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Asparagus Aphyllus
''Asparagus aphyllus'' is a species of plants in the family Asparagaceae. They are climbing plants. Flowers are visited by the Western honey bee, ''Syritta pipiens'', ''Phthiria'', and ''Halictus The genus ''Halictus'' is a large assemblage of bee species in the family Halictidae. The genus is divided into 15 subgenera, some of dubious monophyly, containing over 200 species, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere (a few species occur in So ...''. References aphyllus Flora of Malta {{Asparagaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae, known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, '' Asparagus officinalis''. Those who live in the temperate climates may be surprised to learn that this family includes both common garden plants as well as common houseplants. The garden plants include asparagus, yucca, bluebell, and hosta, and the houseplants include snake plant, corn cane, spider plant and plumosus fern. Taxonomy In earlier classification systems, the species involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae. The APG II system of 2003 allowed two options as to the circumscription of the family: either Asparagaceae ''sensu lato'' ("in the wider sense") combining seven previously recognized families, or Asparagaceae ''sensu stricto'' ("in the strict sense") consisting of very few genera (notably '' Asparagus'', also '' Hemiphylacus''), but nevertheless to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Honey Bee
The western honey bee or European honey bee (''Apis mellifera'') is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name ''Apis'' is Latin for "bee", and ''mellifera'' is the Latin for "honey-bearing" or "honey carrying", referring to the species' production of honey. Like all honey bee species, the western honey bee is Eusociality, eusocial, creating Beehive, colonies with a single fertile female (or "Queen bee, queen"), many normally non-reproductive females or "workers", and a small proportion of fertile males or "Drone (bee), drones". Individual colonies can house tens of thousands of bees. Colony activities are organized by Bee learning and communication, complex communication between individuals, through both pheromones and the Bee learning and communication#Dance communication, dance language. The western honey bee was one of the first Domestication, domesticated insects, and it is the primary species maintained by beekeepers to this day for both i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syritta Pipiens
''Syritta pipiens,'' sometimes called the thick-legged hoverfly, is one of the most common species in the insect family Syrphidae. This fly originates from Europe and is currently distributed across Eurasia and North America. They are fast and nimble fliers, and their larvae are found in wet, rotting organic matter such as garden compost, manure, and silage. The species is also commonly found in human-created environments such as most farmland, gardens, and urban parks, wherever there are flowers. This species is an important part of its native ecosystem as adult ''Syritta pipiens'' flies are critical pollinators for a variety of flowering plants and the species supports parasitism by various parasitic wasp species. Thus, they play an important role in environmental functionality, and can serve as bio-indicators, in which their abundance can reflect the health of the environment. ''Syritta pipiens'' looks like many predatory hoverfly species, yet is not predatory. Morpholo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthiria
''Phthiria'' is a genus of 'bee flies' belonging to the family Bombyliidae. Species Species within this genus include:Evenhuis, N.L. & Greathead, D.J. (2003World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)/ref> * ''Phthiria alberthessei'' * ''Phthiria albida'' * ''Phthiria albogilva'' * ''Phthiria aldrichi'' * ''Phthiria amplicella'' * ''Phthiria asiatica'' * ''Phthiria atriceps'' * ''Phthiria austrandina'' * ''Phthiria aztec'' * ''Phthiria barbatula'' * ''Phthiria brunnescens'' * ''Phthiria cana'' * ''Phthiria canescens'' * ''Phthiria chilena'' * ''Phthiria cingulata'' * ''Phthiria cognata'' * ''Phthiria compressa'' * ''Phthiria conocephala'' * ''Phthiria consors'' * ''Phthiria conspicua'' * ''Phthiria crocogramma'' * ''Phthiria dolorosa'' * ''Phthiria exilis'' * ''Phthiria fallax'' * ''Phthiria fasciventris'' * ''Phthiria freidbergi'' * ''Phthiria freyi'' * ''Phthiria fulva'' * ''Phthiria gaedii'' * ''Phthiria gracilis'' * ''Phthiria grisea'' * ''Phthiria hesperia'' * ''Phthir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halictus
The genus ''Halictus'' is a large assemblage of bee species in the family Halictidae. The genus is divided into 15 subgenera, some of dubious monophyly, containing over 200 species, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere (a few species occur in South America, Asia and Africa). Most species are black or dark brown, sometimes metallic greenish-tinted, with apical whitish abdominal bands on the terga (the related genus ''Lasioglossum'', which is otherwise often similar in appearance, has the abdominal hair bands located basally, not apically). Many species in the genus are eusocial, with colony sizes range from very small (two to four bees) to large (>200). Nests are typically burrows in the soil, with several ovoid "cells" in which pollen mixed with nectar is provided as food for the developing larvae; a single egg is laid on a pollen mass, and the cell is sealed. In a few species, the cells are arranged in clusters resembling a honeycomb, but constructed of soil rather than beeswa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asparagus
Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name ''Asparagus officinalis'', is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus '' Asparagus''. Its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable. It was once classified in the lily family, like the related ''Allium'' species, onions and garlic. However, genetic research places lilies, ''Allium'', and asparagus in three separate families—the Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and Asparagaceae, respectively— the Amaryllidaceae and Asparagaceae are grouped together in the order Asparagales. Sources differ as to the native range of ''Asparagus officinalis'', but generally include most of Europe and western temperate Asia. It is widely cultivated as a vegetable crop. Description Asparagus is a herbaceous, perennial plant growing to tall, with stout stems with much-branched, feathery foliage. The 'leaves' are in fact needle-like cladodes ( modified stems) in the axils of scale leaves; they are long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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