List of articles in "Eukaryote" category - Page 1402

The Calabar bean is the seed of a leguminous plant Physostigma venenosum a native of tropical Africa poisonous to humans. It derives the first part of its scientific name from […]

Pulsatilla vulgaris (pasque flower pasqueflower common pasque flower Dane’s blood) is a species of flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) found locally on calcareous grassland in Europe. It […]

Skip Away (April 4 1993 – May 14 2010) a gray Thoroughbred race horse was named America’s Champion 3 Year Old Male in 1996 and twice (1997 1998) named America’s […]

Honeydew is a cultivar group of the muskmelon Cucumis melo Inodorus group which includes crenshaw casaba Persian winter and other mixed melons.

Archer (1856–1872) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the first and the second Melbourne Cups in 1861 and 1862. He won both Cups easily and is one of only […]

Williamsonia is an extinct genus of plant belonging to Bennettitales an order of seed plants which bore a resemblance to cycads. Fossilized specimens of Williamsonia have been discovered worldwide.

Opistophthalmus boehmi is a small (around 5 centimeters / 1.97 inches) scorpion native to southern Africa. It is a burrowing scorpion which can create intricated tunnels and spend days buried […]

Calathea is a genus of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae. There are several dozen species in this genus. Native to the tropical Americas many of the species are popular […]

The Kenyan deathstalker is a small (around 5 centimetres or 2 inches) scorpion native to Kenya Somalia and Tanzania in East Africa. It is mainly found in warm but not […]

The red-legged golden orb-web spider (Nephila inaurata) is a species of golden orb-web spider. It lives in Southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean (Madagascar the Seychelles Réunion […]