Image Guajirapeninsula1.png thumb 250px The Guajira Peninsula satellital view. The Guajira Barranquilla xeric scrub is a deserts and xeric shrublands xeric shrubland ecoregion in Colombia , covering an estimated area of 150.000 km2. Setting Image Rancher a Way u.JPG thumb left A wayuu rancheria. The wayuu people are the native inhabitants of the Guajira xeric scrub The ecoregion occupies the Guajira Peninsula , the valley of Rancheria river and Guajira Department , covering parts of the northeastern coast of Venezuela . The valleys lie in the rain shadow of the surrounding mountain range of Serran a de Macuira Macuira that reaches 900 m over sea level that trap some of the Trade winds and cause mist . An important touristic destination in the area is Cabo de la Vela Flora Image Dividivi on aruba.jpg thumb Divi divi Caesalpinia coriaria Most of the Macuira mountain range is a protected area called National Natural Park of Macuira . Nearby there is also the 80 km Flamingos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary , which is a center of plant diversity, with over 2700 species, of which approximately 30 are endemic ecology endemic . It is a center of diversity for species of Divi divi , Hechtia , Salvia , and cactus . Fauna Image Lightmatter flamingo2.jpg thumb Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber The ecoregion is notable for being the habitat of a large community of Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber , besides a diversity of birds and bats. References and external links es icon Martha Ligia Castellanos, Luis Carlos Pardo L. 2000. Caracterizaci n y primera aproximaci n a la determinaci n del ndice de biodiversidad en los suelos de la cuenca del arroyo Mekijanao, Serran a de la Macuira, Alta Guajira. En Juan Carlos P rez editor X Congreso Nacional de la Ciencia del Suelo. Programa y res menes. El suelo un componente del medio natural. Medell n, Octubre 11 al 13 de 2000 es icon Edith Gonz lez, Gabriel Guillot, N stor Miranda, Diana Pombo editores . 1990. Perfil Ambiental d ... more details
Taxobox name Ophiusa tirhaca image Ophiusa tirhaca.jpg image width 240px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Ophiusa moth Ophiusa species O. tirhaca binomial Ophiusa tirhaca binomial authority Pieter Cramer Cramer , 1773 synonyms Phalaena tirhaca small Cramer, 1777 small Noctua tirrhaea small Fabricius, 1781 small Noctua vesta small Esper, 1789 small Noctua auricularis small H bner, 1803 small Ophiodes hottentota small Guen e, 1852 small Ophiodes separans small Walker, 1858 small Anua absens small Warren, 1913 small Anua pura small Warren, 1913 small Anua clementi small Swinhoe, 1918 small Ophiusa vesta small Esper, 1789 small Ophiusa auricularis small H bner, 1803 small Ophiusa hottentota small Guen e, 1852 small Ophiusa separans small Walker, 1858 small Ophiusa clementi small Swinhoe, 1918 small Ophiusa tirrhaea small Fabricius, 1781 small Ophiusa demarginata small Heydemann et al., 1963 small Ophiusa obscura small Pinker & Bacallado,1978 small Ophiusa tirhaca is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Southern Europe , Africa , Australia and the southern parts of Asia . The wingspan is about 50 mm. The larvae feed on Ericaceae heath , Pistacia lentiscus , Pistacia terebinthus , Cotinus coggygria , Rhus coriaria , Rhus cotinus , Cistus , Eucalyptus , Osyris , Viburnum and Pelargonium . Gallery gallery image Ophiusa tirhaca female dorsal.jpg Female, dorsal view image Ophiusa tirhaca female ventral.jpg Female, ventral view image Ophiusa tirhaca male dorsal.jpg Male, dorsal view image Ophiusa tirhaca male ventral.jpg Male, ventral view gallery External links http mediateca.educa.madrid.org imagen ver.php?id imagen s387a656hezzgtzy&id grupo 165 Mediateca.educa.madrid.org es http www.funet.fi pub sci bio life insecta lepidoptera ditrysia noctuoidea noctuidae catocalinae ophiusa index.html Ophusia on funet http linus.socs.uts.edu.au don larvae cato tirhaca.html Australian Caterpillars DEFAULTSORT Ophi ... more details
servings of kebabs and lahmacun . Rhus coriaria is used in the spice mixture za atar . In North ... include the leaves of R. coriaria , Chinese gall on Rhus chinensis R. chinensis , and wood and roots ... small Neneleau Hawaii Mediterranean Basin Rhus coriaria small small Tanner s Sumac Rhus pentaphylla ... more details
