Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Flower Color: red
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 30-40' tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,941 meters (0 to 9,649 feet).[1]
Biology
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Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Zingiberanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Zingiberales
()
- Grisebach, 1854
- Suborder:
Strelitziineae
()
- Family:
Strelitziaceae
()
- Hutchinson, 1934
- Tribe:
Strelitzieae
()
- Genus:
Phenakospermum
()
- Endlicher, 1833
- Specific epithet:
guyannense
- (A.Rich.) Endl. ex Miq.
- Botanical name: - Phenakospermum guyannense (A.Rich.) Endl. ex Miq.
- Specific epithet:
guyannense
- (A.Rich.) Endl. ex Miq.
- Genus:
Phenakospermum
(
- Tribe:
Strelitzieae
(
- Family:
Strelitziaceae
(
- Suborder:
Strelitziineae
(
- Order:
Zingiberales
(
- Superorder:
Zingiberanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 21-Jun-2005
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Members of the genus Phenakospermum
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Further Reading
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- Jorgensen, P. M. & S. Leon (eds.) (1999a): Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
- SysTax, SysTax
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3488940
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-257739
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16079597
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 708168
Footnotes
- Mean = 359.950 meters (1,180.938 feet), Standard Deviation = 580.720 based on 60 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
