Month: October 2013

  • Gryllotalpa orientalis

    Species: Gryllotalpa orientalis English Name: Oriental Mole Cricket Chinese Name: 东方蝼蛄 Family: Gryllotalpidae Description: This 30 mm cricket gets is name from is fore legs developed into claw for digging. He lives underground feeding on roots, insects and earthworms. This species is responsible for several crops plagues. Photos used under a Creative Commons license References: – Easton, E. R.…

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  • Platypleura hilpa

    Species: Platypleura hilpa English Name: Speckled Brown Cicada Chinese Name: 黃蟪蛄 Family: Cicadidae Description: This Cicata has tree ocelli (simple eyes) and membranous front wings. Males have sound-producing organs ventrally at base of abdomen. Adults have been observed from June to August. Photos used under a Creative Commons license References: – Easton, E. R. (1993). The insects of Macau.…

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  • Lycodon subcinctus

    Species: Lycodon subcinctus English Name: Banded Wolf Snake, Malayan Banded Wolf Snake Chinese Name: 細白環蛇 Family: Colubridae Description: Relatively small (up to 90 cm), non-venomous snake. The dorsal side is dark brown to black with 12-25 white crossbars and ventrally it is grey or whitish. Hatchlings and juveniles have a whitish band across the head. This species can be…

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  • Anredera cordifolia

    Species: Anredera cordifolia English Name: Cordateleaf Anredera Chinese Name: 落葵薯 Family: Basellaceae Description: Vines twining, with thick, hardy rhizome. Leaves shortly petiolate; leaf blade ovate to subcordate, 2-6 × 0.5-5.5 cm, thinly fleshy, base rounded or cordate, apex acute, producing small axillary tubercles (bulbils). Racemes many flowered; rachis pendent, thin, 7-25 cm. Bracts not longer than pedicel, narrow, persistent.…

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  • Talinum paniculatum

    Species: Talinum paniculatum English Name: Mock Ginseng Chinese Name: 土人參 Family: Portulacaceae Description: Photos used under a Creative Commons license References:

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  • Portulaca pilosa

    Species: Portulaca pilosa English Name: Shaggy Purslane Chinese Name: 毛馬齒莧 Family: Portulacaceae Description: Herbs annual or perennial, 5-20 cm. Stems not articulated, densely caespitose, diffuse, much branched; leaf axils densely pilose. Leaves alternate; petiole absent; leaf blade terete-linear or subulate-lanceolate, 10-20 × 1-4 mm, apex acute. Flowers more than ca. 2 cm in diam., surrounded by involucre of 6-9…

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  • Portulaca grandiflora

    Species: Portulaca grandiflora English Name: Rose Moss; Eleven O’ clock Chinese Name: 松葉牡丹、大花馬齒莧 Family: Portulacaceae Description: Photos used under a Creative Commons license References:

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  • Gomphrena globosa

    Species: Gomphrena globosa English Name: Globe Amaranth Chinese Name: 千日紅、百日紅 Family: Amaranthaceae Description: Herbs annual, erect, 20-60 cm tall. Stem stout, branched; branches slightly quadrangular, gray strigose, slightly inflated at nodes. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, long gray hairy; leaf blade oblong or oblong-obovate, 3.5-13 × 1.5-5 cm, papery, long white hairy and ciliate, narrowing toward base, margin undulate, apex acute…

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  • Celosia argentea L. var. plumosa

    Species: Celosia argentea L. var. plumosa English Name: Feather Celosia Chinese Name: 鳳尾球 Family: Amaranthaceae Description: Photos used under a Creative Commons license References:

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  • Celosia argentea L. var. crsitata

    Species: Celosia argentea L. var. crsitata English Name: Coxcomb Chinese Name: 野冠花 Family: Amaranthaceae Description: Photos used under a Creative Commons license References:

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