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Indian Tropical Islands
The Christmas and Cocos Islands tropical forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0110) covers forested areas of Christmas Island and North Keeling Island, two small seamount islands south of the Indonesian island of Java. The forests of these two islands share tree species of the Indo-Pacific and Melanesian types on nearby islands, the forests of Christmas Island and North Keeling Island are unique in how they reflect the effects of large populations of terrestrial red crabs (''Gecarcoidea natalis''). Because of the remoteness of the islands, there are many endemic species. Location and description Christmas Island Christmas Island, 350 km southwest of the island of Java, is mostly forested. Of its 135 km2 total area, 85 km2 is protected by the Christmas Island National Park. The island is a limestone cover of an ancient submerged volcano, with eroded terraces and an interior plateau. Cocos (Keeling) Islands Of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, only North Keeling Island has significant for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Island
Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland. It lies northwest of Perth and south of Singapore. It has an area of . Christmas Island had a population of 1,692 residents , the majority living in settlements on the northern edge of the island. The main settlement is Flying Fish Cove. Historically, Asian Australians of Chinese, Malay, and Indian descent formed the majority of the population. Today, around two-thirds of the island's population is estimated to have Straits Chinese origin (though just 22.2% of the population declared a Chinese ancestry in 2021), with significant numbers of Malays and European Australians and smaller numbers of Straits Indians and Eurasians. Several languages are in use, including English, Malay, and various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planchonella Nitida
''Planchonella duclitan'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. A tree that may attain a height of 40 meters, presenting glossy leaves and orange fruit. It is common on Christmas Island, dominating up to 20% of the upper leaf canopy, as a tree to 30 meters, in established forest or around 40% in regenerating habitat where it may attain the maximum height. The species has been described as ''Planchonella nitida'' (Blume) Dubard, later regarded as a synonym for this treatment. The tree is used as a nest site by Abbott's booby, a sea-bird species '' Papasula abbotti'', and fruit and flowers provide food for the fruit bat ''Pteropus natalis The Christmas Island flying fox or Christmas Island fruit bat, as the name suggests, is a flying fox endemic to Christmas Island. It is unclear if it should be considered a distinct species (''Pteropus natalis''), or a subspecies of the black-e ...''. References duclitan Flora of Christmas Island Taxa named by Francisco Manue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecoregions Of Australia
Ecoregions in Australia are geographically distinct plant and animal communities, defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature based on geology, soils, climate, and predominant vegetation. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) identified 825 terrestrial ecoregions that cover the Earth's land surface, 40 of which cover Australia and its dependent islands. The WWF ecoregions are classified by biome type (tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, tundra, etc.), and into one of eight terrestrial realms. Australia, together with New Zealand, New Guinea and neighboring island groups, is part of the Australasian realm. The IBRA bioregions informed the delineation of the WWF ecoregions for Australia, and the WWF ecoregions generally follow the same ecoregion boundaries, while often clustering two or more similar bioregions into a larger ecoregion. The ecoregion articles in Wikipedia generally follow the WWF scheme. The WWF ecoregions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indomalayan Ecoregions
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to lowland southern China, and through Indonesia as far as Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Borneo, east of which lies the Wallace line, the realm boundary named after Alfred Russel Wallace which separates Indomalaya from Australasia. Indomalaya also includes the Philippines, lowland Taiwan, and Japan's Ryukyu Islands. Most of Indomalaya was originally covered by forest, and includes tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, with tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests predominant in much of India and parts of Southeast Asia. The tropical forests of Indomalaya are highly variable and diverse, with economically important trees, especially in the families Dipterocarpaceae and Fabaceae. Major ecolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Keeling
North Keeling is a small, uninhabited coral atoll, approximately in area, about north of Horsburgh Island. It is the northernmost atoll and island of the Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. It consists of just one C-shaped island, a nearly closed atoll ring with a small opening into the lagoon, about wide, on the east side. The lagoon is about in area. The island is home to the only surviving population of the endemic, and endangered, Cocos buff-banded rail, as well as large breeding colonies of seabirds. Since 1995, North Keeling Island and the surrounding sea to from shore have been within the Pulu Keeling National Park. History The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are believed to have first been seen by Europeans in 1609 by Captain William Keeling, after whom they are named, of the East India Company on a journey from Java in the Dutch East Indies. North Keeling was sketched by Ekeberg, a Swedish captain, in 1749, showing the presence of coconut palms. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninox Natalis
