Xylosma obovata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Genus: | Xylosma |
Species: | X. obovata |
Binomial name | |
Xylosma obovata | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Xylosma obovata is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae. [2] [3] It is endemic to Colombia.
Xylosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae. It contains around 100 species of evergreen shrubs and trees commonly known as brushhollies, xylosmas, or, more ambiguously, "logwoods". The generic name is derived from the Greek words ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood, tree", and ὀσμή (osmé), meaning "smell", referring to the fragrant wood of some of the species. The Takhtajan system places it in the family Flacourtiaceae, which is considered defunct by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
Paullinia is a genus of flowering shrubs, small trees and lianas in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae and typical of tribe Paullinieae. It is native to tropical South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Calophyllum is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae. They are mainly distributed in Asia, with some species in Africa, the Americas, Australasia, and the Pacific Islands.
Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.
Bactris setulosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a medium-sized spiny palm which is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. It is one of the largest species of Bactris and is found at the highest elevations.
Esenbeckia alata is a species of flowering plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae. It is endemic to Colombia. Common names include Winged Esenbeckia, Coya, and Cuala-cuala.
Mayna pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Achariaceae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Mayna suaveolens is a species of flowering plant in the family Achariaceae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Metteniusa edulis is a species of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Cardiopteridaceae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Monnina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygalaceae. There are 150 to 200 species distributed throughout the Americas from the United States to Patagonia. It was named after José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca.
Quiina is a genus of plant in family Ochnaceae. It contains the following species :
Ruagea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae. It contains the following species :
Schmardaea is a genus of trees in the family Meliaceae. It solely comprises the species Schmardaea microphylla.
Sabal mauritiiformis, commonly known as the Savannah palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It grows in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.
Passiflora antioquiensis, the red banana passionfruit, is a species of flowering plant in the family Passifloraceae. It is native to Colombia and is named for the Antioquia Department in Colombia where the type specimen was collected. It was originally described by Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten in 1859. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. With Passiflora tripartita var. mollissima it was hybridised in the Veitch Nurseries in Exeter, England in the 1870s to yield Passiflora × exoniensis, which has also gained the Award of Garden Merit.
Ceroxylon ceriferum, also known as the Sacred wax palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It grows from northern Colombia and Venezuela.
Lacmellea edulis, common name: chicle muyu, is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.
Cephalotomandra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae.
Annona cherimolioides is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Colombia and Ecuador. José Jerónimo Triana and Jules Émile Planchon, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after its resemblance to another Annona species A. cherimoya.
Xylopia macrantha is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama. José Jerónimo Triana and Jules Émile Planchon, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after its large flowers.