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  Passerina filiformis subsp. filiformis
According to Van Wyk and Gericke (2000) the name bakkerbos commemorates an era in the Cape when the officially licensed bakers used this plant to heat their ovens.
The plants used at that time were clearly Passerina filiformis subsp.
The vernacular name 'sparrow-wort' was suggested by Miller (1768) for all Passerina species, indicating P.
www.plantzafrica.com /plantnop/passerfiliform.htm   (731 words)

  
 Information about spurge flax - Thymelaea passerina
Thymelaea passerina closely resembles Polygonum species - however there is no ocrea (papery sheath at the nodes).
passerina is the only species in this genus, and it is the only herbaceous annual found in the Thymelaeaceae family.
: Thymelaea passerina, or spurge flax, is aggressive, it is very difficult to control, livestock will not graze this plant, and at this time the distribution is limited to Okanogan County.
www.nwcb.wa.gov /weed_info/Thymelaea_passerina.html   (703 words)

  
 spizella passerina - OneLook Dictionary Search
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www.onelook.com /?loc=rescb&w=spizella+passerina   (97 words)

  
  ADW: Passerina cyanea: Information
Indigo buntings (Passerina cyanea) breed throughout eastern North America from the Great Plains eastward, south of the coniferous forest region.
To cite this page: Zumberg, R. "Passerina cyanea" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web.
Disclaimer: The Animal Diversity Web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Passerina_cyanea.html   (1267 words)

  
 A cytochrome-b perspective on Passerina bunting relationships Auk, The - Find Articles
Uncorrected (p) distances for ingroup (Passerina and Guiraca) taxa range from 3.0% (P versicolor-P ciris) to 7.6% (P cyanea-- P leclancherii) and average 6.5% overall.
Passerina cyanea is among our best known songbirds with song, display behaviors, mating strategies, molt, and migration having been studied extensively (see Payne's [1992] comprehensive review for references).
The detailed results of that initial study are to be published elsewhere; however, in all phylogenetic analyses the Passerina buntings and G. caerulea were determined to constitute a clade (ingroup), sister to Cyanocompsa (outgroup).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_200107/ai_n8982179   (1019 words)

  
 ASSIVIP - Doc - Offida Passerina e Pecorino
Both are pale yellow in colour, however, the Passerina has golden hues whereas the Pecorino has pale green hues.
Pecorino, Passerina, Passerina Passito, Passerina Vin Santo, Passerina Spumante.
The Offida Pecorino is a young wine of a pleasing acidic vein and is best served with seafood cocktails and crustaceans, and after a year of ageing it best accompanies white meats and flavoursome soups.
www.assivip.it /eng/doc/doc16.htm   (238 words)

  
 BISON Species Account 040690   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This species has declined from being a sparse resident of the southern border region to a population consisting of a few birds in Hidalgo County plus stragglers elsewhere in the state.
1996: The species, Columbina passerina, was listed by a New Mexico Natural Heritage Program list as "Tracked": data were being actively accumulated and entered into computerized and manual files by the Heritage Program (NMNHP, 1996) *23*.
This species has declined from being a sparse resident of the southern border region to a population consisting of a few birds in Hidalgo County plus stragglers elsewhere in the state (NMDGF, 1991) *12*.
fwie.fw.vt.edu /states/nmex_main/species/040690.htm   (1881 words)

  
 Spizella passerina
A bird on the ground, feeding, singing and flying away.
Around Wellesley Inn, Armonk, NY, USA (ssp passerina).
A bird on the ground, feeding and singing.
ibc.hbw.com /ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=9586   (229 words)

  
 AOU Checklist   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The monotypic genus Guiraca is merged into Passerina as a result of an analysis of mtDNA (Klicka et al.
Remove the note under Guiraca; move the citation of Guiraca to the synonymy of the genus Passerina.
The species in the genus Passerina are re-arranged in the sequence caerulea, amoena, cyanea, rositae, leclancherii, versicolor, ciris.
www.lauraerickson.com /Birds/AOUChecklist.html   (3541 words)

  
 Coots
Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea <#780> -- J. Audubon
Lazuli Bunting, Passerina amoena  <#235> -- J. Audubon
Passerina amoena <#480> -- K. Hansen, J. Petersen and T. Theimer
faculty.ucr.edu /~legneref/birds/bunting2.htm   (43 words)

  
 Painted bunting (Passerina ciris), Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida Posters by Roy Toft at AllPosters.com
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris), Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida Posters by Roy Toft at AllPosters.com
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris), Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida by Roy Toft
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris), Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Florida.
www.allposters.com /-sp/Painted-bunting-Passerina-ciris-Corkscrew-Swamp-Sanctuary-Florida_i1083612_.htm?aid=37254838   (90 words)

  
 Definition of passerina - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Learn more about "passerina" and related topics at Britannica.com
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www.merriam-webster.com /dictionary/passerina   (38 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Chickweed
The custom of giving Chickweed to birds is a very old one, for Gerard tells us:
'Little birds in cadges (especially Linnets) are refreshed with the lesser Chickweed when they loath their meat whereupon it was called of some "Passerina." '
Both wild and caged birds eat the seeds as well as the young tops and leaves.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/c/chickw60.html   (762 words)

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