Maquira is a genus of what type of perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, and where most species have supporting branches and leaves?
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Maquira Maquira is a genus of trees in the Moraceae family, native to South America.
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Tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are usable as lumber or plants above a specified height. Trees are not a taxonomic group but include a variety of plant species that have independently evolved a woody trunk and branches as a way to tower above other plants to compete for sunlight. Trees tend to be long-lived, some reaching several thousand years old. In looser definitions, the taller palms, tree ferns, bananas and bamboos are also trees. Trees have been in existence for 370 million years. It is estimated that there are just over 3 trillion mature trees in the world.
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Musaceae Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with ca 91 known species, placed in the order Zingiberales. The family is native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. The plants have a large herbaceous growth habit with leaves with overlapping basal sheaths that form a pseudostem making some members appear to be woody trees. In most treatments, the family has three genera, "Musella", "Musa" and "Ensete". Cultivated bananas are commercially important members of the family, and many others are grown as ornamental plants.
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Maurandya antirrhiniflora Maurandya antirrhiniflora, known as roving sailor or (along with other similar species) climbing snapdragon, is a scrambling or climbing herbaceous perennial native to Mexico and the south western United States (California to Texas) where it grows in a variety of relatively dry habitats. It has more-or-less triangular untoothed leaves and tubular flowers in various shades of pink, red or blue to violet with white bases. Unlike other species in the genus "Maurandya", the flowers have closed "lips"; it has sometimes been put into a separate genus as Maurandella antirrhiniflora.
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Caltha appendiculata Caltha appendiculata is a low (2½-7 cm high) dioecious, perennial herb, often growing in dense clusters over considerable areas, with thick rhizomes. The strong stems are sparingly branched, somewhat elongated, and covered by the remains of old sheaths. Its thick and fleshy leaves consist of a short leafstalk and a blade of between six and ten mm long, which is ovate, elliptical or oblong in outline, has an entire margin or is split into three lobes, and usually is retuse at the tip. Near the midrib on the upward leaf face are two or three narrow leaflike outgrowths. This makes the leafblade in its entirety reminiscent of an opened book. These appendages are in fact homologous with the ears at the base of the leafblade of Northern Hemisphere "Caltha" species.
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Prosopis glandulosa Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family (Fabaceae).
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Grewia robusta Grewia robusta Burch. is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree, up to 3 m high, endemic to the semi-desert Karoo of South Africa, and very similar to "Grewia occidentalis". It is one of some 325 species of "Grewia" in the family Malvaceae, and having a tropical African, Asian and Australian distribution. It is found in the arid regions of the Karoo and Eastern Cape, and generally prefers growing among dry scrub on rocky hillsides.
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Aloe angelica Aloe angelica (Wylliespoort Aloe) is a species of aloe endemic to the Soutpansberg and Blouberg mountains in the Northern Province of South Africa. It is a large, single-stemmed plant, 3–4 meters in height, with green, succulent leaves, bent backward, and red-budded flowers in compact bunches on much-branched racemes, turning yellow as they flower.
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Cactus A cactus (plural: "cacti", "cactuses", or "cactus") is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word "cactus" derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek κάκτος , "kaktos", a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is not certain. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. Most cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought. Many live in extremely dry environments, even being found in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth. Cacti show many adaptations to conserve water. Almost all cacti are succulents, meaning they have thickened, fleshy parts adapted to store water. Unlike many other succulents, the stem is the only part of most cacti where this vital process takes place. Most species of cacti have lost true leaves, retaining only spines, which are highly modified leaves. As well as defending against herbivores, spines help prevent water loss by reducing air flow close to the cactus and providing some shade. In the absence of leaves, enlarged stems carry out photosynthesis. Cacti are native to the Americas, ranging from Patagonia in the south to parts of western Canada in the north—except for "Rhipsalis baccifera", which also grows in Africa and Sri Lanka.
