PART B ; Grouping and naming oraganisms
Reptiles :
Name : Chameleon
Family : Chameleonidae
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Chordat
Class : Reptilia
Chameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a prehensile tail, crests or horns on their distinctively shaped heads, and the ability of some to change color. Uniquely adapted for climbing and visual hunting, the approximately 160 species of chameleon range from Africa , Madagascar , Spain and Portugal , across south Asia , to Sri Lanka , have been introduced to Hawaii , California and Florida , and are found in warm habitats that vary from rain forest to desert conditions.
Fungi :
Name : Cantharellus Friesii
Kingdom : Fungi
Phylum : Basidiomycota
Class : Aagaricomycetes
Genus : Cantharellus
Cantharellus friesii , the orange or velvet chanterelle, is a fungus native to Asia and Europe. The cap color varies from deep yellow to reddish orange and is 2-4 cm wide. It occurs in beech , fir and spurce forests. C. friesii is considered a good edible mushroom, but because of its rarity, it deserves protection
Fruits :
Name : Pong Pong
Family : Apocynaceae
Kingdom : Plantae
Genus : Cerbera
Cerbera odollam , commonly known as the Suicide tree , Pong-pong , and Othalanga
, is a species of tree native to India and other parts of Southern Asia. It grows preferentially in coasta salt swamps and in marshy areas. It grows wild along the coast in many parts of Kerala , India and has been grown as a hedge between home compounds. It yields a potent poison, often used for suicide or murder.
Plants :
Name : Four-leave clover
Scientific name : Wood-sorrel Oxalis Tetraphylla
The four-leaf clover is an uncommon variation of the common, three-leaved clover. According to tradition, such leaves bring good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally. According to legend, each leaf represents something: the first is for faith , the second is for hope , the third is for love , and the fourth is for luck.
Name : Bird's-nest ferns
Scientific name : Asplenium nidus
Genus : Asplenium
Bird's-nest ferns is a common name applied to several related species of ferns in the genus
Asplenium. They grow in a tight, nest-like clump with a lingulate leaf rosette and are usually epiphytic , growing in trees. Bird's-nest Fern may also be seen growing on rocks and they will grow in the ground, too.
Name : Flame of the forest
Family : Fabaceae
Kingdom : Plantae
Genus : Butea
It is a medium sized dry season-deciduous tree , growing to 15 m tall. It is a slow growing tree, young trees have a growth rate of a few feet per year. The leaves are pinnate, with an 8–16 cm petiole and three leaflets, each leaflet 10–20 cm long. The flowers are 2.5 cm long, bright orange-red, and produced in racemes up to 15 cm long. The fruit is a pod 15–20 cm long and 4–5 cm broad.
Insects :
Name : Pupa
The pupae of different groups of insects have different names such as chrysalis in the Lepidoptera and tumbler in mosquitoes. Pupae may further be
enclosed in other structures such as cocoons , nests or shells.
Some pupae remain inside the exoskeleton of the final larval instar and receive the name of puparium (plural, puparia); the flies of the families Stratiomyidae, Syrphidae nd others have puparia
