List of articles in "Species" category - Page 1590

A pseudoscorpion (also known as a false scorpion or book scorpion) is an arachnid belonging to the order Pseudoscorpionida also known as Pseudoscorpiones or Chelonethida.Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans […]

In taxonomy the Volvocales also known as Chlamydomonadales are an order of flagellate or pseudociliate green algae specifically of the Chlorophyceae. Volvocales can form planar or spherical colonies. These vary […]

The Volvocaceae are a family of unicellular or colonial biflagellates including the typical genus Volvox. The family was named by Ehrenberg in 1834 and is known in older classifications as […]

Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is a species of pine native to Europe and Asia ranging from Scotland Ireland and Portugal in the west east to eastern Siberia south to […]

Mosses is the common name for the Bryophyta a botanical division of small soft plants that are typically 1–10 cm (0.4–3.9 in) tall though some species are much larger like […]

Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region of Germany. Riesling is an aromatic grape variety displaying flowery almost perfumed aromas as well as high acidity. […]

Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public’s imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in […]

Mamluk (Arabic: مملوك mamlūk (singular) مماليك mamālīk (plural) meaning property or owned slave of the king; also transliterated as mamlouk mamluq mamluke mameluk mameluke mamaluke or marmeluke) is an Arabic […]

Ticks are small arachnids in the order Parasitiformes. Along with mites they constitute the subclass Acarina. Ticks are ectoparasites (external parasites) living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals birds […]

Podocarpus totara (tōtara) is a species of podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island and northeastern South Island in lowland montane and lower subalpine forest […]