STOCK PHOTOGRAPHS BY JACQUES JANGOUX - SCIENTIFIC NAMES

ALPHABETIC INDEX TO SCIENTIFIC (LATIN) AND POPULAR NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS, INCLUDING FAMILY, GENUS AND SPECIES WHEN IDENTIFIABLE
with accompanying caption and ocasional additional information.

Scientific names are in italics bold, local popular names in italics, while generic
(cross-language) popular names are left in normal type.

Note: if I am not absolutely sure of a species name, I will give only the genus; if I am not sure of the genus, I may give the family; and if I am not sure of the family I will give the popular name by which the plant or family is known.


FUNGI

UNIDENTIFIED FAMILY
Fungi (mushroom) growing on decaying wood in Tropical Rain Forest Amazon region, Pará, Brazil.


PLANTAE : VASCULAR PLANTS: TRACHEOPHYTES

LYCOPODIOPHYTA

SELAGINELLACEAE

Selaginella sp. growing on forest floor in Tropical Rain Forest in Brazil.

 
PTERIDOPHYTA  (PTERIDOPHYTES)

CYATHEACEAE

Cyathea camerooniana  tree fern growing in a gully in rainforest in
Tai National Park in Ivory Coast, Africa.

UNIDENTIFIED FAMILY

Tree ferns (Pteridophytes) in cloud forest (tropical montane rainforest) on the slopes
of Mount Kinabalu, Kinabalu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia.

ADIANTACEAE

Adiantum sp. Fern  in Tropical Rain Forest, Acre, Brazil.

DIPTERIDACEAE

Dipteris lobbii fern: rheophyte, plant growing in running streams. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Unidentified epiphytic ferns on a tree trunk



SPERMATOPHYTES (SPERMATOPHYTA) SEED PLANTS

MAGNOLIOPHYTA (FLOWERING PLANTS OR ANGIOSPERMS)
(including both monocotyledonss and dicotyledons)


ACANTHACEAE

Fittonia sp. trailing plant with salient pink leaf nervation on floor of rainforest, Amazon region, Peru

Sanchezia peruviana: in Tropical Rain Forest, in Dept. Loreto, Prov. Maynas (Amazon region), Peru, South America.


AMARYLLIDACEAE

Daffodils (Narcissus sp.) and swans at Keukenhof Spring Garden, Holland.

Daffodils (Narcissus sp.) at Keukenhof Spring Garden, Holland.


ARACEAE (aroids)

Epiphytic climbing Philodendron in Tropical Rain Forest, Chocó Department, Colombia

Aroid Philodendron mayoi with deeply cleft leaves backlit by sunlight in forest gallery, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goias State,  Brazil

Mexico Puebla State Indian woman with arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) flowers at Sunday market in small town Cuetzalan.

Slash-and-burn agriculture by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela: Xanthosoma sp. in foreground, maize in back; remains of burned trees.


ARECACEAE  /  PALMAE  (accepted synonym) (palm family)

Thorny trunk of Astrocaryum munbaca (vertical)

Tropical Rain Forest in Amazon Region Dept Loreto Peru South America palm is Attalea sp.  (HORIZONTAL)

Tropical Rain Forest in Amazon Region Dept Loreto Peru South America palm is  Attalea sp. (VERTICAL)

Thorns on stem of rattan palm: Daemonorops collarifera in tropical rain forest, Lambir Hills Nat. Park, Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak.

Montane rainforest also called cloud forest in Cordillera de la Costa mountain range, Aragua State, Venezueala. Palm is Euterpe sp.

Small palm Geonoma sp. in rainforest undergrowth Amazon Region Tropical Rain Forest Loreto Department Peru

Korthalsia robusta, rattan palm on banks of small river in tropical rain forest, Borneo Sarawak Malaysia

West Africa, rainforest in southwest Ivory Coast, along Hana River (a tributary of the Cavally River). Blooming climbing palm is Laccosperma secundiflorum (Arecaceae).

Aerial of floodplain tropical rain forest with small river, Marajo Island, Para, Brazil. Palm with light green entire leaves is Manicaria saccifera.

