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Punctelia Stictica
''Punctelia stictica'' is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is widely distributed lichen, recorded in Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Greenland. It is typically found saxicolous lichen, growing on rocks. Taxonomy The lichen was first species description, formally described by French botanist and lichenologist Dominique François Delise in 1830, as a variety (botany), variety of ''Parmelia borreri'' (the type species of genus ''Punctelia''). Hildur Krog promoted it to species status when she transferred it to the then-newly circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed genus ''Punctelia'' in 1982. Molecular phylogenetic analysis has shown that it is in one of five major clades in ''Punctelia'', which contains species that produce gyrophoric acid as their main secondary metabolite. This clade also includes ''Punctelia borreri'', ''Punctelia subpraesignis'', and ''Punctelia reddenda''. In 2020, after a study of the Argentinian type material of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique François Delise
"Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by the Belgian female singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-born priest and founder of the Dominican Order, of which she was a member (as Sister Luc-Gabrielle). The English-version lyrics of the song were written by Noël Regney. In addition to French and English, Deckers recorded versions in Dutch, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese. It was a top selling record in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964. Commercial performance "Dominique" reached the Top 10 in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964, topping the chart in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It reached the Top 5 in Norway, Denmark, Ireland and South Africa, with the song making it into the lower reaches of the Top 10 in the Netherlands, West Germany, and the United Kingdom. The song reached and stayed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |