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Samoan Tropical Moist Forests
The Samoan tropical moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Samoan Islands of the Pacific Ocean. Approximately 30% of Samoa's biodiversity is endemic, found only in Samoa, with new species still being discovered including two new butterflies in 2009 and freshwater fish new to science. The country has more native species of ferns and butterflies than New Zealand, a country 85 times larger. Geography The Samoan Islands are in the central Pacific Ocean. They are volcanic in origin. The islands have a total area of 3,030 km2. The largest islands in the group are Savai'i and Upolu. The islands are politically divided between Samoa, an independent country, and American Samoa, and unincorporated territory of the United States. The islands are located south of the equator, and have a humid tropical climate. Rainfall exceeds 2000 mm annually. Flora Plant communities include lowland rain forest, which is the most extensive, with montane forests and cloud f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didymocheton Gaudichaudianus
''Dysoxylum'' is a flowering plant genus of trees and shrubs from the mahogany family, Meliaceae. Botanical science has recorded about eighty species in this genus, growing widely across the regions of Malesia, the western Pacific ocean, Australia and south & southeastern Asia; centred on the tropics between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They grow naturally in New Guinea, eastern and northern Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, SE Asia, southern China, the Indian subcontinent, the Philippines, Taiwan, and in the western Pacific Ocean their most easterly occurrences, in the Caroline Islands, New Zealand and Niue. The etymology of its name ''Dysoxylum'' derives from the Greek word ‘''Dys''’ meaning "bad" referring to "ill-smelling" and ‘''Xylon''’ meaning "wood". Distribution New Guinea has records of twenty eight species growing naturally, sixteen of them endemic. New Caledonia has recorded nine, eight of them endemic. Fiji has recorded nine, seven of them endemic. In no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astronidium
''Astronidium'' is a genus of plants in family Melastomataceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * '' Astronidium degeneri'', A.C. Smith * '' Astronidium floribundum'', (Gillespie) A.C. Smith * '' Astronidium fraternum'', (A.Gray) J.Maxwell * '' Astronidium glabrum'', (J.G.Forster) Markgraf * '' Astronidium inflatum'', (A.C.Sm.) A.C. Smith * ''Astronidium kasiense'', A.C. Smith * '' Astronidium lepidotum'', A.C. Smith * '' Astronidium ligulatum'', (J.Moore) J.Maxwell * '' Astronidium macranthum'', (A.C. Sm.) A.C. Smith * '' Astronidium ovalifolium'', (Decne. ex Triana) J.Maxwell * '' Astronidium pallidiflorum'', A.C. Smith * '' Astronidium robustum'', (Seem.) A.C. Smith * '' Astronidium saccatum'', (J.Moore) J.Maxwell * '' Astronidium saulae'', A.C. Smith * '' Astronidium storckii'', Seem. Berthold Carl Seemann (25 February 1825, in Hanover, Germany – 10 October 1871, in Nicaragua, Central America), was a German botanist. He travelled widel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhus Taitensis
''Rhus taitensis'' is a small tree or shrub in the sumac family of plants. It is found from tropical Asia, to Australia and many islands of the Pacific ocean. The chemical tetrahydroxysqualene from dried and ground parts of ''R. taitensis'' has ''in vitro'' activity against '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' and the plant has been used in folk medicine locally to treat diarrhea and hearing loss. Distribution The native range of ''R. taitensis'' includes Asian countries, such as Indonesia (in the Sulawesi, Irian Jaya, eastern Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and the Moluccas), Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines; western and south central Pacific island locales, such as the Society Islands of French Polynesia (the type specimens were collected from the island of Tahiti by Carlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero and J. A. Moerenhout during an expedition described in Moerenhout's book entitled ''Voyages aux îles du Grand Océan''), Niue, Palau and others within Micronesia, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canarium Harveyi
''Canarium'' is a genus of about 100 species of tropical and subtropical trees, in the family Burseraceae. They grow naturally across tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Indochina, Malesia, Australia and western Pacific Islands; including from southern Nigeria east to Madagascar, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and India; from Burma, Malaysia and Thailand through the Malay Peninsula and Vietnam to south China, Taiwan and the Philippines; through Borneo, Indonesia, Timor and New Guinea, through to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Palau. ''Canarium'' species grow up to large evergreen trees of tall, and have alternately arranged, pinnate leaves. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers growing on separate trees. Common names The trees and their edible nuts have a large number of common names in their range. These include Pacific almond, canarium nut, pili nut, Java almond, Kenari nut, galip nut, nangai, and ngali. Species This species li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterophylla Samoensis
''Pterophylla samoensis'', formerly known as ''Weinmannia samoensis'', is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is a tree native to the Samoan Islands and to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. In the Samoan islands, ''Pterophylla samoensis'' is a common canopy tree in montane forests on lower mountain slopes, and in cloud forests above 650 metres elevation. It also grows on rocky upland lava flows. It also grows in Rarotonga's ''Metrosideros'' cloud forest, on cloud-shrouded peaks and ridges above 400 metres elevation. ''Pterophylla samoensis'' is part of a low forest canopy which averages eight meters high, dominated by ''Metrosideros collina ''Metrosideros collina'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to French Polynesia and the Cook Islands. Taxonomy The species was first formally described by botanist Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg F ...''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q117723267 samoensis Flora of Samoa Flora o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didymocheton Huntii
