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Asimina triloba, the American papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and southern Ontario, Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit.
Asimina is a genus of small trees or shrubs described as a genus in 1763. [2] [3] Asimina is the only temperate genus in the tropical and subtropical flowering plant family Annonaceae. [4] Asimina have large, simple leaves and large fruit. It is native to eastern North America and collectively referred to as pawpaw.
Asimina tetramera, commonly known as the four-petal pawpaw, is a rare species of small tree or perennial shrub endemic to Martin and Palm Beach Counties in the state of Florida. [3] The species is currently listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and as endangered by the International Union for Conservation.
Last year, Buhl and colleagues reported that red cedars were dying throughout the tree’s growing range not because of a fungus or insect attack, but due to the region’s “climate change ...
The mountain papaya (Vasconcellea pubescens) also known as mountain pawpaw, papayuelo, chamburo, or simply "papaya" is a species of the genus Vasconcellea, native to the Andes of northwestern South America from Colombia south to central Chile, typically growing at altitudes of 1,500–3,000 metres (4,900–9,800 ft).
An additional A. simus paw print measuring 15 cm (5.9 in) long and 19 cm (7.5 in) wide has been recovered from White Sands National Park, New Mexico. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Some claw marks attributed to Arctodus simus at Riverbluff Cave (as they were four meters above the floor of the cave) were nearly 20 cm in width.
Those having a tree-like form are colloquially called palm trees. [4] Currently, 181 genera with around 2,600 species are known, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] most of which are restricted to tropical and subtropical climates.
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