| Tetrasiphon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Tetrasiphon Urb. |
| Species: | T. jamaicensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetrasiphon jamaicensis Urb. | |
Tetrasiphon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae containing the single species Tetrasiphon jamaicensis. [1] It is endemic to Jamaica. [1]
The ruddy duck is a duck from North America and one of the stiff-tailed ducks. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek oxus, "sharp", and oura, "tail", and jamaicensis is "from Jamaica".
Ormosia jamaicensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Jamaica.
Plicatoperipatus is a monospecific genus of velvet worm containing the single species Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis. It is endemic to Jamaica. Females of this species can have as many as 43 pairs of legs, the maximum number found in the phylum Onychophora. In a large sample collected in 1988, however, females ranged from 35 to 39 leg pairs, with 37 as the mean and the most common number, and males ranged from 31 to 37 leg pairs, with 35 as the mean and the most common number. This species ranges from 25 mm to 65 mm in length. In the 1988 sample, the mean length for males was 33 mm, and the mean length for mature females was 51 mm. This species is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.
Alvaradoa jamaicensis is a species of plant in the Picramniaceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Ardisia jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Boehmeria jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Brunfelsia jamaicensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, the nightshades. It is endemic to Jamaica, where it grows in mountain forests above 1400 meters in elevation.
Bunchosia jamaicensis is a species of plant in the Malpighiaceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Guarea jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Hernandia jamaicensis is a species of plant in the Hernandiaceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Hieronyma jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae, which was recently separated from the Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Juglans jamaicensis, the West Indian walnut, nogal, or palo de nuez, is a species of walnut in the Juglandaceae family native to the Greater Antilles.
Lyonia jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Ouratea jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Phialanthus jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pimenta jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Quiina jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Reynosia jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
Artibeus schwartzi, or Schwartz's fruit-eating bat, is a species of bat found in the Lesser Antilles. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat,. It has been hypothesized that it arose from hybridization of three Artibeus species: A. jamaicensis, A. planirostris, and an unknown third species.
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