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Gasteria Obliqua
''Gasteria bicolor'' (previously named ''Gasteria obliqua'' or ''Gasteria maculata'') is a species of succulent plant, succulent flowering plant in the family (botany), family Asphodelaceae, native to the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Description This is a very variable species of ''Gasteria'', common in cultivation. It grows multiple proliferous stems, all covered in untidy masses of the shiny, mottled, colourful, succulent leaves. It usually forms rosettes, but can sometimes be distichous, especially in cultivation. The leaves can also occasionally develop a keel. Each leaf has a sharp point on the tip. The flowers generally appear on a long stem of about , that carries tubular bell-shaped pink to orange flowers. There are three major varieties, which grade into each other: * ''Gasteria bicolor'' var. ''bicolor'' (Haw.) The more widespread type variety. * ''Gasteria bicolor'' var. ''fallax'' (Haw.) A variety with narrow, elongated, linear, mottled leaves (c.140 x 11mm). Dens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology (biology), morphology, behaviour, or ecological niche. In addition, palaeontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. About 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a binomial nomenclature, two-part name, a "binomen". The first part of a binomen is the name of a genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name (zoology), specific name or the specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
