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Pseudolithos Gigas
''Pseudolithos'' is a genus of succulent flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, indigenous to arid areas of Somalia, Yemen and Oman. Description and naming The plants were first described as a genus in 1965; the name ''"Pseudo-lithos"'' means ''"false-stone"'' and refers to their pebble-like appearance. It was originally proposed as ''Lithocaulon'' earlier in 1956, but this name was already in use for a genus of fossil algae. All species in this genus are highly succulent, small in size, and exhibit tessellation on their stems' surface. Their small flowers appear on the spherical body's surface. ;Species # '' Pseudolithos caput-viperae'' Lavranos - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos cubiformis'' (P.R.O. Bally) P.R.O. Bally - N Somalia # ''Pseudolithos dodsonianus'' (Lavranos) Bruyns & Meve - Somalia & Oman # '' Pseudolithos gigas'' Dioli - Eastern Ethiopia # ''Pseudolithos harardheranus'' Dioli - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos horwoodii'' P.R.O. Bally & Lavranos - Somalia # ''Pseu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly โ all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudolithos Gigas
''Pseudolithos'' is a genus of succulent flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, indigenous to arid areas of Somalia, Yemen and Oman. Description and naming The plants were first described as a genus in 1965; the name ''"Pseudo-lithos"'' means ''"false-stone"'' and refers to their pebble-like appearance. It was originally proposed as ''Lithocaulon'' earlier in 1956, but this name was already in use for a genus of fossil algae. All species in this genus are highly succulent, small in size, and exhibit tessellation on their stems' surface. Their small flowers appear on the spherical body's surface. ;Species # '' Pseudolithos caput-viperae'' Lavranos - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos cubiformis'' (P.R.O. Bally) P.R.O. Bally - N Somalia # ''Pseudolithos dodsonianus'' (Lavranos) Bruyns & Meve - Somalia & Oman # '' Pseudolithos gigas'' Dioli - Eastern Ethiopia # ''Pseudolithos harardheranus'' Dioli - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos horwoodii'' P.R.O. Bally & Lavranos - Somalia # ''Pseu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhytidocaulon
Rhytidocaulon is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1962. It is native to northeastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula ;Species # '' Rhytidocaulon paradoxum'' P.R.O.Bally - Ethiopia # '' Rhytidocaulon piliferum'' Lavranos - Somalia # '' Rhytidocaulon richardianum'' Lavranos - Somalia # '' Rhytidocaulon subscandens'' P.R.O.Bally - Somalia, Ethiopia # '' Rhytidocaulon tortum'' (N.E.Br.) M.G.Gilbert - Arabia ;species with undetermined affinities ;Taxonomy Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the genus '' Echidnopsis'' which inhabits the same region. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch comprising the genus ''Pseudolithos'' and the widespread ''Caralluma ''Caralluma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, consisting of about 120 species. In 1795 William Roxburgh published the name '' Stapelia adscendens'' for a plant found in India. He commented that the name f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echidnopsis
''Echidnopsis'' is a genus of succulent, cactus-like plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1871. They are native to eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. ;Accepted species ;Species formerly included ''Echidnopsis quadrangula'' now '' Caralluma quadrangula'' ;Taxonomy Phylogenetic studies have shown the genus to be monophyletic, and most closely related to the genus '' Rhytidocaulon''. Marginally more distantly related is a sister branch comprising the genus '' Pseudolithos'' and the widespread ''Caralluma ''Caralluma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, consisting of about 120 species. In 1795 William Roxburgh published the name '' Stapelia adscendens'' for a plant found in India. He commented that the name for the plant ...'' stapeliads of North Africa.P. Bruyns, C. Klak, P. Hanacek: ''Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) - repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group. Molecula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caralluma
''Caralluma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, consisting of about 120 species. In 1795 William Roxburgh published the name '' Stapelia adscendens'' for a plant found in India. He commented that the name for the plant in the Telugu language was ''Car-allum'' and that the succulent branches are edible raw, though bitter and salty. The name ''Caralluma'' was coined by Robert Brown for a new genus in an article published in 1811. At the time he only described one species in the genus, the plant that he renamed '' Caralluma adscendens''. In 1996 Helmut Genaust published the suggestion that it was sensible to conclude that the generic name is derived from the Arabic phrase ''qahr al-luhum'', meaning "wound in the flesh" or "abscess," referring to the floral odour. Genaust was unaware that the genus ''Caralluma'' existed east of Palestine. He specifically ruled out its existence in India, where it was first described and named. Genaust presumed that the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudolithos Sphaericus
