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Kadua Coriacea
''Kadua coriacea'' (formerly ''Hedyotis coriacea'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name ''kioele''. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Hawaii and one individual remaining on Maui.USFWS''Kadua coriacea'' Five-year Review''.January 2008. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Today there are nine populations of the plant at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii totalling 155 individuals, plus 75 which have been planted in the habitat. There is one individual plant on Maui, but it was severely burned in a fire in 2007. The plant has been watered and monitored in an effort to revive it. This plant grows in woodlands dominated by ōhia lehua (''Metrosideros polymorpha''). Other plants in the habitat include aalii (''Dodonaea viscosa''), kookoolau (''Bidens menziesii''), kawelu (''Eragrostis variabilis''), pili grass (''Heteropogon contortus''), kumuniu (''Doryopteris decip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Edward Smith (botanist)
__NOTOC__ Sir James Edward Smith (2 December 1759 – 17 March 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society. Early life and education Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He displayed a precocious interest in the natural world. During the early 1780s he enrolled in the medical course at the University of Edinburgh where he studied chemistry under Joseph Black and natural history under John Walker. He then moved to London in 1783 to continue his studies. Smith was a friend of Sir Joseph Banks, who was offered the entire collection of books, manuscripts and specimens of the Swedish natural historian and botanist Carl Linnaeus following the death of his son Carolus Linnaeus the Younger. Banks declined the purchase, but Smith bought the collection for the bargain price of £1,000. The collection arrived in London in 1784, and in 1785 Smith was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Academic career Between 1786 and 1788 Smit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doryopteris Decipiens
''Doryopteris'' is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae. Species The circumscription of the genus was uncertain . The ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' lists species in three groups. 1. ''Doryopteris'' s.s. – species and hybrids assigned to the genus in molecular phylogenetic studies: *'' Doryopteris adornata'' Yesilyurt *'' Doryopteris angelica'' K.Wood & W.H.Wagner *'' Doryopteris collina'' (Raddi) J.Sm. *'' Doryopteris concolor'' (Langsd. & Fisch.) Kuhn *'' Doryopteris decipiens'' (Hook.) J.Sm. *'' Doryopteris decora'' Brack. * ''Doryopteris'' × ''excisa'' Sehnem * ''Doryopteris'' × ''hybrida'' Brade & Rosenst. * ''Doryopteris'' × ''intermedia'' Sehnem *''Doryopteris kirkii'' (Hook.) Alston *'' Doryopteris leitei'' Tryon *'' Doryopteris lonchophora'' (Mett.) J.Sm. *'' Doryopteris lorentzii'' (Hieron.) Diels *''Doryopteris majestosa'' Yesilyurt *''Doryopteris nobilis'' (Moore) J.Sm. *''Doryopteris palmata'' (Willd.) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadua
''Kadua'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It comprises 29 species,''Kadua'' At: World Checklist of Rubiaceae At: Kew Gardens Website. (see ''External links'' below). all restricted to Polynesia. Twenty-two of these are Endemism, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Some of the species are common at high elevation. Others are single-island endemics or very rare, and a few are probably Extinction, extinct. ''Kadua affinis'' is widely Range (biology), distributed in Hawaii and is Polymorphism (biology), polymorphic.David J. Mabberley. 2008''Mabberley's Plant-Book''third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. p. 448 The type species for the genus is ''Kadua acuminata''.''Kadua'' In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see ''External links'' below). ''Kadua'' was formerly included in a broadly defined and polyphyletic ''Hedyotis'', which encompassed, in addition to ''Kadua'', species now placed in ''Oldenlandia'', ''Oldenlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Introduced Species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally. Non-native species can have various effects on the local ecosystem. Introduced species that become established and spread beyond the place of introduction are considered naturalized. The process of human-caused introduction is distinguished from biological colonization, in which species spread to new areas through "natural" (non-human) means such as storms and rafting. The Latin expression neobiota captures the characteristic that these species are ''new'' biota to their environment in terms of established biological network (e.g. food web) relationships. Neobiota can further be divided into neozoa (also: neozoons, sing. neozoon, i.e. animals) and neophyt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ungulate
Ungulates ( ) are members of the diverse clade Ungulata which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves. These include odd-toed ungulates such as horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs; and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraffes, camels, sheep, deer, and hippopotamuses. Cetaceans such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises are also classified as even-toed ungulates, although they do not have hooves. Most terrestrial ungulates use the hoofed tips of their toes to support their body weight while standing or moving. The term means, roughly, "being hoofed" or "hoofed animal". As a descriptive term, "ungulate" normally excludes cetaceans as they do not possess most of the typical morphological characteristics of other ungulates, but recent discoveries indicate that they were also descended from early artiodactyls. Ungulates are typically herbivorous and many employ specialized gut bacteria to allow them to digest cellulose. Some modern species, such as pigs, are omnivorous, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feral
