tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78877773590178430652011-04-21T13:18:42.181-07:00All about China Plant, China Plant basic information.lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-17978110127165553112008-09-14T01:09:00.001-07:002008-09-14T01:09:14.636-07:00<strong>''Gymnostachyum kwangsiense</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-1797811012716555311?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-61647089799577276832008-09-14T01:08:00.010-07:002008-09-14T01:09:06.651-07:00<strong>''Gymnadenia crassinervis</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-6164708979957727683?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-89888866222236062242008-09-14T01:08:00.009-07:002008-09-14T01:08:53.490-07:00<strong>''Gymnadenia bicornis</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-8988886622223606224?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-63365360529332800712008-09-14T01:08:00.007-07:002008-09-14T01:08:46.924-07:00<strong>''Goniothalamus cheliensis</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-6336536052933280071?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-71514997993624639042008-09-14T01:08:00.005-07:002008-09-14T01:08:37.924-07:00<strong>''Goniostemma punctatum</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Asclepiadaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-7151499799362463904?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-22614254471410137952008-09-14T01:08:00.003-07:002008-09-14T01:08:28.085-07:00<strong>''Gmelina hainanensis</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family. It is found in China and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-2261425447141013795?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-18353935287044224512008-09-14T01:08:00.001-07:002008-09-14T01:08:20.870-07:00<strong>''Gleditsia vestita</strong>'' is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.<br /> It is found only in China.<br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-1835393528704422451?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-70404376755920522422008-09-14T01:07:00.008-07:002008-09-14T01:08:12.427-07:00<strong>''Gastrodia tuberculata</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-7040437675592052242?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-21044821593893150882008-09-14T01:07:00.007-07:002008-09-14T01:07:27.422-07:00<strong>''Gastrodia elata</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is found in China and Taiwan. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-2104482159389315088?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-59649247078914366512008-09-14T01:07:00.005-07:002008-09-14T01:07:19.426-07:00<strong>''Fortunella polyandra</strong>'' is a species of Kumquat that is native to Malaysia. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant. The fruit is edible and can be made into drinks. It cannot tolerate frost.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-5964924707891436651?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-12903606426146878712008-09-14T01:07:00.003-07:002008-09-14T01:07:11.274-07:00<strong>''Fortunella obovata</strong>'' is a species of Kumquat. It bears edible fruit that can be eaten raw. The fruit can be made into jelly and marmalade. The fruit can be round or oval shaped. It has round leaves that make this species unique within the genus. They are grown for its edible fruit and as an ornamental plant.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-1290360642614687871?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-88678835489039642172008-09-14T01:07:00.001-07:002008-09-14T01:07:04.261-07:00<strong>''Fortunella japonica</strong>'' is a species of Kumquat. It produces edible golden-yellow colored fruit. The fruit is small and usually round but can be oval shaped. The peel has a sweet flavor but the fruit has a sour center. The fruit can be eaten raw and is also used to make marmalade. It is grown as an ornamental plant and can be used in bonsai.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-8867883548903964217?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-83972854594860148412008-09-14T01:06:00.011-07:002008-09-14T01:06:55.448-07:00<strong>''Fortunella hindsii</strong>'' is a species of Kumquat. It produces small edible round fruits the size of a pea. The fruit are bright orange when ripe. They are grown in gardens as an ornamental plant. They are also kept as house plants and are used in bonsai.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-8397285459486014841?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-39397513040638483602008-09-14T01:06:00.009-07:002008-09-14T01:06:47.125-07:00<strong>''Fortunella crassifolia</strong>'' is a species of Kumquat. They are also called, <strong>Miewa Kumquat</strong>, <strong>Round Kumquat</strong>, <strong>Sweet Kumquat</strong>. The flesh is sweet and are commonly eaten raw. They are cultivated for its edible fruit and as an ornamental plant. They are native to China. They are grown in Japan. The fruit can also be made into jams and jellies. This species has been introduced to the USA as an ornamental plant. They are usually kept indoors in colder climates.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-3939751304063848360?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-6803189755785041842008-09-14T01:06:00.007-07:002008-09-14T01:06:36.154-07:00<strong>''Fissistigma tungfangense</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-680318975578504184?