''Pseudolithos'' is a genus of succulent flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, indigenous to arid areas of Somalia, Yemen and Oman. Description and naming The plants were first described as a genus in 1965; the name ''"Pseudo-lithos"'' means ''"false-stone"'' and refers to their pebble-like appearance. It was originally proposed as ''Lithocaulon'' earlier in 1956, but this name was already in use for a genus of fossil algae. All species in this genus are highly succulent, small in size, and exhibit tessellation on their stems' surface. Their small flowers appear on the spherical body's surface. ;Species # '' Pseudolithos caput-viperae'' Lavranos - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos cubiformis'' (P.R.O. Bally) P.R.O. Bally - N Somalia # ''Pseudolithos dodsonianus'' (Lavranos) Bruyns & Meve - Somalia & Oman # '' Pseudolithos gigas'' Dioli - Eastern Ethiopia # ''Pseudolithos harardheranus'' Dioli - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos horwoodii'' P.R.O. Bally & Lavranos - Somalia # '' Pse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudolithos Migiurtinus
''Pseudolithos migiurtinus'' is a species of succulent plant in the genus ''Pseudolithos''. Native to Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ..., it is akin to other species in the genus in that it grows in arid environments and is a small, leafless plant that looks somewhat like a stone, hence the name (Pseudolithos meaning "false stone"). It can range from green to ochre in color. This species is up to high and around, can be either cubiform or cylindrical in form, and may grow small branching columns in older plants. References migiurtinus Flora of Somalia Plants described in 1975 {{Apocynaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudolithos Mccoyi
''Pseudolithos'' is a genus of succulent flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, indigenous to arid areas of Somalia, Yemen and Oman. Description and naming The plants were first described as a genus in 1965; the name ''"Pseudo-lithos"'' means ''"false-stone"'' and refers to their pebble-like appearance. It was originally proposed as ''Lithocaulon'' earlier in 1956, but this name was already in use for a genus of fossil algae. All species in this genus are highly succulent, small in size, and exhibit tessellation on their stems' surface. Their small flowers appear on the spherical body's surface. ;Species # '' Pseudolithos caput-viperae'' Lavranos - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos cubiformis'' (P.R.O. Bally) P.R.O. Bally - N Somalia # ''Pseudolithos dodsonianus'' (Lavranos) Bruyns & Meve - Somalia & Oman # '' Pseudolithos gigas'' Dioli - Eastern Ethiopia # ''Pseudolithos harardheranus'' Dioli - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos horwoodii'' P.R.O. Bally & Lavranos - Somalia # '' Pse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudolithos Horwoodii
''Pseudolithos horwoodii'' is a species of succulent plant in the genus ''Pseudolithos''. Native to arid areas of Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ..., it is a small, leafless plant up to tall and wide. Its growth habit is squat, unbranched, and blob-like, living up to the name of its genus which means "false stone". Its color is green to grayish brown. References horwoodii Flora of Somalia Plants described in 1974 {{Apocynaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudolithos Harardheranus
''Pseudolithos'' is a genus of succulent flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, indigenous to arid areas of Somalia, Yemen and Oman. Description and naming The plants were first described as a genus in 1965; the name ''"Pseudo-lithos"'' means ''"false-stone"'' and refers to their pebble-like appearance. It was originally proposed as ''Lithocaulon'' earlier in 1956, but this name was already in use for a genus of fossil algae. All species in this genus are highly succulent, small in size, and exhibit tessellation on their stems' surface. Their small flowers appear on the spherical body's surface. ;Species # '' Pseudolithos caput-viperae'' Lavranos - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos cubiformis'' (P.R.O. Bally) P.R.O. Bally - N Somalia # ''Pseudolithos dodsonianus'' (Lavranos) Bruyns & Meve - Somalia & Oman # '' Pseudolithos gigas'' Dioli - Eastern Ethiopia # '' Pseudolithos harardheranus'' Dioli - Somalia # '' Pseudolithos horwoodii'' P.R.O. Bally & Lavranos - Somalia # '' Ps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudolithos Dodsonianus
''Pseudolithos'' is a genus of succulent flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, indigenous to arid areas of Somalia, Yemen and Oman. Description and naming The plants were first described as a genus in 1965; the name ''"Pseudo-lithos"'' means ''"false-stone"'' and refers to their pebble-like appearance. It was originally proposed as ''Lithocaulon'' earlier in 1956, but this name was already in use for a genus of fossil Algae, algae. All species in this genus are highly succulent, small in size, and exhibit tessellation on their stems' surface. Their small flowers appear on the spherical body's surface. ;Species # ''Pseudolithos caput-viperae'' Lavranos - Somalia # ''Pseudolithos cubiformis'' (P.R.O. Bally) P.R.O. Bally - N Somalia # ''Pseudolithos dodsonianus'' (Lavranos) Bruyns & Meve - Somalia & Oman # ''Pseudolithos gigas'' Dioli - Eastern Ethiopia # ''Pseudolithos harardheranus'' Dioli - Somalia # ''Pseudolithos horwoodii'' P.R.O. Bally & Lavranos - Somalia # ''Pse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Succulent
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meaning "juice" or "sap". Succulent plants may store water in various structures, such as leaves and stems. The water content of some succulent organs can get up to 90โ95%, such as '' Glottiphyllum semicyllindricum'' and '' Mesembryanthemum barkleyii''. Some definitions also include roots, thus geophytes that survive unfavorable periods by dying back to underground storage organs may be regarded as succulents. The habitats of these water-preserving plants are often in areas with high temperatures and low rainfall, such as deserts, but succulents may be found even in alpine ecosystems growing in rocky soil. Succulents are characterized by their ability to thrive on limited water sources, such as mist and dew, which makes them equipped to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
