Plantae
Tobacco plant
Nicotiana tabacum
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Fact: Tobacco contains the phytochemical, nicotine.
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Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grownherbaceous plant. It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants in the Nicotiana genus, and its leaves are commercially grown in many countries to be processed into tobacco. It grows to heights between 1 to 2 metres. Research is ongoing […] read more
White Willow
Salix alba2 POINTS
Fact: The drug Salicin is isolated from the bark of the White Willow.
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Salix alba (white willow) is a species of willow native toEurope and western and central Asia.[1][2] The name derives from the white tone to the undersides of the leaves. It is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing up to 10–30 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter and an irregular, often-leaning […] read more
Netrium
Netrium genus
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Fact: Netrium is an algae of the desmid family.
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Hyalotheca
Hyalotheca genus
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Fact: Hyalotheca are a genus of filamentous green algae.
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In taxonomy, Hyalotheca is a genus of algae, specifically of the Desmidiaceae.[1] (From: Wikipedia, July 2015) read more
Eudorina
Volvocaceae family
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Fact: Volvocales can form colonies known as a gonium (4-32 cells) or a volvox (>500 cells).
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Eudorina is a genus of colonial green algae, specifically of the Volvocaceae.[1] Eudorina colonies consist of 16, 32 or 64 individual cells grouped together. Each individual cell contains flagella which allow the colony to move as a whole when the individual cells beat their flagella together. Description by GM Smith (1920, p 95):[2] Eudorina Ehrenberg […] read more
Cosmarium
Desmidiales order
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Fact: Desmids tend to assume highly symmetrical and attractive shapes.
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In taxonomy, Cosmarium is a genus of algae, specifically of the Desmidiaceae.[1] In this complex genus the cells are very variable. All are constricted in the middle.[2] (From:Wikipedia, July 2015) read more