Rapanea
Encyclopedia
Rapanea is a genus of plant
in family Myrsinaceae
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Species include:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Myrsinaceae
Myrsinaceae
Myrsinaceae, or the Myrsine family, is a rather large family from the order Ericales. It consists of 35 genera and about 1000 species....
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Species include:
- Rapanea acuminata
- Rapanea alleniiRapanea alleniiRapanea allenii is a species of broadleaf evergreen plant in the Myrsinaceae family.It is found in Colombia, Central America including Costa Rica and Panama, and southern Mexico.-References:* Mitré, M. 1998. - Accessed 23 August 2007....
Lundell, Central & South America - Rapanea ceylanicaRapanea ceylanicaRapanea ceylanica is a species of plant in the Myrsinaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
MezCarl Christian MezCarl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
endemic - Rapanea coclensisRapanea coclensisRapanea coclensis is a species of plant in the Myrsinaceae family. It is endemic to Panama.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
(Lundell) Lundell, PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
endemic - Rapanea ferruginea, (Mez)
- Rapanea gilliana, (Sond.) Mez
- Rapanea guianensis AubletJean Baptiste Christophore Fusée AubletJean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet was a French pharmacist, botanist and explorer.Born in Salon-de-Provence, he joined the French East India Company and in 1752 was sent to Mauritius to establish a pharmacy and a botanical garden. He worked there for nine years...
- Rapanea laetevirens, (Mez)
- Rapanea lorentziana
- Rapanea melanophloeosRapanea melanophloeosRapanea melanophloeos, commonly known as Cape Beech, Kaapse Boekenhout or IsiCalabi, is native to the afromontane forests of Southern Africa.-Distribution:...
- Southern Africa - Rapanea parvifolia
- Rapanea perakensisRapanea perakensisRapanea perakensis is a species of broadleaf evergreen plant in the Myrsinaceae family. It is endemic to Malaysia.The species is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Chua, L.S.L. 1998. -Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
, Malaysia endemic, (KingGeorge King (botanist)Sir George King , was a British botanist appointed superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1871, and the first Director of the Botanical Survey of India from 1890. King was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1901....
& GambleJames Sykes GambleJames Sykes Gamble FRS was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent.He was born in London, the son of Harpur Gamble, M.D...
) B.C.Stone - Rapanea rhododendroides, a good tree for timber in Kenya
- Rapanea seychellarumRapanea seychellarumRapanea seychellarum, also known as Bwa Klate, is a species of plant in the Myrsinaceae family. It is endemic to Seychelles.The species is assessed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered, facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild; the population is estimated to number less than...
Mez, SeychellesSeychellesSeychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
endemic - Rapanea striataRapanea striataRapanea striata is a species of broadleaf evergreen plant in the Myrsinaceae family. It is endemic to India.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
Mez, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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