Plantae
Sicyos villosus
Cucurbitaceae Sicyos villosus
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Fact: Darwin’s single dried specimen of Sicyos villosus, collected during the Beagle voyage, appears to be the only piece of evidence that showed this plant ever existed.
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Sicyos is a flowering plant genus of the family Cucurbitaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as burr cucumbers.[2] (From Wikipedia, August 2015) read more
Galapagos Prickly Pear
Opuntia echios
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Fact: This prickly pear is a favourite meal for the Galápagos tortoises. It’s presence is also a selective pressure and has resulted in changes to the tortoise’s shell.
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Opuntia echios is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is endemic to theGalápagos Islands (Ecuador) and is commonly known as the Galápagos prickly pear, but there are five other species of prickly pears that also are endemic to the archipelago (O. galapageia, O. helleri, O. insularis, O. megasperma and O. saxicola). There […] read more
Lathyrus nervosus
Lathyrus nervosus
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Fact: During the Beagle voyage, this pea plant specimen was collected in Bahia Blanca, near Buenos Aires on October 2nd, 1832.
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Lathyrus /ˈlæθɨrəs/[1] is a genus of flowering plant species known as sweet peas and vetchlings. Lathyrus is in thelegume family, Fabaceae, and contains approximately 160 species. They are native to temperate areas, with a breakdown of 52 species in Europe, 30 species in North America, 78 in Asia, 24 in tropical East Africa, and 24 […] read more
Cinchona tree
Cinchona genus 
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Fact: The drug quinine is isolated from cinchona.
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Cinchona, common name quina, is a genus of about 25 recognized species in the family Rubiaceae, native to the tropical Andes forests of western South America.[2] A few species are reportedly naturalized in Central America, Jamaica, French Polynesia, Sulawesi, Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, and São Tome & Principe off the coast of tropical […] read more
Ma Huang
Ephedra sinica 
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Fact: The drugs ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are found in the Ma Huang plant.
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Ephedra sinica (also known as Chinese ephedra or Ma Huang) is a plant species native to Mongolia,Russia (Buryatiya, Chita, Primorye), and northeastern China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning,Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi).[1][2] Ephedra is a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica.[1] Known in Chinese as ma huang (麻黃; pinyin: má huáng, which literally translates into English […] read more
Opium Poppy
Papaver somniferum 
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FACT: Opiates (such as morphine and codeine) are isolated from seeds of the poppy.
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Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy,[2] is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are derived. Opium is the source of many drugs, including morphine(and its derivative heroin), thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine. The Latin botanical name means the “sleep-bringing poppy”, referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates. The opium […] read more