anacardiaceae, Sapindaceae, Malpighiaceae, Proteaceae, Bignoniaceae, Orchidaceae and Arecaceae.Takhtajan, A. (1986). ''Floristic Regions of the World''. (translated by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Barton Rendle
Alfred Barton Rendle FRS (19 January 1865 – 11 January 1938) was an English botanist. Rendle was born in Lewisham to John Samuel and Jane Wilson Rendle. He was educated in Lewisham where he first became interested in plants, St Olave's Grammar School, Southwark and St John's College, Cambridge. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge and Bachelor of Science from University of London in 1887. He was awarded Master of Arts degree from Cambridge in 1891 and D.Sc. degree from London in 1898. He won scholarships from his school and universities that covered most of the cost of his education and his move from Cambridge to London was prompted by a vacancy for a salaried position as an assistant in the Botanical Department of the British Museum. This made him focus on systematic botany for his career, focusing on gymnosperms, monocotyledons, and the Apetalae. In 1894 he obtained a lectureship at The Birkbeck Institute, teaching during the evenings. He was Keeper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fawcett (botanist)
William Fawcett (1851–1926) was a British botanist and coauthor of the ''Flora of Jamaica''. He was born in Arklow, County Wicklow, on 13 February 1851. He studied at the University of London, obtaining a BSc in 1879. He became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1881 and was an assistant in the Department of Botany in the British Museum from 1880-1886. Fawcett was Director of Public Gardens and Plantations in Jamaica from 1887 to 1908. He then returned to Britain where he worked with Alfred Barton Rendle to produce the first few volumes of the ''Flora of Jamaica'', (illustrated by Beatrice O. Corfe and Helen Adelaide Wood).BHL: Metadata for ''Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entada Gigas
''Entada gigas'', commonly known as the monkey-ladder, sea bean, cœur de la mer or sea heart, is a species of flowering liana in the pea family, Fabaceae of the Mimosa subfamily, which is often raised to family rank (Mimosaceae). They are native to Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, and Africa. It is notable for having the family's largest seedpods, which measure across and can reach in length. There have been reports of pods up to eight feet (2.5 meters) in length. This pod, like all legumes, is a single carpel, the largest carpel of any known plant. Inside the pods are ten to fifteen seeds, each of which have a diameter of and a thickness of . The seeds contain a hollow cavity, which gives them buoyancy. After being washed by rain into rivers and then the ocean, the seeds of ''E. gigas'' drift long distances on ocean currents. Seed buoyancy and vitality lasts at least two years. File:Sea heart (Entada gigas) seeds.jpg, Sea heart (Entada gigas) se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entada Dolichorrhachis
''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. Species The following species have been accepted: * ''Entada abyssinica'' Steudel ex A. Rich. * ''Entada africana'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Entada arenaria'' Schinz * '' Entada bacillaris'' F.White * '' Entada borneensis'' Ridl. * '' Entada camerunensis'' Villiers * '' Entada chrysostachys'' (Benth.) Drake * '' Entada dolichorrhachis'' Brenan * '' Entada gigas'' (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical) * ''Entada glandulos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entada Chrysostachys
''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. Species The following species have been accepted: * ''Entada abyssinica'' Steudel ex A. Rich. * ''Entada africana'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Entada arenaria'' Schinz * '' Entada bacillaris'' F.White * '' Entada borneensis'' Ridl. * '' Entada camerunensis'' Villiers * '' Entada chrysostachys'' (Benth.) Drake * ''Entada dolichorrhachis'' Brenan * '' Entada gigas'' (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical) * ''Entada glandulosa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entada Camerunensis
''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. Species The following species have been accepted: * ''Entada abyssinica'' Steudel ex A. Rich. * ''Entada africana'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Entada arenaria'' Schinz * '' Entada bacillaris'' F.White * '' Entada borneensis'' Ridl. * '' Entada camerunensis'' Villiers * ''Entada chrysostachys'' (Benth.) Drake * ''Entada dolichorrhachis'' Brenan * '' Entada gigas'' (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical) * ''Entada glandulosa' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entada Borneensis
''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. Species The following species have been accepted: * ''Entada abyssinica'' Steudel ex A. Rich. * ''Entada africana'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Entada arenaria'' Schinz * '' Entada bacillaris'' F.White * '' Entada borneensis'' Ridl. * ''Entada camerunensis'' Villiers * ''Entada chrysostachys'' (Benth.) Drake * ''Entada dolichorrhachis'' Brenan * '' Entada gigas'' (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical) * ''Entada glandulosa'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entada Bacillaris
''Entada'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It consists of some 30 species of trees, shrubs and tropical lianas. About 21 species are known from Africa, six from Asia, two from the American tropics and one with a pantropical distribution. They have compound leaves and produce exceptionally large seedpods of up to long. Their seeds are buoyant and survive lengthy journeys via rivers and ocean currents, to eventually wash up on tropical beaches. Species The following species have been accepted: * '' Entada abyssinica'' Steudel ex A. Rich. * '' Entada africana'' Guill. & Perr. * '' Entada arenaria'' Schinz * '' Entada bacillaris'' F.White * '' Entada borneensis'' Ridl. * '' Entada camerunensis'' Villiers * '' Entada chrysostachys'' (Benth.) Drake * '' Entada dolichorrhachis'' Brenan * '' Entada gigas'' (L.) Fawc. & Rendle - sea heart, cœur de la mer (Pantropical) * '' Entada glandu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