A feral () animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals. As with an introduced species, the introduction of feral animals or plants to non-native regions may disrupt ecosystems and has, in some cases, contributed to extinction of indigenous species. The removal of feral species is a major focus of island restoration. Animals A feral animal is one that has escaped from a domestic or captive status and is living more or less as a wild animal, or one that is descended from such animals. Other definitions include animals that have changed from being domesticated to being wild, natural, or untamed. Some common examples of animals with feral populations are horses, dogs, goats, cats, rabbits, camels, and pigs. Zoologists generally exclude from the feral category animals that were genuinely wild before they escaped from captivity: neither lions escaped from a zoo nor the white-tailed eagles re-introduced to the UK are regarded as fera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US. Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has over one million members globally , and has protected more than of land in its history. , it is the largest environmental non-profit organization by assets and revenue in the Americas. History The Nature Conservancy developed out of a scholarly organization initially known as the Ecological Society of America (ESA). The ESA was founded in 1915, and later formed a Committee on Preservation of Natural Areas for Ecological Study, headed by Victor Shelford.Our History ". The Nature Conservancy. nature.org. Retrieved December 18, 2016. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyme (botany)
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed on the axis of a plant. The modifications can involve the length and the nature of the internodes and the phyllotaxis, as well as variations in the proportions, compressions, swellings, adnations, connations and reduction of main and secondary axes. One can also define an inflorescence as the reproductive portion of a plant that bears a cluster of flowers in a specific pattern. The stem holding the whole inflorescence is called a peduncle. The major axis (incorrectly referred to as the main stem) above the peduncle bearing the flowers or secondary branches is called the rachis. The stalk of each flower in the inflorescence is called a pedicel. A flower that is not part of an inflorescence is called a solitary flower and its stalk is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple stems and shorter height, less than tall. Small shrubs, less than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall are sometimes termed as subshrubs. Many botanical groups have species that are shrubs, and others that are trees and herbaceous plants instead. Some definitions state that a shrub is less than and a tree is over 6 m. Others use as the cut-off point for classification. Many species of tree may not reach this mature height because of hostile less than ideal growing conditions, and resemble a shrub-sized plant. However, such species have the potential to grow taller under the ideal growing conditions for that plant. In terms of longevity, most shrubs fit in a class between perennials and trees; some may only last about five y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santalum Ellipticum
''Santalum ellipticum'', commonly known as ''Iliahialoe'' (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian) or coastal sandalwood, is a species of flowering plant in the Viscum album, mistletoe family, Santalaceae, that is Endemism, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is a sprawling shrub to small tree, typically reaching a height of and a canopy spread of , but is extremely variable in size and shape. Like other members of the genus, ''S. ellipticum'' is a Parasitic plant, hemi-parasite, deriving some of its Plant nutrition, nutrients from the host plant by attaching to its roots. Habitat and range ''Iliahialoe'' inhabits Hawaiian tropical dry forests, dry forests, Hawaiian tropical low shrublands, low shrublands, and lava plains throughout the archipelago, including the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, but has been Local extinction, extirpated from Laysan and Kahoolawe, Kahoolawe. Although never recorded on Niihau, Niihau, its historic presence on the island is almost certain. ''S. ellipticum'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osteomeles Anthyllidifolia
''Osteomeles anthyllidifolia'', commonly called ''Ūlei'', ''eluehe'', ''uulei'', Hawaiian rose, or Hawaiian hawthorn, is a species of flowering shrub in the rose family, Rosaceae, that is indigenous to Hawaii (all islands but ''Kahoolawe'' and ''Niihau''), the Cook Islands, Tonga, Pitcairn Island, and Rapa Iti, Taiwan and the Ryukyu islands of Japan. Description ''Osteomeles anthyllidifolia'' grows as either an erect shrub that reaches or a spreading shrub. The compound leaves are alternately arranged on branches and divided into 15–25 leaflets. The small, oblong leaflets are long and wide. White flowers with five petals form clusters of three to six on the ends of branches. The fruit is white when ripe, in diameter, and contains yellow seeds that are in diameter. Habitat ''Osteomeles anthyllidifolia'' can be found in dry to mesic forests, shrublands, coastal areas, and lava plains at elevations of . It is a ruderal species, able to effectively compete with othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myoporum Sandwicense
''Myoporum sandwicense'', commonly known as ''naio'', bastard sandalwood or false sandalwood is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is a tree or shrub highly variable in its form, the size and shape of its leaves, in the number of flowers in a group and in the shape of its fruit. It is endemic to Hawaii. Description ''Myoporum sandwicense'' grows as either a small tree, large tree, or dwarf shrub, depending on the elevation and conditions. As a small tree, it reaches a height of with a trunk diameter of . The largest naio have a height of and a trunk diameter of . At the tree line, naio grows as a shrub. The bark on older specimens is often dark, rough and furrowed. The leaves are arranged alternately, often crowded near the ends of the stems, mostly long, wide, elliptic to lance-shaped and with a distinct mid-vein on the lower surface. Flowers are present all year and are arranged in groups of 2 to 6 in leaf axils on stalks long. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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