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They avoid being eaten by herbivores with their camouflage as small stones, and are often known as pebble plants or living stones. "Lithops" is both the genus name and the common name, and is singular as well as plural. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words λίθος (líthos) 'stone' and ὄψ (óps) 'face', referring to the stone ...
Common names: Living stones, pebble plants. Botanical name: Lithops spp. Plant family: Aizoaceae. Toxicity: Not considered toxic. Sun exposure: Full (6 or more hours per day) Soil type: Well ...
Lithops salicola is a species of perennial plant in the family Aizoaceae, often called living stones, [1] because of its resemblance to round grey pebbles. Description [ edit ]
The common Afrikaans name "vygie" meaning "small fig" refers to the fruiting capsule, which resembles the true fig. [3] Glistening epidermal bladder cells give the family its common name "ice plants". [4] Most species (96%, 1782 species in 132 genera) in this family are endemic to arid or semiarid parts of Southern Africa in the Succulent Karoo ...
A tepui / ˈ t ɛ p w i /, or tepuy (Spanish:), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana.The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana.
The Macushi believe in the life principle – stkaton – and they believe it comes from the sun. [7] Similar to other Amerindian groups (such as Patamona or Akawaio people ) is the importance of the piaiman , a medicine-man or spiritual leader [ 4 ] and belief in keinaimi (kanaima) , a type of evil spirit that is personified as an "outsider ...
Indigenous peoples in Guyana, Native Guyanese or Amerindian Guyanese are Guyanese people who are of indigenous ancestry. They comprise approximately 9.16% of Guyana 's population. [ 1 ] Amerindians are credited with the invention of the canoe , [ 2 ] as well as Cassava-based dishes and Guyanese pepperpot , the national dish of Guyana.
This is a list of ecoregions in Guyana. Terrestrial ecoregions. Guyana is in the Neotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.