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-27272550814017277582008-09-14T01:06:00.005-07:002008-09-14T01:06:28.514-07:00<strong>''Fissistigma cupreonitens</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-2727255081401727758?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-86145208391420705512008-09-14T01:06:00.003-07:002008-09-14T01:06:20.940-07:00<strong>Chinese parasol tree</strong>, , is an ornamental plant or tree of the cacao, or chocolate, of the family Sterculiaceae of the order Malvales, native to Asia. It grows to a height of 12 m . It has alternate, deciduous leaves up to 30 cm across and small greenish white flowers that are borne in clusters. It is grown as an ornamental in warm regions of North America.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-8614520839142070551?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-79839522146741717692008-09-14T01:06:00.001-07:002008-09-14T01:06:13.690-07:00<strong>''Firmiana hainanensis</strong>'' is a species of flowering plant in the Sterculiaceae family.<br /> It is found only in China.<br /> It is threatened by habitat loss.<br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-7983952214674171769?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-83704608030615377192008-09-14T01:05:00.002-07:002008-09-14T01:06:04.268-07:00<strong>''Ficus neriifolia</strong>'', commonly known as the <strong>willow-leaved fig</strong> is a fig. It is commonly used in horticulture as an indoor plant or in bonsai, where its narrow leaves are an attractive attribute. <br /> <br /> <!--<br /> <a name='Taxonomy' id='Taxonomy'></a><h2>Taxonomy</h2><br /> <a name='Description' id='Description'></a><h2>Description</h2><br /> <a name='Reproduction' id='Reproduction'></a><h2>Reproduction</h2><br /> <a name='Distribution' id='Distribution'></a><h2>Distribution</h2><br /> <a name='Ecology' id='Ecology'></a><h2>Ecology</h2><br /> <a name='Uses' id='Uses'></a><h2>Uses</h2><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-8370460803061537719?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-70221212573212672952008-09-14T01:05:00.001-07:002008-09-14T01:05:52.997-07:00<strong>''Fargesia dracocephala</strong>'' is a woody bamboo native to central China. It is known in as <strong>''longtou jianzhu</strong>'' , meaning ''dragon head Fargesia''. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek and has the same meaning. It is found at high elevations in the south of Gansu, western Hubei, southern Shaanxi and northern Sichuan. The plant is a significant source of food for the giant panda. <br /> <br /> There is a bamboo cultivated in the west sold under the same name, but it is actually a recently described species, namely ''Fargesia apicirubens''. Confusingly, the most common cultivar of ''F. dracocephala'' is sometimes sold in the west under the name ''Fargesia rufa'', which is a different species. When properly designated, it appears as ''Fargesia 'Rufa'.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-7022121257321267295?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-49968215073122615612008-09-14T00:59:00.012-07:002008-09-14T01:00:02.764-07:00<strong>''Euryodendron excelsum</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Theaceae family. It is to China. It is threatened by habitat loss. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-4996821507312261561?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-36501110379837660852008-09-14T00:59:00.011-07:002008-09-14T00:59:52.416-07:00<strong>''Euonymus lanceifolia</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Celastraceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * Sun, W. 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-3650111037983766085?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-20431094631922916232008-09-14T00:59:00.009-07:002008-09-14T00:59:41.939-07:00<strong>''Euonymus fortunei</strong>'', also commonly known as winter creeper or wintercreeper and Fortune's spindle is a species of ''Euonymus'' native to China, Korea and Japan.<br /> <br /> <br /> It is a woody evergreen vine, growing to 20 m tall, climbing by means of small rootlets on the stems, similar to ivy . Like ivy, it also has a sterile non-flowering climbing or creeping phase, which on reaching high enough into the crowns of trees to get more light, develops into an adult, flowering phase which does not have climbing rootlets.<br /> <br /> The are arranged in opposite pairs, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 2-6 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are inconspicuous, 5 mm diameter, with four small greenish-yellow petals. The fruit is a four-lobed pale green pod-like berry, which splits open to reveal the fleshy-coated orange seeds, one seed in each lobe.<br /> <br /> There are two or three : <br /> *''Euonymus fortunei'' var. ''fortunei'' . China, Korea.<br /> *''Euonymus fortunei'' var. ''radicans'' Rehd. . Japan.<br /> *''Euonymus fortunei'' var. ''vegetus'' Rehd. Northern Japan , doubtfully distinct from var. ''radicans'' .<br /> <br /> It is named after the plant explorer Robert Fortune. The species is closely related to ''Euonymus japonicus'', which differs mainly in being only a shrub, without climbing roots.<br /> <br /> <h3>Cultivation and uses</h3><br /> <br /> It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, with numerous cultivars selected for such traits as yellow, and slow, growth. It is used as a groundcover or a vine to climb walls and trees. <br /> <br /> Plants propagated from mature flowering stems always grow as non-climbing shrubs. Some popular cultivars such as 'Moon Shadow' are shrub forms.