Tropical+Rainforest+Facts

__Tropical Rainforest Facts__
__**Moneran **__ **A moneran is a single-celled organism with no nucleus. Some monerans produce their own food and some "hunt". **

Cocci** Shaped
 * //Micrococcus luteus//



//** Agrobacterium tumefaciens Rod Shaped **//

This bacteria also can weaken people's immune systems.

Protists
==__-A protist is an organism with a nucleus and organelles, and most protists are single-celled.__ ==

**Protozoan** **-A protozoan is animal-like, has no cell walls, and no chlorophyll.**

//Plasmodium simium

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__Algae__ -Algae is "plant-like", it has cell walls, and contains chlorophyll.

//Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii// Common name: Blue green algae.



=__Fungi__ =


 * -Fungi are multi-celled organisms that don't contain chlorophyll, and absorb nutrients. **

Ascomycota
__**-Ascomycota is a phylum that contains cup shaped fungi. **__

**Phylum: Ascomycota** __ **Class: Sordariomycetes Order: Hypocreales Family: Clavivicipitacae Genus: //Cordyceps//** **Species: //sinensis// Common name: Caterpiller Fungus**__
 * Kingdom: Fungi**

__**<span style="background-color: #000180; color: #bb95ef; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Basidiomycota is a phylum that contains fungi with clubs and closely packed filaments. Some of the types include mushrooms, jelly fungi, and rusts, and make up about 37% of the fungi types. **__

__Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycata Class: Basidiomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Clavariaceae Genus: //Clavulinonopsis// Species: //helvola//__ ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">__Common Name: Orange Clubs__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">__Clavulinopsis helvola__ // [[image:http://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.118749%21imageManager/3055066136.JPG width="280" caption="This fungi is found in the herbs in broad-leafed forests such as tropical rainforests."]]

__**<span style="background-color: #6e00ff; color: #ffc400; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Zygomycota is a class that includes threadlike fungi. The fungus has a spore at the end of each filament. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Phycomyces blakesleeanus // **__

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Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Zygomycota Class: Zygomycetes Order: Mucorales Family: Phycomycetaceae Genus: //Phycomyces// Species: //blakesleeanus// **__

<span style="background-color: #d9d908; color: #d4560c; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Basidiomycota
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**<span style="background-color: #d9d908; color: #d4560c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> -This fungi phylum has closely packed filaments, and are grouped in clubs. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d4560c; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d4560c; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Kingdom:Fungi Phylum:Basidiomycota Class:Basidiomycetes Order:Agaricales Family:Strophariaceae ** **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d4560c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Genus://Pholiota// ** Common name:Shaggy Pholiota // **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d4560c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Species://squarrosa



__** Plants **__ -an organism that is multi-celled, has cell walls, and has chlorophyll.

__**Hayley's Plants**__

__**Magnoliopsida**__ -vascular seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves

Scientific Name: //Ceiba pentandra// Common Name: Kapok Tree Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Bombacaceae Genus: //Ceiba// Species: // pentandra

// Fun Fact: The seed's cottony seedcovering can be used for mattress stuffing.

**__Liliopsida__** -vascular seed plants that produce an embryo with parallel-veined leaves, includes grasses, lilies palms, and orchids

Scientific Name: //Bambusa tulda// Common Name: Spineless Indian Bamboo Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: //Bambusa// Species: // tulda

// Fun Fact: //Bambusa tulda// is considered to be one of the most useful of all bamboo species.

**__Ginkgoopsida__** -vascular plants with triangular leaves that may be two-lobed and have parallel veins

Scientific Name: //Ginkgo biloba// Common Name: Maidenhair Tree Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Ginkgoopsida Order: Ginkgoales Family: Ginkgoaceae Genus: //Ginkgo// Species: //biloba//

Fun Fact: Long ago natives to tropical rainforests called Maidenhair Trees, "tree with leaves like a duck's foot."

**__Psilotophyta__** -vascular flowerless plants with stems that conduct water and dissolved solutes through the plant

Scientific Name: //Psilotum triquetrum// Common Name: Whisk Fern Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Psilotopsida Order: Psilotales Family: Psilotaceae Genus: //Psilotum// Species: // triquetrum

// Fun Fact: Whisk Ferns are often described as, "Living Fossils" because they are very similar to common plants long ago.

__**Lycopodiopsida**__ -vascular plants containing clubmosses as well as many extinct forms, have roots and stems that are covered with numerous small leaves

Scientific Name: //Lycopodiella cernua// Common Name: CreepingClubmoss Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Lycopodiopsida Order: Lycopodiales Family: Byrrhoidea Genus: //Lycopodiella// Species: //cernua//

Fun Fact: New Zealand has around ten species of clubmosses.

__**Equisetophyta**__ -vascular plants with hollow, ribbed green stems and roots

Scientific Name: //Equisetum hyemale// Common Name: Scouring Rush Horsetail Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Equisetophyta Order: Equisetales Family:Equisetaceae Genus: //Equisetum// Species: //hyemale//

Fun Fact: Scouring Rush Horsetails can live in up to six inches of water.

** __Emily's Plants__ **

 * __Bryophyta__**
 * -A phylum of vascular plants such as mosses and liverworts.**

Class: Bryopsida Order: Dicranales Family: Noctuoidea Genus:** //**Octoblepharum**// **No Common Name**.
 * Kingdom: Plantae**
 * Phylum: Bryophyta
 * Species:** //**albidum**

**Fun Fact: This moss produces a very subtle acid but over time can kill the roots of trees** **.



__Magnoliophyta__ -A vascular plant with tissues to conduct materials throughout the plant. This phylum consists of mostly flowering plants.

