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Turquoise Silence – Lac d’Oncet beneath the Pic du Midi PIR_6880 by vincenzo codraro

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Lac d’Oncet sits quietly at 2,254 meters beneath the towering Pic du Midi de Bigorre, in the French Pyrenees. This glacial basin reveals a striking turquoise lake surrounded by steep grassy slopes and rugged rock formations. A winding dirt path traces the hillsides, connecting the lake to the Col du Tourmalet, a legendary route for cyclists and hikers. The sky above is scattered with cumulus clouds, casting soft shadows and illuminating the terrain with alpine clarity. The lake’s color shifts with the light, offering a vivid contrast to the muted tones of the surrounding peaks

Eisbrecher, IMG_0359_b-2 by wolfro54

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Eisbrecher Stephan Jantzen, im Stadthafen, Hansestadt Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nord Deutschland,

17. September 2017

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Am 2. April 2005 wurde der Eisbrecher außer Dienst gestellt.

Mehr von Eisbrecher "Stephan Jantzen" auf Facebook,

Seit dem 9. August 2009, dem Ende der 19. Hanse Sail, liegt die Stephan Jantzen im Rostocker Stadthafen am Liegeplatz 83 in der Nähe des Parkplatzes „Fischerbastion“

Am 24. Februar 2016 wurde das Schiff aufgrund ausstehender Liegeplatz- und Sicherungskosten vom Gerichtsvollzieher beschlagnahmt.

Info: Stephan Jantzen (Schiff)

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Jantzen_(Schiff)

Technische Daten: Der Eisbrecher ist 67,64 Meter lang, 18,28 Meter breit und hat einen Tiefgang von 5,64 Meter / 4,69 Meter. Das Schiff ist mit 2.391,32 BRZ / 2.254 BRT vermessen. Das Schiff hat einen dieselelektrischen Antrieb. Drei Typ-13-D-Zehnzylinder-Zweitakt-Gegenkolben-Dieselmotoren mit je 2.150 PS (1.582 kW) wirken auf je einen Elektromotor mit je 1.324 kW (1.800 ePS). Damit wird eine maximale Geschwindigkeit von 14,6 Knoten erreicht. Bei einer Reisegeschwindigkeit von 12 Knoten beträgt die Fahrstrecke 5.600 Seemeilen.

Die Besatzung besteht aus 17 Personen, zu DDR-Zeiten befanden sich bis zu 100 Mann an Bord.

Die Kiellegung erfolgte 1965, die Indienststellung Anfang 1968. Die Stephan Jantzen fuhr von 1967 bis 1990, bereedert durch die Bagger-, Bugsier- und Bergungsreederei (BBB), für das Seefahrtsamt der DDR und von 1990 bis 2005 für das Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Stralsund. Heimathafen war bis 1990 Rostock, dann Stralsund. Das Schiff war Deutschlands zweitgrößter Eisbrecher.[1]

San Antonio by Felipe Burgos Alvarez

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Ordesa otoñal by Miguel V. Ballesteros

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Desde la margen izquierda del río Arazas, y a poco de comenzar el sendero GR-11 hacia Torla por Turieto bajo, se tiene una magnífica vista del Tozal del Mallo (2.254 m).

Estamos en pleno otoño y Ordesa ya se ha vestido de gala para la ocasión. Entiendo que ya falta muy poco para el estallido de colores pero cierto es que ya hay zonas donde las hojas tapizan el húmedo suelo del Parque Nacional.

Turieto bajo.

Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido.

Sobrarbe. Pirineo aragonés.

Otoño 2018. Huesca

HDR de 3 tomas horizontales

Trípode, filtro polarizador, filtro ND degradado 0,9 soft (3 pasos), disparador remoto y calabricación de color y balance de blancos mediante la ColorChecker Passport de Xrite.

Gigantes de Ordena by Eladio LANTADA

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Tozal del Mallo (2.254 m)

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MEC 3402 Leads POWA in Monmouth by Dan Comick

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A late running POWA with an always welcomed Pan Am painted SD40-2 slowly rolls through the small center of Monmouth, Maine crossing Rt. 132.

For a while the 3400's were pretty consistently seen on POWA and WAPO about 2-3 years ago but in recent months they had vanished to the west end of the system between East Deerfield and New York as they are equipped with I-ETMS which is needed for the stretch of the B&M that runs along CP rails.

MEC 3402 started its life as Quebec, North Shore and Labrador SD40-2 #254, later going to NREX, GMTX and finally became Pan Am owned.

MEC 3402 - MEC 305 - MEC 514 and 65 cars.

December 31, 2022

CP 2-254 @ Glenview 4.23.22 by Hellridersix

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The very first BNSF H1 C44-9W to photograph leading commanded CP 2-254 this evening! This guy was supposed to come down yesterday but decided to terminate (at the last minute) at Muskego yard. The weather couldn’t be more favorable today for him to run and it was so nice that I decided to get him @ Glenview!

Duranta erecta ‘Takarazuka’ by Hiro.Morison (Tokyo, JAPAN.)

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デュランタ・エレクタ ‘タカラヅカ’

(タイワンレンギョウ ‘タカラヅカ’)

Duranta erecta L., 1753 ‘Takarazuka’

This name is accepted. 10/10, 2021.

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Family: Verbenaceae (APG IV)

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Authors:

Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778)

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Published In:

Species Plantarum 2: 637. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Type-Protolog

Locality:Habitat in America

Type Specimens:

LT: Plumier, Pl. Amer. 4: 40, t. 79 (1756). LT designated by Caro (1956).

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Synonyms:

Duranta angustifolia Salisb., Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium 108. 1796. (Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton)

Duranta dentata Rich.Herb. ex Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2(1): 142 (1806).

Duranta ellisiae Jacq.

Duranta erecta var. alba (Mast.) Caro, Revista Argentina de Agronomía 23(1): 11. 1956. (Revista Argent. Agron.)

