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The araguaney (Tabebuia chrysantha), Venezuela's national tree. The flora of Venezuela consists of a huge variety of unique plants; around 38% of the estimated 30,000 species of plants found in the country are endemic to Venezuela. Overall, around 48% of Venezuela's land is forested; this includes over 60% of the Venezuelan Amazon. These ...
This category contains articles related to the flora of Venezuela. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. The Venezuelan Antilles are not included; its native flora is placed in Category:Flora of the Venezuelan Antilles, part of Category:Flora of the Caribbean.
The araguaney (Handroanthus chrysanthus), Venezuela's national tree. Below is a list of trees that symbolise Venezuela and each state of the country: National Tree
This category contains articles related to the tree flora of Venezuela. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. The categorisation scheme follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
Ferns and fern allies are covered in the first part of volume 2, with the remainder of that volume, and the rest of the flora, devoted to seed plants (generally following the Cronquist system for flowering plants). Both native and naturalised species are included. Around half of all species are illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by ...
The Paraguana xeric scrub (NT1313) is an ecoregion in Venezuela to the north and east of Lake Maracaibo and along the coast of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.The region holds flora and fauna adapted to the very dry conditions of the coastal dunes and inland areas of bush, scrub, briars and cacti.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Venezuela as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial. Venezuela is in the Neotropical realm.
The rose of Venezuela flourishes in areas of forest that are seasonally inundated and is often associated with Virola duckei and Inga thibaudiana. Many epiphytic plants and lianas grow among the branches. [6] The flowers of the rose of Venezuela produce copious amounts of nectar and are attractive to humming birds and butterflies. [4]