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Flora ( pl.: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring ( indigenous) native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. [ 1] Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora. [ 2][ 3][ 4]
Flora ( Latin: Flōra) is a Roman goddess of flowers and spring. [ 1] She was one of the twelve deities of traditional Roman religion who had their own flamen, the Floralis, one of the flamines minores. Her association with spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime, as did her role as goddess of youth. [ 2]
Category. : Flora of Spain. WGSRPD code: SPA ( level 3) This category includes the endemic and native plants of Spain. According to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, this excludes the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, and the Spanish North African Territories, but includes Andorra and Gibraltar.
Biography. Martinez was born in Montreal to a Canadian mother and a Colombian father, and raised in Bogotá and North Vancouver. She began her career in television in Colombia appearing in telenovelas such as Mambo (1994), María Bonita (1995), and La Otra Mitad del Sol (1995). She is a Canadian citizen and speaks fluent French, Spanish and ...
Fauna. Honduras fauna is very rich and varied, the most common of those being arboreal, or living in flowing rivers and lake waters. Big animals are not very numerous but there are hundreds of species of reptiles, amphibians and birds; lizards and many varieties of fish in the rivers. Monkeys, bats and numerous birds abound in the trees.
CITES. CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade. It was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members ...
Location. Cannon Hall, Barnsley. Flora is an 1894 oil painting by the English artist Evelyn De Morgan. [2] [1] Her paintings are figural, foregrounding the female body through the use of spiritual, mythological, and allegorical themes. Flora is the Roman goddess of the flowers. In this portrait Flora is depicted in front of a nescola or loquat ...
Flora Iberica: Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares (" Vascular plants of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands ") is a Spanish book series containing identification keys, descriptions, and illustrations of pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms of Spain and Portugal (excluding Atlantic islands). [1]