''Dysoxylum'' is a flowering plant genus of trees and shrubs from the mahogany family, Meliaceae. Botanical science has recorded about eighty species in this genus, growing widely across the regions of Malesia, the western Pacific ocean, Australia and south & southeastern Asia; centred on the tropics between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They grow naturally in New Guinea, eastern and northern Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, SE Asia, southern China, the Indian subcontinent, the Philippines, Taiwan, and in the western Pacific Ocean their most easterly occurrences, in the Caroline Islands, New Zealand and Niue. The etymology of its name ''Dysoxylum'' derives from the Greek word ‘''Dys''’ meaning "bad" referring to "ill-smelling" and ‘''Xylon''’ meaning "wood". Distribution New Guinea has records of twenty eight species growing naturally, sixteen of them endemic. New Caledonia has recorded nine, eight of them endemic. Fiji has recorded nine, seven of them endemic. In no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morinda Citrifolia
''Morinda citrifolia'' is a fruit-bearing tree in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Its native range extends across Southeast Asia and Australasia, and was spread across the Pacific by Polynesian sailors. The species is now cultivated throughout the tropics and widely naturalized. Among some 100 names for the fruit across different regions are the more common English names of great morinda, Indian mulberry, noni, beach mulberry, vomit fruit and cheese fruit. The fresh fruit's strong, vomit-like odor has made it a famine food in most regions, but it remains a staple food among some cultures, and has been used in traditional medicine. In the consumer market, it has been introduced as a supplement in various formats, such as capsules, skin products, and juices. Growing habitats ''Morinda citrifolia'' grows in shady forests, as well as on open rocky or sandy shores. It reaches maturity in about 18 months, then yields between of fruit every month throughout the year. It is tolera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidocupania Brackenridgei
''Lepidocupania'' is a genus of flowering plants in family Sapindaceae. It contains 21 species native to the tropical west Pacific, including the Caroline Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoan Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no .... *'' Lepidocupania arcuata'' *'' Lepidocupania brackenridgei'' *'' Lepidocupania concolor'' *'' Lepidocupania fruticosa'' *'' Lepidocupania glabra'' *'' Lepidocupania globosa'' *'' Lepidocupania glomeriflora'' *'' Lepidocupania gracilipes'' *'' Lepidocupania grandiflora'' *'' Lepidocupania guillauminii'' *'' Lepidocupania inoplea'' *'' Lepidocupania lepidota'' *'' Lepidocupania mouana'' *'' Lepidocupania myrmoctona'' *'' Lepidocupania oedipoda'' *'' Lepidocupania pennelii'' *'' Lepido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glochidion Ramiflorum
''Glochidion'' is a genus of flowering plants, of the family (biology), family Phyllanthaceae, known as cheese trees or buttonwood in Australia, and leafflower trees in the scientific literature. It comprises about 300 species, distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands. ''Glochidion'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Aenetus, Aenetus eximia'' and ''Endoclita, Endoclita damor''. The Nicobarese people have attested to the medicinal properties found in ''G. calocarpum'', saying that its bark and seed are most effective in curing abdominal disorders associated with amoebiasis. ''Glochidion'' are of note in the fields of Anthecology, pollination biology and coevolution because they have a specialized mutualism (biology), mutualism with moths in the genus ''Epicephala'' (leafflower moths), in which the moths actively pollinate the flowers—thereby ensuring that the tree may produce viable seeds—but also lay eggs in the flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fagraea Berteroana
''Fagraea berteroana'' ( orth. variant ''F. berteriana''), commonly known as the pua keni keni, pua kenikeni or perfume flower tree, is a small spreading tree or a large shrub which grows in the sub-tropics, where temperatures are 10 °C or more. It is indigenous to the Samoa Islands where it is known as the ''pua-lulu'' plus in Tonga and Tahiti as ''pua''. Its occurrence spans from New Caledonia to eastern Polynesia Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of .... The ITIS database clarifies the spelling of the name ("Published as "berteriana" in honor of Bertero; correctable to "berteroana,"..). Description The plant has quad-angular branches, blunt tipped leaves, and fragrant 7 cm tubular shaped flowers of creamy white, which become yellow with time. Cultural us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syzygium
''Syzygium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. Its highest levels of diversity occur from Malaysia to northeastern Australia, where many species are very poorly known and many more have not been described taxonomically. Most species are evergreen trees and shrubs. Several species are grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage, and a few produce edible fruits that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies. The most economically important species, however, is the clove ''Syzygium aromaticum'', of which the unopened flower buds are an important spice. Some of the edible species of ''Syzygium'' are planted throughout the tropics worldwide, and several have become invasive species in some island ecosystems. Several species of ''Syzygium'' bear fruits that are edible for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
