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Schizolobium Parahyba
''Schizolobium parahyba'', the Brazilian firetree, or Brazilian fern tree, is a tree species from tropical America, notable for its fast growth (up to 3 meters per year). According to Francis Hallé, this tree may even reach 30 meters high in only five years, which would make it one of the fastest growing trees ever (an average growth of 6 meters per year).Hallé, Francis (2005). ''Plaidoyer pour l'arbre'', p. 57 (Actes Sud) The tree is locally known by many names, including ''guapuruvu'', ''guapiruvu'', ''bacurubu'', ''ficheira'' ("token tree"), ''faveira'' ("fava tree"), ''pau-de-vintém'' ("penny-wood"), ''pau-de-tamanco'' ("clog (shoe), clog-wood"), ''umbela'', and ''parica''. It was first described by José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo, J. M. C. Vellozo in 1825 under the name ''Cassia parahyba''. The species name likely refers to the Paraíba do Sul, Paraíba River in Southeast Brazil. Description The mature tree typically has a straight trunk, up to 40 meters tall and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
