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IndiaSikkimRutaceaePlants

13 Jul 2023

Winged Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum armatum)

Elevation: 2775 meters. Native range is Indian Subcontinent to Temperate East Asia and Malesia

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SocotraUVRutaceaeFlowersPlants

13 Feb 2015

Fringed Rue (Ruta chalepensis) UV

No special patterns appear in UV for this flower!

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SocotraFlowersRutaceaePlants

13 Feb 2015

Fringed Rue (Ruta chalepensis)

I only found this species in one specific location on Skand (or Skand) - the highest point on all of Socotra - and was grateful it was in bloom.

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SocotraLeavesRutaceaePlants

13 Feb 2015

Fringed Rue (Ruta chalepensis)

I only found this species in one specific location on Skand (or Skand) - the highest point on all of Socotra. Elevation: 1480 meters.

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SocotraFruitRutaceaePlants

13 Feb 2015

Thamnosma socotrana

A most peculiar plant! I only found this plant with fresh flowers, but unfortunately not with open flowers yet. I found it in very steep terrain close to the…

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SocotraFlowersRutaceaePlants

13 Feb 2015

Thamnosma socotrana

A most peculiar plant! I only found this plant with fresh flowers, but unfortunately not with open flowers yet. I found it in very steep terrain close to the…

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SocotraLeavesRutaceaePlants

13 Feb 2015

Thamnosma socotrana

A most peculiar plant! I only found this plant with fresh flowers, but unfortunately not with open flowers yet. I found it in very steep terrain close to the…

by morten

Amazon rainforestPeruAmazon Research and Conservation CenterMammalsMustelidae

11 Dec 2014

Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC) I visited this oxbow lake where a tiny family of giant otters have managed to…

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PantanalPorto JofreBrazilMammalsMustelidae

28 Nov 2014

Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

For a long time I've wanted to see these giants up close, and Pantanal is perhaps the best place to see them. This is the first group I encountered, as they…

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SkogbygdaVikenNorwaySommerfuglerInsekterNymfevinger

31 Jul 2014

Keiserkåpe (Argynnis paphia)

Rundt Sjølitjernet og elven vokser det mye Blåknapp (Succisa pratensis) og med det har man en møteplass for de lokale sommerfuglene, deriblant den vakre…

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