Encyclopedia - Genus: Encyclopedia - Genus
In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologicall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amida Genus: Encyclopedia - Amida Genus
Amida platyceps Amida tricolor etc. Amida is a genus of Ladybirds primarily found in Asia. A relatively small genus although new species ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acanthus Genus: Encyclopedia - Acanthus Genus
See text Acanthus is both a common name and a genus of flowering plant in the Family Acanthaceae. In Europe an Acanthus is a plant (also ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossary Of Graph Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Glossary Of Graph Theory - Genus
A crossing is a pair of intersecting edges. A graph is embeddable on a surface if its vertices and edges can be arranged on it without an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Columba Genus: Encyclopedia - Columba Genus
See text The large bird genus Columba comprises a group of medium to large stout-bodied pigeons, often referred to as the typical pigeons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbilicus Genus: Encyclopedia - Umbilicus Genus
See text Umbilicus is a genus of 15-20 species of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. Selected species Umbilicus chloranthus,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apis Genus: Encyclopedia - Apis Genus
Apis Megapis Micrapis Apis is the genus of bees from which the honeybee and most other honey producers originate. The genus at the moment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croton Genus: Encyclopedia - Croton Genus
L. Some species: Croton acronychioides Croton alabamensis Croton alabamensis var. texensis Croton argyratus Croton aridus Croton arnhem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asparagus Genus: Encyclopedia - Asparagus Genus
See text Asparagus is the name of a genus of plants, a member of the family Asparagaceae (formerly placed in the Liliaceae). There are mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calamus Palm Genus: Encyclopedia - Calamus Palm Genus
many, see text Calamus is a genus of the palm family Arecaceae. These are among several genera known as rattan palms. Calamus australis i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Althaea Genus: Encyclopedia - Althaea Genus
A. armeniaca A. cannabina A. officinalis - Marshmallow Althaea is a genus of about 12 species of perennial herbs, native to Europe and we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cryptagama: Encyclopedia - Cryptagama
Cryptagama is a genus within the Agamidae family of lizards. Cryptagama - Classification of genus Cryptagama. Cryptagama aurita ... ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphaniotis: Encyclopedia - Aphaniotis
Aphaniotis - Classification of genus Aphaniotis. Aphaniotis acutirostris Aphaniotis fusca Aphaniotis ornata Category: Agamas ... Inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenagama: Encyclopedia - Xenagama
Xenagama - Classification of genus Xenagama. Xenagama batillifera Xenagama taylori Category: Agamas ... Including: Xenagama - Classi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caimanops: Encyclopedia - Caimanops
Caimanops - Classification of genus Caimanops. Caimanops amphiboluroides Category: Agamas ... Including: Caimanops - Classification ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cophotis: Encyclopedia - Cophotis
Cophotis - Classification of genus Cophotis. Cophotis ceylanica Category: Agamas ... Including: Cophotis - Classification of genus C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amphibolurus: Encyclopedia - Amphibolurus
Amphibolurus - Classification of genus Amphibolurus. Amphibolurus muricatus Amphibolurus nobbi Amphibolurus norrisi Category: Agamas ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coryphophylax: Encyclopedia - Coryphophylax
Coryphophylax - Classification of genus Coryphophylax. Coryphophylax subcristatus Category: Agamas ... Including: Coryphophylax - Cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chelosania: Encyclopedia - Chelosania
Chelosania - Species in genus Chelosania. This genus contains one species: Chelosania brunnea Gray, 1845 (Australian Chameleon Dragon,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brachysaura: Encyclopedia - Brachysaura
Brachysaura - Classification of genus Brachysaura. Brachysaura minor Other related archivesBrachysaura minor    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anolis: Encyclopedia - Anolis
See text Anolis is a genus of lizards belonging to the anole family, Polychrotidae. Several species formerly classified in Anolis are now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bufoniceps: Encyclopedia - Bufoniceps
Bufoniceps - Classification of genus Bufoniceps. Bufoniceps laungwalaensis Other related archivesBufoniceps laungwalaensis    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bronchocela: Encyclopedia - Bronchocela
Bronchocela - Classification of genus Bronchocela. Bronchocela cristatella Bronchocela danieli Bronchocela hayeki Bronchocela jubata B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tympanocryptis: Encyclopedia - Tympanocryptis
Tympanocryptis - Classification of genus Tympanocryptis. Tympanocryptis cephalus Tympanocryptis intima Tympanocryptis lineata Tympanoc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pheasant: Encyclopedia - Pheasant
Ithaginis Catreus Rheinartia Crossoptilon Lophura Argusianus Pucrasia Syrmaticus Chrysolophus Phasianus † See also partridge, quail Phe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acanthocercus: Encyclopedia - Acanthocercus
Acanthocercus - Classification of genus Acanthocercus. Acanthocercus annectens Acanthocercus atricollis - Southern Tree Agama Acanthoc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceratophora: Encyclopedia - Ceratophora
Ceratophora - Classification of genus Ceratophora. Ceratophora aspera Ceratophora erdeleni Ceratophora karu Ceratophora stoddartii Cer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bradypodion: Encyclopedia - Bradypodion
