The black-chinned hummingbird is a hummingbird occupying a broad range of habitats. Its summer range is in the western United States and southwestern Canada. It is migratory, wintering as far south as Mexico. In sunlight, the gorget of iridescent purple feathers bordering its black chin is noticeable.
Sterculia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae: subfamily Sterculioideae. Members of the genus are colloquially known as tropical chestnuts. Sterculia may be monoecious or dioecious, and its flowers unisexual or bisexual.
Sterculia quadrifida, also known as the peanut tree, monkey nut or red-fruited kurrajong is a small tree that grows in some forests of New Guinea and Australia.
Pachypodium namaquanum, also known as halfmens or elephants trunk, is a Southern African succulent plant in the family Apocynaceae. The genus name Pachypodium is from the Greek for 'thick foot', an allusion to its swollen base, while the species name namaquanum is a reference to Namaqualand.
Bauhinia bowkeri is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a scrambling shrub or small tree found only in South Africa, where it is threatened by habitat loss.
Polyceratocarpus scheffleri is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.
Sterculia khasiana was a species of plant in the family Malvaceae. It was an endemic tree of the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya in India. It became extinct due to habitat loss.
Sterculia parviflora is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Sterculia schliebenii is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
Faurea saligna is a graceful, semi-deciduous tree in the family Proteaceae. It grows to about 10 metres, or up to 20 metres under forest conditions. Found from tropical Africa south to the Transvaal, Swaziland and Natal, often in large communities on sandy soil and along stream beds.
Michelsonia is a genus of tree in the legume family, Fabaceae, where it is classified in the subfamily Detarioideae. It is a monotypic genus, the only species being Michelsonia microphylla. It is native to the tropical rain forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The wood is used locally for construction work.
Greyia sutherlandii, also known as Natal bottlebrush, is a species of flowering plant in the familyFrancoaceae. It is native to South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho.
Abarema alexandri is a species of plant of the genus Abarema in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica, where it can be found in woodland or thicket on limestone soils.
Kraussia floribunda is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It ranges from Mozambique and Eswatini to eastern South Africa, and is associated with the Tongoland-Pondoland regional mosaic. The type was described from a plant collected by Dr. F. Krauss near Durban.
Althenia australis is a species of aquatic plant in the family Potamogetonaceae. It is found in fresh to brackish waters in Australia. This species has been transferred from Lepilaena.
Sterculia murexHemsl. or lowveld chestnut is a southern African tree in the family Malvaceae. It has a very limited distribution in the lowveld of eastern Mpumalanga and Eswatini. After S. alexandri it is the most southern representative of the genus in Africa. Kew currently recognises some 92 species of Sterculia, confined to the tropics and slightly beyond at low elevations.
Xanthorrhoea drummondii, commonly known as grasstree or Drummond's balga, is a species of grasstree of the family Asphodelaceae. It is native to Western Australia.
Sterculia africana or African star-chestnut is a deciduous tree, belonging to the genus Sterculia and the family Malvaceae. The species is sometimes called the "mopopaja tree". It is distributed throughout Northeast Africa to Arabia.
Julbernardia seretii, commonly known as the Congo zebrawood, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found in tropical West and Central Africa.
Othonna purpurascens is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to South Africa.
