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Delias Pasithoe
''Delias pasithoe'', the redbase Jezebel is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. The species is found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. There has been some dispute for which species the specific name ''aglaja'' (or ''aglaia''), used twice by Linnaeus in 1758, applies – the redbase Jezebel, or the dark green fritillary (''Speyeria aglaja''), a brush-footed butterfly. Here, ''Delias pasithoe'' is used for the redbase Jezebel, based on the replacement name proposed by Linnaeus himself. Description Male Upperside: black. Forewing with more or less distinct, somewhat diffuse, broad streaks from base, in the discoidal cell and interspaces 1 and 2, the streak in the last the most produced; a white oval spot at lower apex of cell traversed by the lower discocellular, followed by a subterminal series of greyish-white hastate (spear-shaped) markings with their points turned inwards, the markings opposite the apex of the wing el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delias Pasithoe
''Delias pasithoe'', the redbase Jezebel is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. The species is found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. There has been some dispute for which species the specific name ''aglaja'' (or ''aglaia''), used twice by Linnaeus in 1758, applies – the redbase Jezebel, or the dark green fritillary (''Speyeria aglaja''), a brush-footed butterfly. Here, ''Delias pasithoe'' is used for the redbase Jezebel, based on the replacement name proposed by Linnaeus himself. Description Male Upperside: black. Forewing with more or less distinct, somewhat diffuse, broad streaks from base, in the discoidal cell and interspaces 1 and 2, the streak in the last the most produced; a white oval spot at lower apex of cell traversed by the lower discocellular, followed by a subterminal series of greyish-white hastate (spear-shaped) markings with their points turned inwards, the markings opposite the apex of the wing el ... [...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] |
Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar (Kawthaung). The island country of Singapore also has historical and cultural ties with the region. The indigenous people of the peninsula are the Malays, an Austronesian people. The Titiwangsa Mountains are part of the Tenasserim Hills system and form the backbone of the peninsula and the southernmost section of the central cordillera, which runs from Tibet through the Kra Isthmus, the peninsula's narrowest point, into the Malay Peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor. Etymology The Malay term ''Tanah Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santalum Album
''Santalum album'', or Indian sandalwood, is a small tropical tree, and the traditional source of sandalwood oil. It is native to southern India and Southeast Asia. It is considered sacred in some religions like Hinduism, and some cultures place great significance on its fragrant qualities. However, the high value of the species has caused over-exploitation, to the point where the wild population is vulnerable to extinction. Indian sandalwood still commands high prices for its essential oil owing to its high alpha santalol content, but due to lack of sizable trees it is no longer used for fine woodworking as before. The plant is long-lived, but harvest is only viable after many years. Description The height of the evergreen tree is between 4 and 9 metres. They may live to one hundred years of age. The tree is variable in habit, usually upright to sprawling, and may intertwine with other species. The plant parasitises the roots of other tree species, with a haustorium adaptatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nauclea Rotundifolia
''Nauclea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The species are evergreen trees or shrubs that are native to the paleotropics. The terminal vegetative buds are usually strongly flattened. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ''naus'', meaning "ship" and ''kleio'', meaning "to close". It refers to the resemblance of the cells of the capsule to a ship's hull. Cultivation and use '' Nauclea diderrichii'' is a large tree from West Africa that is widely cultivated elsewhere. Its wood is resistant to borers and is used around harbors and in other places where wood is in constant contact with water. Taxonomy ''Nauclea'' is a member of the tribe Naucleeae and is sister to a clade consisting of '' Burttdavya'' and '' Sarcocephalus''. The current type species for the genus is '' Nauclea orientalis''. Linnaeus originally named it ''Cephalanthus orientalis'' in the first edition of ''Species Plantarum'' but transferred it to ''Nauclea'' when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loranthus Yadoriki
''Loranthus'' is a genus of parasitic plants that grow on the branches of woody trees. It belongs to the family Loranthaceae, the showy mistletoe family. In most earlier systematic treatments it contains all mistletoe species with bisexual flowers, though some species have reversed to unisexual flowers. Other treatments restrict the genus to a few species. The systematic situation of ''Loranthus'' is not entirely clear. The generic name in botanical Latin means strap-flower, in reference to the shape of the petals. Taxonomy The taxonomic history of the generic name ''Loranthus'' is complicated. In 1753, Carl Linnaeus used the name ''Loranthus'' for a genus of one species, ''Loranthus americanus'', which was thus the type species. He later added other species, including ''Loranthus scurrula'' in 1762, a species he had previously placed in a separate genus, ''Scurrula'', and ''Loranthus europaeus'' in 1763, a name first used by Jacquin in 1762. However, ''Loranthus americanus'' has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loranthus Pentandrus
