Archive for 'Fabaceae'

Yanacocha plant 09 (Tephrosia sp?)

Yanacocha plant 09 (Tephrosia sp?)

Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3400 metres.

Yanacocha plant 09 (Tephrosia sp?)

Yanacocha plant 09 (Tephrosia sp?)

I only found this clutch of this species alongside the dirt road on my way back to Quito from Yanacocha. Please help me classify it – leave a comment Altitude 3400 metres.

Galápagos Acacia (Acacia rorudiana)

Galápagos Acacia (Acacia rorudiana)

This looks almost like a different species, as the thorns are longer, and the new growth is red opposed to light green on the other photo. I don’t remember if I shot the same tree or not, but perhaps the red is due to direct exposure to the sun, while the other is in dappled [...]

Galapagos Acacia (Acacia rorudiana)

Galapagos Acacia (Acacia rorudiana)

One of several subscpecies of Acacia on Galapagos.

Desmodium adscendens

Desmodium adscendens

Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Desmodium adscendens

Desmodium adscendens

Altitude 2112 metres. Please help me classify it – leave a comment

Desmodium adscendens

Desmodium adscendens

Altitude 2112 metres.

Erythrina edulis

Erythrina edulis

The Erythrina family has some of the most wonderful infloresences of any trees, and this one is no exception. I arrived at San Isidro as the twilight was approaching. I was checking out the grounds and was greeted by this one branch hanging down low enough for me to photograph it. Some species grow incredibly [...]

Chamaecrista desvauxii

Chamaecrista desvauxii

The boat journey to Angel Falls was interrupted only once by a long section of rapids. Here we had to disembark and walk for about 20 minutes on the open savanna. This flowering shrub was located along this path.


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