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Cat Tien National Park
The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family. Cats are commonly kept as house pets but can also be farm cats or feral cats; the feral cat ranges freely and avoids human contact. Domestic cats are valued by humans for companionship and their ability to kill rodents. About 60 cat breeds are recognized by various cat registries. The cat is similar in anatomy to the other felid species: they have a strong flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp teeth, and retractable claws adapted to killing small prey. Their night vision and sense of smell are well developed. Cat communication includes vocalizations like meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting as well as cat-specific body language. Although the cat is a social species, they are a solitary hunter. As a preda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Donald Mood
John Donald Mood (November 15, 1945) is a Danish botanist. As of October 2010, He has more than 44 records of identifications and classifications of new species. He regularly publishes in: Nordic J. Bot .; Novon; Reinwardtia; Fl. Thailand; Dansk Bot. Ark .; Kong. Danske Vidensk. Selsk., Biol. Skr .; Congratulations. Vol. Southeast Asian Stud .; New Plantsman; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh; Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc .; Biol. Meddel. K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk .; Bot. Tidsskr. Publications Journals Mood, J, K Larsen.''New Curcumas from South-east Asia'' 2001 New Plantsman, vol. 8, pp. 207-217 Books ''A folk botany of Guam: an ethnobotanical study of the Guamanian-Chamorro'' 1976, Ed. University of Guam University of Guam ( ch, Unibetsedåt Guåhan) (U.O.G.) is a public land-grant university in Mangilao, Guam. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers thirty-four degree programs at the undergraduate level a ... References {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Theilade
Ida Theilade is a Danish botanist. She is a professor of at the University of Copenhagen. Education Theilade has a PhD in tropical botany from the University of Copenhagen. Ida Theilade is chair of the board of the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) is an independent and non-profit international human rights-based membership organization, whose central charter is to endorse and promote the collective rights of the world's indigenous .... She is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission on threatened trees. References 21st-century Danish botanists Living people University of Copenhagen alumni Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen Year of birth missing (living people) {{Denmark-botanist-stub Danish women botanists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Many of the family's species are important ornamental, spice, or medicinal plants. Ornamental genera include the shell gingers ('' Alpinia''), Siam or summer tulip ('' Curcuma alismatifolia''), '' Globba'', ginger lily ('' Hedychium''), '' Kaempferia'', torch-ginger '' Etlingera elatior'', ''Renealmia'', and ginger (''Zingiber''). Spices include ginger (''Zingiber''), galangal or Thai ginger ('' Alpinia galanga'' and others), melegueta pepper (''Aframomum melegueta''), myoga (''Zingiber mioga''), korarima (''Aframomum corrorima''), turmeric (''Curcuma''), and cardamom ('' Amomum'', '' Elettaria''). Description Members of the family are small to large herbaceous plants with distichous leaves with basal she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zingiber
The genus ''Zingiber'' is native to Southeast Asia especially in Thailand, China, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culinary value. The most well known are '' Z. officinale'' and '' Z. mioga'', two garden gingers. Culinary Each ginger species has a different culinary usage; for example, myoga is valued for the stem and flowers. Garden ginger's rhizome is the classic spice "ginger", and may be used whole, candied (known commonly as crystallized ginger), or dried and powdered. Other popular ginger Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices ...s used in cooking include cardamom and turmeric, though neither of these examples is a "true ginger" – they belong to different genera in the family (biology), fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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