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Cerradão
Cerradão is a type of dry forest found in Brazil, associated with the cerrado savanna ecoregion. Structure Cerradão is a drought-resistant ("xerophitic") type of forest, with relatively sparse and slender trees. It includes species that are found in the cerrado strict sense and others that are found in forest. It has a canopy that is mostly continuous with tree coverage of 50% to 90%. Trees have an average height of . Cerradão trees are taller and denser than cerrado, and have straighter trunks without lower branches. Although physiognomically cerradão is a forest, floristically it is closer to a cerrado. The lighting conditions allow formation of differentiated strata of shrubs and herbs. The undergrowth bushes average in height. The ground layer consists of grasses that grow where there is most light. Leaves are often small and succulent, capable of holding water, with dense hairs or thick skin that prevent loss of water. The falling leaves add organic matter to the soil. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerrado
The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are the Brazilian highlands – the ''Planalto''. The main habitat types of the Cerrado consist of forest savanna, wooded savanna, park savanna and gramineous-woody savanna. The ''Cerrado'' also includes savanna wetlands and gallery forests. The second largest of Brazil's major habitat types, after the Amazonian rainforest, the Cerrado accounts for a full 21 percent of the country's land area (extending marginally into Paraguay and Bolivia). The first detailed European account of the Brazilian cerrados was provided by Danish botanist Eugenius Warming (1892) in the book ''Lagoa Santa'', : The above is the original. There are other, later French and Portuguese translations not listed here. in which he describes the main features of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Parque is the Galician, Portuguese and Spanish word for "park", and may refer to: * Parque (TransMilenio), a metro station in Bogotá, Colombia * Parque (Lisbon Metro), in Portugal * Parque (Santurce), a subbarrio in San Juan, Puerto Rico * Jim Parque, a baseball player See also * Parquetry, a type of flooring * Park (other) A park is an area of land with a recreational or other specific purpose. Park or Parks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Park (Reading ward), an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, Berkshire, England * Park (Sefton ward), an el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Mendes Institute For Biodiversity Conservation
The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm."Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Portuguese)". http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2007-2010/2007/lei/l11516.htm It is named after the environmental activist Chico Mendes Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes (; 15 December 1944 – 22 December 1988), was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the h .... References Nature conservation in Brazil Executive branch of Brazil Research institutes in Brazil Biodiversity databases Government agencies established in 2007 Environmental organizations established in 2007 2007 establishments in Brazil {{brazil-gov-stub, date=March 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callisthene Fasciculata
''Callisthene'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Vochysiaceae Vochysiaceae is a plant family belonging to the order of Myrtales. Description Trees or shrubs with opposite leaves; flowers are zygomorph 1-(3)-5 merous; ovary inferior or superior; one fertile stamen; fruits samara or capsules. Biogeograp .... Its native range is Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay. Species: *'' Callisthene dryadum'' *'' Callisthene erythroclada'' *'' Callisthene fasciculata'' *'' Callisthene inundata'' *'' Callisthene major'' *'' Callisthene microphylla'' *'' Callisthene minor'' *'' Callisthene mollissima'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2880695 Vochysiaceae Myrtales genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilodendron Bippinatum
''Dilodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Central and Southern Tropical America. Species: *''Dilodendron bipinnatum'' *''Dilodendron costaricense'' *''Dilodendron elegans ''Dilodendron'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Central and Southern Tropical America. Species: *''Dilodendron bipinnatum'' *''Dilodendron costaricense ''Dilodendron'' is a genus of fl ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q8559933 Sapindaceae Sapindaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astronium Fraxinifolium
''Astronium fraxinifolium'' is a timber tree, which is native to Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. Common names include kingwood, locustwood, tigerwood, and zebrawood. It is known in Portuguese as Gonçalo-alves. This plant is cited in ''Flora Brasiliensis'' by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. It is also used to make hardwood Hardwood is wood from dicot trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Hardwood (which comes from ... such as tigerwood. References External links''Astronium fraxinifolium''photo Flora Brasiliensis: ''Astronium fraxinifolium'' fraxinifolium Endemic flora of Brazil Trees of Brazil Trees of the Amazon Flora of the Atlantic Forest Flora of the Cerrado Vulnerable flora of South America Plants described in 1827 {{rosid-tree-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anadenanthera Colubrina
