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Ailuropoda melanoleuca melanoleuca

2022-08-17T16:26:48Z

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[[Image:Atlanta Zoo Panda.jpg|thumb|National animal of the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC).]]
The '''Giant Panda''', or the '''Chinese panda''' ''(Ailuropoda melanoleuca melanoleuca)'', is a [[bear]].<ref name="Scheff Duncan">{{cite book |last=Scheff |first=Duncan |title=Giant Pandas |edition= illustrated |series=Animals of the rain forest |year=2002 |publisher= Heinemann-Raintree Library |isbn=0-7398-5529-8 |page=7}}</ref><ref name="Lindburg, Donald G.; Baragona, Karen 2004">{{cite book |author=Lindburg, Donald G.; Baragona, Karen|title=Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation |publisher=University of California Press|year=2004|isbn=0-520-23867-2|oclc= }}</ref> It lives in south central [[China]].<ref name="iucn"/> Within the [[People's Republic of China (PRC)]] it is the designate '''National animal of the Han [[People's Republic of China]]'''{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official designated National animal and Awarded faunae emblem of the [[People's Republic of China (PRC)]]” respectively''}}.

[[Image:Mapa distribuicao Ailuropoda melanoleuca.png|thumb|Habitat of the '''Giant panda''' in [[China]].]]

== Related pages ==
*[[Red panda]]

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[[Category:Mammals of Asia]]
[[Category:Mammals of China]]
[[Category:National symbols of the People's Republic of China (PRC)]]
[[Category:National Symbols of China]]

Geranium clarkei

2022-08-11T12:28:15Z

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Geranium clarkei Kashmir White.jpg
|image_caption = ''Geranium clarkei'' 'Kashmir White'
|genus = Geranium
|species = clarkei
|authority = Yeo
}}

'''''Geranium clarkei''''', called '''Clarke's geranium''', '''Kashmir Purple Geranium''', '''Kashmir White''' or the '''Kashmir's Cranesbill''' is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Geraniaceae]],<ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=906204-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_wholeName%3DRhododendron%2Basperum%26output_format%3Dnormal IPNI]</ref> [[native plant|native]] to India and cultivated for use in gardens.<ref name=Phillips1993>{{Citation | last1 = Phillips | first1 = Ellen | last2 = Colston Burrell | first2 = C. | year = 1993 | title = Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials | pages = 373–76 | isbn = 0-87596-570-9 | publisher = Rodale Press| location = Emmaus, Pa.}}</ref>

It is an [[herbaceous plant|herbaceous]] [[perennial plant|perennial]] growing to {{convert|50|cm|0|abbr=on}} in height, with deeply cut 7-lobed leaves and white or purple flowers with pink veining in summer. It spreads by underground [[rhizome]]s, and is used for [[groundcover]] or the front of a border.<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=1405332964|page=1136}}</ref> A rhizomatous hardy geranium that is native to alpine meadows in the mountains of [[Kashmir]]. It typically grows in a clump to 18" tall, spreading outward by creeping stems to 18" wide. Purple-violet or white, upward-facing flowers (to 3/4" diameter) with contrasting dark veins profusely bloom from late spring to early summer. Dark green leaves are deeply cut into 7 segments and form an attractive foliage mat.

Genus name comes from the [[Greek]] word ''geranos'' meaning crane in reference to the fruit which purportedly resembles the head and beak of a [[crane]].

'''Kashmir White''' is a large-flowered cultivar which typically grows in a clump to 18" tall, spreading outward by creeping stems to 18" wide, and features a profuse bloom of white, upward-facing flowers (to 2" diameter) with contrasting violet-pink veins.

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist, humusy, well-drained soils, particularly in hot summer climates. Intolerant of drought. Performs best in cool summer climates, and is intolerant of the heat and humidity of the deep South. Shear off spent flowers after bloom to encourage additional bloom or tidy the planting. In the alternative, plants may be left alone after flowering to promote self-seeding.

'Kashmir White' self-seeds in the garden in optimum growing conditions, but flower colour in particular does not reliably come true from seed.

Within [[Pakistan]] it is the '''State flower of [[Azad Kashmir]]'''.