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Santalales Family: Lorantheaceae Genus: **//**//Dendrophthoe// Species: //falcata //**
 * Common Name: Rainforest Mistletoe

Fun Fact: This Magnoliopsida is a partial parasite.

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- This phylum consists of mostly ferns that are vascular, and have chlorophyll**.
 * __Polypodiophyta__

Phylum: Polypodiophyta** Order: Polypodiales Family: Polypodiaceae Genus:** //**Platycerium**// **Common Name: Staghorn Fern
 * Kingdom: Plantae
 * Class: Polypodiosida
 * Species:** //**bifurcatum**

Fun Fact: The Staghorn fern doesn't need any soil to grow.**



- This Phylum consists of mostly wisk ferns that are vascular and contain chlorophyll.
 * __Filicophyta__

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Filicophyta Class: Filicopsida Order: Filicales Family: Dryoteridaceae Genus:** **Dryopteris**// **Common Name: Shield Fer****n
 * Species:** //**arata**

Fun Fact: The Shield Fern extends it's roots to the bottom of the tree so that it can get sun light and the nutrients from the soil that it needs.

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-A vascular plant that has tissues to conduct materials throughout the plant. This phylum consists of mostly flowering plants.
 * __Manoliophyta__

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum:Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Commelinales Family: Commelinoideae Genus:** //**//Dichorisandra// // Species: // //thyrsiflora// // Common Name: Blue Ginger

Fun Fact: Blue Ginger can also be found at the top of water falls and sometimes in the water.

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- A phylum that contains mostly quillworts, spikemoss, and club mosses. This Phylum has vascular plants and they contain chlorophyll.
 * __Lycophyta__

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Lycophyta Class: Lycopodiosida Order: Selaginellales Family: Selaginellaceae Genus:** //**Selaginella**// No common name.
 * Species:** //**bellula

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- organisms that are multi-celled and digest food inside their body  **
 * <span style="background-color: #d4560c; color: #21c9f2; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%; text-align: center;"> __Animals__

<span style="background-color: #82175e; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">__** Reptilia **__ -cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with a body that is usually covered with scaly horns or plates

Scientific Name: //Caiman yacare// Common Name: South American Caiman Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodila Family: Crocodylidae Genus: //Caiman// <span style="background-color: #82175e; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Species: //yacare//

-invertebrates that have the body of numerous segments, and without jointed legs
 * <span style="background-color: #008080; color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">__Annelida__

Scientific Name: //Lumbricus terrestris// Common Name: Common Earthworm Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Clitellada Order: Oligochaeta Family: Lumbricidae Genus: //Lumbricus// Species: //terrestris

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<span style="background-color: #800000; color: #00fff5; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;"> __Aves__ -animals composed of birds, which are warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates primarily adapted for flying

Scientific Name: //Trichoglossus ornatus// Common Name: Ornate Lorikeet Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Loriinae Genus: //Trichoglossus// Species: //ornatus

//   ** <span style="background-color: #800000; color: #00fff5; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> __**Mammals**__ ** -vertebrates that are warm-blooded, feed their young with milk, and are the only animals with hair

Scientific Name: //Ateles hybridus// Common Name: Hybrid Spider Monkey Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cebidae Genus: //Ateles// Species: //hybridus// **



<span style="background-color: #fbc1f8; color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**__Nemertea__ -invertebrates that are unsegmented water worms with no body cavity, live in mud or sand (ribbon worm, proboscis worm)**

Common Name: None Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Nemertea Class: Anopla Order: Heteronemertea Family: Lineidae Genus: //Parborlasia// Species:** //**corrugatus**//
 * Scientific Name:** **//Parborlasia corrugatus//



<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**__Nematoda__ <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">-invertebrates with a symmetrical body, a tube-like digestive system at both ends of the body, is worm-like, has no blood system **

Common Name: Pork Worm Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda Class: Adenophorea Order: Trichocephalida Family: Trichinellidae Genus: //Trichinella// Species: //spiralis// **
 * <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Scientific Name: ** **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Trichinella spiralis//



__Emily's Animals__
- A phylum of invertebrates which have five heats, a simple nervous system, "brain", and one opening for food and another for waste.**
 * __Annelida__

Phylum: Annelida Class: Polychaeta Order: Eunicida Family: Eunicidae Genus:** //**Eunice**// **Common Name: Palolo Worm** //
 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Species:** //**viridis**



systems and some have hard shells.
 * __Mollusca__**
 * - A phylum of invertebrates that are soft bodied, have well developed organ

Kingdom: Anamalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Stylonnatophora Family: Patuloidea Genus:** //**Partula**//
 * Species:** //**taeniata**//
 * Common Name: Partula Snail

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-A phylum of invertebrates that have multiple body segments, jointed appendages, and an exoskeleton.
 * __Arthropoda__

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Chysomelidea Genus: //Phaedon// Species: //cochleariae// Common Name: Leaf Beetle

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- A class of vertebrates that live part of their life in the water with gills and another part on land with lungs. They have two sets of legs, lay eggs, have smooth skin, and are ectotherns.
 * __Anphibia__

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Anphibia Order: Anura Family: Dendrobatoidae Genus: //Dendrobates// Species: //auratus// Common Name: Poison Dart Frog

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- A class of vertabrates which have an advanced nervous system and brain, lungs, feed their young with milk, have a head, appendages, a well developed organ system, are endotherms, and most give birth to live young.
 * __Mammalia__

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Tapiridae Genus: //Tapirus// Species: //indicus// Common Name: Malayan Taipir

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- A phylum of vertebrates that have gills, a skeleton of bones, two pair of fins, lay eggs, and are ectotherms.
 * __Osteichthyes__

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Characiformes Family: Characidae Genus: //Pythgocentrus// Species: //natterei// Common Name: Red Bellied Piranha

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