<br /> <br /> Most of the cultivated plants belong to var. ''radicans'' . It is generally considered cold hardy in 5 to 9, and is considered an invasive species in some parts of the world, notably the eastern United States.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a name='References and external links' id='References and external links'></a><h2>References and external links</h2><br /> <br /> *Bean, W. J. . ''Trees and Shrubs hardy in the British Isles'' 8th ed., vol. 2: 150-151. John Murray.<br /> *Huxley, A., ed. . ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' vol. 2: 242. Macmillan.<br /> * <br /> *<br /> *<br /> *<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-2043109463192291623?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-75847971109473044392008-09-14T00:59:00.007-07:002008-09-14T00:59:34.079-07:00<strong>''Euonymus alatus</strong>'', known variously as <strong>Winged Spindle</strong>, <strong>Winged Euonymus</strong> or <strong>Burning Bush</strong>, is a deciduous shrub native to eastern Asia, in central and northern China, Japan, and Korea. The shrub grows to 2.5 m tall , often wider than tall. The stems are notable for their four corky ridges or "wings". These unique structures develop from a cork cambium deposited in longitudinal grooves in the twigs' first year, unlike similar wings in other plants. The are 2-7 cm long and 1-4 cm broad, ovate-elliptic, with an acute apex. The flowers are greenish, borne over a long period in the spring. The fruit is a red aril enclosed by a four-lobed pink, yellow or orange capsule. <br /> <br /> The common name "burning bush" comes from the bright red fall color. <br /> <br /> It is a popular ornamental plant in gardens and parks due to its bright pink or orange fruit and attractive fall color. This plant is an invasive species of woodlands in eastern North America.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-7584797110947304439?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-28356811519337762172008-09-14T00:59:00.005-07:002008-09-14T00:59:25.484-07:00<strong>''Euonymus acanthocarpa</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Celastraceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * Sun, W. 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-2835681151933776217?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-46253711690664475232008-09-14T00:59:00.003-07:002008-09-14T00:59:17.735-07:00<strong>''Eulophia faberi</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-4625371169066447523?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-64421471175213192282008-09-14T00:59:00.001-07:002008-09-14T00:59:09.367-07:00<strong>''Euaraliopsis dumicola</strong>'' is a species of plant in the Araliaceae family. It is to China. <br /> <br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-6442147117521319228?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-82356404182518564332008-09-14T00:58:00.012-07:002008-09-14T00:59:02.148-07:00<strong>''Erythrophleum fordii</strong>'' is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.<br /> It is found in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.<br /> It is threatened by habitat loss.<br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * Nghia, N.H. 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-8235640418251856433?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-36650189112006113522008-09-14T00:58:00.011-07:002008-09-14T00:58:54.746-07:00<strong>''Dipteronia</strong>'' is a genus of two living and one extinct species, regarded in the soapberry family Sapindaceae ''sensu lato'' after Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and more recently )or traditionally by several authors in Aceraceae, related to the maples. <br /> <br /> They are deciduous flowering shrubs or small trees, reaching 10-15 m tall.<br /> The leaf arrangement is opposite and pinnate. The inflorescences are paniculate, terminal or axillary. The flowers have five sepals and petals; staminate flowers have eight stamens, and bisexual flowers have a two-celled ovary. The fruit is a rounded containing two compressed nutlets, flat, encircled by a broad wing which turns from light green to red with ripening.<br /> <br /> There are only two living species, ''Dipteronia sinensis'' and ''Dipteronia dyeriana''; both are endemic to mainland China. ''Dipteronia dyeriana'' is listed by the as being a "Red List" threatened species. ''Dipteronia browni'' is an extinct species from the early Eocene Klondike Mountain Formation of Washington.<br /> <br /> The name ''Dipteronia'' stems from the Greek "di-" & "pteron" , from the winged fruits with wings on both sides of the seed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-3665018911200611352?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-20653720551346058622008-09-14T00:58:00.009-07:002008-09-14T00:58:47.181-07:00<strong>''Datura metel</strong>'', known as <strong>Angel's Trumpet</strong>, <strong>Devil's trumpet</strong>, <strong>metel</strong>, <strong>downy thorn-apple</strong> and, along with ''Datura stramonium'', <strong>zombie cucumber</strong> is a shrub-like perennial herb with large tubular flowers, while typically white, many cultivated forms exist offering yellows and deep purple accents. Native to China, India and South East Asia, it is commonly cultivated as a garden plant in North America and Europe.<br /> <br /> <a name='Medicinal use' id='Medicinal use'></a><h2>Medicinal use</h2><br /> ''D. metel'' is one of the used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called ''yáng jīn huā'' .