Cecropia
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Cecropia is a Neotropical genus consisting of 61 recognized species with a highly distinctive lineage of dioecious trees. The genus consists of pioneer trees in the more or less humid parts of the Neo
Cecropia glazioui
Young Cecropia sp., Kourou, French Guiana
Cecropia insignis foliage
Ambay pumpwood, Cecropia pachystachya
Cecrops I
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Cecrops was a legendary king of Attica which derived from him its name Cecropia, according to the Parian Chronicle having previously borne the name of Acte or Actice. He was the founder and the first
Cecropia
…Urticaceae. The genus is native to the American tropics, where it is one of the most recognizable components of the rainforest. The genus is named after Cecrops I, the mythical first king of Athens. Common local names in Venezuela include yarumo or yagrumo, or more specifically yagrumo hembra ("female yagrumo…
Cecrops on an Attic red-figure cup, c. 440–430 BC (Antikensammlung Berlin)
Melian relief of the birth of Erichthonios, c. 460 BC: Athena receives the infant Erichthonius from Ge, as Cecrops looks on (Berlin Antikensammlung)
Figures from the west pediment of the Parthenon, traditionally identified as Cecrops with his daughter Pandrosus