''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (also known as vilca, huilco, huilca, wilco, willka, curupay, curupau, cebil, or angico) is a South American tree closely related to yopo, or ''Anadenanthera peregrina''. It grows to tall and the trunk is very thorny. The leaves are mimosa-like, up to in length and they fold up at night. In Argentina, ''A. colubrina'' produces flowers from September to December and bean pods from September to July. In Brazil ''A. colubrina'' has been given "high priority" conservation status. Nomenclature ''Anadenanthera colubrina'' is known by many names throughout South America. In Peru it is known as ''willka'' (also spelled ''wilca,'' ''vilca'' and ''huilca'') which in the Quechua languages means "sacred". Geography ''A. colubrina'' is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Cuba, and Mauritius. Natural growing conditions ''A. colubrina'' grows at altitudes of about with roughly per year of precipitation and a mean temperature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copaifera Langsdorffii
''Copaifera langsdorffii'', also known as the diesel tree, is a tropical rainforest tree. It has many names in local languages, including kupa'y, cabismo, and copaúva. Biological description ''Copaifera langsdorffii'' is a medium-sized to large tree usually reaching in height, with white flowers and small, oily fruits. The wood is light due to its porosity, and it is honeycombed with capillaries filled with oil. Tapping the tree involves cutting a well into which the oil seeps and where it can be easily collected. The tree does not grow well outside of the tropics. Uses Biodiesel use The diesel tree produces terpene hydrocarbons in its wood and leaves, and this had led to interest in the search for sources of renewable energy. According to early cited anecdotal reports, the tree could be tapped for of oil, and an acre of 100 mature trees could produce 25 barrels of oil yearly. These reports were carried in 2007 by Australian media after an Australian citizen in Mackay, Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xylopia Aromatica
''Xylopia aromatica'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family and the accepted name of ''Xylopia xylopioides''. It is a tree native to Cerrado grassland vegetation, particularly in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais, in eastern Brazil. References External links Xylopia, aromatica Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of the Cerrado Flora of Goiás Flora of Minas Gerais {{Annonaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maprounea Guianensis
''Maprounea'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first named as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical Africa, Trinidad, and tropical Central and South America.Webster, G. L. & M.J. Huft. 1988. Revised synopsis of Panamanian Euphorbiaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 75(3): 1087–1144 ;Species # '' Maprounea africana'' - W + C + S Africa, from Benin to Zimbabwe # '' Maprounea amazonica'' - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil # '' Maprounea brasiliensis'' - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia # '' Maprounea guianensis'' - Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay # '' Maprounea membranacea'' - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmotum Nitens
''Emmotum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Icacinaceae. It has about 13 species. One of these species, ''E. harleyi'', was described in 2007.Rodrigo Duno de Stefano, Diego F. Angulo, and Fred W. Stauffer. 2007. "''Emmotum harleyi'', a New Species from Bahia, Brazil, and Lectotypification of Other Icacinaceae". ''Novon'' 17(3):306-309. Description ''Emmotum'' is a genus of shrubs and trees. The flowers are small and white. The inner surface of the petals is conspicuously hairy. ''Emmotum'' has a 3- locular ovary. Taxonomy The type species for ''Emmotum'' is ''E. fagifolium'' W. Hamilton. ''Emmotum'' is divided into two sections: ''Emmotum'' and ''Brevistyla''. Section ''Brevistyla'' comprises four species and had formerly been treated as a separate genus. ''Emmotum'' was named by Desvaux and Hamilton (1783–1856) in 1825.''Emmotum'' At: International Plant Names Index. (See ''External links'' below).William H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qualea Grandiflora
''Qualea'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Vochysiaceae. These plants occur in the Neotropics and their wood makes good timber and firewood and is used in construction. Some species of ''Qualea'' have medicinal properties. Species include: * '' Qualea calantha'' * ''Qualea cordata'' Spreng. * ''Qualea dichotoma'' ( Mart.) Warm. * ''Qualea elegans'' Taub. * ''Qualea glauca'' Warm. * ''Qualea grandiflora'' Mart. * ''Qualea grandifolia'' Mart. * '' Qualea impexa'' * ''Qualea ingens'' Warm. – ''"arrayán"'' (Colombia) * ''Qualea multiflora'' Mart. * ''Qualea parviflora'' Mart. * ''Qualea polychroma ''Qualea'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Vochysiaceae. These plants occur in the Neotropics and their wood makes good timber and firewood and is used in construction. Some species of ''Qualea'' have medicinal properties. Species in ...'' * '' Qualea tessmannii'' References Flora of South America Myrtales genera Taxonomy articles created by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
