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Posoqueria Longiflora
''Oxyceros longiflorus'' (common name needle flower) is a shrub in the gardenia family ( Rubiaceae) found in rainforests of northern South America. It is most noteworthy for its tubular flowers which can be up to 13 inches (32 centimeters) in length while not over one-twelfth inch (two millimeters) in diameter, a 160 fold ratio of length to width, the greatest such ratio found among dry land (non-aquatic) plants. It is pollinated by a sphinx moth, possibly '' Amphimoea walkeri'' (Sphingidae) which has a 28 centimeter (eleven inch) tongue or proboscis. When a sphinx moth inserts its proboscis into the flower, it touches a trigger mechanism which causes the four lateral stamens (two pairs) to move away from the center, while the middle stamen lunges forward like a catapult coating the lower surface of the moth with pollen. hopefully to pollinate the stigma of the next flower visited. The role of the lateral stamens remains unclear. Most of the literature for this species is under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takasi Yamazaki
Takasi Yamazaki (Japanese: 山崎敬) (6 January 1921–2 February 2007) was a Japanese botanist and taxonomist.『山崎敬(1921-2007年)先生の逝去を悼む』大場秀章 『分類』 : bunrui : 日本植物分類学会誌 7(2), 89-92, 2007-08-20"Mourning the death of Professor Takasi Yamazaki (1921-2007)" He was born in Odawara and grew up in Yokohama. After graduating from the former Niigata High School, he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1944 and studied Plant taxonomy of since his research in the laboratory of Shoji Honda. Beginning in 1954, he taught at the University of Tokyo, and in 1972, he became been a professor at the Botanical Garden attached to the University of Tokyo. In the 1960s, he participated in a field survey in Bhutan and an academic survey of the Ogasawara Islands The Bonin Islands, also known as the , are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some directly south of Tokyo, Japan and northwest of Guam. The name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 13,500 species in about 620 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include ''Coffea'', the source of coffee, '' Cinchona'', the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine, ornamental cultivars (''e.g.'', '' Gardenia'', ''Ixora'', ''Pentas''), and historically some dye plants (''e.g.'', ''Rubia''). Description The Rubiaceae are morphologically easily recognizable as a coherent group by a combination of characters: opposite or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, interpetiolar stipules, tubu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphimoea Walkeri
''Amphimoea'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, ''Amphimoea walkeri'', the Darwin hawkmoth, described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875, is found from Mexico south to Argentina. Description The wingspan is 147–164 mm. Adults are on wing year round. They have the longest insect proboscis A proboscis () is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular mouthparts used for feeding and sucking. In vertebrates, a proboscis is an elong ... in the world and nectar from deep-throated flowers while hovering in the air. Biology The larvae feed on '' Anaxagorea crassipetala''. Gallery Amphimoea walkeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 160 Alto Palmar Chapare Bolivia female dorsal.jpg, Female Amphimoea walkeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 160 Alto Palmar Chapare Bolivia female ventral.jpg, Female underside Amphimoea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardenieae
Gardenieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 586 species in 53 genera. Genera Currently accepted names * ''Adenorandia'' Vermoesen (1 sp) * '' Agouticarpa'' C.H.Press. (7 sp) * ''Aidia'' Lour. (55 sp) * ''Aidiopsis'' Tirveng. (1 sp) * ''Alleizettella'' Pit. (2 sp) * ''Aoranthe'' Somers (5 sp) * ''Atractocarpus'' Schltr. & K.Krause (29 sp) * '' Aulacocalyx'' Hook.f. (12 sp) * ''Benkara'' Adans. (19 sp) * ''Brachytome'' Hook.f. (8 sp) * ''Brenania'' Keay (2 sp) * ''Bungarimba'' K.M.Wong (4 sp) * '' Calochone'' Keay (2 sp) * '' Casasia'' A.Rich (10 sp) * ''Catunaregam'' Wolf (12 sp) * ''Ceriscoides'' (Hook.f.) Tirveng. (11 sp) * '' Coddia'' Verdc. (1 sp) * '' Deccania'' Tirveng. (1 sp) * '' Dioecrescis'' Tirveng. (1 sp) * ''Duperrea'' Pierre ex Pit. (1 sp) * '' Euclinia'' Salisb. (3 sp) * '' Fosbergia'' Tirveng. & Sastre (4 sp) * '' Ganguelia'' Robbr. (1 sp) * ''Gardenia'' J.Ellis (134 sp) * '' Gardeniopsis'' Miq. (1 sp) * ''Genipa'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Southern America
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms ''gut flora'' or ''skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de Phyt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