Duranta erecta var. erecta

Duranta erecta var. grandiflora (Moldenke) Caro, Revista Argent. Agron. 23: 10 (1956).

Duranta inermis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 637 (1753).

Duranta integrifolia Tod., Nuov. Gen. Sp. 27 (1860).

Duranta latifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 108 (1796).

Duranta macrodonta Moldenke, Phytologia 2: 16 (1941).

Duranta microphylla Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3 (Cat. Pl. Horti Paris.) 392 (1829).

Duranta microphylla Willd., Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 43 (1814).

Duranta plumieri Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 26 (1760).

Duranta plumieri var. alba Mast., Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 3: 44 (-45) (1888).

Duranta plumieri var. ellisia (Jacq.) Woodrow, Gardening in India (ed. 5) 420. 1889. (Gard. India)

Duranta plumieri var. ellisia F.M.Bailey, The Weeds and Suspected Poisonous Plants of Queensland (1906).

Duranta plumieri var. glabra Hieron. ex Niederl., Boletin Mensual del Museo de Productos Argentinos 3(31): 322. 1890. (Bol. Mens. Mus. Prod. Argent.)

Duranta plumieri var. normalis F.M.Bailey, Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl. (1913).

Duranta plumieri var. strigillosa Schauer, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 9: 271 (1851).

Duranta plumieri forma variegata F.M.Bailey, Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl. (1913).

Duranta racemosa Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 2 (1768).

Duranta repens forma acuminata Kuntze

Duranta repens forma acuta (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens forma alba (Mast.) Matuda

Duranta repens forma alba (Masters) Moldenke, Phytologia 41(7): 449 (1979).

Duranta repens forma canescens (Moldenke) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma glabrifolia Kuntze

Duranta repens forma grandiflora (Moldenke) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma integrifolia (Tod.) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma microphylla (Desf.) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma obtusifolia (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens forma serrata (Moldenke) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma variegata (F.M.Bailey) Domin

Duranta repens forma variegata (L.H.Bailey) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma vestita Kuntze

Duranta repens var. alba Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89: 553 (1928).

Duranta repens var. canescens Moldenke, Phytologia 1: 436 (1940).

Duranta repens var. ellisia (Bailey) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89: 553 (1928).

Duranta repens var. ellisia (Jacq.) R.R.Fernandez, Trees of Mumbai (Bombay) 209 (1999): (1999).

Duranta repens var. grandiflora Moldenke, Phytologia 2: 17 (1941).

Duranta repens var. lopez-palacii Moldenke, Phytologia 26: 177 (1973).

Duranta repens var. microphylla (Desf.) Moldenke, Phytologia 1: 483 (1941).

Duranta repens var. multidentata Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens var. mutisii (L.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens var. paucidentata Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens var. serrata Moldenke, Phytologia 7: 81 (1959).

Duranta repens var. variegata L.H.Bailey, Man. Cult. Pl. 632 (1924).

Duranta spinosa Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 3 (1768).

Duranta turbinata Tod., Nuov. Gen. Sp. 28. (1860).

Duranta xalapensis Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 254 (1818).

Ellisia acuta L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1121 (1759).

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Accepted By:

AFPD. 2008. African Flowering Plants Database - Base de Donnees des Plantes a Fleurs D'Afrique.

Berendsohn, W. G., A. K. Gruber, D. Rodríguez Delcid & P. Olmedo Galán. 2016. Novae Silva Cuscatlanica. Árboles nativos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae – Familias R a Z. Englera 29(3): 1–356.

Brazil Flora Group. 2015. Growing knowledge: an overview of Seed Plant diversity in Brazil. Rodriguésia 66(4): 1085–1113.

CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.

Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez-Morillo. 2010. Fl. Ilustr. Peníns. Yucatán 1–326. Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mérida.

Condit, R., R. A. Pérez & S. Aguilar. 2019. Complete Tree Species of Panama, DataONE, Dataset. doi.org/10.15146/R3M97W. elecctronic publication

Condit, R., S. Aguilar & R. A. Pérez. 2020. Trees of Panama: A complete checklist with every geographic range. Forest Ecosyst. 7–42: 1–13. on-line

Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá.

Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1994. Flora of China (Verbenaceae through Solanaceae). 17: 1–378. In C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.) Fl. China. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.

Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.

Funk, V. A., T. H. Hollowell, P. E. Berry, C. L. Kelloff & S. Alexander. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584. View in Biodiversity Heritage Library

Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venez. 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.

Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Fl. Antioquia: Cat. 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.

Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Bolivia, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee, S. G. Beck & A. F. Fuentes Claros. 2015 en adelante. Catalogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia (adiciones).

Killeen, T. J., E. García Estigarribia & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 1993. Guía Árb. Bolivia 1–958. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia & Missouri Botanical Garden, Edit. Quipus srl., La Paz.

Linares, J. L. 2003 [2005]. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la República de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268.

Pool, A. & R. M. Rueda. 2001. Verbenaceae. En: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.). Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(3): 2497–2525.

Rueda, R. M. 2015. Verbenaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. VIII. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 131: 538–592.

Stevens, W. D., C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel Jarquín. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: i–xlii,.

Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal González, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D.A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2017. An integrated assessment of vascular plants species of the Americas. Science 358: 1614–1617 [Online Suppl. Materials: 1–23 + 1–2497], f. 1–4 [f. S1–5].

Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal González, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D.A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 [Onwards]. An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).

Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares nativas de México. Revista Mex. Biodivers. 87(3): 559–902. epublication

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The Tides at Bayfront, 465 Bayfront Place, City of Naples, Florida, USA by Urban Florida Photographer

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The Tides at Bayfront is a luxury condominium community in downtown Naples FL. This new construction luxury lifestyle community will feature just 35 exclusive residences in the heart of Naples. Future residents at The Tides At Bayfront will enjoy their choice of three distinct floor-plans ranging in size from 2,081 to 2,254 square feet of living area under air, each with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. All condominiums come with luxury finishes, Sub-Zero appliances, quartz countertops, Grohe and Kohler fixtures and your selection of Chrome, Brushed Chrome, Nickel or Matte Black kitchen cabinet hardware finishes. Because of the central location, and close proximity to the Gulf Beaches, fine dining and upscale shopping in Downtown Naples these magnificent homes will go fast.

Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:

tidesatbayfront.com/

bayfrontnaples.com/

2_254 by ノルン

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Dress {Rosier} / Chihiro Dress

IC 2162, Sh 2-257 and Sh 2-254 by Mark Phillips

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More Tribbles... from left to right:

IC 2162, Sh 2-257 and Sh 2-254

Sh 2-256 is just below the middle one and Sh 2-258 is faintly to the left of the left-hand one.

2022-01-03

250mm f4.8 Newtonian, MPCC

QHY168C @-15°C

Altair Astro Tri-band filter

15x300s

darks, flats, bias

Captured in NINA

Processed in APP, Photoshop

The Tides at Bayfront, 465 Bayfront Place, City of Naples, Florida, USA by Urban Florida Photographer

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The Tides at Bayfront is a luxury condominium community in downtown Naples FL. This new construction luxury lifestyle community will feature just 35 exclusive residences in the heart of Naples. Future residents at The Tides At Bayfront will enjoy their choice of three distinct floor-plans ranging in size from 2,081 to 2,254 square feet of living area under air, each with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. All condominiums come with luxury finishes, Sub-Zero appliances, quartz countertops, Grohe and Kohler fixtures and your selection of Chrome, Brushed Chrome, Nickel or Matte Black kitchen cabinet hardware finishes. Because of the central location, and close proximity to the Gulf Beaches, fine dining and upscale shopping in Downtown Naples these magnificent homes will go fast.

Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:

tidesatbayfront.com/

bayfrontnaples.com/

Sextur.- by Esteban Navarrete Velásquez

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Thames Travel ADL E40D (ADL Enviro 400) 254 HW63 FHF by Mana Transport Photography

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monument aux morts - CASUALTIES WWI - MORTS ET BLESSES guerre de 14-18 by slow traffic double vision typing with 2 fingers

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Entente Powers

Mobilised soldiers --soldats mobilisés

Dead soldiers - soldats morts

civilians - civils morts

total deaths - total des morts

Great Britain and Ireland

6,100.000

750,000

600,000

1.350,000

Belgium

292,000

38,000

50,000

88,000

France

8.100,000

1,327,000

600,000

1,927,000

Greece

449,000

25,000

Italy

4.300,000

460,000

700,000?

1,160,000

Japan

30,000

1000

Montenegro

50,000

13,000

Portugal

100,000

7,000

Romania

750,000

250,000

300,000

550,000

Russia

15.800,000

1,811,000 to

2,254,369

500,000

(borders from 1914)

2,311,000 to

2,754,369

Serbia

750,000

275,000

300,000

525,000

United States of America

2.100,000

117,000

Australia

349,000

61,966

New Zealand

100,00

18,052

Central Powers

Dead soldiers

Direct civilian casualties

Total number of dead

Austro-Hungarian Empire

1,460,000

400,000?

1,860,000

Bulgaria

88,000

300,000

388,000

Germany

2,037,000

700,000

2,737,000

Turkey

325,000

2.000,000

2,325,00

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254/365 Got a New Lens! by Victor Mui

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Woke up today and cleaned up the suite so it actually looks nice when my friend comes back with his mom haha. I left, grabbed a burger and caught the 1:20pm train. Got back at 3:30pm and the city just seemed so big. It's only been 2 weeks but it felt pretty weird. People everywhere, the diversity, the somewhat familiar sounds and buildings, even familiar faces. It felt like I just came back from a long journey. I was walking home and I noticed some new stores, the city changes pretty quickly. I guess I've been in it to often to notice the slight changes everyday. I come home to my mommy and my room looks so weird haha. Didn't really feel like mine but I quickly settled in. Nothing's changed here much, my mom's still telling me to go to sleep early. I have driving lessons tomorrow and it's my cousin's birthday!

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Nébuleuse de la tête de singe (NGC2174), nébuleuse de la méduse (SNR G189.0+03.0) et les amas de Gémeaux (NGC2168 et NGC 2158) by Nicolas Glade

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Nébuleuse de la tête de singe (NGC2174), nébuleuse de la méduse (SNR G189.0+03.0) et les amas de gémeaux (NGC2168 et NGC 2158) - cumul de 2 sessions.

Le 26 et le 28 février je me suis attaqué à une cible assez difficile. La, ou plutôt les cibles, c'est NGC 2174, la nébuleuse de la tête de singe, SNR G189.0+03.0 (la nébuleuse de la méduse) et deux amas ouverts, NGC 2168 (l'amas Shoe-Buckle) et NGC 2158. Au départ je voulais inclure en plus sur la photo une nébuleuse supplémentaire, la nébuleuse de Lower, mais je n'ai pas réussi ce cadrage.

Le cadrage, c'est justement une des difficultés sur ces cibles. Elles sont au milieu de nulle part alors pour parvenir à cibler tout ça, ce fut coton. J'ai pu m'en sortir en bricolant une fixation sur le support flash de mon chercheur point rouge.

La deuxième difficulté, c'est que ces objets sont peu lumineux, surtout la nébuleuse de la méduse. Mais je suis content, je ne pensais pas sortir l'ensemble si bien.

Les objets visibles sur cette photo sont nombreux. Je joins ici un lien vers l'astrométrie (réalisée avec la photo sans réduction d'étoiles) qui identifie un certain nombre de ces objets ( nova.astrometry.net/annotated_full/6265365 ) :

- En premier, la tache rouge arachnéenne au milieu, c'est la nébuleuse de la méduse. Nommée SNR G189.0+03.0, c'est un rémanent de supernova distant de 6200 années lumières (AL). Rémanent de supernova signifie "reste d'une étoile qui a explosé (il y a longtemps)". Il s'agit des couches externes que l'étoile a expulsé lors de son explosion. Dans le ciel, cet objet occupe 1 fois et demi le diamètre de la pleine lune. En son centre se trouve une étoile à neutrons, non visible.

