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Crambe × Tchalenkoae
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual plant, annual and perennial plant, perennial flowering plants in the family (biology), family Brassicaceae, native plant, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers on (mostly leafless) stems above the basal leaves. ''Crambe hispanica'' subsp. ''abyssinica'', formerly known as ''Crambe abyssinica'', is grown for the oil from the seeds that has characteristics similar to whale oil. The word "crambe" derives, via the Latin ''crambe'', from the Greek ''κράμβη'', a kind of cabbage. ''Crambe'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of the weevil ''Lixus canescens'' (Coleoptera)''Skuhrovec, J. & Volovnik, S.'' (2015) Biology and morphology of immature stages of ''Lixus canescens'' (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae). Zootaxa, 4033(3): 350-362. and some Lepidoptera species including the lime-speck pug. Species Currently accepted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crambe Arborea
''Crambe'' is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to a variety of habitats in Europe, Turkey, southwest and central Asia and eastern Africa. They carry dense racemes of tiny white or yellow flowers on (mostly leafless) stems above the basal leaves. ''Crambe hispanica'' subsp. ''abyssinica'', formerly known as '' Crambe abyssinica'', is grown for the oil from the seeds that has characteristics similar to whale oil. The word "crambe" derives, via the Latin ''crambe'', from the Greek ''κράμβη'', a kind of cabbage. ''Crambe'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of the weevil '' Lixus canescens'' (Coleoptera)''Skuhrovec, J. & Volovnik, S.'' (2015) Biology and morphology of immature stages of ''Lixus canescens'' (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae). Zootaxa, 4033(3): 350-362. and some Lepidoptera species including the lime-speck pug. Species Currently accepted species include: *'' Crambe alutacea'' Hand.-Mazz. *'' Cram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
