Hydnora Africana
Hydnora africana is an achlorophyllous plant in the family Hydnoraceae, native to southern Africa that is parasitic on the roots of members of the Euphorbiaceae family. The plant grows underground, except for a fleshy flower…
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Ocimum basilicum triangularis
Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is a herbaceous, annual plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family. It requires great amounts of light and high temperatures, being resistant to drought. Its essential oil comprises estragol, eugenol, linalool, citral,…
Parco Pistris
Parco Pistris – Plant Structure & Growth Habit Cheolyun Lee D.Sc., KSPRI 132, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, 34141 The Parco Pistris plant has a long thickened stem (called a “tentacle”) which has a…
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is an entomopathogen, or insect-pathogenising fungus, discovered by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859, and currently found predominantly in tropical forest ecosystems. O. unilateralis, also referred to as a zombie fungus,[2] infects ants of the Camponotini tribe, with the full pathogenesis being…
Aristolochia Grandiflora
Aristolochia grandiflora, the pelican flower, is a deciduous vine with one of the world’s largest flowers that emits an odor that smells like rotting meat, attracting flies. Description Aristolochia grandiflora produces large solitary flowers from cordiate leaf axils. Leaves can be up…
Triphyophyllum
Triphyophyllum /ˌtrɪfioʊˈfɪləm/ is a monotypic plant genus, containing the single species Triphyophyllum peltatum of the family Dioncophyllaceae. It is native to tropical western Africa, in Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia, growing in tropical forests. It is a liana, with a three-stage lifecycle, each with a different shaped leaf,…
Utricularia
Utricularia, commonly and collectively called the bladderworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants consisting of approximately 233 species (precise counts differ based on classification opinions; one recent publication lists 215 species).[1] They occur in fresh water and wet soil…
Ficus aurea
Ficus aurea, commonly known as the Florida strangler fig (or simply strangler fig), golden fig, or higuerón,[3] is a tree in the family Moraceae that is native to the U.S. state of Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama.[4] The specific epithet aurea was applied by…