- Elle est encadrée en haut et en bas par 2 étoiles jaunes très lumineuses qui sont respectivement Tejat (231.65 AL) et Propus (349.2 AL). Ces étoiles sont visibles à l'œil nu et c'est grâce à elles que j'ai pu cibler ces nébuleuses (j'ai visé entre les deux avec mon chercheur point rouge).

- Au dessus de la nébuleuse de la méduse se trouve une vaste nébuleuse diffuse. C'est SH2-249 (Sharpless 249) une vaste nébuleuse par réflexion (elle reflète la lumière des étoiles environnantes), distante de 815 AL, donc beaucoup plus proche que le rémanent de supernova. Elle est en réalité marquée de plusieurs autres objets comme des nébuleuses sombres (LDN 1566, 1565, 1567, 1568). Dans cette nébuleuse, juste au dessus à droite de la nébuleuse de la méduse, on voit plusieurs étoiles brillantes qui sont assez éloignées, de gauche à droite la double étoile Geminorum 12 (12 Gem) distante de 5722 AL, l'étoile pulsatile variable Geminorum 11 distante de 8362 AL, l'étoile Geminorum 10 distante de 1087 AL, l'étoile Geminorum 9 distante de 8153 AL, et l'étoile Geminorum 8 distante de 474 AL, aucune de ces étoiles n'étant visible à l'œil nu.

- A droite en bas de la photo dans la hauteur on voit nettement un large amas d'étoiles. Il s'agit de l'amas ouvert Shoe-Buckle, NGC 2168. Il est distant de 2660 AL et contient une centaine d'étoiles toutes contenues dans une boule de 19.4 AL de diamètre. Cet amas est jeune : il n'a que 95 millions d'années.

- Juste en dessous se trouve une tache rosâtre. C'est un deuxième amas ouvert qui apparaît plus petit : NGC 2158. Celui-ci est plus distant (16500 AL). Il contient également une centaine d'étoiles dans un diamètre de 24.1 AL. Cet amas en revanche est bien plus âgé : il a plus d'1 milliard d'années. Comment on le sait ? Comment connait-on l'âge de ces amas ? Eh bien en particulier à partir de la composition chimique de leurs étoiles qu'on peut déterminer par spectroscopie de la lumière.

- Tout en bas, à droite, l'étoile brillante, c'est Geminorum 1 (1 Gem), une étoile de magnitude 4.15 qui est en fait un système formé de 3 étoiles, distant de 152.5 AL.

- La grosse tâche rouge-orange dans la partie basse un peu à gauche de l'image, c'est la nébuleuse du singe, NGC 2174. Cette nébuleuse en émission (le gaz chauffé par les étoiles environnantes émet de la lumière) Elle est distante d'environ 5310 AL et fait 62 AL de diamètre. Son diamètre apparent dans le ciel est un peu plus gros que celui de la pleine lune. Cette nébuleuse renferme en son sein un jeune amas ouvert, NGC 2175, âgé d'environ 9 millions d'années et dont on distingue sans peine les étoiles sur la photo.

- A droite de la nébuleuse du singe, plus vers le centre bas de la photo se trouve une petite boule rouge. Il s'agit de SH-2-247, une nébuleuse en émission distante d'environ 5500 AL.

- A gauche de la nébuleuse du singe, il y a 3 nuages moléculaires (nébuleuses en émission) d'hydrogène : de haut en bas IC 2162, distante de 4566 AL, SH 2-257 et SH 2-254 distants de 8000 AL. On distingue au centre de ces nuages les étoiles qui les ionisent.

- L'étoile brillante en haut à gauche, c'est Nucatai, à peine visible (magnitude 4.5) et distante de 544 AL.

- Tout en bas, à la verticale de Nucatai, une toute petite nébuleuse par réflexion, NGC2153 apparaît sous la forme d'une étoile. Elle est repérée sur l'astrométrie.

- Dans le reste de l'image on voit d'autres nuages moléculaires apparaissant de façon diffuse en rouge foncé. Ce sont d'autres nébuleuses comme SH2-253 sous Nucatai.

Pour la technique, j'ai utilisé mon Canon 1200D défiltré partiellement par Photomax, un objectif Samyang 135 mm f/2 ouvert @f/2.8, et un filtre L-EnHance (2 bandes : H-Beta + OIII / H-Alpha). Le tout était monté sur monture Star Adventurer et chauffé avec une résistance chauffante (la température extérieure était de -6°C).

La photo obtenue est le résultat de l'empilement de 2 sessions (avec pas exactement le même cadrage) cumulant 5h03 d'exposition.

Pour la session du 26/02/22, j'ai fait 340 photos de 40 s de pose unitaire, 1600 iso, espacées de 5 s. J'en ai conservé 294 (soit 3h27 de pose cumulée). Pour le prétraitement sous Siril j'ai utilisé 40/40/40 DOF.

Pour la session du 28/02/22 j'ai fait 188 photos de 40 s de pose unitaire, 1600 iso, espacées de 5 s. J'en ai conservé 144 (soit 1h36 de pose cumulée). Pour le prétraitement sous Siril j'ai utilisé 50/40/40 DOF.

Concernant le traitement des deux photos, j'ai directement traité en RVB sous Siril. J'ai aligné et empilé chacune des session séparément et traité le gradient des images empilées. Ensuite, j'ai alignée et empilé les résultats de chacune des sessions en une seule image. J'ai fait le post-traitement standard (filtre médian, étalonnage des couleurs, asinh, suppression du bruit vert, histogramme) sous Siril.

J'ai fait un premier post-traitement des couleurs (saturation en particulier) sous Gimp.