''Loranthus'' is a genus of parasitic plants that grow on the branches of woody trees. It belongs to the family Loranthaceae, the showy mistletoe family. In most earlier systematic treatments it contains all mistletoe species with bisexual flowers, though some species have reversed to unisexual flowers. Other treatments restrict the genus to a few species. The systematic situation of ''Loranthus'' is not entirely clear. The generic name in botanical Latin means strap-flower, in reference to the shape of the petals. Taxonomy The taxonomic history of the generic name ''Loranthus'' is complicated. In 1753, Carl Linnaeus used the name ''Loranthus'' for a genus of one species, ''Loranthus americanus'', which was thus the type species. He later added other species, including ''Loranthus scurrula'' in 1762, a species he had previously placed in a separate genus, ''Scurrula'', and ''Loranthus europaeus'' in 1763, a name first used by Jacquin in 1762. However, ''Loranthus americanus'' has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loranthus Parasiticus
''Loranthus'' is a genus of parasitic plants that grow on the branches of woody trees. It belongs to the family Loranthaceae, the showy mistletoe family. In most earlier systematic treatments it contains all mistletoe species with bisexual flowers, though some species have reversed to unisexual flowers. Other treatments restrict the genus to a few species. The systematic situation of ''Loranthus'' is not entirely clear. The generic name in botanical Latin means strap-flower, in reference to the shape of the petals. Taxonomy The taxonomic history of the generic name ''Loranthus'' is complicated. In 1753, Carl Linnaeus used the name ''Loranthus'' for a genus of one species, ''Loranthus americanus'', which was thus the type species. He later added other species, including ''Loranthus scurrula'' in 1762, a species he had previously placed in a separate genus, ''Scurrula'', and ''Loranthus europaeus'' in 1763, a name first used by Jacquin in 1762. However, ''Loranthus americanus'' has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendrophthoe Glabrescens
''Dendrophthoe glabrescens'', commonly known as orange mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae, found in eastern and northern Australia. It flowers from October to January. The flowers are tubular, with a green base, but where the tube splits open, it displays orange and bright red. Taxonomy It was first described in 1925 as ''Loranthus vitellinus'' var. ''glabrescens'' by William Blakely, and in 1962 was transferred to the genus, ''Dendrophthoe ''Dendrophthoe'' is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs found in Asia and Australia known as mistletoes. The genus was described by German naturalist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius in 1830. Species in this genus have a variety of reported uses in ...'', and raised to species status by Bryan Barlow. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15381583 glabrescens Flora of Western Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Parasitic plants Plants described in 1925 Taxa named by William Blakely [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citrus Maxima
The pomelo ( ), ''Citrus maxima'', is the largest citrus fruit from the family Rutaceae and the principal ancestor of the grapefruit. It is a natural, non-hybrid, citrus fruit, native to Southeast Asia. Similar in taste to a sweet grapefruit, the pomelo is commonly consumed and used for festive occasions throughout Southeast Asia. As with the grapefruit, phytochemicals in the pomelo have the potential for drug interactions. Etymology and common names According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology of the word "pomelo" is uncertain. It may be derived from Dutch ''pompelmoes''. Its botanical name, ''Citrus maxima'', means "the biggest citrus". In English, the word "pomelo" (also spelled pummelo, pumelo, pomello, pommelo) has become the more common name, although "pomelo" has historically been used for grapefruit. After introduction to Barbados by 'Captain Shaddock' of the East India Company (apparently Philip Chaddock, who visited the island in the late 1640s), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camellia Sinensis
''Camellia sinensis'' is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves and leaf buds are used to produce the popular beverage, tea. Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (not to be confused with ''Melaleuca alternifolia'', the source of tea tree oil, or the genus ''Leptospermum'' commonly called tea tree). White tea, yellow tea, green tea, oolong, dark tea (which includes pu-erh tea) and black tea are all harvested from one of two major varieties grown today, ''C. sinensis'' var. ''sinensis'' and ''C. s.'' var. ''assamica'', but are processed differently to attain varying levels of oxidation with black tea being the most oxidized and green being the least. Kukicha (twig tea) is also harvested from ''C. sinensis'', but uses twigs and stems rather than leaves. Nomenclature and taxonomy The generic name ''Camellia'' is taken from the Latinized name of Rev. Georg Kamel, SJ (1661–1706), a Moravian-born Jesuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddleja
''Buddleja'' (; ''Buddleia''; also historically given as ''Buddlea'') is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Reverend Adam Buddle (1662–1715), an English botanist and rector, at the suggestion of Dr. William Houstoun. Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja ( ''B. americana'') to England from the Caribbean about 15 years after Buddle's death. Nomenclature The botanic name has been the source of some confusion. By modern practice of botanical Latin, the spelling of a generic name made from 'Buddle' would be ''Buddleia'', but Linnaeus in his ''Species Plantarum'' of 1753 and 1754 spelled it ''Buddleja'', with the long i between two vowels, common in early modern orthography.Linnaei, C. (1753). ''Species plantarum''. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm. The pronunciation of the long i in ''Buddleja'' as ''j'' is a common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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