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Dracontium gigas is an herbaceous rainforest plant of the calla family , native to Central America. [1] It resembles the Old World species Amorphophallus titanum but has a spadix that is shorter than the spathe , with a somewhat smaller inflorescence up to 34 in (86 cm) in height.
Payena gigas is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It grows up to 40 metres (130 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 105 centimetres (40 in). The bark is greyish to brown. Inflorescences bear up to eight flowers. The fruits are ovoid, up to 4.5 cm (2 in) long.
Zamites is a genus of sterile foliage known from the Mesozoic of North America, Europe, India and Antarctica through the Eocene of North America. It was erected as a form taxon for leaves that superficially resembled the extant cycad Zamia, however it is now believed to belong to a similar but phylogenetically different group, the cyacadeoids (Bennettitales). [1]
Amorphophallus (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix) is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the Arum family (), native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands.
Tridacna gigas, the giant clam, is the best-known species of the giant clam genus Tridacna. Giant clams are the largest living bivalve molluscs . Several other species of "giant clam" in the genus Tridacna are often misidentified as Tridacna gigas .
Dorstenia gigas is a species of flowering plant in the Moraceae family. [2] It is a succulent native to the Socotra Islands off the Horn of Africa. [1] References
Karomia gigas is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania, where only small populations survive. [1] [3] In 2016 Botanic Gardens Conservation International found six Karomia gigas trees in one location in Tanzania. They employed local Tanzanians to guard the trees and report if there were any seeds so that ...
Caustis gigas, commonly known as giant twig-rush, is a sedge that is native to Western Australia. [ 1 ] The rhizomatous perennial sedge has a robust habit and typically grows to a height of 2 metres (6.6 ft).