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Poanes Zabulon
The Zabulon skipper (''Lon zabulon'') (sometimes called the southern dimorphic skipperJames A. Scott (1986). ''The Butterflies of North America''. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. ) is a North American butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte from the state of Georgia, United States. Description This small butterfly has slim, triangular wings. The upperside of the male's wings is mostly orange with the margins being dark brown. The underside of the male's wings is mainly yellow orange with the margins being dark brown.Rick Cech and Guy Tudor (2005). ''Butterflies of the East Coast''. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. There is a yellow basal spot enclosed with brown.Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003). ''Butterflies of North America''. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. The upperside of the female's wings is dark brown with large, glassy spots near the forewing outer margin. The underside of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomologique de France. While best known abroad for his work in entomology, he started his career in botany, collecting a great number of French plant specimens and writing broadly on the topic throughout his career, including the textbook ''Flores française'' in 1828. Early in his career, he was interested in Coleoptera and allied himself with both Jean Théodore Lacordaire and Pierre André Latreille. He was the curator of the Pierre Françoise Marie Auguste Dejean collection in Paris and described many species of beetles, as well as butterflies and moths, resulting from the voyages of the ''Astrolabe'', the expedition ship of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse and the '' Coquille'', that of Louis Isidore Duperrey. He lef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agrostis
''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a Genetically modified organism, GMO creeping bent grass. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: *''Agrostis ambatoensis'' Asteg. *Agrostis × amurensis, ''Agrostis'' × ''amurensis'' Prob. *''Agrostis anadyrensis'' Soczava *''Agrostis angrenica'' (Butkov) Tzvelev *Agrostis × aquitanica, ''Agrostis'' × ''aquitanica'' Romero Zarco & Romero García *''Agrostis arvensis'' Phil. *''Agrostis atlantica'' Maire & Trab. *''Agrostis australiensis'' Mez *Agrostis × avatschensis, ''Agrostis'' × ''avatschensis'' Prob. *''Agrostis balansae'' (Boiss.) Tzvelev *''Agrostis barikii'' P.Agnihotri & D.Prasad *''Agrostis basalis'' Luces *''Agrostis bergiana'' Trin. *''Agrostis bettyae'' S.W.L.Jacobs *Agrostis × bjoerkmannii, ''Agrostis'' × ''bjoerkmann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxa Named By John Eatton Le Conte
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to remain at odds over what belongs to a taxon and the criteria used for inclusion, especially in the context of rank-based (" Linnaean") nomenclature (much less so under phylogenetic nomenclature). If a taxon is given a formal scientific name, its use is then governed by one of the nomenclature codes specifying which scientific name is correct for a particular grouping. Initial attempts at classifying and ordering organisms (plants and animals) were presumably set forth in prehistoric times by hunter-gatherers, as suggested by the fairly sophisticated folk taxonomies. Much later, Aristotle, and later still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Described In 1837
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossils have been dated to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago, though molecular evidence suggests that they likely originated in the Cretaceous. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, and like other holometabolous insects they undergo complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, expands its wings to dry, and flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterflies Of North America
This list contains links to lists with the common and scientific names of butterflies of North America north of Mexico. * Papilionidae: swallowtails and parnassians (40 species) ** Parnassiinae: parnassians (3 species) ** Papilioninae: swallowtails (37 species) * Hesperiidae: skippers (300 species) ** Pyrrhopyginae: firetips (1 species) ** Pyrginae: spread-wing skippers (138 species) ** Heteropterinae: skipperlings (7 species) ** Hesperiinae: grass skippers (141 species) ** Megathyminae: giant-skippers (13 species) * Pieridae: whites and sulphurs (70 species) ** Pierinae: whites (29 species) ** Coliadinae: sulphurs (40 species) ** Dismorphiinae: mimic-whites (1 species) * Lycaenidae: gossamer-wings (144 species) ** Miletinae: harvesters (1 species) ** Lycaeninae: coppers (16 species) ** Theclinae: hairstreaks (90 species) ** Polyommatinae: blues (37 species) * Riodinidae: metalmarks (28 species) * Nymphalidae: brush-footed butterflies (233 species) ** Libytheinae: sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tridens (plant)
''Tridens'' is a genus of perennial grasses in the family Poaceae native to the Americas. Species 13 species are accepted. * '' Tridens albescens'' (Vasey) Wooton & Standl. - southwest + south-central USA ( AZ NM TX LA AR OK KS), Mexico ( Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León) * '' Tridens ambiguus'' (Elliott) Schult. – pine barren fluffgrass - southeastern USA ( TX LA MS AL GA FL SC NC) * '' Tridens brasiliensis'' (Nees ex Steud.) Parodi - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina * '' Tridens carolinianus'' (Steud.) Henrard - southeastern USA ( LA MS AL GA FL SC NC) * '' Tridens chapmanii'' – south-central and southeastern United States to New Jersey * '' Tridens congestus'' (L.H.Dewey) Nash – pink fluffgrass USA ( AZ TX) * '' Tridens flaccidus'' (Döll) Parodi - Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia * '' Tridens flavus'' (L.) Hitchc. – purpletop - Ontario, eastern + central USA, Nuevo León * '' Tridens hackelii'' (Arechav.) Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puccinellia
