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Verawood
''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' and '' B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''"lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus ''Guaiacum''. Species * ''Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood * ''Bulnesia bonariensis'' Griseb. * ''Bulnesia carrapo'' Killip & Dugand * ''Bulnesia chilensis'' Gay * ''Bulnesia foliosa'' Griseb. * ''Bulnesia loraniensis'' Griseb. * ''Bulnesia macrocarpa'' Phil. * ''Bulnesia rivas-martinezii'' G.Navarro * ''Bulnesia retama'' (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Griseb * ''Bulnesia sarmientoi'' – Argentine ''lignum vitae'', Paraguay ''lignum vitae'', ''"palo santo"'', ''ibiocaí'' * ''Bulnesia schickendantzii ''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulnesia Retama
''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' and '' B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''"lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus ''Guaiacum''. Species * '' Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood * '' Bulnesia bonariensis'' Griseb. * ''Bulnesia carrapo'' Killip & Dugand * '' Bulnesia chilensis'' Gay * '' Bulnesia foliosa'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia loraniensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia macrocarpa'' Phil. * '' Bulnesia rivas-martinezii'' G.Navarro * '' Bulnesia retama'' (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Griseb * ''Bulnesia sarmientoi ''Bulnesia sarmientoi'' (recently reclassified as ''Gonopterodendron sarmientoi'') is a tree that inhabits a part of the Gran Chaco area in South America, around the Argentina-Bolivia-Paraguay border. Its wood is often traded as "Paraguay ''lig ...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lignum Vitae
Lignum vitae () is a wood, also called guayacan or guaiacum, and in parts of Europe known as Pockholz or pokhout, from trees of the genus '' Guaiacum''. The trees are indigenous to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America (e.g: Colombia and Venezuela) and have been an important export crop to Europe since the beginning of the 16th century. The wood was once very important for applications requiring a material with its extraordinary combination of strength, toughness, and density. It is also the national tree of the Bahamas, and the Jamaican national flower. The wood is obtained chiefly from '' Guaiacum officinale'' and '' Guaiacum sanctum'', both small, slow-growing trees. All species of the genus ''Guaiacum'' are now listed in Appendix II of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) as potentially endangered species. ''G. sanctum'' is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List. Demand for the wood has ... [...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. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον / ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / ('seed'), meaning that the seeds are 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 (). Angiosperms are distinguished from the other seed-producing plants, the gymnosperms, by having flowers, xylem consisting of vessel elements instead of tracheids, endosperm within their seeds, and fruits that completely envelop the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germplasm Resources Information Network
Germplasm Resources Information Network or GRIN is an online USDA National Genetic Resources Program software project to comprehensively manage the computer database for the holdings of all plant germplasm collected by the National Plant Germplasm System. GRIN has extended its role to manage information on the germplasm reposits of insect ( invertebrate), microbial, and animal species (see sub-projects). Description The site is a resource for identifying taxonomic information (scientific names) as well as common names on more than 500,000 accessions (distinct varieties, cultivars etc.) of plants covering 10,000 species; It gives 450,000 accessions (outdated; GRIN gives 500,000 as of June 2012). both economically important ones and wild species. It profiles plants that are invasive or noxious weeds, threatened or endangered, giving out data on worldwide distribution of its habitat; as well as passport information. GRIN also incorporates an Economic Plants Database. The netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
