Violaceae is a family of flowering plants established in 1802, consisting of about 1000 species in about 25 genera. It takes its name from the genus Viola, the violets and pansies.
A tepui, or tepuy, is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana.
Gunnera is the sole genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Gunneraceae, which contains 63 species. Some species have extremely large leaves. Species in the genus are variously native to Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Papuasia, Hawaii, insular Southeast Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. The stalks of many species are edible.
Rinorea is a genus of plant in family Violaceae.
Rinorea cordata is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is endemic to Colombia.
Rinorea deflexa is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Rinorea endotricha is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is found in Guyana and Venezuela.
Rinorea hirsuta is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is found in Colombia and Panama.
Rinorea keayi is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rinorea laurifolia is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is endemic to Colombia.
Rinorea oraria is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.
Rinorea pectino-squamata is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is endemic to French Guiana.
Rinorea ulmifolia is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is endemic to Colombia.
Rinorea uxpanapana is a species of plant in the family Violaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.
The Flora of Colombia is characterized by over 28,000 species of green plants.
Calydorea is a small genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae native to Mexico and South America. The plants in the genus are small with tunicated bulbs. The flowers are light blue, violet, white, or yellow, depending on the species, of which there are around twenty. Taxonomists considered that the already known genera Salpingostylis, Cardiostigma, Catila and Itysa are not enough different from each other to justify their taxonomic segregation and, for this reason, all of them are now included in Calydorea.
Rinorea welwitschii is a plant species in the genus Rinorea found in Africa.
Rinorea niccolifera is a species of plant in the Violaceae family.
Mount Chiperone is a mountain in northern Mozambique.
Rinorea bengalensis is a species of plant in the family Violaceae. They are seen as understorey trees in wet evergreen forests up to 800 meters in Indomalaysia, Australia and Pacific Islands and in the Western Ghats they can be seen at Coorg and Chikmagalur Regions.