<br /> The leaves or juice of it if consumed make the person dumb .<br /> The dry flower, particularly the violet coloured, if rolled and used like cigar, will help to relieve the asthma or wheezing like symptoms.<br /> <br /> <a name='Toxicity' id='Toxicity'></a><h2>Toxicity</h2><br /> This plant may be toxic if ingested in any quantity, symptomatically expressed as flushed skin, headaches, hallucinations, and possibly convulsions or even a coma. The principal toxic elements are tropane alkaloids. Accidentally ingesting even a single leaf could lead to severe side effects.<br /> <br /> <a name='Black daturas ' id='Black daturas '></a><h2>Black daturas </h2><br /> A cultivar of <strong>''Datura metel</strong>'' with a polished-looking ebony-black stem exists as a garden plant. Its flowers normally have a double or tripple corolla, each corolla having a deep purple exterior and white or off-white interior. The fruit lacks the infamous thorns. It is quite a large datura and could be mistaken for a young tree. Leaves lack the downy appearance of the type species and are more angular, in some ways reminiscent of D. stramonium. The plant is already reported to have become in Israel . The black cultivar might become a common roadside dweller, like its white-flowered ancestor.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-2065372055134605862?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-14230962767685362252008-09-14T00:58:00.007-07:002008-09-14T00:58:30.521-07:00<strong>''Dalbergia tonkinensis</strong>'' is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.<br /> It is found in China and Vietnam.<br /> It is threatened by habitat loss.<br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * Ban, N.T. 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-1423096276768536225?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-22563977212268045932008-09-14T00:58:00.005-07:002008-09-14T00:58:23.124-07:00<strong>''Dalbergia odorifera</strong>'' is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.<br /> It is found only in China.<br /> It is threatened by habitat loss.<br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-2256397721226804593?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-80829806819555245312008-09-14T00:58:00.003-07:002008-09-14T00:58:15.611-07:00<strong>''Dalbergia balansae</strong>'' is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.<br /> It is found in China and Vietnam.<br /> It is threatened by habitat loss.<br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * Nghia, N.H. 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-8082980681955524531?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-82100129171313387972008-09-14T00:58:00.001-07:002008-09-14T00:58:08.008-07:00<strong>Daimyo Oak</strong> is a species of oak native to Japan, Korea and China. <br /> <br /> It is a deciduous tree growing up to 20-25 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. Its foliage is remarkable for its size, among the largest of all oaks, consisting of a short hairy , 1–1.5 cm long, and a blade 10–40 cm long and 15–30 cm broad, with a shallowly lobed margin; the form is reminiscent of an enormous Pedunculate Oak leaf. The leaves are often retained dead on the tree into winter. Both sides of the leaf are initially downy with the upper surface becoming smooth.<br /> <br /> The flowers are produced in May; the male flowers are pendulous catkins. The female flowers are sessile, growing near the tips of new shoots, producing acorns 1.2–2.3 cm long and 1.2–1.5 cm broad, in broad, bushy-scaled cups; the acorns mature in September to October.<br /> <br /> <h3>Cultivation and uses</h3><br /> It was introduced to the British Isles in 1830, where it is occasionally grown in botanical gardens. It is usually smaller in cultivation than in the wild, growing to a small angular tree or large irregular shrub. Notable specimens include one at Osterley Park 14 m tall and 1.5 m girth, and the largest, 18 m tall, at Avondale Forest Park, County Wicklow, Ireland.<br /> <br /> <a name='Images' id='Images'></a><h2>Images</h2><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-8210012917131338797?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-48536824396497426052008-09-14T00:57:00.007-07:002008-09-14T00:57:57.705-07:00<strong>Dahurian Larch</strong> is a species of larch native to eastern Siberia, and adjacent northeastern Mongolia, northeastern China and North Korea.<br /> <br /> <br /> It forms enormous forests in the eastern Siberian taiga, growing at 50-1,200 m altitude on both boggy and well-drained soils, including on the shallow soils above permafrost. It is unique in two respects, being the tree in the world, reaching 72° 30' N at Ary-Mas in the Khatanga River valley on the Taymyr Peninsula, and also the most cold-hardy tree in the world, tolerating temperatures below in the Oymyakon–Verkhoyansk region of Yakutia. One tree in Yakutia is known to have been 919 years old. <br /> <br /> It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 10-30 m tall, rarely 40 m, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The crown is broad conic; both the main branches and the side branches are level, the side branches only rarely drooping. The shoots are dimorphic, with growth divided into long shoots and bearing several buds, and short shoots only 1-2 mm long with only a single bud. The are needle-like, light green, 2-3 cm long; they turn bright yellow to orange before they fall in the autumn, leaving the variably downy reddish-brown shoots bare until the next spring. <br /> <br /> The are erect, ovoid, 1-2 cm long, with 15-25 moderately reflexed seed scales; they are green when immature, turning brown and opening to release the seeds when mature, 3-5 months after pollination. The old cones commonly remain on the tree for many years, turning dull grey-black.