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Vitex altissima, the peacock chaste tree, is a species of woody plant reaching some 20 m in height, in the family of Lamiaceae. It is native to the Indomalayan realm , namely Bangladesh , India , Indonesia , Myanmar , and Sri Lanka , and is also found in New Guinea . [ 2 ]
Its name is formed from the generic name Caesalpinia. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. [ 5 ] The Caesalpinioideae are mainly trees distributed in the moist tropics , but include such temperate species as the honeylocust ( Gleditsia triacanthos ) and Kentucky coffeetree ( Gymnocladus dioicus ).
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
It is a spikemoss known by the common names Willdenow's spikemoss [2] [3] and peacock fern [4] due to its iridescent blue leaves. [5] [6] Like other Selaginallales, it is fern ally and not a true fern. Selaginella willdenowii is sometimes spelt incorrectly as Selaginella willdenovii. [7]
Maratus species are small spiders, with a total body length mostly around 4–5 mm (0.2 in), sometimes smaller, with a high degree of sexual dimorphism.They are known as peacock spiders, based on the peacock-like display of the dorsal (upper) surface of the abdomen (opisthosoma) of the males, on which there is a "plate" or "fan" of usually brightly colored and highly iridescent scales and ...
Tigridia / t aɪ ˈ ɡ r ɪ d i ə /, [2] is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae.With common names including peacock flowers, [3] tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, Tigridia pavonia, is often cultivated for this.
Its common name refers to its "flavescent" (yellowish) colour. It is endemic to Lake Malawi where found in the countries of in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. [2] The species Aulonocara steveni and A. hansbaenschi are treated as junior synonyms of A. stuartgranti by the IUCN and the Catalog of Fishes, [1] [3] [4] but FishBase treat it as a ...
Scientific name Common Name Distribution Anartia amathea (Linnaeus, 1758) brown peacock or scarlet peacock: Panama to Argentina; Grenada, Barbados and Antigua Anartia chrysopelea Hübner, [1831] Cuban peacock or Caribbean peacock: Cuba Anartia fatima (Fabricius, 1793) banded peacock or Fatima: south Texas, Mexico, and Central America