Spiniluma discolor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Genus: | Spiniluma |
Species: | S. discolor |
Binomial name | |
Spiniluma discolor (Radcl.-Sm.) Friis (1978) | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Sideroxylon discolorRadcl.-Sm. (1971) |
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The white-tailed titi monkey is a species of titi monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It was described in 1848 as Callithrix discolor.
The pale spear-nosed bat is a species of phyllostomid bat from South and Central America.
Aristeguietia discolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Peru.
Guioa discolor is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Hopea discolor is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Horsfieldia discolor is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is a tree endemic to Borneo.
Leucadendron discolor is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss. In English the plant is known as the Piketberg Conebush and in Afrikaans as the Rooitolbos. L. discolor is a slow growing perennial. Growth of the root system and propagation, from a seed to the plant's first flower, can take up to two years. The male L. discolor 'Sunset' flowers exuberantly during early spring exposing a colorful flower head during this time.The flower head is composed of a dome-like receptacle, and is densely covered with small male flowers. These plants are only able to reproduce after their third year of life.
Memecylon discolor is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Spiniluma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. The genus is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Socotra.
Trema discolor is a species of plant in the family Cannabaceae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. It is native to the Society Islands and to Raivavae in the Tubuai Islands.
Trichilia discolor is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Pará state in Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pachycormus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the cashew family commonly known as the Baja elephant tree, torote blanco, or copalquín. The single species Pachycormus discolor is endemic to the Baja California peninsula, with three varieties. This sarcocaulescent tree or shrub is characterized by its unique gnarled growth habit, skin-like exfoliating bark, and succulent nature, whose appearance has been colorfully described as "the proboscis of an elephant holding a nosegay," a "huge radish protruding from the ground," or "grotesque resemblances of the flexed limbs of a corpulent human being." This drought-deciduous species spends most of the year dormant, but following rains pinnate green leaves emerge, and in the late spring to summer the leaves yellow, fall, and give way to bright red, cream, or pink flowers that give it a striking appearance in bloom.
Spix's red-handed howler is a species of Howler monkey native to the southeastern Amazon in Brazil. It is threatened by deforestation and hunting.
Rumohra adiantiformis, the leather fern or leatherleaf fern, is a species of fern in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae. It has a wide distribution, mainly in the tropical Southern Hemisphere.
Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, known as windmill bush and banana bush, is a species of plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
Dialyceras discolor is a tree in the family Sphaerosepalaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Orthemis discolor, known generally as the carmine skimmer or orange-bellied skimmer, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae.
Phyllogeiton discolor, known as bird plum or brown ivory in English, is a tree native to southern and eastern Africa including Madagascar. It is a broadleaf tree growing to 18 m (60 ft).
Prunus discolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to the eastern Aegean Islands, Turkey, and Syria. A shrub, it is found in Quercus-dominated scrublands and rocky hillsides, typically on limestone soils. It is easily distinguished from all other Prunus species by its leaves, which are densely silvery-white tomentose on their abaxial (under) sides, and dark green and glabrous on the adaxial (upper) sides.