<br /> <br /> There are three :<br /> *''Larix gmelinii'' var. ''gmelinii''. Most of the species' range, from the Yenisei Valley east to Kamchatka.<br /> *''Larix gmelinii'' var. ''japonica''. The Kuril Islands and Sakhalin .<br /> *''Larix gmelinii'' var. ''olgensis''. North Korea, Heilongjiang, and the Sikhote-Alin mountains of Primorsky Krai, Russia.<br /> <br /> The closely related Prince Rupprecht's Larch is treated as a fourth variety by many botanists; it occurs in a disjunct region in the Wutai Shan mountains west of Beijing, separated from typical ''L. gmelinii'' by about 1000 km, and differs in larger cones with more scales.<br /> <br /> Dahurian Larch intergrades with the closely related Siberian Larch ''L. sibirica'' of central and western Siberia where their ranges meet along the Yenisei Valley; the resulting is named ''Larix × czekanowskii''.<br /> <br /> The scientific name honours Johann Georg Gmelin. Due to the species' variability, it has acquired numerous in the botanical literature, including ''L. cajanderi, L. dahurica, L. kamtschatica, L. komarovii, L. kurilensis, L. lubarskii, L. ochotensis''.<br /> <br /> Dahurian Larch is occasionally grown in botanical gardens in Europe and North America; it is not an easy tree to grow in areas with mild winters as it is adapted to a long period of winter rest; the warm winter weather in Britain can tempt it into leaf as early as the start of January, with the tender young leaves then being killed by the next frost. In its native region, temperatures above freezing do not occur until late May or June, with no further frost until the brief summer is over.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-4853682439649742605?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-26396075359821353782008-09-14T00:57:00.005-07:002008-09-14T00:57:50.058-07:00<strong>''Cycas taiwaniana</strong>'' is a species of genus ''Cycas''. The species is native to Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian of China. Although the specific name of ''C. taiwaniana'' is derived from "Taiwan", where the original was found, it is not naturally distributes in Taiwan. Instead of ''C. taiwaniana'', the original type specimens that was used for describing "''C. taiwaniana''", had been reclassified under another species named ''Cycas taitungensis''.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-2639607535982135378?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-32351682624681992132008-09-14T00:57:00.003-07:002008-09-14T00:57:41.481-07:00<strong>''Cycas bifida</strong>'' is a species of cycad plant in the genus ''Cycas'', native to southern China , and northern Vietnam .<br /> <br /> The stems are largely subterranean, 20-60 cm in diameter and up to 20 cm above ground level, and bear three to eight . The leaves are 2-4 m long and 40-80 cm broad, dark green and glossy, bipinnate, with 27-44 pairs of leaflets, each leaflet dichotomously divided , linear, 10-38 cm long and 1.5-3 cm broad, papery to leathery in texture; the leaf petiole is 0.5-2 m long, armed with spikes. <br /> <br /> The female are closed, the sporophylls 8-12 cm long, with deep red-brown tomentose down, and 6-8 ovules on an ovate lamina, with yellow to yellow-brown sarcotesta. Ovoid and flattened sclerotesta. The male cones are solitary and erect, spindle shaped and cylindrical 15-23 long and 4-6 cm broad, with light yellow tomentose down and an erect apical spine with 1.2-2 cm sporophylls with 1-3 minute teeth per side. <br /> <br /> The species is named after its dichotomously divided leaflets, a character shared with a few other related species. It has been extensively confused in literature with the related species ''Cycas multifrondis'' and ''Cycas micholitzii'' ; in the ''Flora of China'', it is treated as ''Cycas micholitzii'', a species restricted by Hill to plants from central Vietnam and Laos.<br /> <br /> <h3>Habitat</h3><br /> It is native to areas of dense bamboo woodlands or mixed deciduous forest near limestone outcroppings. Some of its native locations are on the site of various clashes over the border of Vietnam and China, and still contains numerous land mine fields, protecting the species from poaching. The Longgang Nature Reserve was established for the protection of this cycad, of which the Chinese populations are considered endangered. It is rarely found in cultivation.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-3235168262468199213?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-75322412717128555342008-09-14T00:57:00.001-07:002008-09-14T00:57:34.152-07:00<strong>''Cycas balansae</strong>'' is a species of cycad in the genus ''Cycas'', native to southwestern China and adjacent northern Vietnam , where it occurs in dense mountain rainforests.<br /> <br /> It has a subterranean, unbranched stem 12-20 cm in diameter, bearing 4-9 , each leaf 1.2-2.6 m long, pinnate with 90-160 leaflets, and armed with spines along the petiole. The leaflets are papery in texture, and angled forward at 80 degrees.<br /> <br /> The female are closed type, 8-12 cm long sporophylls with 2-4 ovules. Lateral spines present in lamina, apical spines not distinct, with yellow sarcotesta. The male cones are yellow, solitary, erect, 20-25 cm long and 4-7 cm diameter, with wedge shaped sporophylls.<br /> <br /> <h3>Cultivation</h3><br /> It is cultivated as a pot plant in its native range, but is not seen with any frequency outside of this area.