''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in Saline water, saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Selected species ''Puccinellia deschampsioides'' ''Puccinellia macra'' - Wright's alkali grass :List sources : References External linksJepson Manual Treatment {{Authority control Puccinellia, Poaceae genera Halophytes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leymus
''Leymus'' is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae (Gramineae). It is widespread across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. * '' Leymus aemulans'' - Xinjiang, Central Asia * '' Leymus ajanensis'' - Siberia, Russian Far East, Alaska * '' Leymus akmolinensis'' - Siberia, Kazakhstan, European Russia * '' Leymus alaicus'' - Central Asia * '' Leymus altus'' - Xinjiang * '' Leymus ambiguus'' - mountains of western US * '' Leymus angustus'' - Altai wild rye - China, Mongolia, Siberia, Central Asia * '' Leymus arenarius'' - lyme grass - Europe * '' Leymus aristiglumus'' - Qinghai * '' Leymus × buriaticus'' - Siberia * '' Leymus cappadocicus'' - Turkey, Afghanistan * '' Leymus chinensis'' - China, Korea, Mongolia, Amur, Siberia * '' Leymus cinereus'' - basin wild rye - western North America (US and Canada) * ''Leymus condensatus'' - giant wild rye - California, Baja California, Coahuila * '' Leymus crassiusculus'' - Qinghai, Shanxi * '' Leymus divaricatus'' - Kazakhstan * '' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eragrostis
''Eragrostis'' is a large and widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. ''Eragrostis'' is commonly known as lovegrass or canegrass. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek language, Greek words ἔρως (''érōs''), meaning "love", and ἄγρωστις (''ágrōstis''), meaning "grass". Lovegrass is commonly used as livestock fodder. The seeds appear to be of high nutritional value for some animals, but they are also very tiny and collecting them for human food is cumbersome and hence uncommon. A notable exception is Eragrostis tef, teff (''Eragrostis tef, E. tef''), which is used to make traditional breads on the Horn of Africa, such as Ethiopian ''injera'' and Somalian ''laxoox''. It is a crop of commercial importance. ''Eragrostis clelandii, E. clelandii'' and ''Eragrostis tremula, E. tremula'' are recorded as famine foods in Australia and Chad, respectively. Other species, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elymus (plant)
''Elymus'' is a genus of perennial plants with approximately 150 species in the grass family, related to rye, wheat, and other widely grown cereal grains. ''Elymus'' is a cosmopolitan genus, represented by species across all continents of the world. Common names include couch grass, wild rye and wheatgrass. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted 173 species and 19 hybrids: *'' Elymus abolinii'' *'' Elymus aenaeanus'' *'' Elymus afghanicus'' *'' Elymus africanus'' *'' Elymus alaskanus'' *'' Elymus albicans'' *'' Elymus alienus'' *'' Elymus alpinus'' *'' Elymus altissimus'' *'' Elymus amgensis'' *'' Elymus angsaiensis'' *'' Elymus angulatus'' *'' Elymus angustispiculatus'' *'' Elymus anthosachnoides'' *'' Elymus antiquus'' * ''Elymus'' × ''apiculatus'' *'' Elymus arcuatus'' *'' Elymus arizonicus'' *'' Elymus atratus'' *'' Elymus bakeri'' *'' Elymus barbicallus'' *'' Elymus barystachyus'' * ''Elymus'' × ''bobrovicus'' *'' Elymus borianus'' * ''E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dactylis
''Dactylis'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the bluegrass subfamily within the grass family. ''Dactylis'' is native to North Africa, they are found throughout the world, and are an invasive species. They are known in English as cock's-foot or cocksfoot grasses, also sometimes as orchard grasses. Taxonomy The genus has been treated as containing only a single species ''Dactylis glomerata'' by many authors, treating variation in the genus at only subspecific rank within ''D. glomerata'',Flora Europaea''Dactylis glomerata''Flora of China Town''Dactylis''/ref> but more recently, there has been a trend to accept two species,Germplasm Resources Information NetworkSpecies Records of ''Dactylis'' while some authors accept even more species in the genus, particularly island endemic species in Macaronesia.Schönfelder, P., & Ludwig, D. (1996). Dactylis metlesicsii (Poaceae), eine neue Art der Gebirgsvegetation von Tenerife, Kanarische Inseln. ''Willdenowia'' 26 (1–2) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grass
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family (biology), family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and pasture. The latter are commonly referred to collectively as grass. With around 780 genera and around 12,000 species, the Poaceae is the fifth-largest :plant families, plant family, following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae. The Poaceae are the most economically important plant family, including staple foods from domesticated cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice, oats, barley, and millet for people and as forage, feed for livestock, meat-producing animals. They provide, through direct human consumption, just over one-half (51%) of all dietary energy; rice provides 20%, wheat supplies 20%, maize (corn) 5.5%, and other grains 6%. Some members of the Poaceae are used as building materials ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
