List of articles in "Species" category - Page 1597

Small and short-lived Erysimum ‘Chelsea Jacket’ is a perennial cultivar of Erysimum cheiri usually grown for its long-lasting and brightly coloured flowers. It is closely related to Cheiranthus. This plant […]

Cedrus (common name Cedar) is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae. They are native to the mountains of the western Himalayas and the Mediterranean region occurring […]

Erythronium ‘Pagoda’ is a cultivar of the genus Erythronium in the family Liliaceae. It flowers in early spring.This plant prefers partial shade and a light soil rich in humus. Tubers […]

Rhododendron ‘President Roosevelt’ is a popular cultivar of Rhododendron with striking variegated leaves and trusses of bright red flowers that fade to white in the centre. It is named after […]

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea or variants) is a leafy green or purple biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. Closely related to other cole crops such […]

Dendrobranchiata is a suborder of decapod crustaceans variously called shrimp or prawns. There are 540 extant species in seven families and a fossil record extending back to the Devonian. They […]

Caridea commonly known as caridean shrimp is an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water.

Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative comma-shaped bacterium. Some strains of V. cholerae cause the disease cholera. V. cholerae is a facultative anaerobic organism and has a flagellum at one cell […]

The Zygnematales (Greek: ζυγός (zygos) + νήμα (nēma) (nom.) νήματος (nēmatos) (gen.)) also called the Conjugales are an order of green algae comprising several thousand different species in genera such […]

Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca or Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir is an evergreen conifer native to the interior mountainous regions of western North America from central British Columbia and southwest Alberta in […]