Bradypodion (meaning "slow-footed") is one of four genera of chameleons within the subfamily of Chamaeleoninae, "true" or "typical chamel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chamaeleo: Encyclopedia - Chamaeleo
Chamaeleo - Classification of genus Chamaeleo. Chamaeleo affinis Chamaeleo africanus Chamaeleo anchietae Chamaeleo arabicus Chamaeleo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calotes: Encyclopedia - Calotes
Calotes are lizards of the family Agamidae. Calotes - Classification of genus Calotes. Calotes andamanensis Calotes bhutanensis Calote...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Calumma: Encyclopedia - Calumma
Calumma - Classification of genus Calumma. Calumma andringitraensis Calumma boettgeri Calumma brevicornis Calumma capuroni Calumma cuc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brookesia: Encyclopedia - Brookesia
Brookesia - Classification of genus Brookesia. Brookesia ambreensis Brookesia antakarana Brookesia bekolosy Brookesia betschi Brookesi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ctenophorus: Encyclopedia - Ctenophorus
Ctenophorus - Classification of genus Ctenophorus. Ctenophorus caudicinctus Ctenophorus clayi Ctenophorus cristatus Ctenophorus decres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uromastyx: Encyclopedia - Uromastyx
The Uromastyxes are a genus of lizard known as the Spiny-tailed lizards. Members of the genus can be found for sale as pets in pet stores...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pipit: Encyclopedia - Pipit
† see also: wagtail, longclaw Pipits are small passerine birds with medium to long tails. All but one of the 40 species belong to the g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coryphantha: Encyclopedia - Coryphantha
Coryphantha (from Greek, ""flowering on the top") is a genus of small to middle-sized, globous to short-columnar cacti. The genus is foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bacillus: Encyclopedia - Bacillus
Bacillus anthracis Bacillus cereus Bacillus coagulans Bacillus natto Bacillus subtilis Bacillus thuringiensis etc. Bacillus is a genus of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aplectrum Hyemale: Encyclopedia - Aplectrum Hyemale
Aplectrum hyemale is a species of orchids (family Orchidaceae) and the sole species of the genus Aplectrum. The generic name comes from G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agathis: Encyclopedia - Agathis
See text The genus Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammar, forms a relatively small group of 21 species of evergreen trees in the fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acanthosaura: Encyclopedia - Acanthosaura
Acanthosaura species, also known as mountain horned dragons (MHDs) are arboreal lizards that are found in Southeast Asia. They are medium...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mouse: Encyclopedia - Mouse
A mouse is a mammal that belongs to one of numerous species of small rodents in the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bindweed: Encyclopedia - Bindweed
See text Bindweeds are annual or herbaceous perennial vines in the genus Convolvulus, in the Morning Glory family Convolvulaceae. Many o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cod: Encyclopedia - Cod
Gadus morhua Gadus macrocephalus Gadus ogac This article is about codfish; for other meanings, see COD. Cod is the common name for the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danionin: Encyclopedia - Danionin
Danio Danio albolineatus Danio abolineatus var pulcher Danio abolineatus var tweediei Danio choprae Danio dangila Danio feegradei Danio k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Quercus Species: Encyclopedia - List Of Quercus Species
List of Quercus species - Section Quercus. The white oaks (synonym sect. Lepidobalanus). Europe, Asia, north Africa, North America. Sty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bataguridae: Encyclopedia - Bataguridae
Classification: Family Bataguridae Subfamily Batagurinae Genus Batagur Genus Callagur Genus Chinemys Genus Furculachelys Genus Geoclemy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Evolution: Encyclopedia - Human Evolution
Human evolution is the process of change and development, or evolution, by which human beings emerged as a distinct species. It is the su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perch: Encyclopedia - Perch
Linnaeus, 1758 Perca flavescens (Yellow perch) Perca fluviatilis (European perch) Perca schrenkii (Balkhash perch) A perch is a fres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Watson Scientist: Encyclopedia - William Watson Scientist
William Watson (3 April 1715 – 10 May 1787) was an English physician and scientist who was born and died in London. His early work was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lama Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Lama Genus - Classification
Although they were often compared by early writers to sheep and spoken of as such, their affinity to the camel was very soon perceived. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydra Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Hydra Genus - Form
Hydras are small animals with a body length ranging from 1 mm to 20 mm when fully extended. They have a tubular body secured by a simple ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydra Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Hydra Genus - Morphology
Hydras have two main body layers separated by mesoglea, a gel-like substance. The outer layer is the epidermis and the inner layer is cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydra Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Hydra Genus - Feeding
When feeding, Hydras extend their body to maximum length and then slowly extend their tentacles. Despite their simple construction, the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genus Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Genus Mathematics - Topology
