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Picrasma Excelsa
''Picrasma excelsa'' is a species of ''Picrasma'' in the family Simaroubaceae. It is found in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss. References Picrasma, excelsa Vulnerable plants Flora of Cuba Flora of the Dominican Republic Flora of Haiti Flora of Jamaica Flora of Puerto Rico Flora of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Flora of Venezuela Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{sapindales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picrasma
''Picrasma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Simaroubaceae, comprising six to nine species native to temperate to tropical regions of Asia, and tropical regions of the Americas. The species are shrubs and trees growing up to 20 m tall.Flora of Pakistan''Picrasma''/ref>Flora of China (draft)/ref>Germplasm Resources Information Network''Picrasma''/ref> Selected species *'' Picrasma chinensis'' *'' Picrasma crenata'' *'' Picrasma excelsa'' *'' Picrasma javanica'' *'' Picrasma mexicana'' *''Picrasma quassioides ''Picrasma quassioides'' (picrasma; Chinese: 苦樹 ''ku shu'', Japanese: ニガキ ''nigaki'' "bitterwood"; also India quassia, quassia wood, shurni, quassia-wood, or quassiawood; syn. ''P. ailanthioides'') is a species of ''Picrasma'' native t ...'' References Sapindales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{sapindales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulnerable Plants
Vulnerable may refer to: General *Vulnerability * Vulnerability (computing) *Vulnerable adult *Vulnerable species Music Albums * ''Vulnerable'' (Marvin Gaye album), 1997 * ''Vulnerable'' (Tricky album), 2003 * ''Vulnerable'' (The Used album), 2012 Songs * "Vulnerable" (Roxette song), 1994 * "Vulnerable" (Selena Gomez song), 2020 * "Vulnerable", a song by Secondhand Serenade from '' Awake'', 2007 * "Vulnerable", a song by Pet Shop Boys from '' Yes'', 2009 * "Vulnerable", a song by Tinashe from '' Black Water'', 2013 * "Vulnerability", a song by Operation Ivy from ''Energy'', 1989 Other uses * Climate change vulnerability Climate change vulnerability (or climate vulnerability or climate risk vulnerability) is defined as the "propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected" by climate change. It can apply to humans but also to natural systems ( ecosystems). H ..., vulnerability to anthropogenic climate change used in discussion of society's response to climate change * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Puerto Rico
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the endemic flora of Puerto Rico. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by binomial names. Common names are in parentheses. Apocynaceae *'' Forsteronia portoricensis'' *'' Tabernaemontana oppositifolia'' Aquifoliaceae *'' Ilex cookii'' ( Cook's Holly) *'' Ilex sintenisii'' ( Sintenis' Holly) Araliaceae *'' Dendropanax laurifolius'' *'' Schefflera gleasonii'' Asclepiadaceae *'' Marsdenia elliptica'' *'' Matelea borinquensis'' *'' Matelea sintenisii'' *'' Matelea variifolia'' Asteraceae *'' Chromolaena borinquensis'' *'' Critonia portoricense'' *'' Koanophyllon dolicholepis'' *'' Koanophyllon polyodon'' *'' Mikania odoratissima'' *'' Mikania porosa'' *'' Vernonia proctorii'' Begoniaceae *'' Begonia decandra'' Bignoniaceae *'' Crescentia portoricensis'' ( Higuero de sierra) *'' Tabebuia haemantha'' Boraginaceae *'' Cordia bellonis'' *'' Cordia wagneriorum'' (Luquillo Mountain manjack) Bromeliaceae *''Hohenbergia antillana'' Buxaceae *'' Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their descenda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Haiti
The wildlife of Haiti is important to the country because of its biodiversity. According to the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Haiti is considered to be "one of the most biologically significant countries of the West Indies". With an estimated 5,600 plant species on the island of Hispaniola, some of which only occur in Haiti, 36% are considered as endemic to the island. A mountainous area country, it is situated in the western three-eighths of Hispaniola and shares a border with the Dominican Republic. There are nine life zones, from low desert to high cloud forests, as well as four mountain ranges, and hundreds of rivers and streams and the coral reefs in the seas that surround the islands. Issues of environmental damage, expanding population, deforesting and erosion are of concern; less than 2% of the original forest remains on account of deforestation. This degradation is traced from the 17th century to 19th century starting with the French colonization of the Haiti and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of The Dominican Republic
