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Astraptes Fulgerator
''Astraptes fulgerator'', the two-barred flasher, is a spread-wing skipper butterfly in the genus '' Astraptes'' which may constitute a possible cryptic species complex. It ranges all over the Americas, from the southern United States to northern Argentina. Description ''Astraptes fulgerator'' adults all look quite alike. They are mid-sized skipper butterflies with the typical wing shape of this group. The upperside is black, with basal to postbasal blue corners which are more extensive on the forewings. There is one discal-tomal and one apical band on the forewing; these are usually off white to light blue but the former may be quite white towards the costal margin. The thorax has bluish hair on the back, the underside is yellow to orange.Hebert ''et al.'' (2004) The caterpillars and pupae show a wide range of colors and patterns, and the caterpillars also vary in food preference. Last-instar caterpillars are black with a pattern consisting of light to bright yellow dots alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch
Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch (29 August 1725 – 1 December 1778) was a German theologian, linguist, and naturalist from Jena. Life The son of the theologian Johann Georg Walch, he studied Semitic languages at the University of Jena, and also natural science and mathematics. In 1749 he published ''Einleitung in die Harmonie der Evangelien'', and in 1750 was appointed professor extraordinarius of theology. Five years later he became professor ordinarius of logic and metaphysics; in 1759 he exchanged this for a professorship of rhetoric and poetry. Amongst his theological works were ''Dissertationes in Acta Apostolorum'' (1756–1761); (1772); and after his death appeared ''Observationes in Matthaeum ex Graecis inscriptionibus'' (1779). He also edited a periodical ''Der Naturforscher'' (1774–1778), and during the years 1749-1756 took an active part in editing the ''Zeitungen von gelehrten Sachen''. In the later part of his career Walch found interest in the natural sciences, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Maritime boundary, maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of . An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José, Costa Rica, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. The sovereign state is a Unitary state, unitary Presidential system, presidential Constitution of Costa Rica, constitutional republic. It has a long-standing and stable democracy and a highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agricultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senna Pallida
Senna may refer to: Individuals * Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), Brazilian F1 driver and triple World Champion * Bruno Senna (born 1983), F1 driver and nephew of Ayrton Senna * Danzy Senna (born 1970), novelist * Lorraine Senna, American film and television director * Marcos Senna (born 1976), Brazilian-Spanish football player * Márcio Senna (born 1981), Brazilian football player, Marcos's brother * Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Senna (born 1937), Egyptian poet * Viviane Senna (born 1958), IAS president and sister of Ayrton Senna * Senna Gammour (born 1979), German singer and member of Monrose (2006–2011) * Senna Proctor (born 1998), British racing driver * Senna Ušić-Jogunica (born 1986), Croatian volleyball player Fictional characters * Senna Galan, a character in the American action-drama TV series ''Matador''. She is the daughter of Andrés Galan, one of the protagonists. * Senna Refa, a character in the ''Babylon 5'' novel '' Legions of Fire – Out of the Darkness''. She is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senna Hayesiana
Senna may refer to: Individuals * Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), Brazilian F1 driver and triple World Champion * Bruno Senna (born 1983), F1 driver and nephew of Ayrton Senna * Danzy Senna (born 1970), novelist * Lorraine Senna, American film and television director * Marcos Senna (born 1976), Brazilian-Spanish football player * Márcio Senna (born 1981), Brazilian football player, Marcos's brother * Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Senna (born 1937), Egyptian poet * Viviane Senna (born 1958), IAS president and sister of Ayrton Senna * Senna Gammour (born 1979), German singer and member of Monrose (2006–2011) * Senna Proctor (born 1998), British racing driver * Senna Ušić-Jogunica (born 1986), Croatian volleyball player Fictional characters * Senna Galan, a character in the American action-drama TV series ''Matador''. She is the daughter of Andrés Galan, one of the protagonists. * Senna Refa, a character in the ''Babylon 5'' novel '' Legions of Fire – Out of the Darkness''. She is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senna Cobanensis
Senna may refer to: Individuals * Ayrton Senna (1960–1994), Brazilian F1 driver and triple World Champion * Bruno Senna (born 1983), F1 driver and nephew of Ayrton Senna * Danzy Senna (born 1970), novelist * Lorraine Senna, American film and television director * Marcos Senna (born 1976), Brazilian-Spanish football player * Márcio Senna (born 1981), Brazilian football player, Marcos's brother * Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Senna (born 1937), Egyptian poet * Viviane Senna (born 1958), IAS president and sister of Ayrton Senna * Senna Gammour (born 1979), German singer and member of Monrose (2006–2011) * Senna Proctor (born 1998), British racing driver * Senna Ušić-Jogunica (born 1986), Croatian volleyball player Fictional characters * Senna Galan, a character in the American action-drama TV series ''Matador''. She is the daughter of Andrés Galan, one of the protagonists. * Senna Refa, a character in the ''Babylon 5'' novel '' Legions of Fire – Out of the Darkness''. She is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candle Bush