Water dispersal of floating fruit of Mauritia flexuosa palm in Amazon-Tocantins estuary complex, Para, Brazil

Detail of backlit reddish young leaf of palm Oenocarpus mapora in tropical rain forest in Peruvian Amazon region

Tropical Rain forest with undergrowth rich in palms (top: Pinanga sp.) at Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Young backlit leaf or frond of palm Socratea exorrhiza in tropical rain forest in Peruvian Amazon region

Socratea exorrhiza palm silhouetted against dark sky and white cloud in tropical rain forest Venezuela

Roadside village houses with coconut trees (Cocos nucifera), Porto de Pedras, Alagoas, Brazil  (vertical)

Upward view at coconut (Cocos nucifera) plantation between Sao Miguel dos Milagres e Barra do Camaragibe, Alagoas, Brazil (horizontal)

Coconut (Cocos nucifera) plantation between Sao Miguel dos Milagres e Barra do Camaragibe, Alagoas, Brazil (vertical)

Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) backlit by low afternoon sun in plantation at Tatuamunha, Alagoas, Brazil  (vertical)

Coconut plantation (Cocos nucifera) at Praia do Morro beach with Morro de Camaragibe hill in background, Alagoas, Brazil.


ASTERACEAE  / COMPOSITAE  (accepted synonym) (daisy or sunflower family)

Espeletia shultzii  in Páramo or wet tropical alpine vegetation biome in the Andes of Venezuela

Ornamental cosmos

Senecio formosus  in Paramo or wet tropical alpine vegetation biome in the Andes of Venezuela


BEGONIACEAE

Begonia angraensis in Atlantic rainforest (Mata Atlantica), Serra do Mar mountain range, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Begonia capanemae in front of waterfall, Atlantic rainforest (mata atlantica), Serra do Mar, São Paulo State, Brazil

Begonia capanemae (bottom right) and climbing blooming Begonia radicans in Atlantic rainforest, Serra do Mar, São Paulo State, Brazil.

Begonia convolvulacea a climbing species in Atlantic rainforest, Serra do Mar, São Paulo State, Brazil

Begonia digitata, species with palmate compound leaves, in Atlantic forest (mata Atlantica), Serra do Mar mountain range, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Begonia fischeri a ruderal species growing in human modified habitat, Atlantic forest, Serra do Mar mountain range, São Paulo State, Brazil

Begonia glabra a scandent species in the Amazon rainforest of Peru

Male inflorescence of Begonia glabra, a scandent species in the tropical rain forest in the Amazon region of Peru

Begonia huegelii in Atlantic rainforest (Mata Atlantica) Serra do Mar mountain range, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Begonia luxurians a species with palmate compound leaves in Atlantic rainforest, Serra do Mar mountain range, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil  (54.4 Mb tiff)

Begonia maynensis, plant with variegated leaves in Tropical Rain forest, Acre State, Brazil

Blooming Begonia petasitifolia growing among rocks in the Chapada Diamantina, a tourist destination in the Brazilian Highlands, State of Bahia, Brazil

Asymmetrical leaf of Begonia pulchella in Atlantic rainforest (Mata Atlantica), Serra do Mar, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Climbing blooming Begonia radicans and Begonia capanemae (bottom right) in Atlantic rainforest, Serra do Mar, São Paulo State, Brazil.

Begonia sp. (unidentified species) in Atlantic rainforest (Mata Atlántica), Serra do Mar mountain range, São Paulo State, Brazil

Begonia sp. (unidentified species) (light green)

Begonia sp. with deeply cleft leaves (unidentified species) in Atlantic rainforest, Mata Atlántica, Serra do Mar mountain range, São Paulo State, Brazil.


CACTACEAE

Cactus growing on eroded plateau (Morro do Pai Inacio), Chapada Diamantina, State of Bahia, Brazil.


CONVOLVULACEAE


Slash-and-burn agriculture by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela: womand and girl harvesting sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas); banana plants at upper left.

Slash-and-burn agriculture by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela: harvest of sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas).

Slash-and-burn agriculture by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela: woman and daughter returning from garden with harvest of firewood, sweet potatoes, cotton.

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