10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELASTOME»
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Tropical Forest Canopies: Ecology and Management
Positive correlations were found between hue range and manakin diversity. and
between the range of red/far-red ratio and melastome diversity tThery & Endler
unpublishedl. There was no significant relationship between species numbers
and ...
K. Eduard Linsenmair,
2001
2
A Naturalist on a Tropical Farm
Melastome berries are most abundantly available to birds in their principal
nesting season, from late March to June, and doubtless are among the factors
that cause the birds to breed most freely at this time. Some birds, especially the
abundant ...
Alexander Frank Skutch,
1980
3
Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present, and Future
Figure 13.5 Number of pteridophyte and melastome species found in di=erent
sets of sites in Amazonian Ecuador and Peru. The Iquitos sites have been
grouped into four categories on a geologic basis. The Yasuní sites, which have
more ...
Eldredge Bermingham, Christopher W. Dick, Craig Moritz,
2005
4
The Trees of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide
Melastome. Family. (Melastomataceae). Tetrazygia (Tetrazygia bicolor) is
Florida's only woody representative of the Melastomataceae. The family is a
rather large collection of about 200 genera and 4,500 species of mostly tropical
plants, ...
5
Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions
Much of the invasive reputation of the family is based on the track record of two
melastome species, among the most notorious of plant invaders documented
globally, Miconia calvescens and Clidemia hirta. Despite the fact that the
relatively ...
Dr. Daniel Simberloff, Dr. Marcel Rejmanek,
2010
6
Taxonomy of Angiosperms
Family: Melastomataceae. (Melastome). Herbs, shrubs, trees, or lianas,
sometimes as epiphytes, commonly with a 4-sided stem. Leaves opposite (rarely
alternate or whorled), simple, usually entire, main veins 3–9, usually palmate and
parallel ...
A. V. S. S. Sambamurty,
2005
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Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: ...
Nees) Boggy margins of cypress-gum ponds, open bogs, swamps, sandy sinks.
Coastal plain, N.C. to Fla. Panhandle, westward to La.; s.e. Mo. Melastomataceae
(MELASTOME FAMILY) Rhexia (MEADOW BEAUTIES) Perennial herbs, stems ...
Robert K. Godfrey, Jean W. Wooten,
2011
The Amazon basin and Guyana, with 29 and 24 species, respectively, have fewer
epiphytic melastome species, and share only three species. Only five percent of
the 235 central Amazonian melastome species are epiphytic and four of 52 ...
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Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers
604 Rhexia virginica L. — Melastomataceae, Melastome Family —COMMON
MEADOW-BEAUTY Perennial herb 0.2-1 m; petals 4, 15-20 mm, FUM.- lavender.
Angles of the stem obviously, but narr n* l * winged; neck of capsule (dry
dehiscent ...
Rain washing my face, dripping off my chin, I gaze at a row of four melastome
trees. Beyond are taller mimosas, figs, and cedars. The melastomes are about
ten feet apart, their upper foliage intermingled. Mist nets have been placed high
in ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELASTOME»
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Rare plant fossil cluster found in south
Li has also found fossils of the Formosan gum tree, Asian melastome shrub and other plants in the Lilong Mountain area. Using these fossils ... «Taipei Times, Jul 14»
Guardians of the Watershed
To that end, the Conservancy helped found the Melastome Action Committee, which in 1997 evolved into the Maui Invasive Species Committee, or MISC. «Maui No Ka Oi Magazine, Jul 10»