Pisonia

Pisonia

Taxobox
name = "Pisonia"



image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Pisonia brunoniana"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Nyctaginaceae
genus = "Pisonia"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Pisonia ambigua"
"Pisonia brunoniana"
"Pisonia grandis"
"Pisonia umbellifera"
and others

"Pisonia" is a genus of plants. Some species, for example "Pisonia brunoniana" of New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and Hawaii, "Pisonia umbellifera", and possibly "Pisonia grandis" widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, are referred to as Birdcatcher or Catchbird trees because their sticky seeds reportedly trap small birds. Such sticky seeds are postulated to be an evolutionary feature of some island species for adherence of their seeds to birds; thereby facilitating distribution of seeds between islands.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Pisonia — brunoniana Neuseeland Systematik Klasse: Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida) Eudikotyl …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pisonĭa — Pisonĭa, 1) P. Plum., Pflanzengattung nach Willy Piso benannt, aus der Familie der Nycta [161] gineae, 7. Kl. 1. Ordn. L.; Arten: P. aculeata. dorniger Strauch in Westindien mit Früchten voll krummer Stacheln. Der Absud der Wurzel wird gegen… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Pisonia —   Pisonia Pisonia bruno …   Wikipedia Español

  • Pisonia — noun genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America • Syn: ↑genus Pisonia • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniace …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pisonia — ID 64242 Symbol Key PISON Common Name catchbirdtree Family Nyctaginaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, FL, HI, PR, TX, VI Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Pisonia grandis — Pisonia grandis …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pisonia costata — Pisonia costata …   Wikipédia en Français

  • PISONIA ALBA SPAN. - ПИЗОНИЯ БЕЛАЯ, ШПИНАТНОЕ ДЕРЕВО — см. 284. Дерево. P. alba Span. П. белая, Шпинатное дерево in Linnaea 15 (1841) 342. Merrill 2 (1923) 133. Burkill (1935) 1755. S у n. Pisonia morindifolia R. Br.; P. sylvestris Teijsm.; Cordia olitoria Blanco. М е с т н. н а з в. Англ. lettuce… …   Справочник растений

  • Pisonia grandis — Pisonia grandis …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pisonia brunoniana — Taxobox name = Pisonia brunoniana regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Nyctaginaceae genus = Pisonia species = P. brunoniana binomial = Pisonia brunoniana binomial authority = Endl.… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”