NOUN
- enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
How To Use Orchidaceae In A Sentence
- In the karri forests, the most important families are Fabaceae, Mimosaceae, Orchidaceae, Myrtaceae, and Proteaceae. Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands
- Geophyte diversity is remarkably high; the lowland and montane fynbos ecoregions support about 1,500 species, most belonging to the petaloid monocot families, notably Iridaceae, Orchidaceae, Hyacinthaceae, and Amaryllidaceae. Montane fynbos and renosterveld
- Geophyte diversity is particularly high; the lowland and montane ecoregion support about 1,500 species, most belonging to the petaloid monoct families, notably Iridaceae, Orchidaceae, Hyacinthaceae, and Amaryllidaceae. Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
- Of 3,003 species of flowering plants recorded from Jamaica, 830 (28%) are endemic; of 579 fern species 82 (14%) are endemic; and within the Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae, both of which are richly represented on Jamaica, endemism is 31%. Jamaican dry forests
- Orchidaceae is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae). WN.com - Articles related to '10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change
- Many CAM families, i.e. Cactaceae, Crassu laceae, Euphorbiaceae, Agavaceae, Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae, are frequently found on inselbergs in the palaeotropics and the neotropics.
- The following list gives a rough overview of their distribution: tropical America: 250 to 270 genera tropical Asia: 260 to 300 genera tropical Africa: 230 to 270 genera Oceania: 50 to 70 genera Europe and temperate Asia: 40 to Orchidaceae is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae). WN.com - Articles related to '10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change