<br /> <br /> It is named after the French botanist Benedict Balansa.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-7532241271712855534?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-19269489890717257532008-09-14T00:37:00.011-07:002008-09-14T00:37:56.959-07:00<strong>''Craigia yunnanensis</strong>'' is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' or Tiliaceae family.<br /> It is found in China and Vietnam.<br /> It is threatened by habitat loss.<br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * Sun, W. 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-1926948989071725753?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-76651555509453905022008-09-14T00:37:00.009-07:002008-09-14T00:37:47.908-07:00<strong>''Craigia kwangsiensis</strong>'' is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' or Tiliaceae family.<br /> It is found only in China.<br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-7665155550945390502?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-59816146899437187322008-09-14T00:37:00.007-07:002008-09-14T00:37:38.682-07:00<strong>''Cotoneaster pannosus</strong>'' is a species of cotoneaster known by the common name <strong>silverleaf cotoneaster</strong>. This woody shrub is native to China but it has been to other areas of the world, including southern Africa and Australia as an . It has become naturalized in some areas but it is a troublesome noxious weed in others, for example, in Hawaii. This is a sprawling shrub easily reaching over 3 meters in height. It is covered in dull green oval-shaped leaves with fuzzy white undersides and blooms in white flowers. The fruits are red-orange pomes containing two seeds each. These fruits are very attractive to birds, which are the main agent of seed dispersal.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-5981614689943718732?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-19642351175005241382008-09-14T00:37:00.005-07:002008-09-14T00:37:30.143-07:00<strong>''Corylus yunnanensis</strong>'' is a species of hazelnut found in western China. It is a small tree or shrub. The flowers have triglar shaped petals. The round nuts which are encased in a very tough oval shaped shell and can be consumed by humans. The plant is not commercially grown for the nuts, rather they are sometimes used as ornamental plants. They are located in Western Guizhou, Hubei, South Western and Western Sichuan, and Western Yunnan.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-1964235117500524138?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-36656007473764572182008-09-14T00:37:00.003-07:002008-09-14T00:37:19.660-07:00<strong>''Coptis teeta</strong>'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the . It is a species of importance in Chinese herbology. Known as <strong>Yunnan goldthread</strong>, its rhizome is used as an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory. A number of factors contribute to its endangerment. It is to a very small area in the eastern Himalayas where its habitat is rapidly declining, due in part to deforestation, it is overcollected for medicinal use, and its reproductive success is low. The plant is cultivated on a small scale in Yunnan using techniques that aim to conserve the species within its natural habitat.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-3665600747376457218?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-47168189206185201012008-09-14T00:37:00.001-07:002008-09-14T00:37:10.063-07:00<strong>''Commelina communis</strong>'', commonly known as the <strong>Asiatic dayflower</strong>, is an herbaceous annual plant in the . It is native throughout much of East Asia and northern parts of Southeast Asia. In China, the plant is known as <strong>''yazhicao</strong>'' ,<br /> <br /> The species has been introduced to much of Europe and eastern North America. On the former continent it is now found from Central Europe well into western Russia. Specifically it is known from Italy north to Switzerland, east through the region encompassing the former Yugoslavia, east into the regions around the Black Sea including Romania, the , and the Ukraine but excluding Crimea, north through the into Belarus and Russia, continuing east into the regions surrounding the Don River and the Volga River south to their intersection at the Volga-Don Canal and north to the regions around Lake Ladoga and Lake Ilmen, and farther east to the regions of the Ural River and the Kama River. It is also found in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is present in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and in most of the eastern and central states from Massachusetts and New York in the northeast, west to Minnesota and south through the Great Plains to Texas and east to extreme northern Florida in the United States.<br /> <br /> Within its native distribution, the plant is most typical of moist, open places, including shady forest edges and wet areas of crop fields, orchards, ditches, and roadsides. In Taiwan, it can be found from 350 to 2400 m elevation. Within its native range in China it is also sometimes considered a pest, especially in the northeast of the country where it has caused economically significant agricultural damage in orchards.