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[[Category:Geranium|clarkei]]
[[Category:Plants and animals of Kashmir]]
[[Category:Azad Kashmir]]
[[Category:Symbols of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan)]]

Allium sikkimense

2022-08-10T23:51:00Z

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{{short description|Species of plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Allium sikkimense 146-8858.jpg
|name = Sikkim onion blue-flowered onion 高山韭 gao shan jiu
|genus = Allium | species = sikkimense
|authority = [[John Gilbert Baker|Baker]]
|synonyms=*''Allium cyaneum'' var. ''brachystemon'' Regel
*''Allium kansuense'' Regel
*''Allium tibeticum'' Rendle
|synonyms_ref=<ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-296606 The Plant List]</ref>
}}

'''''Allium sikkimense''''' is a plant species native to [[Sikkim]], [[Tibet]], [[Bhutan]], [[Nepal]], [[India]] and parts of [[China]] ([[Gansu]], [[Ningxia]], [[Qinghai]], [[Shaanxi]], [[Sichuan]], [[Xizang]], [[Yunnan]]). It grows in meadows and on the edges of forests at elevations of 2400–5000 m.<ref name="freetibet">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027533 Flora of China v 24 p 178, ''Allium sikkimense'']</ref> The species is cultivated as an ornamental in other regions because of its strikingly beautiful blue flowers.<ref>[http://www.plant-world-seeds.com/store/view_seed_item/2832?actionName=view_flowers&itemname=ALLIUM+SIKKIMENSE&page=8 Plant World Seeds, Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom]</ref><ref>[http://www.sequimrareplants.com/Allium%20sikkimense.html Sequim Rare Plants, Sequim, Washington State, USA]</ref><ref>[http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/125540/ Dave's Garden Plant Files]</ref> It is used medicinally in the Sikkim Eastern Himalayas. <ref name="O'Neill_al2017">{{cite journal |last1=O'Neill |first1=A. R.|last2=Badola |first2=H.K. |last3=Dhyani |first3=P. P. |last4=Rana |first4=S. K. |date=2017 |title=Integrating ethnobiological knowledge into biodiversity conservation in the Eastern Himalayas |journal=Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=21 |doi=10.1186/s13002-017-0148-9 |pmid=28356115 |pmc=5372287}}</ref>

''Allium sikkimense'' has a cluster of narrow bulbs generally less than 5 mm in diameter. [[Scape (botany)|Scape]] is up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are flat, narrow, shorter than the scape, up to 5 mm wide. [[Umbel]] is a densely crowded hemisphere of blue flowers.<ref name="freetibet"/><ref>[http://www.botanicus.org/page/1897159 Baker, John Gilbert. 1874. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12(142): 292–293.]</ref><ref>[http://www.botanicus.org/page/1309892 Regel, Eduard August von. 1887. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 10(2): 690, as ''Allium kansuense'']</ref><ref>[http://www.botanicus.org/page/1939429 Rendle, Alfred Barton. 1906. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 44(2): 41–42, as ''Allium tibeticum'']</ref>

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[[Category:Allium|sikkimense]]
[[Category:Onions]]
[[Category:Flora of China]]
[[Category:Flora of Sichuan]]
[[Category:Flora of Gansu]]
[[Category:Flora of Ningxia]]
[[Category:Flora of Qinghai]]
[[Category:Flora of Shaanxi]]
[[Category:Flora of Yunnan]]
[[Category:Flora of Tibet]]
[[Category:National symbols of Sikkim]]
[[Category:Flora of Sikkim]]
[[Category:Flora of Bhutan]]
[[Category:Flora of Nepal]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1874]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker]]

Diorhabda meridionalis

2022-08-02T17:27:35Z

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[[Image:DiorhabdameridionalisRaskIran.jpg|thumb|male specimen collected from Rask, Iran.]]
The '''Desert Tamarisk Leaf Beetle''' is a species of leaf beetle also known as the '''Southern Tamarisk Beetle''' which feeds on tamarisk trees from [[Syria]] to western and southern [[Iran]] and southern [[Pakistan]].

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[[Category:Animals of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Chrysomelidae]]