''Senna alata'' is an important medicinal tree, as well as an ornamental flowering plant in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It also known as emperor's candlesticks, candle bush, candelabra bush, Christmas candles, empress candle plant, ringworm shrub, or candletree. A remarkable species of '' Senna'', it was sometimes separated in its own genus, ''Herpetica''. Geographic range ''Senna alata'' is native to most of the Neotropics (from Mexico and the West Indies to Paraguay), and can be found in diverse habitats. In the tropics, it grows up to an altitude of . It is an invasive species in Austronesia distributed in ranges from India to America. These plants have a greater ornamental and medicinal value in the southeast Asia, North Australia and African ranges. Description The shrub stands tall, with leaves long. The leaves close in the dark. The inflorescence looks like a yellow candle. The fruit, shaped like a straight pod, is up to 25 cm long. Its seeds are distribute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senna (plant)
''Senna'', the sennas, is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, tribe Cassieae). This diverse genus is native throughout the tropics, with a small number of species in temperate regions. The number of species is estimated to be from about 260 to 350.Randell, B. R. and B. A. Barlow. 1998. ''Senna''. pp 89-138. In: A. S. George (executive editor). ''Flora of Australia'' volume 12. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra, Australia. The type species for the genus is ''Senna alexandrina''. About 50 species of ''Senna'' are known in cultivation.Huxley, A., et al. (1992). ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening''. The Macmillan Press, Limited: London. The Stockton Press: New York. (set). Description ''Senna'' includes herbs, shrubs, and tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptic Variation
Evolutionary capacitance is the storage and release of variation, just as electric capacitors store and release charge. Living systems are robust to mutations. This means that living systems accumulate genetic variation without the variation having a phenotypic effect. But when the system is disturbed (perhaps by stress), robustness breaks down, and the variation has phenotypic effects and is subject to the full force of natural selection. An evolutionary capacitor is a molecular switch mechanism that can "toggle" genetic variation between hidden and revealed states. If some subset of newly revealed variation is adaptive, it becomes fixed by genetic assimilation. After that, the rest of variation, most of which is presumably deleterious, can be switched off, leaving the population with a newly evolved advantageous trait, but no long-term handicap. For evolutionary capacitance to increase evolvability in this way, the switching rate should not be faster than the timescale of genetic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonchocarpus
''Lonchocarpus'' is a plant genus in the legume family (biology), family (Fabaceae). The species are called lancepods due to their fruit resembling an ornate lance tip or a few beads on a string. ''Cubé'' resin is produced from the roots of ''Lonchocarpus urucu, L. urucu'' and namely 'Lonchocarpus utilis, L. utilis'' (''cubé''). It contains enough of the toxic rotenoids rotenone and deguelin to be used as an insecticide and piscicide. As these are naturally occurring compounds, they were formerly used in organic farming. Since it is highly unselective and kills useful, as well as pest, animals, it is considered harmful to the environment today. Also, Chronic (medicine), chronic exposure to rotenone and deguelin seems to increase the risk of Parkinson's disease even in mammals, for which these compounds are less Acute (medicine), acutely toxic than for fish and insects. On the other hand, deguelin might be useful in cancer therapy if it can be applied directly into tumors, and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga Vera . It occurs in Central and South America, where it is known as churimo, guamo churimo, guamo arroyero and guamo macho.
''Inga vera'' is a species of tropical tree in the family Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ... References * {{Taxonbar, from=Q15525860 vera ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga Sapindoides
''Inga'' is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing treesElkan, Daniel. "Slash-and-burn farming has become a major threat to the world's rainforest" ''The Guardian'' 21 April 2004 and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. ''Inga''s leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally. Several related plants have been placed into this genus at one time, for example Yopo (Cohoba, Mopo, Nopo or Parica – ''Anadenanthera peregrina'' – as ''Inga niopo''). The seeds are covered with sweet white powder. The pulp covering the seeds is lightly fibrous and sweet, and rich in minerals; it is edible in the raw state. The tree's name originates from the Tupi word ''in-gá'' meaning "soaked", due to the fruit powder consistency. The tree usually blooms twice a year. Within the ''Inga'' genus there are around 300 species, most of them native and growing in the Amazon forest region although some species are also found in Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga Punctata
''Inga'' is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing treesElkan, Daniel. "Slash-and-burn farming has become a major threat to the world's rainforest" ''The Guardian'' 21 April 2004 and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. ''Inga''s leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally. Several related plants have been placed into this genus at one time, for example Yopo (Cohoba, Mopo, Nopo or Parica – '' Anadenanthera peregrina'' – as ''Inga niopo''). The seeds are covered with sweet white powder. The pulp covering the seeds is lightly fibrous and sweet, and rich in minerals; it is edible in the raw state. The tree's name originates from the Tupi word ''in-gá'' meaning "soaked", due to the fruit powder consistency. The tree usually blooms twice a year. Within the ''Inga'' genus there are around 300 species, most of them native and growing in the Amazon forest region although some species are also found in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
