Tovomita
Encyclopedia
Tovomita is a plant
genus
of the family
Clusiaceae
. They are noted for having white-yellow latex
and containing xanthone
s. There are about 45 species, found in tropical
America
, 30 of which are in Venezuela
.
Species include:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
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...
of 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...
Clusiaceae
Clusiaceae
The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. is a family of plants formerly including about 37 genera and 1610 species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. It is primarily tropical...
. They are noted for having white-yellow latex
Latex
Latex is the stable dispersion of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium. Latexes may be natural or synthetic.Latex as found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants . It is a complex emulsion consisting of proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins,...
and containing xanthone
Xanthone
Xanthone is an organic compound with the molecular formula C13H8O2. It can be prepared by the heating of phenyl salicylate. In 1939, xanthone was introduced as an insecticide and it currently finds uses as ovicide for codling moth eggs and as a larvicide...
s. There are about 45 species, found in tropical
Tropics
The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...
America
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, 30 of which are in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
.
Species include:
- Tovomita aequatoriensisTovomita aequatoriensisTovomita aequatoriensis is a species of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-Sources:...
- Tovomita brasiliensis
- Tovomita chachapoyasensisTovomita chachapoyasensisTovomita chachapoyasensis is a species of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae family.It is found only in Peru.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Tovomita croatii
- Tovomita longifolia
- Tovomita macrophylla
- Tovomita microcarpaTovomita microcarpaTovomita microcarpa is a species of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae family.It is found only in Peru.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Tovomita rubella
- Tovomita stylosa
- Tovomita weberbaueriTovomita weberbaueriTovomita weberbaueri is a species of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae family.It is found only in Peru.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
- Tovomita weddelliana
Taxonomy
Synonyms of this genus are:- Marialvaea 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...
- Tovomitidium DuckeAdolpho DuckeAdolpho Ducke , also referred to as Adolfo Ducke and occasionally mis-spelled "Duque", was a notable entomologist, botanist and ethnographer of Amazonia....