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Pontia Glauconome
''Pontia glauconome'', the desert white or desert Bath white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Arabia, Egypt, the Middle East, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the southern part of the former Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. The habitat consists of sub-deserts. The wingspan is 45–50 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October, in three to four generations per year. The larvae feed on '' Epicastrum arabicum'', '' Zilla spinosa'', '' Caylusia'', '' |
Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug
Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug (5 May 1775, in Berlin – 3 February 1856, in Berlin), was a German entomologist. He described the butterflies and some other insects of Upper Egypt and Arabia in Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg and Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich's ''Symbolæ Physicæ'' (Berlin, 1829–1845). He was professor of medicine and entomology in the University of Berlin (known in the present day as the Humboldt University of Berlin) where he curated the insect collections from 1810 to 1856. At the same time he directed the Botanic Garden in Berlin which contains his collections. Klug worked mainly on Hymenoptera and Coleoptera. The plant genus ''Klugia'' (now called ''Rhynchoglossum'', Family Gesneriaceae) was named in his honour as well as the butterflies ''Geitoneura klugii'' and ''Heliophisma klugii''. In 1855, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Works (Partial List) * Die Blattwespen nach ihren Gattungen und Arten zusammengestellt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a Federation, federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, fifteen national republics; in practice, both Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, its economy were highly Soviet-type economic planning, centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Saint Petersburg, Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kyiv, Kiev (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian SSR), Tas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochradenus
''Ochradenus'' is a genus of plant in family Resedaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * ''Ochradenus socotranus'', * ''Ochradenus baccatus'' A recent molecular study found that ''Ochradenus'' arose from within the ranks of ''Reseda (plant), Reseda''. Therefore, in future this genus may be abandoned, and its species transferred into ''Reseda''. References Brassicales genera Resedaceae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Brassicales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleome
''Cleome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae, commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee plants. Previously, it had been placed in the family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae genera to be more closely related to the Brassicaceae than the Capparaceae. Cleome and clammyweed, (''Polanisia dodecandra'') can sometimes be confused. The simplest way to differentiate the two is to compare the seedpods which project out or down on cleome and up on clammyweed. The genus ''sensu stricto'' includes about 170 species of herbaceous annual or perennial plants and shrubs.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' 1: 652-653. Macmillan. . The genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. However, a recent DNA study failed to separate ''Cleome'', ''Podandrogyne'', and ''Polanisia'' from each other, so some taxonomists have abandoned the last two of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplotaxis (plant)
''Diplotaxis'' (wall-rocket) is a genus of 32–34 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to Europe, the Mediterranean region and Macaronesia; the species diversity is highest in the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa and the Cape Verde archipelago. They are annual or perennial plants, either herbaceous or sub-shrubby with a woody base. The flowers are yellow in most species, but are white in '' Diplotaxis erucoides'' and violet in '' Diplotaxis acris''. Some species, such as ''Diplotaxis tenuifolia'' and ''Diplotaxis muralis'', have been historically used as leaf vegetables, are similar to ''Eruca sativa'' in their peppery flavour, and are used interchangeably with it. Species ''Diplotaxis'' contains the following species: *'' Diplotaxis acris'' ( Forssk.) Boiss. *'' Diplotaxis antoniensis'' Rustan *'' Diplotaxis assurgens'' (Delile) Thell. *'' Diplotaxis berthautii'' Braun-Blanq. & Maire *'' Diplotaxis brachycarpa'' Godron *''Diplotaxis bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erucastrum
''Erucastrum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. There are approximately 18 species. ''Erucastrum'' species are known generally as dogmustards. Species include: * ''Erucastrum gallicum'' * ''Erucastrum nasturtiifolium'' * ''Erucastrum rostratum ''Erucastrum rostratum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only in Yemen. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are pres ...'' References * Brassicaceae Brassicaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Brassicales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterygium
''Cleome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae, commonly known as spider flowers, spider plants, spider weeds, or bee plants. Previously, it had been placed in the family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae genera to be more closely related to the Brassicaceae than the Capparaceae. Cleome and clammyweed, ('' Polanisia dodecandra'') can sometimes be confused. The simplest way to differentiate the two is to compare the seedpods which project out or down on cleome and up on clammyweed. The genus ''sensu stricto'' includes about 170 species of herbaceous annual or perennial plants and shrubs.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' 1: 652-653. Macmillan. . The genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. However, a recent DNA study failed to separate ''Cleome'', '' Podandrogyne'', and ''Polanisia'' from each other, so some taxonomists have abandoned the last two of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zilla Spinosa
''Zilla'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae, that grows in the Sahara-Arabian extreme deserts, in Northern Africa and the Middle East. Species Species include the following, and possibly others: * ''Zilla macroptera'' * '' Zilla spinosa'' Formerly placed here: * '' Physorhynchus chamaerapistrum'', formerly ''Zilla chamaerapistrum'' and ''Zilla schouwioides'' Description Their flowers are light violet Violet may refer to: Common meanings * Violet (color), a spectral color with wavelengths shorter than blue * One of a list of plants known as violet, particularly: ** ''Viola'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants Places United States * Vio .... References Brassicaceae Brassicaceae genera {{Brassicales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc., and other aircraft such as ornithopters. In humans, the term wingspan also refers to the arm span, which is distance between the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90º angle. Former professional basketball player Manute Bol stood at and owned one of the largest wingspans at . Wingspan of aircraft The wingspan of an aircraft is always measured in a straight line, from wingtip to wingtip, independently of wing shape or sweep. Implications for aircraft design an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