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Mimosa pigra Mimosa pigra, commonly known as the giant sensitive tree, ("pigra" = lazy, slow), is a species of the genus "Mimosa", in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Neotropics, but has been listed as one of the world's 100 worst invasive species and forms dense, thorny, impenetrable thickets, particularly in wet areas.
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Metrosideros Metrosideros is a genus of approximately 60 trees, shrubs, and vines mostly found in the Pacific region in the Myrtaceae family. Most of the tree forms are small, but some are exceptionally large, the New Zealand species in particular. The name derives from the Ancient Greek "metra" or "heartwood" and "sideron" or "iron". Perhaps the best-known species are the pōhutukawa ("M. excelsa"), northern rātā ("M. robusta"), and southern rātā ("M. umbellata") of New Zealand, and "ʻ ōhiʻ a lehua", ("M. polymorpha"), from the Hawaiian Islands.
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Anredera Anredera is a genus of plants native to Latin America, the West Indies, Texas, and Florida. Some are naturalized in other regions (notably Mediterranean region and on various oceanic islands). Most of them evergreen vines of dry scrubland and thickets. Members of the genus are commonly known as Madeira vines. At least one species, "A. cordifolia" bears edible roots or tubers and leaves similar to those of "Basella alba".
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Eremaea hadra Eremaea hadra is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with thin, flat and very prickly leaves. It has violet-coloured flowers on the ends of its branches in late spring followed by smooth, cup-shaped fruits.
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Salacia (plant) Salacia is a genus of plants in the family, Celastraceae. They are woody climbers naturally found in tropical regions.
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Salvia mekongensis Salvia mekongensis is a perennial plant that is native to Yunnan province in China, found growing on hilly grasslands at 2800 to elevation. "S. mekongensis" grows on one to five ascending to erect stems, with mostly basal leaves that are usually ovate to oblong-ovate, 3 to long and 2 to wide.
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Dawsonia (plant) Dawsonia is a genus of acrocarpous mosses. "Dawsonia", along with other members of the order Polytrichales, are taller than most mosses and have thicker leaves. Their sporophytes have conducting systems analogous to those of vascular plants. "Dawsonia superba" is found in New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea. "Dawsonia longifolia" is found in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia. "Dawsonia superba" and "Dawsonia longifolia" may be the same species.
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Senegalia Senegalia (from Senegal and "Acacia senegal" ) is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae. Until 2005, its species were considered members of "Acacia." The genus is still considered polyphyletic and will require further division. "Senegalia" can be distinguished from other acacias by its spicate inflorescences and non-spinescent stipules.
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Salvia palifolia Salvia palifolia is a decumbent perennial herb native to Colombia and western Venezuela, growing in grassland, cloud forest clearings, streamsides, and rocky outcrops from 1600 to elevation. The 3 to long green leaves are hastate or cordate; the blue flowers are 5 to long.
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Gladiolus crassifolius Gladiolus crassifolius is a species of "Gladiolus" found in Africa. It is a perennial species with substantial stems and brightly coloured flowers. There are many synonyms of "Gladiolus crassifolius".
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Drosera paradoxa Drosera paradoxa is a carnivorous plant in the genus "Drosera" and is endemic to the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with a woody stem that can grow as tall as 30 cm . The leaves on the single terminal rosette are erect or horizontal (with age) and held at the end of linear petioles, which are typically 20–35 mm (approximately 1 inch) long at flowering time. The carnivorous leaves are sub-orbicular and small at 2.5-3 mm (approximately 1/10 inch) wide and 2–3 mm (approximately 1/10 inch) long. Inflorescences are 20 - long with pink or white flowers being produced on 50- to 70-flowered crowded racemes from July to September during the dry season.
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Stegnosperma Stegnosperma is a genus of flowering plants, consisting of four species of woody plants, native to the Caribbean, Central America, and the Sonoran Desert. These are shrubs or lianas, with anomalous secondary thickening in mature stems, by successive cambia.
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Tetramicra (plant) Tetramicra is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to the West Indies. "Tetramicra canaliculata" has also been reported from southern Florida, but these reports have been challenged.