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Alsomitra Brasiliensis
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *'' Alsomitra beccariana'' *'' Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seeds [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsomitra Macrocarpa
''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines found in Southeast Asia, Australia and South America. The fruits or pepos are football-sized (about 300mm diameter) and bell-shaped, suspended high in the forest canopy, and are densely packed with large numbers of seeds. Remarkably the seeds have large, papery wings and when ripe they fall from the underside of the fruit and glide long distances. The plant was first described under the name Zanonia macrocarpa in 1825 by Carl Ludwig Blume from fruiting material collected on Mount Parang in Java. In 1843 Max Joseph Roemer published it under the name ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'', including 7 other ill-fitting species in the genus, a genus he did not define. In 1881 Alfred Cogniaux allocated the species to ''Macrozanonia macrocarpa''. The curren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsomitra Capricornica
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *'' Alsomitra beccariana'' *'' Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *'' Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seeds [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsomitra Brasiliensis
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *'' Alsomitra beccariana'' *'' Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seeds [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsomitra Beccariana
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *'' Alsomitra beccariana'' *''Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seeds [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsomitra Balansae
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *'' Alsomitra balansae'' *''Alsomitra beccariana'' *''Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seeds [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsomitra Angustipetala
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *'' Alsomitra angustipetala'' *''Alsomitra balansae'' *''Alsomitra beccariana'' *''Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seeds [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsomitra Angulata
''Alsomitra'' is a genus of the plant family Cucurbitaceae (the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin family). The seeds of ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' are among the largest winged seeds in the plant kingdom and their shape inspired a number of aviation pioneers. Selected species *'' Alsomitra angulata'' *''Alsomitra angustipetala'' *''Alsomitra balansae'' *''Alsomitra beccariana'' *''Alsomitra brasiliensis'' *''Alsomitra capricornica'' *''Alsomitra macrocarpa ''Alsomitra macrocarpa'' () or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. '' Alsomitra'' is a genus of 34 species of vines fo ...'' - Javan cucumber References External linksWind dispersal of seeds [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pumpkin
A pumpkin is a vernacular term for mature winter squash of species and varieties in the genus ''Cucurbita'' that has culinary and cultural significance but no agreed upon botanical or scientific meaning. The term ''pumpkin'' is sometimes used interchangeably with "squash" or "winter squash", and is commonly used for cultivars of ''Cucurbita argyrosperma'', ''Cucurbita ficifolia'', ''Cucurbita maxima'', ''Cucurbita moschata'', and ''Cucurbita pepo''. Native to North America (northeastern Mexico and the southern United States), ''C. pepo'' pumpkins are one of the oldest domesticated plants, having been used as early as 7,000 to 5,500 BC. Today, pumpkins of varied species are widely grown for food, as well as for aesthetic and recreational purposes. The pumpkin's thick shell contains edible seeds and pulp. Pumpkin pie, for instance, is a traditional part of Thanksgiving meals in Canada and the United States, and pumpkins are frequently carved as jack-o'-lanterns for decoration a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squash (fruit)
''Cucurbita'' (Latin for gourd) is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as ''cucurbits'' or ''cucurbi''), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica. Five edible species are grown and consumed for their flesh and seeds. They are variously known as squash, pumpkin, or gourd, depending on species, variety, and local parlance. Other kinds of gourd, also called bottle-gourds, are native to Africa and belong to the genus ''Lagenaria'', which is in the same family and subfamily as ''Cucurbita'', but in a different tribe. These other gourds are used as utensils or vessels, and their young fruits are eaten much like those of the ''Cucurbita'' species. Most ''Cucurbita'' species are herbaceous vines that grow several meters in length and have tendrils, but non-vining "bush" cultivars of ''C. pepo'' and ''C. maxima'' have also been developed. The yellow or orange flowers on a ''Cucurbita'' plant are of two types: female and male. The female flower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cucumber
Cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated Vine#Horticultural climbing plants, creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical Fruit, fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.Cucumber " ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. [1998] 2019. Considered an annual plant, there are three main varieties of cucumber—slicing, Pickled cucumber, pickling, and Seedless fruit, seedless—within which several cultivars have been created. The cucumber originates from South Asia, but now grows on most continents, as many different types of cucumber are traded on the global market. In North America, the term ''wild cucumber'' refers to plants in the Genus, genera ''Echinocystis'' and ''Marah (plant), Marah'', though the two are not closely related. Description The cucumber is a Vine# ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
