Ochrosia brownii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Ochrosia |
Species: | O. brownii |
Binomial name | |
Ochrosia brownii | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Ochrosia brownii, synonym Neisosperma brownii, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. [2] It was endemic to the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia and is extinct in the wild. [1]
Banksia brownii, commonly known as feather-leaved banksia or Brown's banksia, is a species of shrub that grows in southwest Western Australia. A plant with fine feathery leaves and large red-brown flower spikes, it usually grows as an upright bush around two metres (6.6 ft) high, but can also occur as a small tree or a low spreading shrub. First collected in 1829 and published the following year, it is placed in Banksiasubgenus Banksia, section Oncostylis, series Spicigerae. There are two genetically distinct forms.
The Jamaican coney, also known as the Jamaican hutia or Brown's hutia, is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal found only on the island of Jamaica. About the size of a rabbit, it lives in group nests and is active at night to feed on fruit, bark, and other plant matter. It is currently endangered by habitat loss, hunting, and non-native species; it persists only in remote mountains. The Jamaican coney belongs to the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae) and is the only surviving native mammal on Jamaica.
Amaranthus brownii was an annual herb in the family Amaranthaceae. The plant was found only on the small island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, growing on rocky outcrops at altitudes of 120–215 m (394–705 ft). It was one of nine species of Amaranthus in the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the only endemic Hawaiian species of the genus. It is now considered extinct.
Aglaia brownii is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Australia, West Papua (Indonesia), and Papua New Guinea.
Gregbrownia brownii, synonym Mezobromelia brownii, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Ochrosia brevituba, synonym Neisosperma brevituba, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.
Ochrosia sevenetii, synonym Neisosperma sevenetii, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia, where it is known from only two sites. Its habitat is threatened with encroachment and fire.
Ochrosia thiollierei, synonym Neisosperma thiollierei, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Ochrosia borbonica is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Mauritius and Réunion, and naturalized in Guangdong Province in China.
Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Ochrosia fatuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
Ochrosia grandiflora is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Ochrosia haleakalae, the island yellowwood or hōlei, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae that is endemic to Hawaiʻi. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Ochrosia kauaiensis, the Kauai yellowwood, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Ochrosia kilaueaensis is an extinct species of flowering plant in the genus Ochrosia in Apocynaceae. Its common names include holei and Hawaii yellowwood. It was endemic to the island of Hawaiʻi. It has been collected only at Puuwaawaa and Kipuka Puaulu and has not been seen since the 1940s.
Ochrosia tahitensis was a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Tahiti of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia.
Eucalyptus brownii, commonly known as the Brown's box or Reid River box, is a species endemic to Queensland. It is a small to medium-sized tree with hard, tough, fissured bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of eleven to fifteen, white flowers and usually cup-shaped fruit.
Ochrosia glomerata is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae.
Rauvolfia nukuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.
Serruria brownii, the bottlebrush spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the family Proteaceae and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa.