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Phyllanthus niruri is a widespread tropical plant commonly found in coastal areas, known by the common names gale of the wind, stonebreaker, shatter stone, seed-under-leaf, quebra pedra and chance pierre.
The pelagic food web, showing the central involvement of marine microorganisms in how the ocean imports nutrients from and then exports them back to the atmosphere and ocean floor. A marine food web is a food web of marine life. At the base of the ocean food web are single-celled algae and other plant-like organisms known as phytoplankton.
Phyllanthus is the largest genus in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number of species in this genus vary widely, from 750 [ 2 ] to 1200. [ 3 ] Phyllanthus has a remarkable diversity of growth forms including annual and perennial herbs , shrubs , climbers , floating aquatics , and pachycaulous succulents .
Phytoplankton (/ ˌ f aɪ t oʊ ˈ p l æ ŋ k t ə n /) are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems.The name comes from the Greek words φυτόν (phyton), meaning 'plant', and πλαγκτός (planktos), meaning 'wanderer' or 'drifter'.
Phyllanthus fluitans Benth. Phyllanthus fluitans , also known as the red root floater , floating spurge , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or apple duckweed (although it is neither a spurge or a duckweed ), is a species of free floating aquatic plant and herbaceous perennial [ 5 ] in the family Phyllanthaceae . [ 6 ]
[30] [31] However, as of 2024, Plants of the World Online does not consider Phyllanthus mariannensis to be a separate species, but rather a synonym of Glochidion marianum, which is endemic to both Guam and the Caroline Islands; [1] likewise, Phyllanthus senyavinianus is listed as a synonym of Glochidion puberulum, which is endemic only to the ...
The wreckage of the cruise ship Titanic sits on the ocean floor about 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) below the surface. * Titan weighs 9,525 kg (21,000 lbs), and can travel at a speed of 3 knots (3-1/ ...
Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales.It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae. [3]The Phyllanthaceae are most numerous in the tropics, with many in the south temperate zone, and a few ranging as far north as the middle of the north temperate zone.