The province of Cáceres is a province of western Spain, and makes up the northern half of the autonomous community of Extremadura. Its capital is the city of Cáceres. Other cities in the province include Plasencia, Coria, Navalmoral de la Mata and Trujillo, the birthplace of Francisco Pizarro González. As of 2014, the province had 408,703 inhabitants, of whom a quarter lived in the capital. The Tagus river runs through the province.
Fontella Marie Bass was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter best known for her number-one R&B hit "Rescue Me" in 1965. She has been nominated for a Grammy Award twice.
"Rescue Me" is a rhythm and blues song first recorded and released as a single by Fontella Bass in 1965.The original versions of the record, and BMI, give the songwriting credit to Raynard Miner and Carl William Smith, although many other sources also credit Bass herself as a co-writer. It would prove the biggest hit of Bass's career, reaching #1 on the R&B charts for four weeks and placing at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Rescue Me" also peaked at #11 on the UK Singles Chart.
Oxypetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described with this name in 1810. The genus is native to South America.
Matelea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines. Some people consider Chthamalia to be a synonym to or a subgenus of Matelea.
José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of Peru and Chile.
Spigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loganiaceae. It contains around 60 species, distributed over the warmer parts of the Americas, from the latitude of Buenos Aires to the Southern United States. It was named after Adriaan van den Spiegel by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum; the type species is Spigelia anthelmia. Pinkroot is a common name for plants in this genus.
Tassadia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native primarily to South America, with one species extending north into Central America, S Mexico, and Trinidad.
Jobinia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae first described in 1885. It is native to South America and Central America.
Petalostelma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1885. They are native to South America.
Matelea lhotzkyana is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to northeast Brazil. It was first described by Eugène Fournier in 1885 as Pulvinaria lhotzkyana.
Peplonia is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.
Rojasia is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1905. As of December 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted two species:
Hemipogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to South America.
Tressensia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Ibatia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Monsanima is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Ruehssia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. It is also in the Asclepiadoideae subfamily and Marsdenieae tribe.
Cristobalia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It includes four species which are native to Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina in South America.
