PHOTOGRAPHS BY JACQUES JANGOUX - SCIENTIFIC NAMES (2)

EUPHORBIACEAE

Slash-and-burn agriculture by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela: woman harvesting Manioc (Manihot sp.) tubers.

Stilt roots of Uapaca sp. in wet depression inTropical Rain Forest in Tai National Park, Ivory Coast, West Africa

Treefall gap or natural clearing caused by fall of tree colonized bypioneer Macaranga sp. in Tropical Rain Forest, Gunung Mulu National Park,Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak (1)

Treefall gap or natural clearing caused by fall of tree colonized bypioneer Macaranga sp. in Tropical Rain Forest, Gunung Mulu National Park,Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak (2)


FABACEAE  /  LEGUMINOSAE  (accepted synonym) (legume family)

Lupinus sp.  a lupine in Páramo or wet tropical alpine vegetation biome in the Andes of Venezuela

Acacia niloticaFabaceae / Leguminosae (subfamily Mimosoideae) a thorny small tree insahel semi-arid vegetation, Islands of Lake Chad, Chad, Africa

Backlit leaf of vine Bauhinia sp.  in Tropical Rain Forest, Amazon region, Pará, Brazil


FAGACEAE

View toward canopy of defoliated beech trees (Fagus sp.) in late winter at Foret de Soignes near Brussels, Belgium.

View toward canopy of beech trees (Fagus sp.) with young leaves in early spring at Forêt de Soignes near Brussels, Belgium.

GESNERIACEAE

Chrysothemis pulchella gesneriad growing on rock outcrop in forest gallery, Guyana Highlands, Venezuela


LECYTHIDACEAE

Brazil nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa, in Tropical Rain Forest, Amazon rainforest, Para, Brazil


LILIACEAE

Genus tulipa

Field of red tulips in Holland

Tulip fields with village church in background in Holland (vertical)


Tulip fields with village church in background in Holland (horizontal)


MALVACEAE

Slash-and-burn agriculture by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela: girl picking cotton: Gossypium sp.

Slash-and-burn agriculture by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela: girl with harvest of cotton (Gossypium sp.) and sweet potatoes.


MELASTOMATACEAE

Tibouchina huberi, an endemic shrub in Dwarf Montane Forest also called Elfin Forest in Sierra de Maigualida in Guyana Highlands Venezuela


MUSACEAE

Musa sp. .: Plantain banana grown by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela


MYRTACEAE

Rhodomyrtus tomentosus: rose myrtle Myrtaceae an invasive shrub in Kauai Hawaii USA


NYMPHAEACEAE

Victoria amazonica (previously known as Victoria regia) giant water lily in lower Amazon River Pará Brazil (horizontal)

Victoria amazonica (previously known as Victoria regia) giant water lily in lower Amazon River Pará Brazil (vertical)


ORCHIDACEAE

Spathoglottis plicata, Philippine or Malayan ground orchid a terrestrial invasive orchid in Kauai Hawaii USA

Epidendrum nocturnum, epiphytic orchid in forest gallery Venezuela

Epidendrum amictum, epiphytic orchid in forest gallery Venezuela

Habenaria huberi , a terrestrial orchid in floodplain savanna of Parucito River during dry season in south Venezuela


POACEAE  /  GRAMINEAE   (accepted synonym)

Use of forest products by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela: man in montane rainforest inspecting a stand of bamboos (Arthrostylidium schomburgkii) used to make blowguns.

Varieties of maize (Zea mays) cultivated by Indians of Guiana Highlands showing the biodiversity of native cultigens in slash-and-burn gardens.

Floating grass in open channel in swamp forest (mata de igapó) in Mamiraua reserve in Amazon region Brazil.

