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Long-tailed Blue
''Lampides boeticus'', the pea blue, or long-tailed blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family. Etymology The Latin species name ''boeticus'' refers to Baetica, a province of the Roman Empire in the Iberian Peninsula . Its common name refers to the long streamers on its hind wings, the male's bright iridescent blue colour, and peas, which is the typical host plant of the butterfly. Distribution This species can be found in Europe, Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Australia. Also found in the Hawaiian islands. Habitat This species inhabits the edge of forests, mountain meadows and hot flowery places at an elevation up to above sea level.Simon Coombe Description The wingspan is 24–32 mm for males and 24–34 mm for females. In these small butterflies (although unusually large for their family) the males have a mainly blue violet upper face of the wings with the brown edges, while the females have only a small amount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, 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 (biology), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidoptera Indica
''Lepidoptera Indica'' was a 10 volume work on the butterflies of the Indian region that was begun in 1890 and completed in 1913. It was published by Lovell Reeve and Co. of London. It has been considered the ''magnum opus'' of its author, Frederic Moore, assistant curator at the museum of the East India Company. Frederic Moore described a number of new species through this publication. Moore was a splitter, known for careless creation of synonyms, sometimes placing the same species in more than one genus. History The series was based on a large collection of butterflies that were under the care of the curator of the Asiatic Museum, Dr Thomas Horsfield. The museum was closed in 1879 and the collection was transferred to the British Museum. Moore in his preface defined the Indian region as being roughly bounded by the Himalayan mountains in the north, Suleiman and Hala mountains in the northwest, Ceylon to the South and Burma in the East and including the Andaman and Nicobar Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iridomyrmex
''Iridomyrmex'' is a genus of ants called rainbow ants (referring to their blue-green iridescent sheen) first described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1862. He placed the genus in the subfamily Dolichoderinae of the family Formicidae. It has 79 described species and five fossil species. Most of these ants are native to Australia; others are found in Asia and Oceania, and they have been introduced to Brazil, New Zealand, and the United Arab Emirates. Fossil species are known from China, France, and the United States. These ants are known to be an ecologically dominant and important group of ants, but they are sometimes regarded as pests because they disturb soil and enter human houses. Farmers in rural Australia place animal carcasses on meat ant ('' I. purpureus'') mounds as a method of disposing of them; meat ants consume the carcass and reduce it to bones in a matter of weeks. Meat ants also engage in ritualised fighting, which helps prevent casualties and solve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Froggattella
''Froggattella'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The genus contains two species found in Australia. ''Froggattella kirbii'' is fairly common, while ''Froggattella latispina'' is known only from two locations in South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories .... The two species range from small to medium in size, where they are found foraging in distinct trails on low vegetation or small sized trees. Species * '' Froggattella kirbii'' (Lowne, 1865) * '' Froggattella latispina'' Wheeler, 1936 References External links * Dolichoderinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of Australia {{Dolichoderinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lathyrus
''Lathyrus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, and contains approximately 160 species. Commonly known as peavines or vetchlings, they are native to temperate areas, with a breakdown of 52 species in Europe, 30 species in North America, 78 in Asia, 24 in tropical East Africa, and 24 in temperate South America. There are annual and perennial species which may be climbing or bushy. This genus has numerous sections, including ''Orobus'', which was once a separate genus. Uses Many species are cultivated as garden plants. The genus includes the garden sweet pea (''Lathyrus odoratus'') and the perennial everlasting pea (''Lathyrus latifolius''). Flowers on these cultivated species may be rose, red, maroon, pink, white, yellow, purple or blue, and some are bicolored. They are also grown for their fragrance. Cultivated species are susceptible to fungal infections including downy and powdery mildew. Other species are grown for food, including the Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spartium
''Spartium junceum'', known as Spanish broom, rush broom, or weaver's broom, it is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and the sole species in the genus ''Spartium''. It is closely related to the other brooms (in the genera '' Cytisus'' and ''Genista''). Taxonomy The Greek name ''Spartium'' given to the genus denotes the use of the plant for ' cordage'. The Latin specific epithet ''junceum'' means "rush-like", referring to the shoots, which show a passing resemblance to those of the rush genus ''Juncus''. Distribution and habitat This species is native to the Mediterranean in southern Europe, southwest Asia and northwest Africa, where it is found in sunny sites, usually on dry, sandy soils. Description ''Spartium junceum'' is a vigorous, deciduous shrub growing to tall, rarely , with main stems up to thick, rarely . It has thick, somewhat succulent grey-green rush-like shoots with very sparse small deciduous leaves 1 to 3 cm long and up to 4 mm bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cytisus
''Cytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to open sites (typically scrub and heathland) in Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and is one of several genera in the tribe Genisteae which are commonly called brooms. They are shrubs producing masses of brightly coloured, pea-like flowers, often highly fragrant. Members of the segregate genera, ''Calicotome'', ''Chamaecytisus'', and '' Lembotropis'' are sometimes included in ''Cytisus''. Species , Kew's Plants of the World Online listed the following species: Hybrids and cultivars , the following hybrids had been described: * +''Laburnocytisus'' 'Adamii' (Poit.) C. K. Schneid. (''Laburnum anagyroides'' + ''Chamaecytisus purpureus'') (not a true hybrid but a graft-chimera) * ''Cytisus'' × ''beanii'' G.Nicholson (''Cytisus ardoini'' × ''Cytisus purgans'') * ''Cytisus'' × ''czerniaevii'' Krecz. * ''Cytisus'' × ''dallimorei'' Rolfe (''Cytisus multiflorus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolichos (plant)
''Dolichos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, and the subfamily Faboideae. It is distributed in Africa and Asia.''Dolichos''. Flora of China. The lablab bean (''Lablab purpureus'') was formerly included in ''Dolichos''. These are herbs and shrubs growing upright, sometimes with climbing stems, or spreading prostrate upon the ground. They have woody rhizomes. The leaves have single blades or are pinnate, divided into three leaflets. The plants sometim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutherlandia
''Sutherlandia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae containing six known living species. The genus was once organized as having a single species, ''S. frutescens'', but later expanded to include more based on morphological characteristics. However, later analysis found more genetic variation between populations than between taxa. The genus ''Sutherlandia'' is sometimes included in the genus '' Lessertia'' and it is morphologically and chemically similar to ''Lessertia'', ''Astragalus'', and other genera of the tribe Galegeae. Species *'' Sutherlandia frutescens'' (L.) R.Br. cancerbush, balloon pea ( Australia, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...) *'' Sutherlandia humilis'' E.Phillips & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polygala
''Polygala'' is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots. The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the world''Polygala''. Flora of China. in zones and the .''Polygala''. The Jepson eFlora 2013. The genus name ''Polygala'' comes from the |
Crotalaria
''Crotalaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (subfamily Faboideae) commonly known as rattlepods. The genus includes over 700 species of herbaceous plants and shrubs. Africa is the continent with the majority of ''Crotalaria'' species (approximately 400 species), which are mainly found in damp grassland, especially in floodplains, depressions and along edges of swamps and rivers, but also in deciduous bush land, roadsides and fields. Some species of ''Crotalaria'' are grown as ornamentals. The common name rattlepod or rattlebox is derived from the fact that the seeds become loose in the pod as they mature, and rattle when the pod is shaken. The name derives from the Ancient Greek , meaning "castanet", and is the same root as the name for the rattlesnakes (''Crotalus''). ''Crotalaria'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ''Endoclita sericeus'', '' Etiella zinckenella'' and '' Utetheisa ornatrix''. The toxic alka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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