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The species of 2015

The species of March 2015

Name: Spiny Starwort Scientific Name: Pallenis spinosa – (L.) Cass Family: Compositae                                              Description An annual plant, upright, with a hairy shoot. Leaves alternately, simply, off the lower, hairy ...

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The species of February 2015

   Name: Eurasian coot Scientific Name: Fulica Atra Kingdom: Animals Taxonomy: birds (Aves) Class: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae Genus: Fulica Species: F. Atra Description The Eurasian coot has the scientific name Fulica Atra in Latin, which is rendered in Greek as “bald head”. In Cyprus, you may have heard it as ...

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