The Christmas boobook (''Ninox natalis''), also known more specifically as the Christmas Island hawk-owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Closely related to the hawk-owls of genus ''Ninox'', which occur in Southeast Asia and Australia, ''N. natalis'' was first classified at species level by J.J.Lister in 1888. It was not until 1998, however, that DNA testing confirmed its status as a separate species from other owls. Distribution ''Ninox natalis'' is endemic to Christmas Island, a small Australian territory of about 135 square km situated in the Indian Ocean approximately south of Java. The flora and fauna of the island face on-going threats from both human activity and introduced species of plants and animals. In addition to these threats, ''N. natalis'' is restricted to a small range on this small island and is consequently listed as vulnerable species, vulnerable by the IUCN. Phosphate mining has continued for over a century and more recently Australian Immig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandanus Elatus
''Pandanus elatus'' is a dioecious tropical plant in the screwpine genus. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean. Its specific epithet comes from the Latin ''elatus'' (tall), in reference to its growth habit.Flora of Australia Online. Description ''Pandanus elatus'' is an erect tree, with basal prop roots, that grows to 20 m in height. Its leaves grow to 3 m long and 100 mm wide, dark green and with marginal prickles. The plants do not form the densely tangled thickets that characterise '' P. christmatensis''. Distribution and habitat Found only on Christmas Island, the tree is found on deeper soils in the rainforest, sometimes in small groves. Taxonomy The tree is closely related to '' P. leram'' Jones, of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the southern coasts of Sumatra and western Java. References Notes Sources * * elatus There were several figures named Elatus or Élatos (Ancient Greek: Ἔ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arenga Listeri
''Arenga listeri'', the Lister's palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is named after naturalist Joseph Jackson Lister. It is endemic to Christmas Island and is threatened by habitat loss. The palm is featured on a 1978 postage stamp A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the fa ... of Christmas Island together with Lister. References listeri Endemic flora of Christmas Island Vulnerable plants Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Plants described in 1891 {{palm-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernandia Ovigera
''Hernandia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hernandiaceae. It was named after the Spanish botanist Francisco Hernández de Toledo. Species , ''Plants of the World Online'' accepted the following species: * ''Hernandia albiflora'' (C.T.White) Kubitzki – northeast Queensland * '' Hernandia beninensis'' Welw. ex Henriq. – São Tomé * '' Hernandia bivalvis'' Benth. – eastern Queensland * '' Hernandia catalpifolia'' Britton & Harris – Jamaica * ''Hernandia cordigera'' Vieill. – New Caledonia * '' Hernandia cubensis'' Griseb. – Cuba * ''Hernandia didymantha'' Donn.Sm. – southern Mexico (Chiapas), Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador * ''Hernandia drakeana'' Nadeaud – Society Islands (Moorea) * ''Hernandia guianensis'' Aubl. – Trinidad, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil * '' Hernandia hammelii'' D'Arcy – Panama * '' Hernandia jamaicensis'' Britton & Harris – Jamaica * ''Hernandia kunstleri'' King ex K.Heyne * '' Hernandia labyrinthica'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inocarpus Fagifer
''Inocarpus fagifer'', commonly known as the Tahitian chestnut or Polynesian chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. The tree has a wide range in the tropics of the south-west Pacific and south-east Asian regions, and a history of traditional use by the peoples of Polynesia and Melanesia. It is the only edible and culturally important member of the genus ''Inocarpus''. Description There is great diversity in the size, form, shape and colour of the Tahitian chestnut, and of its leaves, flowers and fruit. Because of its long history of cultivation and its tendency to become naturalised where introduced, it is likely that, over its wide range, the species contains several originally farmer-selected cultivars that have not been recognised or described. Size, form and lifespan The Tahitian chestnut is a medium-sized, evergreen tropical tree. It may grow to 30 m in height, though 20 m is more usual, with a crown dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristiropsis Acutangula
''Tristiropsis acutangula '' is a tree species of the genus ''Tristiropsis'' in the family Sapindaceae. It grows naturally in the Malesian biogeographical region and in northern Australia. Description It is a large forest canopy tree growing up to 35 m high, and rarely to over 50 m. The trunk is buttressed at the base and has mainly smooth, or slightly roughened, dark brown bark. The compound leaves are arranged spirally up the branchlets with the leaflets opposite and symmetric. The small (up to 10 mm diameter) white to pale yellow or cream-coloured flowers occur as axillary inflorescences. The fleshy fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ... is 20–30 mm long, dark yellow, green or brown in colour, containing a single seed more than 10 mm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syzygium Nervosum
''Syzygium nervosum'' is a species of tree native to tropical Asia and Australia, extending as far north as Guangdong and Guangxi in China and as far south as the Northern Territory of Australia. It was previously known as ''Cleistocalyx operculatus'' and also known as ''C. nervosum'' (DC.) Kosterm., and ''Eugenia operculata'' Roxb., 1832. It is a medium-sized tree of about 10 meters in height with pale brown bark and dull green leaves. Description The leaves of ''S. nervosum'' are elliptical, obovate and glaborous, measuring 7–9 cm in length. Flowers cluster as greenish white trichomatous panicles. The blossoms have 4 petals. The 7–12 mm diameter fruits are ovoid with a concave tip and a wrinkled texture. The fruits turn purplish upon ripening. Uses The leaves and buds of ''S. nervosum'' are harvested, dried, and brewed as an herbal tea in Vietnam known as "nước vối" with stomachic properties.Nguyen, Duong Van. ''Medicinal Plants of Vietnam, Cambodia, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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