Qualea
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Qualea is a flowering plant
genus
in the family
Vochysiaceae
. These plants occur in the Neotropics and their wood makes good timber
and firewood
and is used in construction.
Caterpillar
s of the dalcerid moth
Dalcera abrasa, a common pest of coffee plants, have also been found to feed on Q. parviflora.
Species
include:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Vochysiaceae
Vochysiaceae
Vochysiaceae is a plant family belonging to the order of Myrtales.-Description:Trees or shrubs with opposite leaves; flowers are zygomorph 1--5 merous; ovary inferior or superior; one fertile stamen; fruits samara or capsules-Biogeography:...
. These plants occur in the Neotropics and their wood makes good timber
Timber
Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...
and firewood
Firewood
Firewood is any wood-like material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not highly processed and is in some sort of recognizable log or branch form....
and is used in construction.
Caterpillar
Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera . They are mostly herbivorous in food habit, although some species are insectivorous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture...
s of the dalcerid moth
Dalceridae
Dalceridae is a small family of moths with 84 known species. They are mostly found in the Neotropical region with a few reaching the far south of the Nearctic region.These are generally small or medium-sized moths with very hairy bodies...
Dalcera abrasa, a common pest of coffee plants, have also been found to feed on Q. parviflora.
Species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
include:
- Qualea calanthaQualea calanthaQualea calantha is a species of plant in the Vochysiaceae family. It is endemic to Peru.-Sources:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
- Qualea cordata Spreng.
- Qualea dichotoma (Mart.Carl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
) Warm. - Qualea glauca Warm.
- Qualea grandiflora Mart.Carl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
- Qualea grandifolia Mart.Carl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
- Qualea impexaQualea impexaQualea impexa is a species of plant in the Vochysiaceae family endemic to Peru.-Sources:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....
- Qualea ingens Warm. – "arrayánArrayán-Plants:* In Spain, it refers to the Myrtaceae shrub Myrtus communis * In Argentina and Chile, it refers to the Myrtaceae shrub Luma apiculata * In Colombia, it refers to the Vochysiaceae tree Qualea ingens...
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) - Qualea multiflora Mart.Carl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
- Qualea parviflora Mart.Carl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...