Plantae
Micrasterias
Micrasterias genus
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Fact: Micraserias is a type of green algae, and always has shapes that exhibit bilaterial symmetry.
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Micrasterias is a unicellular green alga of the Desmidiales order. Micrasterias, commonly known as green alga, is a eukaryotic, unicellular organism, and species vary in size reaching up to hundreds of microns. Micrasterias displays a bilateral symmetry, with two mirror image semi-cells joined by a narrow isthmus containing the nucleus of the organism. This dual […] read more
Closterium
Desmidiales order 
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Play: Closterium is considered an AUXOTROPH
Fact: Desmids tend to assume highly symmetrical and attractive shapes.
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In taxonomy, Closterium is a genus of algae, specifically of the family Closteriaceae.[1] (From: Wikipedia, July 2015) read more
Pacific Yew
Taxus brevifolio
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FACT: The drug Paclitaxel is isolated from the bark of the Pacific Yew Tree.
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Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew or western yew) is a conifernative to the Pacific Northwest of North America. It ranges from southernmost Alaska south to central California, mostly in the Pacific Coast Ranges, but with isolated disjunctpopulations in southeast British Columbia (most notably occurring on Zuckerberg Island near Castlegar) and in north to central Idaho.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The […] read more
Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa
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FACT: The drug tetrahydrocannabol is isolated from Cannabis sativa.
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Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous plant in the Cannabis genus, a species of the Cannabaceae family. People have cultivated Cannabis sativa throughoutrecorded history as a source of industrial fibre, seed oil, food, recreation, religious and spiritual moods, and medicine. Each part of the plant is harvested differently, depending on the purpose of its use. […] read more
Coffea Arabica
Coffea Arabica 
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FACT: C. arabica contains less CAFFEINE than other commercially available species of coffee.
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Coffea arabica /əˈræbɪkə/ is a species of Coffea originally indigenous to the forests of the southwestern highlands of Ethiopia. It is also known as the “coffee shrub of Arabia”, “mountain coffee” or “arabica coffee”. Coffea arabicais believed to be the first species of coffee to be cultivated. Wild plants grow to between 9 and 12 […] read more
Deadly Nightshade
Atropa belladonna 
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FACT: The drug ATROPINE is isolated from A. belladonna.
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Atropa belladonna or Atropa bella-donna, commonly known asbelladonna or deadly nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, Western Asia, and some parts of Canada and the United States. The foliage and berries are extremely toxic, containing tropane alkaloids. These toxins include scopolamine and hyoscyamine, which cause a […] read more