J'ai ensuite réalisé une version starless avec StarNetV2. J'ai ensuite appliqué un masque de calque opaque sur la version sans réduction d'étoiles et gommé doucement l'ensemble pour faire réapparaitre les étoiles ; j'ai augmenté le gommage avec un gradient pour faire ressortir les étoiles d'intérêt, les amas notamment. J'ai fusionné cette image avec la version starless pour obtenir l'image finale.

Je crois que ce coup-ci, c'est pas mal. Idéalement il faudrait 5h de plus pour faire ressortir les légers voiles rouges des nébuleuses diffuses et surtout la touche de bleu de la nébuleuse du singe et sur les bords de la nébuleuse de la méduse, couleurs que l'on commence à distinguer.

PS: il y a une bande violette à gauche. C'est moche mais ce n'est pas présent sur la photo d'origine. Je pense que c'est lié à la compression ou à l'algo d'affichage utilisé par Flickr. Dommage !

Island Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar cypriotes (Gray, 1830)) IUCN - LC by Matthew Smith

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The chukar partridge or chukar (Alectoris chukar) is a Eurasian upland gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It has been considered to form a superspecies complex along with the rock partridge, Philby's partridge and Przevalski's partridge and treated in the past as conspecific particularly with the first. This partridge has well marked black and white bars on the flanks and a black band running from the forehead across the eye and running down the head to form a necklace that encloses a white throat. The species has been introduced into many other places and feral populations have established themselves in parts of North America and New Zealand. This bird can be found in parts of Middle East.

Description:

The chukar is a rotund 32–35 cm (13–14 in) long partridge, with a light brown back, grey breast, and buff belly. The shades vary across the various populations. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks, red legs and coral red bill. Sexes are similar, the female slightly smaller in size and lacking the spur. The tail has 14 feathers, the third primary is the longest while the first is level with the fifth and sixth primaries.

It is very similar to the rock partridge (Alectoris graeca) with which it has been lumped in the past but is browner on the back and has a yellowish tinge to the foreneck. The sharply defined gorget distinguishes this species from the red-legged partridge which has the black collar breaking into dark streaks near the breast. Their song is a noisy chuck-chuck-chukar-chukar from which the name is derived. The Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara) has a reddish brown rather than black collar with a grey throat and face with a chestnut crown.

Other common names of this bird include chukker (chuker or chukor), Indian chukar and keklik.

Distribution and habitat

This partridge has its native range in Asia, including Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, along the inner ranges of the Western Himalayas to Nepal. Further west in southeastern Europe it is replaced by the red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa. It barely ranges into Africa on the Sinai Peninsula. The habitat in the native range is rocky open hillsides with grass or scattered scrub or cultivation. In Israel and Jordan it is found at low altitudes, starting at 400 m (1,300 ft) below sea level in the Dead Sea area, whereas in the more eastern areas it is mainly found at an altitude of 2,000 to 4,000 m (6,600 to 13,100 ft) except in Pakistan, where it occurs at 600 m (2,000 ft). They are not found in areas of high humidity or rainfall.

It has been introduced widely as a game bird, and feral populations have become established in the United States (Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, high desert areas of California), Canada, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand and Hawaii. Initial introductions into the US were from the nominate populations collected from Afghanistan and Nepal. It has also been introduced to New South Wales in Australia but breeding populations have not persisted and are probably extinct. A small population exists on Robben Island in South Africa since it was introduced there in 1964.

The chukar readily interbreeds with the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), and the practice of breeding and releasing captive-bred hybrids has been banned in various countries including the United Kingdom, as it is a threat to wild populations.

Systematics and taxonomy

The chukar partridge is part of a confusing group of "red-legged partridges". Several plumage variations within the widespread distribution of the chukar partridge have been described and designated as subspecies. In the past the chukar group was included with the rock partridge (also known as the Greek partridge). The species from Turkey and farther east was subsequently separated from A. graeca of Greece and Bulgaria and western Europe.

Subspecies:

There are fourteen recognized subspecies:

A. c. chukar (JE Gray, 1830) – nominate – eastern Afghanistan to eastern Nepal

A. c. cypriotes (Hartert, 1917) – island chukar – southeastern Bulgaria to southern Syria, Crete, Rhodes and Cyprus

A. c. dzungarica (Sushkin, 1927) – northwestern Mongolia to Russian Altai and eastern Tibet

A. c. falki (Hartert, 1917) – north central Afghanistan to Pamir Mountains and western China

A. c. kleini (Hartert, 1925)

A. c. koroviakovi (Zarudny, 1914) – Persian chukar – eastern Iran to Pakistan

A. c. kurdestanica (Meinertzhagen, 1923) – Kurdestan chukar – Caucasus Mountains to Iran

A. c. pallescens (Hume, 1873) – northern chukar – northeastern Afghanistan to Ladakh and western Tibet

A. c. pallida (Hume, 1873) – northwestern China

A. c. potanini (Sushkin, 1927) – western Mongolia

A. c. pubescens (Swinhoe, 1871) – inner Mongolia to northwestern Sichuan and eastern Qinghai

A. c. sinaica (Bonaparte, 1858) – northern Syrian Desert to Sinai Peninsula

A. c. subpallida (Zarudny, 1914) – Tajikistan (Kyzyl Kum and Kara Kum mountains)

A. c. werae (Zarudny and Loudon, 1904) – Iranian chukar – eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran

Population and status

Chukar partridge in the Antelope Island State Park, Utah, US

This species is relatively unaffected by hunting or loss of habitat. Its numbers are largely affected by weather patterns during the breeding season. The release of captive stock in some parts of southern Europe can threaten native populations of rock partridge and red-legged partridge with which they may hybridize.

British sportsmen in India considered the chukar as good sport although they were not considered to be particularly good in flavour. Their fast flight and ability to fly some distance after being shot made recovery of the birds difficult without retriever dogs. During cold winters, when the higher areas are covered in snow, people in Kashmir have been known to use a technique to tire the birds out to catch them.

