Nesoluma
Encyclopedia
Nesoluma is a genus of flowering plant
s in the chicle
family, Sapotaceae
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Species include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the chicle
Chicle
Manilkara chicle is a tropical evergreen tree native to Mexico and Central America. The tree ranges from Veracruz in Mexico south to Atlántico in Colombia...
family, Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to order Ericales. The family includes approximately 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in approximately 65 genera . Distribution is pantropical....
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Species include:
- Nesoluma nadeaudiiNesoluma nadeaudiiNesoluma nadeaudii is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to French Polynesia.-Source:* Florence, J. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
(DrakeEmmanuel Drake del CastilloEmmanuel Drake del Castillo was a French botanist.He was born at Paris and studied with Louis Édouard Bureau at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle...
) Pierre ex H.J.Lam (French PolynesiaFrench PolynesiaFrench Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
) - Nesoluma polynesicumNesoluma polynesicumKeahi or Island Nesoluma is a species of flowering plant in the chicle family, Sapotaceae. It is found in the Cook , Tubuai , and Hawaiian Islands . It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
(Hillebr.William HillebrandWilliam Hillebrand was a German physician. He traveled the world, including over 20 years in the Hawaiian islands. In 1850, Hillebrand lived at what is now Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu. He also became known as a botanist.-Life and career:...
) Baill.Henri Ernest BaillonHenri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895.Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany...
- Keahi (CookCook IslandsThe Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
TubuaiTubuai (Austral Islands)Tubuai is the name of a group of islands and also the name of its main island, being part of the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean. Tubuai, the main island of the Tubuai Island group, is located at . It is south of Tahiti...
, and Hawaiian IslandsHawaiian IslandsThe Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
) - Nesoluma st.-johnianumNesoluma st.-johnianumNesoluma st.-johnianum is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to Pitcairn.-Source:* Waldren, S. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
H.J.Lam & B.Meeuse (Pitcairn IslandsPitcairn IslandsThe Pitcairn Islands , officially named the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, form a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Pacific...
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