<br /> <br /> The Asiatic dayflower has been used in pollination studies concerning the behaviour of plants in relation to their pollinators. One important experiment tested the hypotheses that floral guides simultaneously promote pollinator visitation and prevent visits where the pollinator fails to come into contact with the stigma or anthers, termed pollen theft. As the flowers of the Asiatic dayflower lack nectar, they offer only pollen as a reward to their visitors. To attract pollinators, the plant has three types of brightly colored floral organs: the large blue petals, fertile yellow anthers, and infertile yellow antherodes that lack pollen. When the infertile antherodes were experimentally removed in natural populations, the number of total floral visitor landings was reduced, supporting the hypothesis that these infertile anthers essentially trick their pollinators into believing they offer more than they actually do. When the central, bright yellow fertile anther was removed, leaving only two brown fertile anthers, the frequency of legitimate flower landings decreased, meaning that the visitors were not pollinating the flowers, suggesting that floral signals also prevent "theft", or visits where the pollinators take pollen, but do not place any on the stigma. Thus both the fertile anthers and the infertile antherodes were shown to play an important role in both increasing visitor landings and orienting floral visitors toward a landing point appropriate for pollination.<br /> <br /> Recent studies have shown that wild Asiatic dayflower populations found growing on copper mine spoils in eastern China exhibited very high concentrations of copper within the plants, more so than the 48 species tested. ''Commelina communis'' had sequestered some 361 mg/kg^-1 of copper, while the plant with the next highest concentration, ''Polygonum macrathum'', had 286 mg/kg^-1. Five of the species examined, including the Asiatic dayflower, also showed high concentrations of other metals such as zinc, lead, and cadmium. The results suggest that the Asiatic dayflower is a good candidate for copper mine spoil revegetation and phytoremediation. <br /> <br /> Ten species of fungi have been found on the Asiatic dayflower, four of which can infect the plant, while 12 species of insects are known to be associated with it. Two of the fungi, ''Kordyana commelinae'' and ''Phyllosticta commelinicola'', are thought to be host specific with the Asiatic dayflower. Of the ten fungi seven are Basidiomycota and three are Ascomycota. Nine of the 12 insects associated with the plant are beetles, seven of which are in the genus ''Lema'', while the other two are in the families Hispidae and Pentatomidae. The remaining three insects include one species of moth, ''Pergesa acteus'', and two true bugs, namely ''Aphis commilinae'' and ''Aeschrocoris ceylonicus''.<br /> <br /> <h3>Pigment and dye</h3><br /> In Japan there is a sizeable dye industry devoted to the plant. The purported variety ''Commelina communis'' var. ''hortensis'', which is apparently a cultivated form of another putative variety, namely ''Commelina communis'' var. ''ludens'', is grown for its larger petals which yield a blue juice used in manufacturing a paper called ''boshigami'' or nihongo|''aigami''|, The paper is usually resoaked, allowing the pigment to be reabsorbed in water for use as a dye. is composed primarily of malonyl awobanin and was used extensively as a colorant in 18th and 19th century woodblock prints in Japan, especially during the early Ukiyo-e era. The colorant is known to have been used by several famous Ukiyo-e artists such as Torii Kiyonaga. However, ''aigami'' fades to a greenish yellow in a matter of months when exposed to sunlight. As a result, the color was eventually replaced by imported Prussian blue , a much more stable colour with its first commercial appearance in 1829 in the work of Keisai Eisen. Additional uses include making preparatory designs on cloth before dyeing with other pigments. For example, the blue pigmentation of Asiatic dayflower petals was shown to consist of a large complex of six anthocyanins, six flavones, and two associated magenesium ions, demonstrating that supramolecular complexes of several copigments and metals often determine colour. Other research on the plant has helped to explain in plants such as their stomatal responses to blue light versus red light spectrums, abscisic acid perception and its role in cell signaling, particularly concerning the chemical's role in stomatal function, the role of vanadates in inhibiting stomatal opening, and the necessity of calcium in stomatal closure, among other topics. Its widespread use in stomatal studies is due to the fact that the leaves produce exceptional epidermal peels that are consistently one cell layer thick. This same quality makes the plant popular for use in laboratory exercises in higher education for demonstrating stomatal function and morphology. Guard cell turgor pressure and its regulation in the opening and closing of stomata is particularly easy to demonstrate with the Asiatic dayflower.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-4716818920618520101?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-64753555856583835662008-09-14T00:36:00.005-07:002008-09-14T00:36:59.741-07:00<strong>''Chuniophoenix hainanensis</strong>'' is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.<br /> It is found only in China.<br /> Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.<br /> It is threatened by habitat loss.<br /> <a name='Source' id='Source'></a><h2>Source</h2><br /> * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-6475355585658383566?