Genus mathematics - Orientable surface. The genus of a connected, orientable surface is an integer representing the maximum number of c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diatonic Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Diatonic Genus - Tunings Of The Diatonic
The traditional Pythagorean tuning of the diatonic, also known as Ptolemy's "ditonic diatonic", has two identical 9/8 tones in succesion,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hydra Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Hydra Genus - Motion And Locomotion
If Hydras are alarmed or attacked, the tentacles can be retracted to small buds and the body column itself can be retracted to a small ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helix Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Helix Genus - Mating
From April and throughout the summer, the number of snails copulating increases due to the high temperature and humidity which enhances t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helix Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Helix Genus - Respiration
Since snails in the Helix genus are terrestrial rather than fresh-water or marine, they have developed a simple lung for respiration. Man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanum Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanum Genus - Background
Previous Papal denouncers of Freemasonry were: Clement XII - In Eminenti Benedict XIV - Providas Rominarum Pius VII - Ecclesiam A Jesu C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genus Mathematics: Encyclopedia Ii - Genus Mathematics - Graph Theory
The genus of a graph is the minimal integer n such that the graph can be drawn without crossing itself on a sphere with n handles (i.e. a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanum Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanum Genus - Condemnation Of Jeffersonian Principles
Humanum Genus criticises many Jeffersonian principles, which are today equated by most people with the founding principles of the United ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanum Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanum Genus - Two Cities
It starts by using the Augustinian concept of the two cities, the City of Man and the City of God. So the human race was "separated into ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Humanum Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Humanum Genus - Historical Circumstances
The encyclical argued that the late Nineteenth Century was a time of particular danger for Christians as the "partisans of evil" were now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helix Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Helix Genus - External Features
In addition to the hard calcareous shell that covers and protects the internal organs, the head and foot region can be observed when the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helix Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Helix Genus - Growth And Death
After snails are hatched from the egg, they mature through one or more years. It depends on where the organism lives. Maturity takes two ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helix Genus: Encyclopedia Ii - Helix Genus - What Snails Eat And Who Eats Snails
The common garden snail (Helix aspersa) is herbivorous. They are able to digest most vegetation such as carrots and lettuce. They also ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pachypodium: Encyclopedia Ii - Pachypodium - History Of The Genus
The early history of the genus Pachypodium demonstrates the typical process of a taxon becoming a new genus. Initially debate occurred ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pachypodium: Encyclopedia Ii - Pachypodium - Genus Characteristics
All Pachypodium are succulent plants that exhibit, to varying degrees, the morphological characteristics of pachycaule trunks and spinesc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rasbora: Encyclopedia Ii - Rasbora - Species Listed In Order Of Scientific Name Categorised By Genus
For Microrasbora, see Danionin. Boraras brigittae Boraras maculatus - Dwarf rasbora Boraras merah Boraras micros Boraras urophthalmoide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cod: Encyclopedia Ii - Cod - Species In Genus Gadus
At various times in the past, a very considerable number of species have been classified in this genus. However the great majority of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danionin: Encyclopedia Ii - Danionin - Species Listed In Order Of Scientific Name Categorised By Genus
The species remaining in the Danio genus comprise most of the Danionins familiar to aquarists. They have two pairs of long barbels and a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danionin: Encyclopedia Ii - Danionin - Species, Listed In Order Of Scientific Name, Categorised By Genus
The species remaining in the Danio genus comprise most of the Danionins familiar to aquarists. They have two pairs of long barbels and a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Quercus Species: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Quercus Species - Genus Quercus
List of Quercus species - Section Quercus. The white oaks (synonym sect. Lepidobalanus). Europe, Asia, north Africa, North America. Sty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honeybee: Encyclopedia Ii - Honeybee - Origin And Distribution Of The Genus Apis
Honeybees probably originated in Tropical Africa and spread from South Africa to Northern Europe and East into India and China. The first...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Evolution - The Homo Genus
In modern taxonomy, Homo sapiens is the only extant species of its genus, Homo. Likewise, the ongoing study of the origins of Homo sapien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Evolution - The Homo Genus
In modern taxonomy, Homo sapiens is the only extant species of its genus, Homo. Likewise, the ongoing study of the origins of Homo sapien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Echidna: Encyclopedia Ii - Echidna - Taxomony
