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Squamellaria Wilsonii
''Squamellaria'' is a genus of myrmecophyte, myrmecophytic flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is endemism, endemic to the islands of Fiji. It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being ''Anthorrhiza'', ''Hydnophytum'', ''Myrmecodia'', and ''Myrmephytum''. Species The following list of 4 species is sourced from The Plant List.''Squamellaria'' The Plant List. *''Squamellaria imberbis'' (Asa Gray, A.Gray) Odoardo Beccari, Becc. *''Squamellaria major'' Albert Charles Smith, A.C.Sm. *''Squamellaria thekii'' Matthew Jebb, Jebb *''Squamellaria wilsonii'' (John Horne (botanist), Horne ex John Gilbert Baker, Baker) Odoardo Beccari, Becc. References Rubiaceae genera Myrmecophytes ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squamellaria Wilsonii
''Squamellaria'' is a genus of myrmecophyte, myrmecophytic flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is endemism, endemic to the islands of Fiji. It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being ''Anthorrhiza'', ''Hydnophytum'', ''Myrmecodia'', and ''Myrmephytum''. Species The following list of 4 species is sourced from The Plant List.''Squamellaria'' The Plant List. *''Squamellaria imberbis'' (Asa Gray, A.Gray) Odoardo Beccari, Becc. *''Squamellaria major'' Albert Charles Smith, A.C.Sm. *''Squamellaria thekii'' Matthew Jebb, Jebb *''Squamellaria wilsonii'' (John Horne (botanist), Horne ex John Gilbert Baker, Baker) Odoardo Beccari, Becc. References Rubiaceae genera Myrmecophytes ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plant List
The Plant List was a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant species over time, and was produced in response to Target 1 of the 2002-2010 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSP C), to produce "An online flora of all known plants.” It has not been updated since 2013, and has been superseded by World Flora Online. World Flora Online In October 2012, the follow-up project World Flora Online was launched with the aim to publish an online flora of all known plants by 2020. This is a project of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of halting the loss of plant species worldwide by 2020. It is developed by a collaborative group of institutions around the world response to the 2011-2020 GSPC's updated Target 1. This aims to achieve an online Flora of all known plants by 2020. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmephytum
''Myrmephytum'' is a genus of myrmecophyte, myrmecophytic flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is distributed from central Malesia to New Guinea. It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being ''Anthorrhiza'', ''Hydnophytum'', ''Myrmecodia'', and ''Squamellaria''. Species The following list of 5 species is sourced from The Plant List.''Myrmephytum'' The Plant List. *''Myrmephytum arfakianum'' (Becc.) Huxley & Jebb *''Myrmephytum beccarii'' Elmer *''Myrmephytum moniliforme'' Huxley & Jebb *''Myrmephytum naumannii'' (Warb.) Huxley & Jebb *''Myrmephytum selebicum'' (Becc.) Becc. References Rubiaceae genera Myrmecophytes Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari Psychotrieae ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmecodia
''Myrmecodia'' is a genus of epiphytic myrmecophytes (mər′mek•ə‚fīt; literally "ant-plant"), native to Southeast Asia, but also present in Indochina, Malaysia, the Southwest Pacific, the Philippines, Fiji, and extending south to Queensland and Cape York in Australia. It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being ''Anthorrhiza'', ''Hydnophytum'', ''Myrmephytum'', and ''Squamellaria''. Myrmecophytes, or ant plants, live in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. These plants possess structural adaptations that provide ants with food and/or shelter. ''Myrmecodia'' are also classified as ephiphytes. The term ''epiphytic'' derives from the Greek ''epi-'' (meaning 'upon') and ''phyton'' (meaning 'plant'). Epiphytic plants are sometimes called " air plants" because they do not root in soil. An epiphyte is a plant that grows harmlessly upon another plant and derives its nutrition and water supply from the air and debris found in its imm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydnophytum
''Hydnophytum'' is a genus of epiphytic myrmecophytes (ant plants) native to Southeast Asia, the Pacific region and also extending into Queensland in northern Australia. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek ''hydnon'' "tuber", and ''phyton'' "plant", after their appearance with their swollen succulent stems. The species grow in tree branches and on trunks. Like the related genus ''Myrmecodia'', they are known as antplants or ant-house plants. The type species is ''Hydnophytum formicarum'' from the Philippines. The genus contains 55 species, of which 44 are found in and around the island of New Guinea. Many are poorly known, with 11 known only from the holotype. They form a symbiotic relationship with ants. Ant plants provide habitats for ant colonies high up into the forest canopy, protecting them from the elements and also predators because of the spines. Hollow, smooth-walled tunnels form within the caudex with external entrance holes, providing an above-ground home for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthorrhiza
''Anthorrhiza'' is a genus of myrmecophytic flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, including the Louisiade Archipelago. It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being ''Hydnophytum'', ''Myrmecodia'', ''Myrmephytum'', and ''Squamellaria''. Species * ''Anthorrhiza areolata ''Anthorrhiza'' is a genus of myrmecophyte, myrmecophytic flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, including the Louisiade Archipelago. It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiace ...'' C.R.Huxley & Jebb * '' Anthorrhiza bracteosa'' C.R.Huxley & Jebb * '' Anthorrhiza caerulea'' C.R.Huxley & Jebb * '' Anthorrhiza camilla'' Jebb * '' Anthorrhiza chrysacantha'' C.R.Huxley & Jebb * '' Anthorrhiza echinella'' C.R.Huxley & Jebb * '' Anthorrhiza mitis'' C.R.Huxley & Jebb * '' Anthorrhiza recurvispina'' C.R.Huxley & Jebb * '' Anthorrhiza stevensii'' C.R.Huxley & Jebb Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant-plant
Myrmecophytes (; literally "ant-plant") are plants that live in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. There are over 100 different genera of myrmecophytes. These plants possess structural adaptations that provide ants with food and/or shelter. These specialized structures include domatia, food bodies, and extrafloral nectaries. In exchange for food and shelter, ants aid the myrmecophyte in pollination, seed dispersal, gathering of essential nutrients, and/or defense. Specifically, domatia adapted to ants may be called myrmecodomatia. Mutualism Myrmecophytes share a mutualistic relationship with ants, benefiting both the plants and ants. This association may be either facultative or obligate. Obligate mutualism In obligate mutualisms, both of the organisms involved are interdependent; they cannot survive on their own. An example of this type of mutualism can be found in the plant genus '' Macaranga''. All species of this genus provide food for ants in var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about . The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population of live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts: either in the capital city of Suva; or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi—where tourism is the major local industry; or in Lautoka, where the Sugarcane, sugar-cane industry is dominant. The interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited because of its terrain. The majority of Fiji's islands were formed by Volcano, volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Some geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants that produce their seeds enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. They are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within their seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ancestor of all living gymnosperms before the end of the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. The closest fossil relatives of flowering plants are uncertain and contentious. The earliest angiosperm fossils ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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