10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYXIDIA»
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but which bulges outwards.15 Nevertheless there is a smaller version, the olletta,
which aproximates so closely to our pyxidia - seeming at certain times to be
influenced by it - that confusion is obvious. One well-known example is the
Duenos ...
Annie Nicolette Zadoks-Josephus Jitta, Joh S. Boersma, 1976
2
Lecythidaceae: The actinomorphic-flowered New World ...
... using minute differences with little attention to the biology of the group. Eight
out of the twelve species recognized by Knuth were originally described from
pyxidia alone without any material of the leaves or flowers. Furthermore, the
pyxidia of ...
Ghillean T. Prance, Scott A. Mori, 1979
3
A General Natural History Or New and Accurate Description of ...
The tubercles in the Pyxidia are larger and softer in general than in the Cladonia.
In some of the s ecies of the Pyxidia, the cups are very fair and perfect, in others
they are less z in sdme scarce distmguishable; Linnzus and Micheli make these ...
4
General Natural History
These, as in the other Pyxidia, sometimes stand close on the edge of the cup,
sometimes they are elevated on little pedicles, and, in some places, it is met with
proliferous, in which state it makes a very singular figure. The variety of forms
under ...
5
Greek and Latin in English Today
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gymnasion) (gymnasia) gymnasium gymnasia phenomenon phenomena
prolegomenon prolegomena protozoan protozoa (pyxidion) (pyxidia) pyxidium
pyxidia ...
6
The Ecology of Trees in the Tropical Rain Forest
Peres et al. (1997) demonstrated that predator satiation did not occur in this
species, quite the reverse. The rate of seed removal from the large pyxidia
produced by the brazil-nut trees was higher in the Bertholletiagroves than outside
them.
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A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions ...
These, as in the other Pyxidia, sometimes stand close on the edge of the cup,
sometimes they are elevated on little pedicles, and, in some places, it is met with
prolifcrous, in which state it makes a very fingular figure. The variety of forms
under ...
8
The Biology of Traditions: Models and Evidence
Perhaps the most convincing corroboration comes from Marc van Roosmalen's
ongoing primate fieldwork in Central Amazonia (personal communication). He
describes Cariniana micmntha (Lecythidaceae) pyxidia as a “keystone resource”
for ...
Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Susan Perry, 2008
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A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions ...
The fructification in this genusappearsxin form of bracteae, or spangles, on the
surface of the plant, and principally 'about the'center'gthese 'are very various in
their figure, sometimes prominent, like the'tuberclesiof the pyxidia, sometimes flat,
...
Fruits usually capsules, loculicidal, septicidal, or less often poricidal, in
Sphenocleaceae and Parischella circumscissile (pyxidia), but sometimes
indehiscent. Seeds with small, winged, or wingless, usually straight embryo and
usually copious, ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PYXIDIA»
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Brazil-nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa)
Between 12 and 25 seeds are enclosed inside the large, round fruits ('pyxidia'), which are typically around 10 centimetres in diameter, and weigh up to 2.2 ... «ARKive, Nov 08»
