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Strelitzia reginae, commonly known as the crane flower, bird of paradise, or isigude in Nguni, [3] is a species of flowering plant native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. An evergreen perennial, it is widely cultivated for its dramatic flowers. In temperate areas it is a popular houseplant.
Strelitzia nicolai, commonly known as the wild banana or giant white bird of paradise, is a species of banana-like plants with erect woody stems reaching a height of 7–8 m (23–26 ft), and the clumps formed can spread as far as 3.5 m (11 ft).
The species S. nicolai is the largest in the genus, reaching 10 m (33 ft) tall, with stately white and blue flowers; [8] the other species typically reach 2.0 to 3.5 m (6 ft 7 in to 11 ft 6 in) tall, except S. caudata, which is a tree of a typically smaller size than S. nicolai.
The leaves are bipinnate, 10–15 cm (4–6 in) long, bearing 3–10 pairs of pinnae, each with 6–10 pairs of leaflets 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) broad. The flowers are borne in racemes up to 20 cm (8 in) long, each flower with five yellow petals with 10 long conspicuous red stamens. The pods are densely ...
Caesalpinia pulcherrima is the national flower of the Caribbean island of Barbados, and is depicted on the upper left and right corners of the Queen Elizabeth II's personal Barbadian flag. Claire Waight Keller included pride of Barbados to represent the country in Meghan Markle 's wedding veil, which included the distinctive flora of each ...
Birds-of-paradise range in size from the king bird-of-paradise at 50 g (1.8 oz) and 15 cm (5.9 in) to the curl-crested manucode at 44 cm (17 in) and 430 g (15 oz). The male black sicklebill , with its long tail, is the longest species at 110 cm (43 in).
The 1,000th Wordle puzzle ran in March, a milestone for the popular game where players tend to stick to a formula, with 2.8 million people using the same starting word every day as proof. The most ...
Several species have highly restricted distributions, and all species have disjunct distributions. [2] A 2009 study examining the mitochondrial DNA of the family found that the Paradisaea birds-of-paradise were in a clade with the genus Cicinnurus. It showed that the blue bird-of-paradise was a sister taxon to all the other species in this ...