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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 ...
Later the separation of Africa and South America also resulted in sedimentation in the Guyana-Suriname basin near the coast and offshore. Both the onshore Takutu sedimentary basin and the offshore Guiana Basin have oil potential , and in 2015 significant oil was found in a deep water area off Guyana associated with the NW-SE trend of canyon ...
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 ...
This is a list of ecoregions in Guyana. Terrestrial ecoregions. Guyana is in the Neotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome.
Company Path Garden is a small garden on the west side of the Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown, Guyana, between Church and North Streets.During colonial times, “company path” was the name given to a road used by the propertied class as an access road from the river to their lands.
The lowland forests sustain 53% of all the known bird species in Guyana, and about 70% of all mammals found in Guyana, live in the Kanuku Mountains. [2] Prominent species include the Giant otter, the Harpy eagle and the Arapaima. [2] The highest peak of the Kanuku Mountains rises to 1,067 metres while the savannah area varies between 120 and ...
Mount Ayanganna is a sandstone tepui in the Pakaraima Mountains of western Guyana, and located 85 kilometres (53 mi) east of Mount Roraima. [2] With a height of 2,041 metres (6,696 ft) it is the easternmost tepui taller than 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). It is part of the Guiana Shield and Guyana Highlands.