Behaviour and ecology:

In the non-breeding season, chukar partridge are found in small coveys of 10 or more (up to 50) birds. In summer, chukars form pairs to breed. During this time, the cocks are very pugnacious calling and fighting. During winter they descend into the valleys and feed in fields. They call frequently during the day and especially in the mornings and evenings. The call is loud and includes loud repeated "Chuck" notes and sometimes duetting "Chuker" notes. Several calls varying with context have been noted. The commonest call is a "rallying call" which when played back elicits a response from birds and has been used in surveys, although the method is not very reliable. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance often down a slope on rounded wings, calling immediately after alighting. In Utah, birds were found to forage in an area of about 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi). and travel up to 4.8 km (3.0 mi) to obtain water during the dry season. The home range was found to be even smaller in Idaho.

The breeding season is summer. Males perform tidbitting displays, a form of courtship feeding where the male pecks at food and a female may visit to peck in response. The males may chase females with head lowered, wing lowered and neck fluffed. The male may also performs a high step stiff walk while making a special call. The female may then crouch in acceptance and the male mounts to copulate, while grasping the nape of the female. Males are monogamous. The nest is a scantily lined ground scrape, though occasionally a compact pad is created with a depression in the center. Generally, the nests are sheltered by ferns and small bushes, or placed in a dip or rocky hillside under an overhanging rock. About 7 to 14 eggs are laid. The eggs hatch in about 23–25 days. In captivity they can lay an egg each day during the breeding season if eggs are collected daily. Chicks join their parents in foraging and will soon join the chicks of other members of the covey.

As young chukars grow, and before flying for the first time, they utilize wing-assisted incline running as a transition to adult flight. This behaviour is found in several bird species, but has been extensively studied in chukar chicks, as a model to explain the evolution of avian flight.

Chukar will take a wide variety of seeds and some insects as food. It also ingests grit.[25] In Kashmir, the seeds of a species of Eragrostis was particularly dominant in their diet[35] while those in the US favoured Bromus tectorum.[6] Birds feeding on succulent vegetation make up for their water needs but visit open water in summer.[36]

Chukar roost on rocky slopes or under shrubs. In winter, birds in the US selected protected niches or caves. A group may roost in a tight circle with their heads pointed outwards to conserve heat and keep a look out for predators.[6]

Chukar are sometimes preyed on by golden eagles.[37]

Birds in captivity can die from mycoplasma infection and outbreaks of other diseases such as Erysipelas.[38][39][40]

In culture

A chukar in a 17th-century Persian encyclopedia:

The chukar is the National bird of Iraq[41] and of Pakistan, where its name is derived from chakor in Sanskrit. Literary mentions of it in the northern areas of the Indian subcontinent date back to the Rig Veda (c. 1700 BC).[42] In North Indian and Pakistani culture, as well as in Indian mythology, the chukar sometimes symbolizes intense, and often unrequited, love.[43][44] It is said to be in love with the moon and to gaze at it constantly.[45] Because of their pugnacious behaviour during the breeding season they are kept in some areas as fighting birds.[8][20]

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Orion's Double Nebula by Richard Orr

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In the eyepiece the Double Nebula really appears double. Double Nebula East (Sharpless 255 = IC 2162) is the brightest of the two, but Double Nebula West (Sharpless 257) is only slightly dimmer. The much larger but dimmer Sharpless 254 is to the northwest of Double Nebula West while the tiny Sharpless 256 is nearly touching Double Nebula West to the southwest. The most difficult to see was the diminutive and dim Sharpless 258 located to the southeast of Double Nebula East.

Note – the abbreviation for Sharpless objects is “Sh 2”, so Sharpless 255 = Sh 2-255 in the drawing. Also, in the telescope using a diagonal the resulting image is mirror reverse, so that is the reason that west is to the left and east is to the right in the image/drawing.

NSW State Junior Championships 2023, Day 2 (254) by G.Griffis

Day 2 Of The New South Wales State Junior Track and Field Championships 2023.

Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, Homebush.

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CP 2-254 at Desjardins 👸 by 👸👑💎🌙☀️💝⭐️

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A few minutes after that, I saw CP 254 with BNSF 5943 about to enter the CTC in Hamilton. The train continues its Snarkles like speed as it goes under the Desjardins Canal railway bridge at M.P. 60.1 and is about five miles from Kinnear.

The Old Court House, Warwick by carolyngifford

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A court house, also used for corporation meetings, had been on the site since the 16th century and actually survived the fire, but the Fire Commissioners had a grander building in mind. As a result, this was started in 1724 by Francis Smith and funded by him and his fellow aldermen to the tune of £2,254, which left the corporation badly in debt and the court house unable to be used until 1761. Warwick was also the location of the Crown Court, in Northgate Street, another wonderful 18th-century building with a court in the round, closed since the opening of the Southern Justice Centre in Leamington.

Potain MDT 268 J10 by Alexandre Prevot

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Construction d'un ensemble immobilier composé de deux immeubles de bureaux. L'immeuble Le Centralia va accueillir le siège de Metz Métropole.

Pays : France 🇫🇷

Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)

Département : Moselle (57)

Ville : Metz (57000)

Quartier : Amphithéâtre

Adresse : rue aux Arènes

Fonction : Bureaux / Administration

Construction : 2018 → 2020

• Architecte : ARTECH - Architectes

• Gros œuvre : Demathieu & Bard Construction

PC n° 57 463 14 X0027 délivré le 04 décembre 2014 (Le Centralia)

PC modificatif n° 57 463 14 X0027 M01 délivré le 13 octobre 2015

PC n° 57 463 15 X0046 délivré le 22 septembre 2015 (immeuble de bureaux)

Niveaux Le Centralia : R+7

Niveaux immeuble de bureaux : R+7

Hauteur Le Centralia : 31.67 m

Hauteur immeuble de bureaux : 29.52 m

Surface de plancher Le Centralia : 9 872 m²

Surface de plancher immeuble de bureaux : 3 336 m²

Superficie du terrain Le Centralia : 2 254 m²

Superficie du terrain immeuble de bureaux : 2 768 m²

Miscanthus sinensis by Hiro.Morison (Tokyo, JAPAN.)

