Month: January 2015
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Nephrolepis auriculata
Read More: Nephrolepis auriculataSpecies: Nephrolepis auriculata English Name: Tuberous Sword Fern Chinese Name: 腎蕨、圓羊齒 Family: Nephrolepidaceae Description: Commonly terrestrial, with fronds reaching 60cm long, pinnate. Its rhizome is densely covered with pale brown scales. Native to Australia, and distributed to Asia and the US. Grows primarily in shade. References: – Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic…
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Nelumbo nucifera
Read More: Nelumbo nuciferaSpecies: Nelumbo nucifera English Name: Lotus Chinese Name: 蓮 Family: Nymphaeaceae Description: Perennial aquatic herbs. Rhizome creeping horizontally. The petioles are held out above the surface of the water, the blades are orbicular, centrally peltate, waxy above. Flower terminal at tip of pedicel, large, fragrant, dark red, pink, white or pale green. Its is mostly cultivated in ponds.…
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Ginkgo biloba
Read More: Ginkgo bilobaSpecies: Ginkgo biloba English Name: Gingko Chinese Name: 銀杏 Family: Ginkgoaceae Description: Ginkgo biloba is the oldest living tree species. A single tree can live as long as 1,000 years and grow to a height of 120 feet. It has short branches with fan-shaped leaves and inedible fruits that smell bad. The fruit has an inner seed, which may be…
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Selaginella uncinata
Read More: Selaginella uncinataSpecies: Selaginella uncinata English Name: Peacock spike-moss, Blue Selaginella, Rainbow Moss Chinese Name: 翠雲草, 藍地柏, 綠絨草 Family: Selaginellaceae Description: Named after its striking, iridescent, bluish-green summer foliage that changes to a rusty-rose in the winter months and notable for its frilly, metallic-blue foliage, Peacock fern is closely related to true ferns, but in its own plant family, the Selaginellaceae. This perennial,…
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Ganoderma lucidum
Read More: Ganoderma lucidumSpecies: Ganoderma lucidum English Name: Lingzhi Mushroom, Reishi Mushroom Chinese Name: 靈芝 Family: Ganodermataceae Description: The Lingzhi Mushroom has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 4,000 years to treat liver disorders, high blood pressure, arthritis, and other ailments. It is a polypore mushroom that is soft (when fresh), corky, and flat, with a conspicuous red-varnished, kidney-shaped…
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Aprion virescens
Read More: Aprion virescensSpecies: Aprion virescens English Name: Green Jobfish Chinese Name: 绿短鳍笛鲷, 藍笛鯛 Family: Lutjanidae Description: The Green Jobfish is olive-greenish above and whitish below. A prominent feature of this species is the groove in its snout. This species has a total of 10 dorsal spines, 11 dorsal soft rays, 3 anal spines and 8 anal soft…
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Wattsia mossambica
Read More: Wattsia mossambicaSpecies: Wattsia mossambica English Name: Mozambique Large-eye Bream Chinese Name: 莫桑鼻给鲷, 高身齒頜鯛 Family: Lethrinidae Description: The overall color of a Mozambique Large-eye Bream is silvery-gray with yellowish suffusion, and scale margins are narrowly brownish. There is sometimes presence of indistinct dark blotches or bars on the body. The lips are whitish to yellow. Can grow…
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Monotaxis grandoculis
Read More: Monotaxis grandoculisSpecies: Monotaxis grandoculis English Name: Humpnose Big-eye Bream Chinese Name: 大眼黑鲷, 單列齒鯛 Family: Lethrinidae Description: The Humpnose Big-eye Bream has bluish-gray grading to whitish on the ventral parts of its body with yellow to pinkish lips. Area around the eye is often yellow or orange and the base of the upper pectoral fin rays and…
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Argemone mexicana
Read More: Argemone mexicanaSpecies: Argemone mexicana English Name: Mexican Prickly Poppy Chinese Name: 薊罌粟 Family: Papaveraceae Description: Herbs, annual or occasionally short-lived perennial, 30-100 cm tall, usually stout. Stems mostly short, branched, with sparse explanate fulvous spines. Basal leaves dense; petiole 5-10 mm; blade glaucous with blue-green markings on veins, paler abaxially, broadly oblanceolate or obovate to elliptic, 5-20(-25) × 2.5-7.5(-8) cm,…
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Ranunculus sceleratus
Read More: Ranunculus sceleratusSpecies: Ranunculus sceleratus English Name: Celery-leaved Crowfoot Chinese Name: 石龍芮 Family: Ranunculaceae Description: Herbs annual. Roots fibrous, subequally thick. Stems 10–75 cm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent, branched above. Basal leaves 5–13; petiole 1.2–15 cm, subglabrous or sparsely pubescent; blade 3-partite, pentagonal, reniform, or broadly ovate, or broadly ovate, 1–4 × 1.5–5 cm, papery or herbaceous, glabrous or abaxially puberulent,…
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Chinese Horseshoe Bat
Chinese name: 中華菊頭蝠Family: 菊頭蝠科 RhinolophidaeScientific name: Rhinolophus sinicusConservation status: Habitat: Cave and forests Description:This is a small to medium-sized bat species found in East Asia. It is characterized by its distinctive horseshoe-shaped noseleaf, which aids in echolocation. Its fur is typically brown or gray. This species inhabits caves, forests, and sometimes buildings, often roosting in…
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Chinese name: 小菊頭蝠Family: 菊頭蝠科 RhinolophidaeScientific name: Rhinolophus pusillusConservation status: 無危Habitat: Cave and forests Description:This is a small bat species found in South and Southeast Asia. It is characterized by its distinctive horseshoe-shaped noseleaf, which aids in echolocation. Its fur is typically brown or gray. This species inhabits caves, forests, and sometimes buildings, often roosting in small…
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Intermediate Horseshoe Bat
Chinese name: 中菊頭蝠Family: 菊頭蝠科 RhinolophidaeScientific name: Rhinolophus affinisConservation status: Habitat: Cave and forests Description:This is a medium-sized bat species found in South and Southeast Asia. It is characterized by its distinctive horseshoe-shaped noseleaf, which aids in echolocation. Its fur is typically brown or gray. This species inhabits caves, forests, and sometimes buildings, often roosting in…