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The Burseraceae are a moderate-sized family of 17-19 genera and about 540 species of woody flowering plants. The actual numbers given in taxonomic sources differ according to taxonomic revision at the time of writing. The Burseraceae are also known as the torchwood family, [2] the frankincense and myrrh family, or simply the incense tree family.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flora of Florida. WGSRPD code: FLA ( level 3) This category contains the native flora of Florida as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic.
Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments ( saltwater or freshwater ). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating.
Florida ( / ˈflɒrɪdə / FLORR-ih-də) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of ...
As of 2010[update], 73.36% of Florida residents age 5 and older spoke Englishat home as a primary language, while 19.54% spoke Spanish, 1.84% French Creole(mostly Haitian Creole), 0.60% Frenchand 0.50% Portuguese. In total, 26.64% of Florida's population age 5 and older spoke a mother languageother than English.
Synedrella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3] [4] It contains only one known species, Synedrella nodiflora, native to South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida. It is naturalized in much of Asia, northern Australia, some Pacific Islands, and tropical Africa.
In the United States, there are at least 12 native palm species, mostly occurring in the states of the Deep South and Florida. [15] Palms inhabit a variety of ecosystems. More than two-thirds of palm species live in humid moist forests, where some species grow tall enough to form part of the canopy and shorter ones form part of the understory. [16]
The Florida Reef (also known as the Great Florida Reef, Florida reefs, Florida Reef Tract and Florida Keys Reef Tract) is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States. [12] It lies a few miles seaward of the Florida Keys, is about 4 miles (6 to 7 km) wide and extends (along the 20 meter depth contour) 270 km (170 mi) from ...