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species and genus
We are concerned not with the genus communism nor with other species of the genus: Platonic, Stoic, early Christian, monastic, canonist or theological communism ; ;
* Ada aurantiaca, species of orchid and the type species of its genus
The aardvark is not closely related to the pig ; rather, it is the sole recent representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata, in which it is usually considered to form one variable species of the genus Orycteropus, the sole surviving genus in the family Orycteropodidae.
The genus Borya contains tree-like species which behave as " resurrection plants ".
Blandfordia is the only genus in the family Blandfordiaceae, with four species distributed in eastern Australia.
The family includes a single genus, Ixiolirion, with four species distributed from Egypt to central Asia.
The two species of Doryanthes, the only genus of the family, are huge rosette-forming herbs that are a conspicuous element of the flora in the vicinity of Sydney, Australia, being hard not to notice when in flower.
The family consists of a single genus Xeronema with two species, one found only on the Poor Knights islands in New Zealand and the other in New Caledonia.
This fossil was originally described as a species of Australopithecus, but White and his colleagues later published a note in the same journal renaming the fossil under a new genus, Ardipithecus.
* Athene ( owl ), a genus that contains two to four living species of small owls
Other animals found in the relatively open habitats of the high Andes include the huemul, cougar, foxes in the genus Pseudalopex, and, for birds, certain species of tinamous ( notably members of the genus Nothoprocta ), Andean Goose, Giant Coot, flamingos ( mainly associated with hypersaline lakes ), Lesser Rhea, Andean Flicker, Diademed Sandpiper-plover, miners, sierra-finches and diuca-finches.
The type species, A. sarcophagus, was apparently restricted in range to the modern-day Canadian province of Alberta, after which the genus is named.
Scientists disagree on the content of the genus, with some recognizing Gorgosaurus libratus as a second species.
In Central and South America, the alligator family is represented by five species of the genus Caiman, which differs from the alligator by the absence of a bony septum between the nostrils, and the ventral armour is composed of overlapping bony scutes, each of which is formed of two parts united by a suture.
The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone.
Although the family ( Amaranthaceae ) is distinctive, the genus has few distinguishing characters among the 70 species included.
Formerly, Sauer ( 1955 ) classified the genus into two subgenera, differentiating only between monoecious and dioecious species: Acnida ( L .) Aellen ex K. R.
Amaranths are recorded as food plants for some Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species including the nutmeg moth and various case-bearer moths of the genus Coleophora: C. amaranthella, C. enchorda ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. immortalis ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. lineapulvella and C. versurella ( recorded on A. spinosus ).
Aloe, also Aloë, is a genus containing about 500 species of flowering succulent plants.
Amaryllis ( pronounced ) is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species.
In 1753 Carl Linnaeus created the name Amaryllis belladonna, the type species of the genus Amaryllis.

