Year: 2020

(Stolen) fragment of type [unofficial term].  

(Donated) fragment of type [unusual term].  

As in the plant kingdom, the taxon including higher plants, ferns, mosses and green algae. The largest category in the classification of living organisms. There are five kingdoms: Procaryotae (Monera), Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.  

(Colour) dull brownish yellow.  

Plant identification method using opposing choices. A dry, one-seeded fruit with a wing or wings, also called a “samara” (as in maple or ash seeds).  

From the Hawaiian, meaning ‘baby’; (in orchids) a distal vegetative branch of the main stem, which ultimately grows roots and separates. A shoot that can grow roots while still attached to the stem and become independent of the mother plant, a term exclusively used in Orchidaceae.  

Bearing a ridge along the middle (like the keel of a boat).  

(In subfamily Papilionoideae of Leguminosae/Fabaceae), the two often partially united lowest/anterior petals that conceal the sexual parts; Narrow longitudinal ridge sticking out from a rounded surface, like that on the bottom of a boat. The two united, lowermost petals of flowers belonging to the bean, or legume family. A structure resembling the bottom of a…

The appearance of the chromosome set. The characteristic chromosome complement of an individual, race, or species as defined by their number, size, shape, etc. A size-order alignment of an organism’s chromosome pairs in the format of a chart. It enables the connecting of chromosomes to symptoms (e.g., of genetic diseases in the organism) and traits.…