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Santalum acuminatum, the desert quandong, is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, (Native to Australia) which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia. The species, especially its edible fruit, is also commonly referred to as quandong or native peach.
Cuban pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus culminicola: Potosí piñón Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus dabeshanensis: Dabieshan white pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus dalatensis: Vietnamese white pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus densata: Sikang pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus densiflora: Japanese red pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus devoniana ...
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
Latin: = derived from Latin (otherwise Greek, except as noted) Ba = listed in Ross Bayton's The Gardener's Botanical [5] Bu = listed in Lotte Burkhardt's Index of Eponymic Plant Names [6] CS = listed in both Allen Coombes's The A to Z of Plant Names [7] and Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners G = listed in David Gledhill's The ...
The Cuban oak was first described by Nuttall in 1842 as Quercus sagraeana based on the specimen collected by Ramón de la Sagra. [3] Article 60.8(c) of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants provides that where personal names end in -a, the adjectival form of the specific epithet is formed by adding -n- plus the appropriate gender ending. [4]
Wild peach may also refer to other flowering tree plants not closely related to the peach or each other: Kiggelaria africana , native to southern and eastern Africa Santalum acuminatum , also known as Quandong, a hemiparasitic plant widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia
The Cuban cactus scrub is a xeric shrubland ecoregion that occupies 3,300 km 2 (1,300 sq mi) on the leeward coast of Cuba. Most of it occurs in the southeastern part of the island in the provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba. The ecoregion receives less than 800 mm (31 in) of rainfall annually.
The Latin word erica means "heath" or "broom". [12] It is believed that Pliny adapted erica from Ancient Greek ἐρείκη. [ 13 ] The expected Anglo-Latin pronunciation, / ɪ ˈ r aɪ k ə / , may be given in dictionaries ( OED : "Erica"), but / ˈ ɛr ɪ k ə / is more commonly heard.