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Ipomoea Pes-caprae
''Ipomoea pes-caprae'', also known as bayhops, bay-hops, beach morning glory or goat's foot, is a common pantropical creeping vine belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It grows on the upper parts of beaches and endures salted air. It is one of the most common and most widely distributed salt tolerant plants and provides one of the best known examples of oceanic dispersal. Its seeds float and are unaffected by salt water. Originally described by Linnaeus, it was placed in its current genus by Robert Brown in 1818. Description ''Ipomoea pes-caprae'' is a prostrate perennial, often covering large areas; stems long-trailing often several metres in length, rooting at the nodes, glabrous. It has pink, fused petals with a darker centre. The fruit is a capsule containing 4 hairy seeds that float in water. Distribution This species can be found on the sandy shores of the tropical Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. A similar species, ''Ipomoea imperati'', with white flowers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Canara, and Thiruvithamkoor. Spread over , Kerala is the 21st largest Indian state by area. It is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33 million inhabitants as per the 2011 census, Kerala is the 13th-largest Indian state by population. It is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state. The Chera dynasty was the first prominent kingdom based in Kerala. The Ay kingdom in the deep south and the Ezhimala kingdom in the north formed the other kingdoms in the early years of the Common Era (CE). The region had been a prominent spic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipomoea Imperati
''Ipomoea imperati'', the beach morning-glory (a name it shares with ''Ipomoea pes-caprae''), is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae Convolvulaceae (), commonly called the bindweeds or morning glories, is a family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species. These species are primarily herbaceous vines, but also include trees, shrubs and herbs. The tubers of several spe .... Like ''Ipomoea pes-caprae'', its seeds disperse by floating in seawater. It has been found on the sandy shores of every continent except Antarctica. ''Ipomoea imperati'' and ''I. pes-caprae'' can be easily can be distinguished in that ''I. imperati'' has white flowers and ''I. pes-caprae'' usually has purple flowers. The leaves of ''I. imperati'' are more linear or lanceolate while those of ''I. pes-caprae'' tend to be more circular or ovate. It is considered an invasive species in some places. References imperati Plants described in 1866 {{Solanales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digitaria Ciliaris
''Digitaria ciliaris'' is a species of grass known by the common names southern crabgrass,''Digitaria ciliaris''. USDA Plants Profile. tropical finger-grass, tropical crabgrass or summer grass. . The grass is known as "ගුරු තණ - guru thana" in . Distribution ''Digitaria ciliaris'' is a tough plant, believed to have originated in Asia but now found all over the tropical belt of the plane ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portulaca Oleracea
''Portulaca oleracea'' (common purslane, also known as little hogweed, or pursley) is an annual (actually tropical perennial in USDA growing zones 10–11) succulent in the family Portulacaceae. Description The plant may reach in height. It has smooth, reddish, mostly prostrate stems and the leaves, which may be alternate or opposite, are clustered at stem joints and ends. The yellow flowers have five regular parts and are up to wide. Depending upon rainfall, the flowers appear at any time during the year. The flowers open singly at the center of the leaf cluster for only a few hours on sunny mornings. The tiny seeds are formed in a pod, which opens when the seeds are mature. Purslane has a taproot with fibrous secondary roots and is able to tolerate poor soil and drought. The fruits are many-seeded capsules. Seed set is considerable; one plant can develop up to 193,000 seeds. The seeds germinate optimally at a temperature above 25 °C; they are light germinators, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanthera Biflora
''Melanthera biflora'' (sin. ''Wollastonia biflora'') also known as sea daisy, beach daisy and sea ox-eye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a scandent, rough-looking and fast-growing plant with a wide distribution. Distribution ''Melanthera biflora'' is a moderately salt-tolerant plant found in the tropical belt of the Indo-Pacific region, including China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Queensland, and islands of the Pacific such as Fiji, Niue, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands. It is found commonly in islands and in coastal areas, although it sometimes occurs inland in neglected and unmanaged plantations as well as in ruderal environments. Together with ''Portulaca oleracea'', ''Ipomoea pes-caprae'' and ''Digitaria ciliaris'', ''Melanthera biflora'' is usually one of the first species colonizing degraded or altered environments in tropical zones of the planet. Description ''Melanthera biflora'' is a hardy and somewhat woody, spra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.Adobe Systems IncorporatedPDF Reference, Sixth edition, version 1.23 (53 MB) Nov 2006, p. 33. Archiv/ref> Based on the PostScript language, each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, vector graphics, raster images and other information needed to display it. PDF has its roots in "The Camelot Project" initiated by Adobe co-founder John Warnock in 1991. PDF was standardized as ISO 32000 in 2008. The last edition as ISO 32000-2:2020 was published in December 2020. PDF files may contain a variety of content besides flat text and graphics including logical structuring elements, interactive elements such as annotations and form-fields, layers, rich media (including video con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juncus Acutus
