Proteaceae

Plantes proteàcies de Sud Àfrica

Proteaceae plants of South Africa

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Les proteàcies (Proteaceae) són una família de Angiospermes de l'ordre Proteales. Consta de 80 gèneres i unes 2000 espècies, que es distribueixen per l'hemisferi sud, ocupant àrees d'origen Gondwana i els seus fragments. La major concentració de diversitat de tàxons es troba a Austràlia i Àfrica del Sud.

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genera but fewer than 2000 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales.
Proteaceae are mainly a southern hemisphere family, with its main centres of diversity in Australia and South Africa. It also occurs in Central Africa, South and Central America, India, eastern and south-eastern Asia, and Oceania. Only two species are known from New Zealand although fossil pollen evidence suggests there were more previously.

Puya chilensis

Cardón, chagual, chaguol, montera.

Puya chilensis, es una especie botánica terrestre, bromeliácea, originaria de las estribaciones áridas andinas de Chile.
Es una especie perenne que forma rosetas grandes, densas de seudohojas gris verdosas, con márgenes espinosos. Las flores verde amarillentas están en espigas de más de 2 m de altura ( no es raro 35 decímetro), y se asemejan a una maza medieval. Fruto cápsula con semillas aladas.
Se multiplica bien por plántulas; pudiendo colonizar grandes áreas. Crece lentamente, pudiendo tardar veinte años o más en florecer. Las espinas están tan bien montadas apuntando hacia todos los ángulos, y es común que queden atrapadas aves y otros pequeños animales; que, impedidos de escapar, mueren de hambre y sus restos caídos muy cerca dan nutrientes adicionales al cardón.

Puya chilensis, is a terrestrial bromeliad originating from the arid hillsides of Chile. An evergreen perennial it forms large, dense rosettes of grey-green, strap like leaves edged with hooked spines. The green-yellow flowers are born on spikes up to 2 m high and which resemble a medieval mace. Spreading by offsets; over time Puya chilensis can colonise large areas. Growth is slow and plants may take twenty years or more to flower. Leaf spines point inward as well as outward and have been known to trap birds and small animals. Unable to escape the victim dies of starvation and its decaying body then provides additional nutrients to the Puya.

Arisaema candidissimum

Pavonia x gledhillii

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Clematis spp.

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Hibiscus clayi

Hibiscus de Hawaii
Hawaiian red hibiscus

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Sarracenia spp.

Sarracenia és un gènere de plantes amb flors que comprèn de 8 a 11 espècies de plantes carnívores natives d'Amèrica del Nord. El gènere pertany a la família Sarraceniaceae, que també conté els gèneres Darlingtonia i Heliamphora.
Sarracenia són plantes carnívores indígenes de l'est de Texas, àrea dels Grans Llacs i sud-est del Canadà, amb la majoria creixent al sud-est dels Estats Units (només S. purpurea neix en regions amb temperatures temperades). Les fulles de les plantes formen un túnel per atrapar insectes i produeixen enzims per digerir la seva presa. Els insectes són atrets per la secreció de nèctar i una combinació d'olors i colors.

Sarracenia is a genus comprising 8 to 11 species of North American pitcher plants. The genus belongs to the family Sarraceniaceae, which also contain the closely allied genera Darlingtonia and Heliamphora.
Sarracenia is a genus of carnivorous plants indigenous to the eastern seaboard, Texas, the Great Lakes area and southeastern Canada, with most species occurring only in the south-east United States (only S. purpurea occurs in cold-temperate regions). The plant's leaves have evolved into a funnel in order to trap insects, digesting their prey with proteases and other enzymes.
The insects are attracted by a nectar-like secretion on the lip of pitchers, as well as a combination of color and scent. Slippery footing at the pitchers' rim, aided in at least one species by a narcotic drug lacing the nectar, causes insects to fall inside, where they die and are digested by the plant as a nutrient source.

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Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'

Saxifraga 'Southside Star'