The flora of the Dominican Republic is diverse. Species * ''Abarema abbottii'' * '' Aiphanes minima'' * '' Akrosida floribunda'' * ''Ardisia escallonioides'' * ''Aulacomnium palustre'' * '' Bactris plumeriana'' * ''Boerhavia diffusa'' * ''Buddleja domingensis'' * '' Burmannia capitata'' * '' Byrsonima crassifolia'' * '' Carica papaya'' * '' Cassytha filiformis'' * ''Catalpa brevipes'' * ''Cedrela odorata'' * '' Cissus trifoliata'' * '' Clusia rosea'' * '' Coccothrinax boschiana'' * '' Crescentia cujete'' * '' Croton barahonensis'' * '' Croton ciliatoglandulifer'' * ''Croton eluteria'' * '' Cyathea abbottii'' * '' Cyathea balanocarpa'' * '' Cyathea brooksii'' * '' Cyathea crassa'' * '' Cyathea fulgens'' * '' Dipholis salicifolia'' * '' Dorstenia erythranda'' * '' Dorstenia peltata'' * ''Fuchsia triphylla'' * ''Gaussia attenuata'' * ''Hymenaea protera'' * '' Hymenocallis latifolia'' * '' Jaltomata antillana'' * '' Jatropha integerrima'' * ''Juglans jamaicensis'' * '' Juniperus gracil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Cuba
This is a list of plants which includes trees and other herbs, vines, climbers, lianas, shrubs, subshrubs that are native or endemic, found in Cuba. This list should exclude plants grown, invasive species or introduced by humans (example: weeds). The endemic genera or species (exclusive of Cuba) will be marked in bold type. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by binomial names. Common names are in parentheses. A *'' Acacia belairioides'' *'' Acacia bucheri'' *''Acacia cornigera'' *'' Acacia daemon'' *'' Acacia roigii'' *'' Acacia zapatensis'' *'' Acoelorrhaphe wrightii'' *''Acrocomia crispa'' *'' Agave anomala'' *''Ageratina riparia'' *'' Albizia berteriana'' *'' Allophylus roigii'' *'' Amyris cubensis'' *'' Amyris polymorpha'' *'' Ancistranthus harpochiloides'' *'' Annona cristalensis'' *'' Annona ekmanii'' *'' Ateleia gummifera'' *'' Ateleia salicifolia'' *'' Atkinsia cubensis'' *'' Avicennia germinans'' Orchids are native B *'' Bactris cubensis'' *'' Banara w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habitat Loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby reducing biodiversity and species abundance. Habitat destruction is the leading cause of biodiversity loss. Fragmentation and loss of habitat have become one of the most important topics of research in ecology as they are major threats to the survival of endangered species. Activities such as harvesting natural resources, industrial production and urbanization are human contributions to habitat destruction. Pressure from agriculture is the principal human cause. Some others include mining, logging, trawling, and urban sprawl. Habitat destruction is currently considered the primary cause of species extinction worldwide. Environmental factors can contribute to habitat destruction more indirectly. Geological processes, climate change, intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simaroubaceae
The Simaroubaceae are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phylogeny of the family was published in 2007, greatly clarifying relationships within the family. Together with chemical characteristics such as the occurrence of petroselinic acid in ''Picrasma'', in contrast to other members of the family such as ''Ailanthus'', this indicates the existence of a subgroup in the family with ''Picrasma'', ''Holacantha'', and ''Castela''. The best-known species is the temperate Chinese tree-of-heaven '' Ailanthus altissima'', which has become a cosmopolitan weed tree of urban areas and wildlands. Well-known genera in the family include the tropical '' Quassia'' and ''Simarouba ''Simarouba'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Simaroubaceae, native to the neotropics. It has been grouped in the subtribe Simaroubina along with the '' Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean. Its territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and, south of that, two-thirds of the northern part of the Grenadines, a chain of 32 smaller islands. Some of the Grenadines are inhabited—Bequia, Mustique, Union Island, Canouan, Petit Saint Vincent, Palm Island, Mayreau, Young Island—while others are not: Tobago Cays, Baliceaux, Battowia, Quatre, Petite Mustique, Savan and Petit Nevis. Most of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lies within the Hurricane Alley. To the north of Saint Vincent lies Saint Lucia, to the east is Barbados, and Grenada lies to the south. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a population density of over 300 inhabitants/km2 (700 per sq. mi.), with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