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-70333575505306672622008-09-14T00:36:00.003-07:002008-09-14T00:36:48.743-07:00<strong>''Chosenia arbutifolia</strong>'' is a flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to northeastern Asia: eastern East Siberia, the Russian Far East, Sakhalin, northern Japan, Korea, and<br /> Northeast China. It is the sole member of genus <strong>''Chosenia</strong>'', but is included within the closely related genus '''' by many authors.<br /> <br /> It is a deciduous, willow-like wind-pollinated tree generally reaching a height of 20-30 m with a columnar crown and grey-brown peeling bark. <br /> The are 5-8 cm long and 1.5-2.3 cm broad, with a very finely serrated to nearly entire margin, and an acuminate apex. <br /> The flowers are aggregated in pendulous catkins 1–3 cm long; it is , with male and female flowers on separate trees. Chosenias are fast-growing pioneer trees on sand and pebble river banks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-7033357550530667262?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-2784684554844654782008-09-14T00:36:00.001-07:002008-09-14T00:36:39.223-07:00<strong>''Platycodon grandiflorus</strong>'' is a species of flowering plant of the Campanulaceae and the only member of the genus <strong>''Platycodon</strong>''. These species are commonly referred to as <strong>platycodon</strong>, <strong>Chinese bellflower</strong>, sometimes also <strong>Japanese bellflower</strong>, <strong>common balloon flower</strong>, or simply <strong>balloon flower</strong>. It is native to East Asia and bears big blue flowers, although varieties with white and pink flowers are in cultivation. In Korea, white flowers are more common.<br /> <br /> The root of this species is used extensively in Asia as an anti-inflammatory in the treatment of coughs and colds. In Korea the plant is known as ''doraji'' and its root, either dried or fresh, is a popular ingredient in salads and traditional herbal cooking. However, Chinese bellflower and Korean bellflower are different. Chinese bellflower is used in .<br /> <br /> The plant is also a popular . It is hardy to USDA plant hardiness zone 3 and requires little care.<br /> <br /> <a name='Trivia' id='Trivia'></a><h2>Trivia</h2><br /> *Rumiko Takahashi named her character Kikyo from her manga Inuyasha after the flower.<br /> *Kikyou from the Shuffle! series is named after this flower.<br /> *Byakuya Kuchiki from the anime Bleach enjoys this flower.<br /> *in Korea, white Chinese bellflowers have a folk song named after them.<br /> *in Japan, the pentagram is sometimes called the "Bellflower seal", and the flower was the symbol of the Onmyoryo , because of its associations with Abe no Seimei and the .<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-278468455484465478?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-83595249814945231322008-09-14T00:35:00.003-07:002008-09-14T00:35:34.766-07:00<strong>Chinese Cork Oak</strong> is a species of oak in the section , native to a wide area of eastern Asia in China, Japan, and Korea.<br /> <br /> It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing to 25-30 m tall with a rather open crown, and thick corky bark with deep fissures and marked by sinuous ridges. The are simple, acuminate, variable in size, 8-20 cm long and 2-8 cm broad, with a serrated margin with each vein ending in a distinctive fine hair-like tooth; they are green above and silvery below with dense short pubescence.<br /> <br /> The flowers are wind-pollinated catkins produced in mid spring, maturing about 18 months after pollination; the fruit is a globose acorn, 1.5-2 cm diameter, two-thirds enclosed in the acorn cup, which is densely covered in soft 4-8 mm long 'mossy' bristles.<br /> <br /> <h3>Cultivation and uses</h3><br /> It is cultivated in China to a small extent for production, though its yield is lower than that of the related Cork Oak. It is also occasionally grown as an ornamental tree.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-8359524981494523132?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-67680695366123371722008-09-14T00:35:00.001-07:002008-09-14T00:35:24.607-07:00<strong>''Changiostyrax dolichocarpa</strong>'', formerly known as Sinojackia dolicocarpa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae. It is the only species in the genus Changiostyrax, as revised by C.T.Chen in 1995. <br /> <br /> It is to central China in Hunan province, where it occurs at altitudes of 400–500 m. It is threatened by habitat loss. An exhaustive survey of its range during the decade from 1995 to 2005 revealed only six extant populations, one of which has since been destroyed.<br /> <br /> It is a small deciduous tree growing to 10–12 m tall. The are alternate, simple, 8–13 cm long and 3.5–4.8 cm broad, oblong-lanceolate, with a serrated margin and a 4–7 mm petiole.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-6768069536612337172?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7887777359017843065.post-22361159567308236962008-09-14T00:34:00.000-07:002008-09-14T00:35:13.862-07:00<strong>''Changiostyrax</strong>'', is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae. Its only member species is Changiostyrax dolichocarpa, formerly known as Sinojackia dolichocarpa.<br /> <br /> It is to central China in Hunan province, where it occurs at altitudes of 400–500 m. It is threatened by habitat loss. An exhaustive survey of its range during the decade from 1995 to 2005 revealed only six extant populations, one of which has since been destroyed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7887777359017843065-2236115956730823696?l=acozinhadarivera.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lipogunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627844878698307531noreply@blogger.com0