species and Cecropia
Cecropia is a Neotropical genus consisting of sixty-one recognized species with a highly distinctive lineage of dioecious trees.
In 1759, Linnaeus described Cecropia peltata which he applied to many species.
In most species of Cecropia, the branches depart at obtuse angles and the crown has a distinct umbrella-shaped.
There is high deviation in the morphology of Cecropia species, but most form small to medium-sized trees, 5-15m tall.
The leaves of adult Cecropia species are large and peltate, almost circular in circumference.
Cecropia hololeuca, known in Brazil as " silver cecropia ", has broad, silver-hue leaves that make it to be used as an ornamental plant for landscaping projects, as is the case also with the similar species C. pachystachya.
Greenhouse experiments have been performed with some species of Cecropia indicating them as “ gap ” and “ pioneer ” species under different light regimes and nutrient treatments.
The pioneer Cecropia species have a higher demand for light, occur in open habitats, relatively rapid growth rates and short-lived leaves.
Often time ’ s species of Cecropia display what is called myrmecophytism as a form of biotic defense.
:“ In all the world, the genus Cecropia is unrivaled for the number of myrmecophytes, or true “ ant-plants ” counted among its species.
Based on the proportion of Cecropia species producing Mullerian bodies in at least some parts of their distribution, myrmecophytes comprise the vast majority ( 80 %) of species in the genus ; most nonmyrmecophytes occur at higher elevations and on islands, where their ants are missing .” ( Berg, Rosselli and Davidson, 2005: page 214 )
The main ants found living in Cecropia are different species of Azteca ants, although all ants belong to the same family, Formicidae.
Ants and Cecropia have coadapted to each other ; meaning that each species has evolved one or more traits in response to selective pressures exerted by the other.
The Neotropical genus Cecropia is the largest genus of the family Cecropiaceae, with 61 species known ( Berg & Rosselli, 2005 ).
Between forty and fifty percent of the taxa of Cecropia are montane or submontane Andean, with the majority of species in the northern part of the Andes, in Colombia and Ecuador.
Most species of Cecropia are lowland humid / rainforest species occurring from sea-level to 1, 300 meter altitude, while submontane species occupy an altitudinal range from 1, 300-2, 000 m, and montane species are found in cloud forest from 2, 000-2, 600 m. Many species have a narrow altitudinal and ecological niche, with certain species specializing in specific habitats, such as seasonally inundated habitats, rocky slopes, swamps, natural or man-made clearings, etc.
Species in the genus Cecropia are some of the most abundant pioneer tree species in natural tree fall gaps inside primary forests.
Cecropia species are among the most abundant pioneers of other neotropical forests.

species and are
Fishing interest calls for a check of the species found, quantity and size, the season they are available, and the stocking program of the fish commission.
One species is restricted to statements which are neither explicit nor precise regarding a particular person, place, time or thing.
`` Is it true that you believe the other animals are saner than the human species ''??
a marvelous arrangement, for it provides exactly what the bee queens need to make their beebread, a combination of honey and pollen with which the young of all species are fed.
he was working with species of Java, so perhaps some tropical snakes are unusual in this respect.
He concluded that in the southern species, which are rapidly growing types, females mate at the age of two and a half and bear the first young when they are three.
In another study chromium-substituted aluminum oxyhydroxides and related species, prepared homogeneously by high-temperature hydrolysis, are being characterized and investigated spectrally in the ultraviolet region with a view to identification and semiquantitative estimation of the phases formed under varying preparative conditions.
These structures are intimately related to social attachment and bonding in other species.
However, in contexts where " amoeboid " is defined more loosely, there are many amoeboid species that are in the Excavata clade.
Amphibians typically have a larval stage that lives in water but there are many different behavioural adaptations that have developed among species to bypass this necessity.
The total number of known amphibian species is approximately 7, 000, of which nearly 90 % are frogs.
With their often complex reproductive needs and permeable skins, amphibians are often ecological indicators and in recent decades there has been a dramatic decline in amphibian populations of many species around the globe.
The numbers of species cited above follow Frost and the total number of known amphibian species is approximately 7, 000, of which nearly 90 % are frogs.
All modern amphibians are included in the subclass Lissamphibia, superorder Salientia, which is usually considered a clade, a group of species that have evolved from a common ancestor.
Although most species are associated with water and damp habitats, some are specialised to live in trees and in deserts.
Ninety-six percent of the over 5000 extant species of frog are neobatrachians.
A number of fossil cryptobranchids have been found but there are only three living species, the Chinese giant salamander ( Andrias davidianus ), the Japanese giant salamander ( Andrias japonicus ) and the hellbender ( Cryptobranchus alleganiensis ) from North America.
A few species give birth to live young, nourishing them with glandular secretions while they are in the oviduct.
In frogs, the hind legs are larger than the fore legs, especially so in those species that principally move by jumping or swimming.
However, there are reports of particular amphibian populations invading marine waters where their species is normally unable to survive.

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