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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA - Volumes under Production
... , John/strother@berkeley.edu * Clusiaceae (fam. 49) Calophyllum Robson, Norman/n.robson@nhm.ac.uk * Clusia Robson, Norman/n.robson@nhm.ac.uk * Hypericum Robson, Norman/n.robson@nhm.ac.uk ...
hua.huh.harvard.edu

Orchids of Brazil. Brazilian orchids
... rock with some sparse covering of small grasses, bromeliads, and various shrubs, mainly Vellozia and Clusia. It is interesting that most plants of Laelia lobata grow only on this mountain, but ...
mirandaorchids.com

Handbook 4
... languages. /GJM Sight kaaj taatsk. The Mixe believe that the large shiny leaves of various Clusia species (Clusiaceae) resemble cattle ears, hence the figurative name: kaaj = ā€˜cattle and other animalsā ...
peopleandplants.org

Photosynthesis 1
... was trapped during the hours of darkness when the stomata were open. The tropical strangler Clusia rosea also has CAM photosynthesis. This unusual tree starts out as an epiphyte on other ... . In fact, it greatly resembles strangler figs (Ficus) of tropical regions of the world. See Clusia: A Tropical Strangler C- 4 Photosynthesis Another interesting modification of the photosynthetic pathway is called ...
waynesword.palomar.edu

Stranglers & Banyans
... (Crassulaceae), orchids (Orchidaceae) and bromeliads (Bromeliaceae). The appearance of this photosynthetic mechanism in the Clusia Family (Gutifferae) is yet another example of convergent evolution, where the same or ... of other trees, such as certain orchids, bromeliads and Clusia, the benefits of CAM photosynthesis are obvious. Pitch apple (Clusia rosea), another strangler on the Island of St. John ...
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Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary -- E
... substance supposed to liquify the sputum. Adiantum, Allium, Argemone, Bambusa, Boerhaavia, Bravaisia, Byrsonima, Chrysophyllum, Cissampelos, Clusia, Combretum, Cordia, Crescentia, Cucurbita, Gliricidia, Gossypium, Hippocratea, Hymenaea, Lantana, Lippia, Lucuma, Malpighia, Malvaviscus, Myroxylon, Piper ...
www.ars-grin.gov

Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary -- F
... natives belileve that Ficus seeds turn into black flies (!). Fiddlewood: Chimarrhis (B); Citharexylum (E) Fig: Clusia (B); Ficus (E) Fireweed: Erechtites (E) FIREWOOD : Wood that burns when green. Astrocaryum, Bactris, Brosimum ...
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University of Hawaii Campus Plants, UH Botany
... quadriloculare; bronze-leaved Clerodendrum; Verbenaceae Clerodendrum thomsonae; bleeding heart; Verbenaceae Clitorea ternatea; butterfly pea; Fabaceae Clusia rosea; autograph tree, copey; Clusiaceae (Guttiferae) Coccinia grandis; scarlet-fruited gourd; Cucurbitaceae Coccoloba uvifera; sea ...
www.botany.hawaii.edu

CPC Plant Profile - National Collection of Endangered Plants
... thomasiana shares the lower strata of the forest with Ilex urbanii, Myrcia citrifolia, Guettarda scarba, Clusia rosea, Psidium amplexicaule, and Acacia muricata (USFWS 1997). Distribution Calyptranthes thomasiana was first described in ...
www.centerforplantconservation.org

Common names starting with 'B'
... ) Balloon Flower (Penstemon palmeri) Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) Balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera) Balsam Apple (Clusia rosea) Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) Bamboo Cycad (Ceratozamia hildae) Bamboo Grass (Chasmanthium latifolium) Bamboo Muhly ...
www.desert-tropicals.com

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