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Mentha, also known as mint (from Greek μίνθα míntha, [2] Linear B mi-ta [3]), is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. [4] It is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist, but the exact distinction between species is unclear. [5] [1] Hybridization occurs naturally where some species' ranges overlap. Many hybrids and ...
Character displacement was first explicitly explained by William L. Brown Jr. and E. O. Wilson in 1956: "Two closely related species have overlapping ranges. [1] In the parts of the ranges where one species occurs alone, the populations of that species are similar to the other species and may even be very difficult to distinguish from it.
Betula alleghaniensis, forest emblem of Quebec, [6] Canada. Betula alleghaniensis is a medium-sized, typically single-stemmed, deciduous tree reaching 60–80 feet (18–24 m) tall (exceptionally to 100 ft (30 m)) [2] [7] with a trunk typically 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) in diameter, making it the largest North American species of birch.
Having geographically separate, non-overlapping ranges of distribution. [17] Contrast sympatric. alternate 1. (adj.) (of leaves or flower s) Borne singly at different levels along a stem, including spiralled parts. Contrast opposite. 2. (prep.) Occurring between something else, e.g. stamen s alternating with petal s. alternipetalous
Ivy League-educated Luigi Mangione was charged with murder on Dec. 9 for the killing of Thompson in a brazen shooting outside a Manhattan hotel before an industry conference, following a five-day ...
The balm-of-Gilead (Populus × jackii), also known as P. × gileadensis, is the hybrid between P. balsamifera and the eastern cottonwood (P. deltoides), occurring occasionally where the two parental species' ranges overlap.
At the conclusion of its eighth and final rate-setting policy meeting of the year on December 18, 2024, the Federal Reserve announced it was lowering the federal funds target interest rate by 25 ...
President-elect Donald Trump has named Billy Long, a former Republican congressman from Missouri, to head the Internal Revenue Service, signaling plans to oust current Commissioner Danny Werfel ...