''Juncus acutus'', the spiny rush, sharp rush or sharp-pointed rush, is a flowering plant in the monocot family Juncaceae found throughout the Americas, Northern and Southern Africa, Western and Southern Europe and West Asia. It grows in salt marshes and on dunes and is reliable for reducing erosion rates. In some countries like Australia it is considered to be an invasive weed and the spines harmful to young children. Synonyms *''Juncus acutus'' ssp. ''leopoldii'' (Parl.) Snog. -- Leopold's rush *''Juncus acutus'' L. var. ''sphaerocarpus'' Engelm *''Juncus acutus'' L. subsp. ''acutus'' *''Juncus spinosus'' Forssk *''Juncus acutus'' ssp. ''leopoldii'' also known as ''Leopold's rush'' is a native of Arizona, California, Georgia and Nevada. *''Juncus acutus'' L. var. ''conglobatus'' Trautv *''Juncus acutus'' L. var. ''decompositus'' Guss *''Juncus acutus'' L. var. ''longibracteatus'' Buchenau Description ''Juncus acutus'' is a brown and green " tussocky" perennial that can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senecio Crassiflorus
''Senecio crassiflorus'', in pt, margarida-das-dunas, one of the native South American ''Senecio'' and an herbaceous dune dwelling perennial. Description ''Senecio crassiflorus'' is not an upright herb, the silvery to white woolly to tall plant tends to "lay down and rest" on the dunes and sandy coastal areas it inhabits. ;Leaves: Shaped like spatula with roundish, long, narrow, linear bases to having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base. Mostly to long, to wide. The edges are smooth or toothed towards apex and both surfaces woolly. ;Flowers: Broadly bell shaped, woolly flower heads appear singly or a few together, to in diameter. ;Seeds and reproduction: Achenes to ; pappus long. :Reports claim ''S. crassiflorus'' does not produce viable seeds and spreads itself asexually or via vegetative reproduction. Community species :*''Ipomoea pes-caprae'' :*''Hydrocotyle bonariensis'' :*''Juncus acutus'' :*'' Panicum sabularum'' :*''Spartina'' cf. ciliata :*'' Hyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydrocotyle Bonariensis
''Hydrocotyle bonariensis'', the largeleaf pennywort, once a member of the family Apiaceae, now in the family Araliaceae and of the genus ''Hydrocotyle'', is a hairless and creeping perennial. Description ;Flowers: This plant has numerous white to creamy-yellow flowers, and the flower stalks can be in height. ;Fruits and reproduction: The stems creep and root at the nodes; the plant spreads by rhizomes. Dollar Weed produces a dry dehiscent fruit that, at maturity, splits into two or more parts each with a single seed. ;Habitat: This plant lives in sandy areas of somewhat extreme conditions: very dry lands that are flooded sometimes. ;:Community species: :*''Ipomoea pes-caprae'' :*''Senecio crassiflorus'' :*''Juncus acutus'' ;:Co-dominate species: :*''Imperata brasiliensis'' :*''Bacopa monnieri'' Distribution This species colonizes sandy ground and disturbed foreshore sites, estuaries, coastline, sand dunes and ponds. ''H. bonariensis'' has also displayed a tendency to prefer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinifex (coastal Grass)
''Spinifex'' is a genus of perennial coastal plants in the grass family. They are one of the most common plants that grow in sand dunes along the coasts of Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, with the ranges of some species extending north and west along the coasts of Asia as far as India and Japan. As they help stabilise the sand, these grasses are an important part of the entire sand dune ecosystem. The single species indigenous to New Zealand, ''Spinifex sericeus'', is also found in Australia. Confusingly, the word "spinifex" is also used as a common name referring to grasses in the related genus '' Triodia''. ''Triodia'' however is native to inland Australia and refers to a group of spiny-leaved, tussock-forming grasses. Species Species include: * ''Spinifex'' × ''alterniflorus'' Nees – Western Australia * '' Spinifex hirsutus'' Labill. – all 6 states of Australia * '' Spinifex littoreus'' (Burm.f.) Merr. – Ashmore R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolon
In biology, stolons (from Latin '' stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external skeletons. In botany In botany, stolons are stems which grow at the soil surface or just below ground that form adventitious roots at the nodes, and new plants from the buds. Stolons are often called runners. Rhizomes, in contrast, are root-like stems that may either grow horizontally at the soil surface or in other orientations underground. Thus, not all horizontal stems are called stolons. Plants with stolons are called stoloniferous. A stolon is a plant propagation strategy and the complex of individuals formed by a mother plant and all its clones produced from stolons form a single genetic individual, a genet. Morphology Stolons may or may not have long internodes. The leaves along the stolon are usually very small, but in a few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk ( ALP) , legislature = Parliament of Queensland , judiciary = Supreme Court of Queensland , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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