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Puma concolor Taxonomy On subspecies: thirty-two were described in 1946 on the basis of coat and size differences. Genetic work beginning in the 1990s collapsed that to six, only one of which — P. c. couguar — occupies all of
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Bigleaf Lupine Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: RosidsOrder: FabalesFamily: FabaceaeGenus: LupinusSpecies: Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl.Garden forms: Russell hybrids, designated Lupinus × russellii hort. or L. × regalis Common Names by Region General / English: Bigleaf lupine, large-leaved lupineUnited States /
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Version 3.0 of the River Refugium Project document series is available now at the project page. Open access, no paywall, reproduction and adaptation permitted. The structural change is the headline. Version 2.0 ran to eighteen volumes and ten appendices. Version
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Astrochelys radiata Taxonomy The genus holds two species, both Malagasy and both critically endangered: this one and the ploughshare tortoise or angonoka, A. yniphora. Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Threats / Conservation
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Common Lilac Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: LamialesFamily: OleaceaeGenus: SyringaSpecies: Syringa vulgaris L. Common Names by Region General / English: Common lilac, French lilac, English lilacUnited States / Canada: Lilac, old-fashioned lilacUnited Kingdom: LilacFrance: Lilas communGermany: Gemeiner FliederBalkans
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Larinioides cornutus Taxonomy The species carries an unusually long synonymy — Epeira apoclisa, Araneus cornutus, Nuctenea cornuta, and dozens more. It has been described and redescribed repeatedly across two and a half centuries of European arachnology. Common Names by Region
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Tagetes patula Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: TagetesSpecies: Tagetes patula L.Note: Some authorities sink T. patula into T. erecta as a synonym. The two cross freely, and the sterile crosses between them are sold as triploid
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Pygoscelis papua Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Threats / Conservation / Notes Additional Notes Ecology & Significance In Exhibits All Cernunnos Foundation materials are free to use for any educational purpose.
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White Columbine Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: RanunculalesFamily: RanunculaceaeGenus: AquilegiaSpecies: Aquilegia vulgaris L.Form: White-flowered garden form (the alba / ‘Nivea’ end of the species’ color range) Common Names by Region General / English: Columbine, Common Columbine, European ColumbineUnited States
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Varecia variegata Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Field note on the exhibit sign: the placard in this frame lists “Height 3.3 to 3.9 feet.” That figure is total length including the tail, not standing height. A ruffed