other uses Tanbark, Lexington File Peeling hemlock bark for tanning.jpg thumb right Workers peeling hemlock bark for the tannery in Prattsville, New York , United States. Tanbark is the bark of certain species of tree. It is traditionally used for tanning hides ref Chapter 8 Tannins Major Sources, Properties and Applications. Antonio Pizzi, Monomers, Polymers and Composites from Renewable Resources 2008, Pages 179 199, doi 10.1016 B978 0 08 045316 3.00008 9 ref . The words tanning , Tan color tan , and Tawny color tawny are derived from the Medieval Latin tannare , to convert into leather. Bark mill s are horse or oxen driven or water powered edge mill s ref http cslib.cdmhost.com cdm4 item viewer.php?CISOROOT p128501coll9&CISOPTR 12 cslib.cdmhost.com ref and were used in earlier times to shred the tanbark to derive tannin s for the leather industry. A barker was a person who stripped bark from trees to supply bark mill s. Tanbark around the world In some areas of the United States, such as central Pennsylvania and northern California , tanbark is often called mulch, even by manufacturers and distributors. In these areas, the word mulch may refer to peat moss or to very fine tanbark. In California , Lithocarpus densiflorus commonly known as the tanoak or tanbark oak was used. In New York , on the slopes of Mount Tremper , Tsuga hemlock bark was a major source of tanbark during the 19th century. In America, condensed tannin s are also present in the bark of blackjack oak Quercus marilandica ref Flavan and procyanidin glycosides from the bark of blackjack oak. Young soo Bae, Johann F.W. Burger, Jan P. Steynberg, Daneel Ferreira and Richard W. Hemingway, Phytochemistry, Volume 35, Issue 2, January 1994, Pages 473 478, doi 10.1016 S0031 9422 00 94785 X ref . Around the Mediterannean , sumach Rhus coriaria leaves and bark are used. In Africa and Australia, acacia called wattle bark is used by tanners. Oak bark File Holford, waterwheel at Combe House Hotel geograph.org.uk ... more details
other uses Trigalloyl glucose disambiguation chembox Verifiedfields changed verifiedrevid 460107508 Name Corilagin ImageFile Corilagin.svg ImageSize 200px ImageName Chemical structure of corilagin IUPACName nowiki 3,5 dihydroxy 2 3,4,5 trihydroxybenzoyl oxy 6 3,4,5 trihydroxybenzoyl oxymethyl oxan 4 yl 3,4,5 trihydroxybenzoate nowiki OtherNames 1,3,6, trigalloyl glucose br beta 1 O galloyl 3,6 R hexahydroxydiphenoyl d glucose br Section1 Chembox Identifiers ChemSpiderID Ref chemspidercite correct chemspider ChemSpiderID 398744 InChIKey RNKMOGIPOMVCHO SJMVAQJGBQ SMILES1 c1c cc c c1O O O C O OC C H 2 C H C H C H C H O2 OC O c3cc c c c3 O O O O OC O c4cc c c c4 O O O O StdInChI Ref stdinchicite correct chemspider StdInChI 1S C27H24O18 c28 11 1 8 2 12 29 18 11 34 24 39 42 7 17 21 37 23 44 25 40 9 3 13 30 19 35 14 31 4 9 22 38 27 43 17 45 26 41 10 5 15 32 20 36 16 33 6 10 h1 6,17,21 23,27 38H,7H2 t17 ,21 ,22 ,23 ,27 m1 s1 StdInChIKey Ref stdinchicite correct chemspider StdInChIKey RNKMOGIPOMVCHO SJMVAQJGSA N CASNo 23094 69 1 CASNo Ref cascite changed ?? CASOther PubChem 80057787 ChEMBL Ref ebicite changed EBI ChEMBL 449392 SMILES O C O C H 2O C H C H O C H OC O c1cc O c O c O c1 C H 2O COC O c3cc O c O c O c3 c4cc O c O c O c4 InChI 1 C27H24O18 c28 11 1 8 2 12 29 18 11 34 24 39 42 7 17 21 37 23 44 25 40 9 3 13 30 19 35 14 31 4 9 22 38 27 43 17 45 26 41 10 5 15 32 20 36 16 33 6 10 h1 6,17,21 23,27 38H,7H2 t17 ,21 ,22 ,23 ,27 m1 s1 MeSHName Section2 Chembox Properties Formula C sub 27 sub H sub 24 sub O sub 18 sub MolarMass 636.46 g mol ExactMass 636.096264 u Appearance Density MeltingPt BoilingPt Solubility Corilagin is an ellagitannin . Corilagin was first isolated in 1951 from Dividivi extract and from Caesalpinia coriaria ref O. Th. Schmidt, R. Lademann 1951 Liebigs Ann. Chem., 571, S. 232 237. ref ref O. Th. Schmidt, D. M. Schmidt 1952 Liebigs Ann. Chem., 578, 25 30. ref , hence the name of the molecule. It can also be found in Alchornea glandulosa and in the leaves o ... more details
Actinorhizal plants are a group of angiosperms characterized by their ability to form a symbiosis with the nitrogen fixing actinobacteria Frankia . This association leads to the formation of nitrogen fixing root nodules. Classification Actinorhizal plants are dicotyledon s distributed among four angiosperm Order biology orders Fagales , Cucurbitales , Fabales and Rosales , 8 Family biology families and 24 Genus genera Betulaceae Alder Alnus Casuarinaceae Gymnostoma , Casuarina , Allocasuarina , Ceuthostoma Coriariaceae Coriaria Datiscaceae Datisca , Elaeagnaceae Eleagnus , Hippophae , Shepherdia Myricaceae Myrica , Comptonia Rhamnaceae Colletia , Discaria , Kenthrothammus , Retanilla , Talguenea , Trevoa , Ceanothus Rosaceae Dryas plant Dryas , Purshia , Cowania plant Cowania , Cercocarpus , Chamaebatia . ref name Harvnb Wall 2000 Harvnb Wall 2000 ref Actinorhizal species are trees or shrubs, except for the genus Datisca . Many are common plants in temperate regions like alder , Myrica bayberry , Comptonia sweetfern , Dryas plant Avens , mountain misery and Coriaria . Some Elaeagnus species and Sea buckthorn s produce edible fruit. In tropical regions, Casuarina s are