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Bdallophytum Bambusarum
''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five described species. It parasitizes on the roots of plants of the genus ''Bursera'', such as ''Bursera simaruba''. The genus is endemic to the Neotropics.Parasiticplants.siu.eduCytinaceae/ref> It was previously placed in ''Rafflesiaceae'', but is now placed in family Cytinaceae, together with the only other genus ''Cytinus''. Some ''Bdallophytum'' species were at one time considered to belong to this latter genus. ''Bdallophytum'' is dioecious. Name The genus name is probably derived from Ancient Greek ''bdell-'' "leech" and ''phyton'' "plant". It was later misspelled as ''Bdallophyton'' by Eichler, and this synonym is now also in common use.USDA GRINGenus ''Bdallophytum'' Eichler Species * '' Bdallophytum americanum'' * '' Bdallophytum andrieuxii'' * '' Bdallophytum bambusarum'' * ''Bdallophytum ceratantherum'' * ''Bdallophytum oxylepis ''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August W
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC (708 AUC), giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, it was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus. According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt. Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, but t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is biparental reproduction. Dioecy has costs, since only about half the population directly produces offspring. It is one method for excluding self-fertilization and promoting allogamy (outcrossing), and thus tends to reduce the expression of recessive deleterious mutations present in a population. Plants have several other methods of preventing self-fertilization including, for example, dichogamy, herkogamy, and self-incompatibility. Dioecy is a dimorphic sexual system, alongside gynodioecy and androdioecy. In zoology In zoology, dioecious species may be opposed to hermaphroditic species, meaning that an individual is either male or female, in which case the synonym gonochory is more often used. Most animal species are dioecious (gon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasitic Plants
A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every biome. All parasitic plants develop a specialized organ called the haustorium, which penetrates the host plant, connecting them to the host vasculature – either the xylem, phloem, or both. For example, plants like ''Striga'' or ''Rhinanthus'' connect only to the xylem, via xylem bridges (xylem-feeding). Alternately, plants like ''Cuscuta'' and some members of ''Orobanche'' connect to both the xylem and phloem of the host. This provides them with the ability to extract water and nutrients from the host. Parasitic plants are classified depending on the location where the parasitic plant latches onto the host (root or stem), the amount of nutrients it requires, and their photosynthetic capability. Some parasitic plants can locate their host plants by detecting volatile chemicals in the air or soil given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvales Genera
The Malvales are an order of flowering plants. As circumscribed by APG II-system, the order includes about 6000 species within 9 families. The order is placed in the eurosids II, which are part of the eudicots. The plants are mostly shrubs and trees; most of its families have a cosmopolitan distribution in the tropics and subtropics, with limited expansion into temperate regions. An interesting distribution occurs in Madagascar, where three endemic families of Malvales (Sphaerosepalaceae, Sarcolaenaceae and Diegodendraceae) occur. Many species of Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' are known for their wood, with that of '' Ochroma'' (balsa) being known for its lightness, and that of ''Tilia'' (lime, linden, or basswood) as a popular wood for carving. Fruit of the cacao tree ('' Theobroma cacao'') are used as an ingredient for chocolate. Kola nuts (genus '' Cola'') are notable for their high content of caffeine and, in past, were commonly used for preparing of various cola drink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bdallophytum Oxylepis
''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five described species. It parasitizes on the roots of plants of the genus ''Bursera'', such as ''Bursera simaruba''. The genus is endemic to the Neotropics.Parasiticplants.siu.eduCytinaceae/ref> It was previously placed in ''Rafflesiaceae'', but is now placed in family Cytinaceae, together with the only other genus ''Cytinus''. Some ''Bdallophytum'' species were at one time considered to belong to this latter genus. ''Bdallophytum'' is dioecious. Name The genus name is probably derived from Ancient Greek ''bdell-'' "leech Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworm, and like them have soft, muscular segmented bodie ..." and ''phyton'' "plant". It was later misspelled as ''Bdallophyton'' by Eichler, and this synonym is now also in common use.USDA GRINGenus ''Bdallo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bdallophytum Ceratantherum
''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five described species. It parasitizes on the roots of plants of the genus ''Bursera'', such as ''Bursera simaruba''. The genus is endemic to the Neotropics.Parasiticplants.siu.eduCytinaceae/ref> It was previously placed in ''Rafflesiaceae'', but is now placed in family Cytinaceae, together with the only other genus ''Cytinus''. Some ''Bdallophytum'' species were at one time considered to belong to this latter genus. ''Bdallophytum'' is dioecious. Name The genus name is probably derived from Ancient Greek ''bdell-'' "leech" and ''phyton'' "plant". It was later misspelled as ''Bdallophyton'' by Eichler, and this synonym is now also in common use.USDA GRINGenus ''Bdallophytum'' Eichler Species * '' Bdallophytum americanum'' * '' Bdallophytum andrieuxii'' * '' Bdallophytum bambusarum'' * '' Bdallophytum ceratantherum'' * ''Bdallophytum oxylepis ''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bdallophytum Bambusarum
