Plants > Arecaceae & Arecales
The Quindío Wax Palm (Ceroxylon quindiuense), celebrated worldwide as the Colombian Wax Palm and officially designated as the National Tree of Colombia, is a colossal, majestic palm belonging to the palm family Arecaceae within the order Arecales. Strictly endemic to...
Fish > Aetobatids & Myliobatiformes
The Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) is a magnificent, highly active benthopelagic elasmobranch belonging to the eagle ray family Aetobatidae within the order Myliobatiformes. Native to the warm coastal waters of the Atlantic Ocean—including the Gulf of Mexico,...
Plants > Asparagaceae & Asparagales
The Dragon Tree (Dracaena draco), revered locally in the Canary Islands as el drago, is an iconic, long-lived arborescent monocotyledon belonging to the asparagus family Asparagaceae. Native to the volcanic archipelagos of Macaronesia—principally the Canary Islands,...
Plants > Proteaceae & Proteales
The Silver Tree (Leucadendron argenteum), known in Afrikaans as the Silwerboom, is an extraordinary, globally renowned evergreen tree belonging to the protea family Proteaceae. Strictly endemic to an exceptionally tiny geographic footprint on the slopes of Table...
Reptiles > Iguanids & Squamata
The Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is a massive, heavily built herbivorous rock iguana belonging to the family Iguanidae, endemic exclusively to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and its surrounding satellite islands....
