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  2. List of species protected by CITES Appendix II - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of species of plants and animals protected by Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, commonly abbreviated as CITES. There are no fungi listed in any appendix. [1] List of species protected by CITES Appendix I; List of species protected by CITES Appendix III

  3. List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z) - Wikipedia

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    Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1] These scientific names have been catalogued in a variety of works, including Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners.

  4. The Botanic Garden - Wikipedia

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    The Botanic Garden (1791) is a set of two poems, The Economy of Vegetation and The Loves of the Plants, by the British poet and naturalist Erasmus Darwin. The Economy of Vegetation celebrates technological innovation and scientific discovery and offers theories concerning contemporary scientific questions, such as the history of the cosmos .

  5. List of hyperaccumulators - Wikipedia

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    27 records of plants. Origin Africa. This species' phanerogam has the highest cobalt content. Its distribution could be governed by cobalt rather than copper. [36] [1]: 891 [33] Cu: Helianthus annuus: Sunflower: Phytoextraction with rhizofiltration [1]: 898 [33] Cu: 1000: Larrea tridentata: Creosote Bush: 67 records of plants. Origin U.S. [1 ...

  6. List of biodiversity databases - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of biodiversity databases. Biodiversity databases store taxonomic information alone or more commonly also other information like distribution (spatial) data and ecological data, which provide information on the biodiversity of a particular area or group of living organisms.

  7. 50 Delightful Animal Memes To Help You Ignore What’s ... - AOL

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    Image credits: AnimalAnticsNewsflare However, "Adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue means that the agency you adopted from now has room to save another homeless animal," Bird said.

  8. List of plant genus names with etymologies (L–P) - Wikipedia

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    Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. William Stearn (1911–2001) was one of the pre-eminent British botanists of the 20th century: a Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society , a president of the Linnean Society and the original drafter of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated ...

  9. Plant rights - Wikipedia

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    He argues that this does not apply to plants, and that even if plants did have rights, abstaining from eating meat would still be moral due to the use of plants to rear animals. [2] According to philosopher Michael Marder, the idea that plants should have rights derives from "plant subjectivity", which is distinct from human personhood. [3]