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12:15 Dec 25, 2008 |
English to Portuguese translations [PRO] Science - Botany | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Marlene Curtis United States Local time: 20:20 | ||||||
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flor de agrupamento em rochas/flores agrupadas em rochas Explanation: as minhas plantas - [ Translate this page ]As flores azuis minusculas estão agrupadas em cabeças florais compactas. ... Nas areias e rochas do litoral, é comum esta umbelifera de folhas carnudas, ... asminhasplantas.blogspot.com/ - 491k |
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flores agrupadas em rochas Explanation: Sug. Diria assim - cluster (Botanical Terms) A group of two or more occurring close together. |
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agrupamento de plantas do genêro Crossosoma Explanation: I think ‘rock flower’ is the common name for wild species native to North America, so maybe this is why I could not find a translation of this term to Portuguese… 1. Common name: Idyllwild Rock Flower Genus: Heuchera; Species: hirsutissima; Variety: None; Cultivar: None See: http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/heuche... 2. Common name: Catalina rockflower. Genus: Crossosoma; Species: californicum; Variety: None; Cultivar: None See: http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/crosso... 3. Rockflower Family Crossosomataceae – Crossosoma family Genus Crossosoma Nutt. – rockflower Contains 2 Species and 4 accepted taxa overall Species Crossosoma bigelovii S. Watson – ragged rockflower Variety Crossosoma bigelovii S. Watson var. bigelovii – ragged rockflower Variety Crossosoma bigelovii S. Watson var. glaucum (Small) Kearney & Peebles – ragged rockflower Species Crossosoma californicum Nutt. – California rockflower See: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CRBI2 Instituto Agronômico de Campinas has a sample (very old) in their herbarium collection and information is incomplete. See: herbario.iac.sp.gov.br/Relatorios/listagens/lgenero.asp?Tarefa=Crossosoma - 4k - Note: items 1 and 2 were furnished by a commercial site - while item 3 was supplied by a more reliable source -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2008-12-27 08:34:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Random House Webster Unabridged: Rock flower: any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers. |
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