News tagged with genus passiflora

Gulf fritillary is back

(PhysOrg.com) -- A showy butterfly with bright orange-red wings and a 4-inch wingspan is back in the Sacramento metropolitan area after a four-decade absence and in the Davis area after 30 years.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Kew botanists discover more than 250 new plant species in 250th anniversary year

Giant rainforest trees, rare and beautiful orchids, spectacular palms, minute fungi, wild coffees and an ancient aquatic plant are among more than 250 new plant and fungi species discovered and described by botanists from ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Moths cloaked in color

Travelers to the neotropics -- the tropical lands of the Americas -- might be forgiven for thinking that all of the colorful insects flittering over sunny puddles or among dense forest understory are butterflies. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


List of search results for genus passiflora