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The Jardin des Plantes (French for "Garden of the Plants"), also known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris ( French: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ dɛ plɑ̃t də paʁi]) when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France. Jardin des Plantes is the official name in the present day, but it is in fact an ...
Jardin du Luxembourg. The Jardin du Luxembourg ( French pronunciation: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ dy lyksɑ̃buʁ] ), known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat (Senate Garden), is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. The creation of the garden began in 1612 when Marie de' Medici, the widow of ...
Achillea. Millefolium Mill. [2] Ptarmica Mill. [3] Achillea / ækɪˈliːə / [4] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, known colloquially as yarrows. The plants typically have frilly leaves. The common name "yarrow" usually refers to A. millefolium.
Alpinia purpurata, commonly referred to as red ginger, ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, is a ginger native to Maluku and the southwest Pacific islands. In typical ginger fashion, A. purpurata is a rhizomatous plant, spreading underground in a horizontal growth habit, sending feeder roots downwards into the substrate and sprouting leafy ...
Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas. It could be native to the West Indies, [3] but its exact origin is unknown due to widespread cultivation. [2] Common names for this species include poinciana, peacock flower, red bird of paradise, Mexican bird of paradise, dwarf poinciana, pride of Barbados ...
Grande Allée of the Tuileries Garden, looking towards the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe. Type. Urban park. Location. Paris, France. The Tuileries Garden ( French: Jardin des Tuileries, IPA: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ de tɥilʁi]) is a public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.
Philodendron cordatum. Kunth. Philodendron cordatum is an uncommon, toxic species not often found or offered as a houseplant. It is native to a small region in Southeastern coastal Brazil, not far from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. [1] It is an epiphytic and epilithic species of Philodendron (growing upon trees or rock outcroppings).
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ ( French: [pjɛʁ tɛjaʁ də ʃaʁdɛ̃] listen ⓘ) (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher, and teacher. He was Darwinian and progressive in outlook and the author of several influential theological and philosophical books.