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ススキ

Miscanthus sinensis Andersson, 1855

This name is accepted. 10/22, 2021.

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Family: Poaceae (APG IV)

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Authors:

Nils Johan Andersson

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Published In:

Öfversigt af Förhandlingar: Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien 12: 166. 1855. (post 14 Mar 1855) (Öfvers. Förh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad.)

Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Type-Protolog:

Locality:China: ??: Cap Syng-Moon, 1837

Collector and Number:F.J.F. Meyen s.n.

Institutions(s):HT: B

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Distribution:China to Malesia, Russian Far East to Temp. E. Asia

(10) grb (11) aut cze ger (13) ita (20) egy 31 KHA KUR PRM SAK (33) tcs (34) tur 36 CHC CHH CHM CHN CHS 38 JAP KOR KZN NNS OGA TAI 41 LAO SCS THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MOL PHI (51) nzn nzs (62) mrs (72) ont (73) col (74) ill mso (75) cnt mas mic nwj nwy ohi pen rho wva (76) cal (78) ala ark del fla geo kty lou mry msi nca sca ten vrg wdc (79) mxt (81) cub pue (84) bzc bzl bzs (85) clc uru

Lifeform:Hemicr. or rhizome geophyte

Original Compiler:W.D.Clayton, R.Govaerts, K.T.Harman, H.Williamson & M.Vorontsova

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Heterotypic Synonyms:

Saccharum japonicum Thunb., Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 328 (1794).

Erianthus japonicus (Thunb.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 14 (1812).

Ripidium japonicum (Thunb.) Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 169 (1820).

Eulalia japonica (Thunb.) Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 333 (1832).

Miscanthus purpurascens Andersson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 167 (1855).

Saccharum roseum Reinw. ex Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 518 (1857), nom. nud.

Eulalia zebrina Van Geert, Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 76: 25 (1878).

Eulalia japonica zebrina (Van Geert) Van Houtte, Nursery Cat. (Louis van Houtte) 177: 125 (1878-1879 publ. 1878).

Eulalia japonica var. zebrina (Van Geert) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard.: 538 (1888).

Miscanthus chrysander Ôkubo, Cat. Pl. Bot. Gard. Univ. Tokyo: 3 (1895), nom. nud.

Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens (Andersson) Matsum., Shokubutsu Mai-i, ed. 2: 189 (1895).

Miscanthus sinensis var. zebrinus (Van Geert) Matsum., Index Seminum (TI, Tokyo) 1895: 3 (1895).

Miscanthus sinensis var. variegatus Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 25 (1896).

Miscanthus condensatus Hack., Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 639 (1899).

Miscanthus sinensis var. gracillimus Hitchc. in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1021 (1901).

Miscanthus coreensis Hack., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 531 (1904).

Miscanthus sinensis var. formosanus Hack., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 526 (1904).

Miscanthus sinensis var. intermedius Matsum., Index Pl. Jap. 2(1): 66 (1905), nom. nud.

Xiphagrostis japonica (Thunb.) Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 400 (1905).

Xiphagrostis japonicus (Trin.) Coville, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 400 (1905).

Xiphagrostis condensatus (Hack.) W.Wight, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 137: 17 (1909).

Miscanthus transmorrisonensis Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 404 (1911).

Miscanthus zebrinus (Van Geert) Nakai ex Matsum., Shokubutsu Mai-i 2: 254 (1916).

Miscanthus ionandros Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 13 (1917).

Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus (Hack.) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 14 (1917).

Miscanthus sinensis forma decompositus Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 (1917).

Miscanthus sinensis forma glaber Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 17 (1917), nom. nud.

Miscanthus sinensis forma purpurascens (Andersson) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 (1917).

Miscanthus sinensis forma transiticus Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 16 (1917).

Miscanthus sinensis forma variegatus (Beal) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 15 (1917).

Miscanthus sinensis forma zebrinus (Van Geert) Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 15 (1917).

Miscanthus sinensis var. coriaceus T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 46 (1922), nom. nud.

Miscanthus sinensis var. transiticus (Nakai) T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 46 (1922).

Miscanthus flavidus Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 113 (1923).

Miscanthus matsudae Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 37: 114 (1923).

Miscanthus matsudae var. glabrescens Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 131 (1925).

Miscanthus boninensis Nakai ex Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 130 (1928).

Miscanthus kanehirae Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 132 (1928).

Miscanthus nakaianus Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 130 (1928).

Miscanthus pycnocephalus Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 131 (1928).

Miscanthus pycnocephalus var. purpurascens Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 132 (1928).

Eulalia japonica var. gracillima (Hitchc.) Grier, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 331 (1929).

Miscanthus sinensis var. yogoi Honda ex Yogo, Shuso-gun Hakubutsu Shi 1: t. 3 (1929).

Miscanthus hidakanus Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 379 (1930).

Miscanthus kokusanensis Nakai et Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930).

Miscanthus kokusanensis forma variegatus Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930).

Miscanthus littoralis Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 388 (1930).

Miscanthus sinensis var. decompositus (Nakai) Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 384 (1930).

Miscanthus neocoreanus Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 694 (1935).

Miscanthus miser Nakai ex Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 517 (1938).

Miscanthus sinensis forma crassiracemus Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 150 (1942).

Miscanthus sinensis forma gracillimus (Hitchc.) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 (1942).

Miscanthus sinensis forma hashimotoi Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 150 (1942).

Miscanthus sinensis forma porphyrocomus Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 (1942).

Miscanthus sinensis forma pycnocephalus (Honda) Ohwi, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 149 (1942).