widely cultivated, becoming invasive species in some areas like Casuarina glauca in Florida . Distribution and ecology Actinorhizal plants are found on all continents except for Antarctica . Their ability to form nitrogen fixing nodules confers a selective advantage in poor soils. Most actinorhizal plants are therefore pioneer species that colonize young soils where available nitrogen is scarce like moraine s, volcanic flows or sand dunes. ref name Schwintzer 1990 Harvnb Schwintzer Tjepkema 1990 ref Being among the first species to colonize these disturbed environments, actinorhizal shrubs and trees play a critical role, enriching the soil and enabling the establishment of other species in an ecological succession . ref name Harvnb Wall 2000 ref name Schwintzer 1990 Actinorhizal plants like alders are ... more details
taxobox name Cucurbitales image 2006 10 18Cucurbita pepo02.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Cucurbitales subdivision ranks Families subdivision Apodanthaceae Anisophylleaceae Begoniaceae begonia family Coriaria ceae Corynocarpaceae Cucurbitaceae gourd family Datiscaceae Tetramelaceae The Cucurbitales are an order of flowering plant s, included in the rosid group of dicotyledon s. This order mostly belongs to tropical areas, with limited presence in subtropic and temperate regions. The order includes shrubs and trees, together with many herbs and climbers. One of major characteristics of the Cucurbitales is the presence of unisexual flowers, mostly pentacyclic , with thick pointed petals whenever present Matthews and Endress, 2004 . The pollination is usually performed by insects, but Anemophily wind pollination is also present in Coriariaceae and Datiscaceae . The order consists of roughly 2600 species in eight families. The largest families are Begoniaceae begonia family with 1400 species and Cucurbitaceae gourd family with 825 species. The large families of Cucurbitales include several economically important plants. Specifically, the Cucurbitaceae gourd family are responsible for some food species, such as squash fruit squash , pumpkin both from Cucurbita , melons melon including watermelon Citrullus vulgaris , and cucumber Cucumis . The Begoniaceae are known for their horticultural species, of which there are over 130. Overview The cucurbitales are an order of cosmopolitan plants with distribution particularly diverse in the tropics. ref name autogenerated1 cite web url http www.umsl.edu renners Schaefer&Renner Cucs Taxon2011.pdf title Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae format PDF date accessdate 2012 03 07 ref Most are herbs, climber herbs, woody lianas or shrubs but some genus are canopy evergreen lauraceae lauroide tr ... more details
Image Division Politico Territorial Nueva Esparta.svg thumb 250px Cubagua within Nueva Esparta Image Cubagua Mapa.svg thumb 250px Map of Cubagua Cubagua or Isla de Cubagua IPA es isla e ku a wa is the smallest and least populated of the three islands constituting the Venezuela n state of Nueva Esparta , after Isla Margarita and Coche, Venezuela Coche . It is located 16 km north of Araya Peninsula , the closest mainland area. Geography Topography The island is 9.2 by 3.6 km in size, an elliptical shape with the longer axis east west. Its area is 22.438 km . The coast consists of cliff s from five to seven meters high in the south, and from 20 to 24 meters high in the north, but there are also some beach es. The highest elevation of the flat topped island reaches 32 meters. Climate It is dry and lacks surface water bodies the only freshwater is found in small underground reservoirs . Annual precipitation is 250 mm, which is the value of a dry desert . Temperatures are close to 25 C year round, with little fluctuation. Vegetation The desert like Xerophyte xerophytic vegetation of the essentially barren island includes a number of cactus species such as Card n de Dato Ritterocereus griseus , Buche, Mel n de Cerro, Sabana o Monte Melocactus caesius , Guamacho Pereskia guamacho , and Opuntia Opuntia tuna , as well as a few legumes family Fabaceae such as Mesquite Prosopis juliflora , Divi divi Caesalpinia coriaria , Poorman s Friend Stylosanthes viscosa , and the Sangre Drago Croton flavens . ref http books.google.com books?id zb46AAAAIAAJ&pg PA392&lpg PA392&dq cubagua&source web&ots lTdhvQQIPK&sig FOJs6rlR58tCQZeCCnCwdrYZOH0 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels By Robert Kerr ref Fauna The island has small populations of hare s and feral goat s. Transportation Image Cubagua, Venezuela 1.JPG thumb 250px Beach of Cubagua There are no streets or roads on the island. Cubagua is served by ferry ferries and other boats from Punta de Piedras ... more details
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