''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five described species. It parasitizes on the roots of plants of the genus ''Bursera'', such as ''Bursera simaruba''. The genus is endemic to the Neotropics.Parasiticplants.siu.eduCytinaceae/ref> It was previously placed in ''Rafflesiaceae'', but is now placed in family Cytinaceae, together with the only other genus ''Cytinus''. Some ''Bdallophytum'' species were at one time considered to belong to this latter genus. ''Bdallophytum'' is dioecious. Name The genus name is probably derived from Ancient Greek ''bdell-'' "leech" and ''phyton'' "plant". It was later misspelled as ''Bdallophyton'' by Eichler, and this synonym is now also in common use.USDA GRINGenus ''Bdallophytum'' Eichler Species * '' Bdallophytum americanum'' * '' Bdallophytum andrieuxii'' * '' Bdallophytum bambusarum'' * ''Bdallophytum ceratantherum'' * ''Bdallophytum oxylepis ''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bdallophytum Andrieuxii
''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five described species. It parasitizes on the roots of plants of the genus ''Bursera'', such as ''Bursera simaruba''. The genus is endemic to the Neotropics.Parasiticplants.siu.eduCytinaceae/ref> It was previously placed in ''Rafflesiaceae'', but is now placed in family Cytinaceae, together with the only other genus ''Cytinus''. Some ''Bdallophytum'' species were at one time considered to belong to this latter genus. ''Bdallophytum'' is dioecious. Name The genus name is probably derived from Ancient Greek ''bdell-'' "leech" and ''phyton'' "plant". It was later misspelled as ''Bdallophyton'' by Eichler, and this synonym is now also in common use.USDA GRINGenus ''Bdallophytum'' Eichler Species * '' Bdallophytum americanum'' * '' Bdallophytum andrieuxii'' * ''Bdallophytum bambusarum'' * ''Bdallophytum ceratantherum'' * ''Bdallophytum oxylepis ''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five descri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bdallophytum Americanum
''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five described species. It parasitizes on the roots of plants of the genus ''Bursera'', such as ''Bursera simaruba''. The genus is endemic to the Neotropics.Parasiticplants.siu.eduCytinaceae/ref> It was previously placed in ''Rafflesiaceae'', but is now placed in family Cytinaceae, together with the only other genus ''Cytinus''. Some ''Bdallophytum'' species were at one time considered to belong to this latter genus. ''Bdallophytum'' is dioecious. Name The genus name is probably derived from Ancient Greek ''bdell-'' "leech" and ''phyton'' "plant". It was later misspelled as ''Bdallophyton'' by Eichler, and this synonym is now also in common use.USDA GRINGenus ''Bdallophytum'' Eichler Species * '' Bdallophytum americanum'' * ''Bdallophytum andrieuxii'' * ''Bdallophytum bambusarum'' * ''Bdallophytum ceratantherum'' * ''Bdallophytum oxylepis ''Bdallophytum'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leech
Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworm, and like them have soft, muscular segmented bodies that can lengthen and contract. Both groups are hermaphrodites and have a clitellum, but leeches typically differ from the oligochaetes in having suckers at both ends and in having ring markings that do not correspond with their internal segmentation. The body is muscular and relatively solid, and the coelom, the spacious body cavity found in other annelids, is reduced to small channels. The majority of leeches live in freshwater habitats, while some species can be found in terrestrial or marine environments. The best-known species, such as the medicinal leech, ''Hirudo medicinalis'', are hematophagous, attaching themselves to a host with a sucker and feeding on blood, having first secreted the peptide hirudin to prevent the blood from c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic period (), and the Classical period (). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Epic and Classical periods of the language. From the Hellenistic period (), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regarded as a separate historical stage, although its earliest form closely resembles Attic Greek and its latest form approaches Medieval Greek. There were several regional dialects of Ancient Greek, of which Attic Greek developed into Koine. Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cytinus
''Cytinus'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. Species in this genus do not produce chlorophyll, but rely fully on its host plant. ''Cytinus'' usually parasitizes ''Cistus'' and ''Halimium'', two genera of plants in the family Cistaceae. It has also been found on ''Ptilostemon chamaepeuce''. Several species are found in the Mediterranean Region, South Africa, with a possibly undescribed species from Madagascar. Biology ''C. capensis'' and ''C. sanguineus'' are dioecious, while ''C. hypocistis'' is monoecious. Nickrent ''et al.'' 2004 ''C. hypocistis'' has been shown to infect mainly ''Halimium halimifolium'' and ''Cistus monspeliensis'' in Portugal. Systematics The genus ''Cytinus'' was previously included in the parasitic family Rafflesiaceae, but is now put into the family Cytinaceae (order Malvales), together with the genus ''Bdallophytum'' with four species. ''Cytinus ruber'' is no longer considered a separate species, but is now a subspecies of ''C. hypocistis' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
