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San Félix–San Ambrosio Islands Temperate Forests
The San Félix–San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests are a biome located on the small oceanic archipelago known as the Desventuradas Islands The islands form part of the ocean territory of Chile, and are located 850 km from the coast of Chile, and about 750 km north of the Juan Fernández Islands. Due to their remote nature and difficult conditions, they have not been the subject of great study. The islands themselves are 20 km apart, and are likely volcanic in origin. Climate Only San Félix's climatic characteristics are known - the climate is Mediterranean climate , Mediterranean, warm, moist, and oceanic. Temperatures range from 14.3 °C - 22.5 °C, with an average of 17.8 °C. Annual rainfall is 94.8 mm, occurring mainly in winter (May-August). San Ambrosio is more favorable for the retention of fog, resulting in microclimates that are more amenable to vegetation. There are no permanent sources of freshwater on the islands, and it is likely that there are only temporary wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotropical Realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate climate, temperate zone. Definition In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical realm is one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and southern North America. In Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula and southern lowlands, and most of the east and west coastlines, including the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula are Neotropical. In the United States southern Florida and coastal Central Florida are considered Neotropical. The realm also includes temperate southern South America. In contrast, the Neotropical Phytochorion, Floristic Kingdom excludes southernmost South America, which instead is placed in the Antarctic Floristic Kingdom, Antarctic kingdom. The Neo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chenopodium Sancti-ambrosii
''Chenopodium'' is a genus of numerous species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoot, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classification systems, notably the widely used Cronquist system, separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae, but this leaves the rest of the Amaranthaceae polyphyletic. However, among the Amaranthaceae, the genus ''Chenopodium'' is the namesake member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae. Description The species of ''Chenopodium'' (s.str., description according to Fuentes et al. 2012) are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs or small trees. They generally rely on alkaline soil. They are nonaromatic, but sometimes fetid (foul-smelling). The young stems and leaves are often densely covered by vesicular globose hairs, thus looking farinose. Characteristically, these trichomes persist, collapsing later and becoming cup-shaped. The branched stems grow e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Chile
The native flora of Chile is characterized by a higher degree of endemism and relatively fewer species compared to the flora of other countries of South America. A classification of this flora necessitates its division into at least three general zones: the desert provinces of the north, Central Chile, and the humid regions of the south. Northern Chile The first is an arid desert(Atacama desert) absolutely barren along part of the coast, between Arica and Copiapó, but with a coarse scanty vegetation near the Cordilleras along watercourses and on the slopes where moisture from the melting snows above percolates through the sand. The altiplano of the northernmost portion of the Chilean territory is home to the '' Browningia candelaris'', a candelabrum-shaped cactus. Another cactus species, the '' Echinopsis atacamensis'', grows in the pre-Andean area. The high Andean region is also characterized by the presence of species of the genus '' Polylepis'' and the '' Azorella compacta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecoregions Of South America
An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecology, ecological and Geography, geographic area that exists on multiple different levels, defined by type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural community (ecology), communities and species. The biodiversity of flora (plants), flora, fauna (animals), fauna and ecosystems that characterise an ecoregion tends to be distinct from that of other ecoregions. In theory, biodiversity or conservation ecoregions are relatively large areas of land or water where the probability of encountering different species and communities at any given point remains relatively constant, within an acceptable range of variation (largely undefined at this point). Ecoregions are also known as "ecozones" ("ecological zones"), although that term may also refer to biogeographic realms. Three caveats are appropriate for all bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecoregions Of Chile
The following is a list of ecoregions in Chile as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests *Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests * Juan Fernández Islands temperate forests * Magellanic subpolar forests * San Felix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests * Valdivian temperate rain forests Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands * Patagonian grasslands * Patagonian steppe Montane grasslands and shrublands * Central Andean dry puna * Southern Andean steppe Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub * Chilean matorral Deserts and xeric shrublands * Atacama Desert * Sechura Desert Freshwater ecoregions High Andean Complex * Bolivian High Andean Complex * Arid Puna Atacama/Sechura Complex * Atacama/Sechura Deserts Pacific Coastal Desert Complex * Pacific Coastal Deserts Mediterranean Chile Complex * North Mediterranean Chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parietaria Feliciana
''Parietaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Urticaceae, native to temperate and tropical regions across the world.Flora Europaea''Parietaria''/ref>African Flowering Plants Database''Parietaria'' (enter genus name in search box)/ref>Flora of North America''Parietaria''/ref>Flora of China''Parietaria''/ref>Flora of Pakistan''Parietaria''/ref>Australian Plant Name Index''Parietaria''/ref> They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants growing to 20–80 cm tall, with green or pink stems. The leaves are alternate, simple, entire, often with a cluster of small leaves in their axils. Individual flowers are bisexual or unisexual, produced in clusters of three to many together in the leaf axils. Plants have either bisexual flowers or both staminate ("male") and carpellate ("female") flowers. The fruit is a small dry achene. Species , The Plant List accepted only 10 species:Search for "Parietaria", *'' Parietaria cretica'' L. *''Parietaria debilis'' G.Forst. (syn. ''Pariet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eragrostis Kuschelii
''Eragrostis kuschelii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, endemic to the Desventuradas Islands (San Ambrosio island). It was first described by Carl Skottsberg Carl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg (1 December 1880 – 14 June 1963) was a Swedish botanist and explorer of Antarctica. Life Skottsberg was born in Karlshamn on 1 December 1880 the son of Carl Adolf Skottsberg a schoolmaster and his wife, Maria ... in 1963. References kuschelii Flora of the Desventuradas Islands Plants described in 1963 Endemic flora of Chile {{Chloridoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plantago Lundborgii
''Plantago'' is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, commonly called plantains or fleaworts. The common name plantain is shared with the unrelated cooking plantain. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to tall. Description The leaves are sessile or have a poorly defined petiole. They have three or five parallel veins that diverge in the wider part of the leaf. Leaves are broad or narrow, depending on the species. The inflorescences are borne on stalks typically tall, and can be a short cone or a long spike, with numerous tiny wind-pollinated flowers. Species The boundaries of the genus ''Plantago'' have been fairly stable, with the main question being whether to include ''Bougueria'' (one species from the Andes) and ''Littorella'' (2–3 species of aquatic plants).Albach, D. C., Meudt, H. M. & Oxelman, B. 2005Piecing together the "new" Plantaginaceae ''American Journal of Botany'' 92: 297–315. There are ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuertesimalva Sanambrosiana
''Fuertesimalva'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Argentina. Most species in this genus were originally placed in '' Urocarpidium''. Species Species currently accepted by The Plant List are as follows: *'' Fuertesimalva chilensis'' (A.Braun & C.D.Bouché) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva corniculata'' (Krapov.) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva echinata'' (C.Presl) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva insularis'' (Kearney) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva jacens'' (S.Watson) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva killipii'' (Krapov.) Fryxell *''Fuertesimalva leptocalyx'' (Krapov.) Fryxell *''Fuertesimalva limensis'' (L.) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva pennellii'' (Ulbr.) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva pentacocca'' (Krapov.) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva pentandra'' (K.Schum.) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva peruviana'' (L.) Fryxell *'' Fuertesimalva sanambrosiana'' (D.M.Bates) Fryxell *''Fuertesimalva stipulata ''Fuertesimalva'' is a genus of flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristaria Insularis
''Cristaria'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: * ''Cristaria'' (bivalve), a genus of mussels in the family Unionidae * ''Cristaria'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Malvaceae {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankenia Vidalii
''Frankenia'' (sea heath) is the only genus in the Frankeniaceae family of flowering plants. Other genera have been recognized within the family, such as ''Anthobryum'', ''Hypericopsis'' and ''Niederleinia'', but molecular phylogenetic studies have consistently shown that they all belong inside ''Frankenia''. ''Frankenia'' comprises about 70–80 species of shrubs, subshrubs and herbaceous plants, adapted to saline and dry environments throughout temperate and subtropical regions. A few species are in cultivation as ornamental plants. Description ''Frankenia'' species are salt tolerant (halophytic) or drought tolerant (xerophytic) shrubs, subshrubs or herbaceous plants. They have opposite, simple leaves, generally small and somewhat heather-like, and often with salt-excreting glands in sunken pits. Their flowers are small, either solitary or borne in various kinds of cyme. Each flower has four to seven sepals, joined at the base into a tube, and four to seven overlapping petals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicyos Baderoa
''Sicyos'' is a flowering plant genus of the family Cucurbitaceae. Members of the genus may be known as "burr cucumbers", but the genus includes '' Sicyos edulis'' which is the christophine or chayote. Species ''Plants of the World Online'' includes: # '' Sicyos acariaeanthus'' # '' Sicyos acerifolius'' # '' Sicyos albus'' # '' Sicyos andreanus'' # ''Sicyos angulatus'' # ''Sicyos anunu'' # '' Sicyos australis'' # '' Sicyos baderoa'' # ''Sicyos barbatus'' # ''Sicyos bogotensis'' # ''Sicyos bulbosus'' # ''Sicyos chaetocephalus'' # ''Sicyos chiriquensis'' # ''Sicyos collinus'' # ''Sicyos cordifolius'' # ''Sicyos cucumerinus'' # ''Sicyos davilae'' # ''Sicyos debilis'' # ''Sicyos dieterleae'' # '' Sicyos edulis'' (restored '' Sechium edule'' (Jacq.) Sw.) # '' Sicyos erostratus'' # '' Sicyos fusiformis'' # '' Sicyos galeottii'' # '' Sicyos glaber'' # '' Sicyos gracillimus'' # '' Sicyos guatemalensis'' # '' Sicyos herbstii'' # '' Sicyos hillebrandii'' # '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
