Vitex gaumeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Vitex |
Species: | V. gaumeri |
Binomial name | |
Vitex gaumeri | |
Vitex gaumeri (also called fiddlewood, walking lady, or yax-nik) is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
Pterocereus is a monotypic genus of cactus containing the sole species Pterocereus gaumeri.
Vitex is a genus of flowering plants in the sage family Lamiaceae. It has about 250 species. Common names include chaste tree or chastetree, traditionally referring to V. agnus-castus, but often applied to other species, as well.
Senegalia gaumeri is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Mexico.
The Caribbean dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Belize, the Cayman Islands, Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, and Mexico. It has been introduced to the Bahamas.
Gaumer's spiny pocket mouse is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It ranges over northern Belize and Guatemala and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, where it lives in lowland semideciduous forest and thorn scrub. The species is nocturnal and terrestrial; it is solitary and strongly territorial. It is named after physician and biologist George F. Gaumer, who lived in the Yucatán from 1885 to 1929.
Vitex acunae is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Vitex ajugaeflora is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to Vietnam.
Vitex amaniensis is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.
Vitex cooperi is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Vitex evoluta is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.
Fiddlewood is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
Vitex heptaphylla is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
Vitex keniensis is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae.
Vitex kuylenii is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Vitex lehmbachii is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Vitex parviflora is a species of plant in the family Verbenaceae, also known as smallflower chastetree or the molave tree. The name "molave" is from Spanish, derived from mulawin, the Tagalog word for the tree. It is also known as tugas in Visayan languages. It yields one of two woods from the same genus called molave wood, the other being Vitex cofassus.
Vitex urceolata is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Vitex yaundensis is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Vitex zanzibarensis is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Yucatán dry forests is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in southern Mexico. It includes the dry forests of the northwestern Yucatán Peninsula.