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The NASA Clean Air Study determined that the species modestum of this plant genus was effective at removing common household air toxins formaldehyde and benzene. Aglaonema plants are poisonous due to calcium oxalate crystals. If ingested they cause irritation of the mucous membranes, and the juice can cause skin irritation and painful rash. [10]
The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is a flowering plant in the family Araceae.It has a large unbranched inflorescence; a tall single leaf, branched like a tree; and a heavy tuber which enables the plant to produce the inflorescence.
A golden tree, part of the bunga mas sent by one of the northern Malay states to the Siamese court, collection of Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur. The bunga emas dan perak (lit. "golden and silver flowers", Thai: ต้นไม้เงินต้นไม้ทอง RTGS: ton mai ngoen ton mai thong), often abbreviated to bunga mas (Jawi: بوڠا مس "golden flowers"), was a form of ...
Aquatic plants have adapted to live in either freshwater or saltwater. Aquatic vascular plants have originated on multiple occasions in different plant families; [5] [9] they can be ferns or angiosperms (including both monocots and dicots).
Lobelia erinus in an alpine border. Lobelia (/ l oʊ ˈ b iː l i ə, l ə-/ [4] [5] [6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species, [7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions. [8]
The first European to find Rafflesia was the ill-fated French explorer Louis Auguste Deschamps.He was a member of a French scientific expedition to Asia and the Pacific, detained by the Dutch for three years on the Indonesian island of Java, where, in 1797, he collected a specimen, which was probably what is now known as R. patma.
The final result is a layer of supersaturated air, lying directly above the ice (just like how steam forms above the surface of a hot mug of water on a cold day). Any protrusions from the ice surface stick up into the supersaturated air, and end up being covered in hoar-frost like crystals (i.e. frost flowers) due to condensation.
Bolbitis heudelotii, one of hundreds of aquatic plants found in the hobby. Aquatic plants are used to give the freshwater aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, absorb ammonia, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry (babies) and for invertebrates.