Echidnas are classified into two genera. The Zaglossus genus includes three surviving species and two extinct species known only from fos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Echidna: Encyclopedia Ii - Echidna - Description
Echidnas are small mammals that are covered with coarse hair and spines, superficially they resemble both the anteaters of South America ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manroot: Encyclopedia Ii - Manroot - Medicinal Uses
Marah oreganus was used by the Native Americans for various problems. The Chinook made a poultice from the gourd. The Squaxin mashed the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbow Boa: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbow Boa - Distribution And Nomenclature
Rainbow Boas are distributed throughout most of Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. The term Rainbow Boa is applied both t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pachypodium: Encyclopedia Ii - Pachypodium - Protection Status
Internationally Pachypodium are protected under the CITES treaty. According to it, members of this genus cannot be collected from endemic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mouse: Encyclopedia Ii - Mouse - Mice In Fiction
Mice are popular in fiction (usually as anthropomorphic funny animals). Mickey Mouse in particular is recognized throughout the whole wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mouse: Encyclopedia Ii - Mouse - Mice As Pets
Main article: Fancy mouse Mice are now one of the leading rodent pets. Although their main purpose in pet stores is to be sold as snake f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pachypodium: Encyclopedia Ii - Pachypodium - Taxonomy
Pachypodium - Number of species. There are now 25 known species, of which 20 come from Madagascar, where isolated landscapes and micro-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pachypodium: Encyclopedia Ii - Pachypodium - Distribution And Habitats
Pachypodium - Distribution. Pachypodium are endemic to Madagascar and continental Southern Africa, i.e. Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cod: Encyclopedia Ii - Cod - Related Species Called Cod
Cod forms part of the common name of many other fish no longer classified in the genus Gadus. Many of these are members of the family Gad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enharmonic: Encyclopedia Ii - Enharmonic - Tuning Enharmonics
This is in contrast to meantone intonation—in which the enharmonic equivalents actually do differ slightly in pitch. For example, consi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Freshwater Aquarium Plant Species: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Freshwater Aquarium Plant Species - Listed Alphabetically By Scientific Name
As a very important note, the taxonomy of most aquatic plant genera is not final. Scientific names and classifications have changed often...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Freshwater Aquarium Plant Species: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Freshwater Aquarium Plant Species - Fake Or Pseudo-aquarium Plants
Several species of land plants such as umbrella pine and aluminum plant (Pilea cadairei) are also frequently sold as "aquarium plants". W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cod: Encyclopedia Ii - Cod - Unrelated Species Called Cod
However there are also fish commonly known as cod that are quite unrelated to the genus Gadus. Part of this confusion of names is market-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danionin: Encyclopedia Ii - Danionin - Danionins Renamed Or Wrongly Identified
Allodanio ponticulus, now renamed Barilius ponticulus Aphyocypris pooni, "Garnet", now deemed a synonym of Tanichthys albonubes (Whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brontosaurus: Encyclopedia Ii - Brontosaurus - History
Othniel Marsh, a Professor of Paleontology at Yale University who described and named an incomplete (and juvenile) skeleton of Apatosauru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cod: Encyclopedia Ii - Cod - Cod Trade
Cod has been an important economic commodity in an international market since the Viking period (around 800 AC). Norwegians used dried co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wrasse: Encyclopedia Ii - Wrasse - List Of Genera
(incomplete) Family Labridae Genus Bodianus Genus Cheilinus Genus Choerodon Genus Coris Genus Crenilabrus Genus Ctenolabrus Genus Gomph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossary Of Graph Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Glossary Of Graph Theory - Basics
A graph G consists of two types of elements, namely vertices and edges that are said to connect pairs of vertices. The set of edges is us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossary Of Graph Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Glossary Of Graph Theory - Connectivity
Connectivity extends the concept of adjacency and is essentially a form (and measure) of concatenated adjacency. If it is possible to est...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossary Of Graph Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Glossary Of Graph Theory - Distance
The distance dG(u, v) between two (not necessary distinct) vertices u and v in a graph G is the length of a shortest path between them. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Evolution - History Of Paleoanthropology
The modern field of paleoanthropology began with the discovery of 'Neanderthal man'; and evidence of other 'cave men' in the 19th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Evolution - Additional Notes
The validity of evolution and the origins of humanity have often been a subject of great political and religious controversy (see Creatio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Genus: Oceanography Dictionary - Genus
  Definition and meaning of genus:   genus - a taxonomic group containing one or more species (Source: US National Oce...   » Read the article