Insects

Insects

Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having two pairs of wings.

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stromanthe

Animals; Insects

Genus of 13 species of evergreen, rhizomatous herbaceous perennials from forest floors and clearings in Central and South America. Stromanthe is compact and low-growing like Maranta, but the foliage ...

syngonium

Animals; Insects

Genus of 33 species of evergreen, root climbers from woodland in tropical Central and South America. Syngonium is very attractive climbing plant. An unusual feature oh the Goosefoot Plant is the ...

synsepalum

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 10 species of evergreen small shrubs or trees, occuring in tropical W. Africa.

tetrastigma

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 90 species of evergreen and deciduous tendril climbers found in tropical woodland from Indonesia and Malaysia to N. Australia. Tetrastigma voinierianum is the giant of the vines group. ...

thunbergia

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 100 species of annuals, evergreen perennials, including many twining climbers, and some shrubs, from tropical and S. Africa, Madagascar, and tropical Asia. Thunbergia is a climbing ...

thunia

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 6 species of herbaceous, sympodial, epiphytic or terrestrial orchid, found in Burma, Thailand, South China and India Plants form clumps of erect, biennial leafy canes/stems terminating ...

tillandsia

Animals; Insects

Genus of about 400 species epiphytic, terrestrial, or rock-dwelling, evergreen perennials from scrub and woodland in S. US, the West Indies, and Central and South America.