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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Eniwetok Atoll 397 kt Scaevola 04:00 14 July 1958 (GMT) Eniwetok Atoll 0 kt Pisonia 23:00 17 July 1958 (GMT) Eniwetok Atoll 255 kt Olive 18:15 22 July 1958...
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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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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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Psidium guajava (Guava) Guapira fragrans Neea buxifolia Pisonia Pisonia aculeata Pisonia albida Pisonia subcordata Forestiera segregata Ximenia americana Pinus...
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forest throughout the island plateau, both in forest dominated by Pisonia and Pisonia/Xylosma, and in Timonius thicket, also occurring in Pandanus–Thespesia–Argusia...
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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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classes Boldoa as a synonym of Salpianthus and Grajalesia as a synonym of Pisonia. The family contains one food crop, the mauka (Mirabilis extensa), a root...
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pinnata and Cassipourea ceylanica, Colubrina asiatica, Clerodendrum inerme, Pisonia aculeata, Carmona retusa, Opuntia dillenii etc. Cissus quadrangularis,...
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ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. Synonyms Ehretia ferrea Willd. Diospyros ferrea var. buxifolia (Rottb.) Bakh. Maba buxifolia (Rottb.) Juss. Pisonia buxifolia Rottb....
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dominate the canopy, and Ēlama (Diospyros hillebrandii), papala kepau (Pisonia spp.), and ʻĀlaʻa (Planchonella sandwicensis) in the understory. Threats...
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a rectangular stone plaque at 32 Soho Square. A small New Zealand tree Pisonia brunoniana was named in recognition of him, and Cape Brown (Greenland)...
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