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Venice, showing Ca' Rezzonico on the left, where paintings of the Gherardinis are exposed Leonardo da Vinci painting the portrait of La Gioconda, by artist Cesare Maccari. Lisa Gherardini married to Francesco del Giocondo, whose family were silk merchants. He was previously married to a member of the Rucellai family, owners of Palazzo Rucellai ...
C. rhombicollis start life by hatching from an ootheca with 30-50 eggs. The first instars have very slim pronotums, almost like a normal mantis, but as they molt through life the hood will expand further from a hexagonal shape into a rhombus/pentagonal shape depending on the gender of the mantis.
Cyathea delgadii is a widespread species of tree fern.It is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama), and much of South America (Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, including Trindade, Argentina and Paraguay). [1]
Gherardini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Gherardini family of Montagliari, aristocratic family of Florence
The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company (simply known as Ghirardelli) is an American confectioner, wholly owned by Swiss confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli.The company was founded by and is named after Italian chocolatier Domenico Ghirardelli, [1] who, after working in South America, moved to California.
The yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima) is new-world bird of prey in the family Falconidae, of the Falconiformes order (true falcons, caracaras and their kin). [4] It is found as far north as Nicaragua, south to Costa Rica and Panamá, every mainland South American country (except Chile), and on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Ranges are based on the IOC World Bird List for that species unless otherwise noted. Population estimates are of the number of mature individuals and are taken from the IUCN Red List. This list follows the taxonomic treatment (designation and order of species) and nomenclature (scientific and common names) of version 13.2 of the IOC World Bird ...
During the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish cut down 20,000 peach palms in Costa Rica in order to deprive and subjugate the indigenous population. [21] The palm was a staple in pre-Columbian times, and it became a neglected crop after the Spanish conquest. Even so, it has provided food safety when needed. [22]