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Agonis Flexuosa Var. Latifolia
''Agonis'' is a genus in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west. Description Only one, ''Agonis flexuosa'', grows to tree size; the others generally grow as tall shrubs. ''Agonis'' formerly contained a number of other species, but the genus was recently split, with the majority moved to '' Taxandria''. The species ''Agonis grandiflora'' was segregated to a monotypic genus, '' Paragonis''.Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G., (2007) A revision of the Western Australian genus ''Agonis'' (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera ''Taxandria'' and ''Paragonis''. Nuytsia 16(2): 406-407 ''Agonis'' species generally have fibrous, brown bark, dull green leaves and inflorescences of small, white flowers. They are best known and most readily identified by the powerful odour of peppermint emitted when the leaves are crushed or torn, though some plants in fact emit an overpowering smell of eucalyptus. Species * ''Agonis bax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agonis Flexuosa
''Agonis flexuosa'' is a species of tree that grows in the south west of Western Australia. It is easily the most common of the ''Agonis'' species, and is one of the most recognisable trees of Western Australia, being commonly grown in parks and on road verges in Perth. The species is commonly known as Western Australian peppermint, Swan River peppermint or peppermint, and willow myrtle for its weeping habit. The Noongar peoples know the tree as Wanil, Wonnow, Wonong or Wannang. Description ''A. flexuosa'' occurs mainly as a small and robust tree, usually less than 10 metres tall, although it may grow to 15 metres. It has fibrous brown bark, long narrow dull-green leaves, and tightly clustered inflorescences of small white flowers in the axes. It grows in a weeping habit, and looks remarkably like the weeping willow from a distance. Leaves are narrow and reach a length of 150mm. It is most readily identified by the powerful odour of peppermint emitted when the leaves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peppermint
Peppermint (''Mentha'' × ''piperita'') is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. Indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, the plant is now widely spread and cultivated in many regions of the world.Euro+Med Plantbase Project''Mentha'' × ''piperita''/ref> It is occasionally found in the wild with its parent species.Flora of NW Europe''Mentha'' × ''piperita'' Although the genus ''Mentha'' comprises more than 25 species, the one in most common use is peppermint. While Western peppermint is derived from ''Mentha × piperita'', Chinese peppermint, or ''bohe'', is derived from the fresh leaves of ''M. haplocalyx''. ''M. × piperita'' and ''M. haplocalyx'' are both recognized as plant sources of menthol and menthone, and are among the oldest herbs used for both culinary and medicinal products. Botany Peppermint was first described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus from specimens that had been collected in England; he treated it as a species,Linnaeus, C. (17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtaceae Genera
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtus, Myrtle, Metrosideros, pōhutukawa, Pimenta racemosa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, Acca (plant), acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All species are woody, contain essential oils, and have flower parts in multiples of four or five. The leaf, leaves are evergreen, alternate to mostly opposite, simple, and usually entire (i.e., without a toothed margin). The flowers have a base number of five petals, though in several genera, the petals are minute or absent. The stamens are usually very conspicuous, brightly coloured, and numerous. Evolutionary history Scientists hypothesize that the family Myrtaceae arose between 60 and 56 million years ago (Mya) during the Paleocene era. Pollen fossils have been sourced to the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. The breakup of Gondwana during the Cretaceous period (145 to 66 Mya) geographically isol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agonis
''Agonis'' is a genus in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic (ecology), endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the Southwest Australia, south west. Description Only one, ''Agonis flexuosa'', grows to tree size; the others generally grow as tall shrubs. ''Agonis'' formerly contained a number of other species, but the genus was recently split, with the majority moved to ''Taxandria (plant), Taxandria''. The species ''Agonis grandiflora'' was segregated to a monotypic genus, ''Paragonis''.Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G., (2007) A revision of the Western Australian genus ''Agonis'' (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera ''Taxandria'' and ''Paragonis''. Nuytsia 16(2): 406-407 ''Agonis'' species generally have fibrous, brown bark, dull green leaves and inflorescences of small, white flowers. They are best known and most readily identified by the powerful odour of peppermint emitted when the leaves are crushed or torn, though some plants in fact emit an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aenetus Dulcis
''Aenetus dulcis'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is known from Western Australia. The wingspan is about 110 mm. The larvae feed on ''Agonis flexuosa ''Agonis flexuosa'' is a species of tree that grows in the south west of Western Australia. It is easily the most common of the ''Agonis'' species, and is one of the most recognisable trees of Western Australia, being commonly grown in parks an ...''. They bore in the stem of their host plant. References Moths described in 1892 Hepialidae {{Hepialidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agonis Undulata
''Agonis undulata'' is a shrub that is native to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between March and September producing white flowers. It is found among rocky outcrops along the south coast in the Fitzgerald Biosphere in the Goldfields-Esperance region where it grows in skeletal sandy soils over quartzite Quartzite is a hard, non- foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.Essentials of Geology, 3rd Edition, Stephen Marshak, p 182 Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tect .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15395056 undulata Endemic flora of Southwest Australia Plants described in 1867 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agonis Theiformis
''Agonis theiformis'', commonly known as summer snowflakes, is a shrub that is native to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between October and December producing white flowers. It is distributed along the south coast of the South West The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ... and Great Southern where it grows sandy soils over limestone, laterite or granite. Cultivated from seed, the plant is suitable for most soil types and is frost and drought tolerant. It is an ideal native hedging plant that responds well to pruning. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15394939 theiformis Endemic flora of Southwest Australia Plants described in 1848 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agonis Fragrans
''Agonis'' is a genus in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west. Description Only one, ''Agonis flexuosa'', grows to tree size; the others generally grow as tall shrubs. ''Agonis'' formerly contained a number of other species, but the genus was recently split, with the majority moved to '' Taxandria''. The species ''Agonis grandiflora'' was segregated to a monotypic genus, ''Paragonis''.Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G., (2007) A revision of the Western Australian genus ''Agonis'' (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera ''Taxandria'' and ''Paragonis''. Nuytsia 16(2): 406-407 ''Agonis'' species generally have fibrous, brown bark, dull green leaves and inflorescences of small, white flowers. They are best known and most readily identified by the powerful odour of peppermint emitted when the leaves are crushed or torn, though some plants in fact emit an overpowering smell of eucalyptus. Species * ''Agonis baxt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agonis Flexuosa Var
''Agonis'' is a genus in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west. Description Only one, ''Agonis flexuosa'', grows to tree size; the others generally grow as tall shrubs. ''Agonis'' formerly contained a number of other species, but the genus was recently split, with the majority moved to '' Taxandria''. The species ''Agonis grandiflora'' was segregated to a monotypic genus, ''Paragonis''.Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G., (2007) A revision of the Western Australian genus ''Agonis'' (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera ''Taxandria'' and ''Paragonis''. Nuytsia 16(2): 406-407 ''Agonis'' species generally have fibrous, brown bark, dull green leaves and inflorescences of small, white flowers. They are best known and most readily identified by the powerful odour of peppermint emitted when the leaves are crushed or torn, though some plants in fact emit an overpowering smell of eucalyptus. Species * ''Agonis bax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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