Miscanthus kokusanensis var. variegatus (Honda) Nakai et Honda, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 140 (1952).

Miscanthus sinensis var. nakaianus (Honda) I.C.Chung, J. Washington Acad. Sci. 45: 215 (1955).

Miscanthus sinensis var. ionandros (Nakai) Y.N.Lee, J. Jap. Bot. 39: 293 (1964).

Miscanthus sinensis var. keumunensis Y.N.Lee, J. Jap. Bot. 39: 119 (1964).

Miscanthus chejuensis Y.N.Lee, Korean J. Bot. 17: 85 (1974).

Miscanthus sinensis subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 693 (1976).

Miscanthus sinensis subsp. condensatus (Hack.) T.Koyama, Grass. Japan: 518 (1987).

Miscanthus sinensis var. chejuensis (Y.N.Lee) Y.N.Lee, Fl. Korea: 1164 (1996).

Miscanthus sinensis var. albiflorus Y.N.Lee, Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 2: 23 (2002).

Miscanthus condensatus var. purpurascens Y.N.Lee, Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 19 (2006).

Miscanthus sinensis var. viridis Y.N.Lee, Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 16 (2006).

Miscanthus condensatus forma purpurascens (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl.: 565 (2017).

Miscanthus sinensis forma albiflorus (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl.: 566 (2017).

Miscanthus sinensis forma chejuensis (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl.: 566 (2017).

Miscanthus sinensis forma viridis (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl.: 566 (2017).

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This name is Accepted by:

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Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.

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Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.

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Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

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Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

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Serviss, B.E., Peck, J.H. & Graves, T.A. (2014). The first naturalised occurance of the Cannaceae family in the Arkansas (U.S.A.) flora, with additional new and noteworthy Angiosperm records from the state. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 637-639.

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Duranta erecta by Hiro.Morison (Tokyo, JAPAN.)

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デュランタ・エレクタ

(タイワンレンギョウ)

Duranta erecta L., 1753

This name is accepted. 10/10, 2021.

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Family: Verbenaceae (APG IV)

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Authors:

Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778)

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Published In:

Species Plantarum 2: 637. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Type-Protolog

Locality:Habitat in America

Type Specimens:

LT: Plumier, Pl. Amer. 4: 40, t. 79 (1756). LT designated by Caro (1956).

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Synonyms:

Duranta angustifolia Salisb., Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium 108. 1796. (Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton)

Duranta dentata Rich.Herb. ex Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2(1): 142 (1806).

Duranta ellisiae Jacq.

Duranta erecta var. alba (Mast.) Caro, Revista Argentina de Agronomía 23(1): 11. 1956. (Revista Argent. Agron.)

Duranta erecta var. erecta

Duranta erecta var. grandiflora (Moldenke) Caro, Revista Argent. Agron. 23: 10 (1956).

Duranta inermis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 637 (1753).

Duranta integrifolia Tod., Nuov. Gen. Sp. 27 (1860).

Duranta latifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 108 (1796).

Duranta macrodonta Moldenke, Phytologia 2: 16 (1941).

Duranta microphylla Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3 (Cat. Pl. Horti Paris.) 392 (1829).

Duranta microphylla Willd., Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 43 (1814).

Duranta plumieri Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 26 (1760).

Duranta plumieri forma variegata F.M.Bailey, Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl. (1913).

Duranta plumieri var. alba Mast., Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 3: 44 (-45) (1888).

Duranta plumieri var. ellisia (Jacq.) Woodrow, Gardening in India (ed. 5) 420. 1889. (Gard. India)

Duranta plumieri var. ellisia F.M.Bailey, The Weeds and Suspected Poisonous Plants of Queensland (1906).

Duranta plumieri var. glabra Hieron. ex Niederl., Boletin Mensual del Museo de Productos Argentinos 3(31): 322. 1890. (Bol. Mens. Mus. Prod. Argent.)

Duranta plumieri var. normalis F.M.Bailey, Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl. (1913).

Duranta plumieri var. strigillosa Schauer, Fl. Bras. (Martius) 9: 271 (1851).

Duranta racemosa Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 2 (1768).

Duranta repens L., Sp. Pl. 2: 637 (1753).

Duranta repens forma acuminata Kuntze

Duranta repens forma acuta (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens forma alba (Mast.) Matuda

Duranta repens forma alba (Masters) Moldenke, Phytologia 41(7): 449 (1979).

Duranta repens forma canescens (Moldenke) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma glabrifolia Kuntze

Duranta repens forma grandiflora (Moldenke) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma integrifolia (Tod.) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma microphylla (Desf.) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma obtusifolia (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens forma serrata (Moldenke) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma variegata (F.M.Bailey) Domin

Duranta repens forma variegata (L.H.Bailey) Moldenke, Phytologia 44: 328 (1979).

Duranta repens forma vestita Kuntze

Duranta repens var. alba Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89: 553 (1928).

Duranta repens var. canescens Moldenke, Phytologia 1: 436 (1940).

Duranta repens var. ellisia (Bailey) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89: 553 (1928).

Duranta repens var. ellisia (Jacq.) R.R.Fernandez, Trees of Mumbai (Bombay) 209 (1999): (1999).

Duranta repens var. grandiflora Moldenke, Phytologia 2: 17 (1941).

Duranta repens var. lopez-palacii Moldenke, Phytologia 26: 177 (1973).

Duranta repens var. microphylla (Desf.) Moldenke, Phytologia 1: 483 (1941).

Duranta repens var. multidentata Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens var. mutisii (L.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens var. paucidentata Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 507 (1891).

Duranta repens var. serrata Moldenke, Phytologia 7: 81 (1959).

Duranta repens var. variegata L.H.Bailey, Man. Cult. Pl. 632 (1924).

Duranta spinosa Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 3 (1768).

Duranta turbinata Tod., Nuov. Gen. Sp. 28. (1860).

Duranta xalapensis Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 254 (1818).

Ellisia acuta L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1121 (1759).