The Exotic Flora of the Canary Islands [antikvár]

INTRODUCTIONThe incorporation of the Canary Islands into the Spanish Crown brought about the introduction of quite a lot of species of plants. As the Canary Islands were an obligatory stop for all the European ships covering the routes to America, Asia an Africa, the great number of Canarian immigrants to Latin American countries, together with the establishing in Tenerife of the Garden of Plant Acclimatization La Orotava, contributed decisively in collecting the nearly countless variety of trees, shrubs and herbaceous species today existing in our archipelago. These species come from the most distant places in the planet.Our public and private gardens are literally packed with beautiful exotic species. There are plants brought from Australia, such as the Gravillea (Grevillea robusta), or the Fire Tree (Brachychiton acerifolium); from Madagascar, for instance the Flamboyant (Delonix regia) or the Pandan (Pandanus utilis); from South America, like the Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) or the Umbra Tree (Phytolacca dioica); from India, such as the Orchid Tree (Bauhinia variegata), and from tropical Africa, such as the Tulip Tree from Gabon (Spathodea campalunata) to mention a few.All these plants and many more that would result cumbersome to mention here, are part of our daily life. They beautify our streets, avenues, parks and gardens, playing a key role in the reduction of air pollution as well as in regulating the