Pisonia is a genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae. It was named for Dutch physician and naturalist Willem Piso (1611–1678)...
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Pisonia grandis, the grand devil's-claws, is a species of flowering tree in the Bougainvillea family, Nyctaginaceae. The tree has broad, thin leaves,...
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Pisonia brunoniana is a species of flowering tree in the family Nyctaginaceae that is native to New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and Hawaiʻi...
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freshwater lens. Vostok's major portion is covered with a pure stand of Pisonia trees rooted in moist peat soil one meter thick. These trees, with heights...
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Ceodes umbellifera (redirect from Pisonia umbellifera)
Ceodes umbellifera, synonym Pisonia umbellifera, commonly known as the birdlime tree or bird catcher tree, is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae...
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Pisonia wagneriana, the pāpala kēpau or Kauaʻi catchbirdtree, is a species of flowering tree in the Bougainvillea family, Nyctaginaceae, that is endemic...
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Pisonia siphonocarpa is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Florence, J. (1998). "Pisonia siphonocarpa"...
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Pisonia sechellarum is a species of flowering plant in the family Nyctaginaceae. It is indigenous to the Seychelles and the Comoros archipelago. In Seychelles...
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Pisonia ekmani is a species of plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba. Areces-Mallea, A.E. (1998). "Pisonia ekmani". IUCN Red List of...
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Pisonia donnellsmithii is a species of plant in the family Nyctaginaceae. It is found in El Salvador and Guatemala. It is threatened by habitat loss....
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Ceodes gracilescens (redirect from Pisonia graciliscens)
Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. Florence, J. (1998). "Pisonia graciliscens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T35128A9913423...
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tree-nesting seabirds' guano in the absence of burrowing animals. Rich forests of Pisonia grandis dominate the centre and south of Heron Island. Towards the eastern...
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Operation Hardtack I (section Pisonia)
Scaevola.: 2 : 213 PISONIA predicted fallout, surface radiological exclusion (radex) area, ship positions, and aircraft participation. PISONIA was detonated...
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dominated by the flowering tree Cordia subcordata; "Pisonia Forest", consisting of the Pisonia grandis tree, located in the interior of the larger islets...
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bars covered with vegetation—mostly coconut palms, Scaevola, and tall Pisonia trees. Many of the islets are connected. Sand Island and the two Home Islets...
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North American plants in the genus Proboscidea and certain species of Pisonia, however, are also known by this name. Devil's claw's tuberous roots are...
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Psidium guajava (Guava) Guapira fragrans Neea buxifolia Pisonia Pisonia aculeata Pisonia albida Pisonia subcordata Forestiera segregata Ximenia americana Pinus...
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features scattered grasses along with prostrate vines and low-growing pisonia trees and shrubs. A 1942 eyewitness description spoke of "a low grove of...
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Paepalanthus gentlei Paspalum peckii Passiflora urbaniana Piper schippianum Pisonia proctorii Pithecellobium peckii Plinia peroblata Schippia concolor Scutellaria...
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Tasman Region of New Zealand Para Para, a Japanese synchronized dance style Pisonia brunoniana, the New Zealand Parapara tree Para, para'-Diaminodiphenyl-methane...
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Harpagophytum species, native to Southern Africa and a herbal medicine some Pisonia species are known as "devil's-claws" Proboscidea species native to the...
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Islands North Wellesley Islands (Mornington, Moondalbee, Lingnoonganee, Pisonia, Lingeleah, Beahgoo, Jinke, Sydney, Tulburrerr, Denham, and Andrew Islands)...
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reef herons and red-tailed tropic birds. Other birds can be found in the Pisonia forest, the only one left in Samoa. The atoll has been recognised as an...
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remain unspoiled and support a wide range of habitats, including unique Pisonia forests and large clumps of the gigantic fish poison tree (Barringtonia...
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Scaevola taccada (beach cabbage), Cordia subcordata (sea trumpet), and Pisonia grandis. Grassland species include Dactyloctenium aegyptium and Tribulus...
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bijuga, Hernandia sonora, Morinda citrifolia, Neisosperma oppositifolium, Pisonia grandis, Terminalia catappa, and Heliotropium foertherianum. Another three...
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unique for the Chagos for having only two species of tree, Coconut and Pisonia, which both appear to have arrived naturally. The island is otherwise covered...
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coconut palms have taken over 96% of the island and have killed all but few pisonia trees. On January 3, 1908 a total eclipse of the sun was observed on the...
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hirtum, Cordia lutea and Waltheria tomentosa appear as low-growing forms. Pisonia grandis, Premna tahitensis and Morinda citrifolia also grow in the few...
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