Africa, Liberia, Kpelle Tribe: woman harvesting upland rice (Oryza sativa)  (vertical)

Africa, Liberia, Kpelle Tribe: women harvesting upland rice (Oryza sativa)  (horizontal)


PONTEDERIACEAE

Water hyacinth Eichhornia sp. in Pantanal swamp, Mato Grosso, Brazil


RHIZOPHORACEAE

Rhizophora mangle  Aerial of mangrove swamp forest showing stilt roots of trees at low tide along Atlantic coast, east of Amazon estuary, Para State, Brazil (1)

Rhizophora mangle  Aerial of mangrove swamp forest showing stilt roots of trees at low tide along Atlantic coast, east of Amazon estuary, Para State, Brazil (2)

Rhizophora mangle Stilt roots of red mangrove Rhizophora mangle in mangrove forest, Falcon State, Venezuela (1)

Rhizophora mangle Stilt roots of red mangrove Rhizophora mangle in mangrove forest, Falcon State, Venezuela (2)


ROSACEAE

Old Uzbek man tending to his rose (genus Rosa) garden Tashkent Uzbekistan then part of the USSR


RUBIACEAE

Flowers of Ixora sp., a shrub in undergrowth of tropical rain forest Malaysia Borneo

Coffee fruit (drupe) on tree in plantation, Mexico, Puebla State, Sierra de Puebla. Genus Coffea.

Mexico, Puebla State, Cuetzalan, Latin America, boy spreading coffee beans to dry in the sun.

Father and daughter spreading coffee beans to dry in the sun, Cuetzalan, Puebla State, Mexico.      

Girls spreading coffee beans to dry in the sun, watched by father, Cuetzalan, Puebla State, Mexico.


SOLANACEAE

Ornamental Petunia with pink flowers

"Slash and burn" agriculture by Indians of Guiana Highlands of Venezuela: man harvesting tobacco leaves (genus Nicotiana)

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) harvest near Trujillo, northern Peru

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) harvest near Trujillo, northern Peru; ruins in background are Huaca el Obispo


STERCULIACEAE

Helicteres guazumifolia: a shrub in savanna in the Guyana Highlands, Venezuela.

Buttresses of Sterculia subviolacea, tree of in riverine forest of Sing River, tributary of Ivindo River, Tropical Rain Forest, Gabon, Africa


URTICACEAE

Plant with variegated leaver Elatostemma sp. in tropical rainforest, Borneo, Malaysia, Sabah, Kinabalu National Park.


VELLOZIACEAE

Flowering plant Vellozia variabilis in wooded savanna called cerrado in in Chapada dos Veadeiros Goias Brazil (vertical)

Flowering plant Vellozia variabilis in wooded savanna called cerrado in in Chapada dos Veadeiros Goias Brazil (horizontal)


VERBENACEAE

Amasonia campestris in the undergrowth of the tropical rain forest of southern Venezuela


VITACEAE

Cissus sp., a vine growing in the Pantanal swamps in Mato Grosso, Brazil


VOCHYSIACEAE



ANIMALS

Invertebrates

Leech, annelid worm : Annelida Hirudinea on photographer s leg in rainforest at Gunung Mulu National Park Malaysia Borneo Sarawak.

Fishing spider, Dolomedes sp., family Pisauridae eating small fish on bank of river in Amazon rainforest, Para, Brazil.


Vertebrates

Savanna fire in Zakouma National Park with hartebeest antelope (Alcelaphus sp.), in foreground, Chad, Africa.


Horse: Equus cavallus

Horses belonging to Navajo Indians running in bottom of Canyon de Chelly National Monument, with cottonwood trees at fall, Arizona, USA.

Mexico, Puebla State, Sierra de Puebla, man riding horse on mountain trail

Mule train on mountain trail, Sierra de Puebla, Mexico. (Equus caballus + Equus asinus)

Boy on donkey  (Equus asinus, family Equidae) drinking water in pool in Burkina Faso, Africa.

Ox: Bos taurus
Indians plowing field using ox-driven plough in Sierra de Puebla mountains, Puebla State, Mexico.

Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) eating leaves of Acacia tree, Sahara desert, Niger, Africa.

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