Taxonomy and Naming
Parts of a specimens classification that is used in its scientific name.
The Promerops Cafer (Cape Sugarbird) uses this method of movement
What is flying?
Fungi specimens in Cape Town, South Africa have this shared structure
What are caps and stems?
Although the Heleophryne Rosei (Table Mountain Ghost Frog) and the Promerops Cafer (Cape Sugarbird) get their food from different sources, they are both considered...
What is a heterotroph?
This is the scientific name for the Cape Rain frog
What is Breviceps Gibbosus?
This is the movement method for the Heleophryne Rosei (Table Mountain Ghost Frog)
What is hopping?
Although the Heleophryne Rosei and the Breviceps Gibbosus are both frogs, they differ in this structural characteristic
What is webbed feet?
The Imleria Badia (Bay Bolete) is saprotrophic, meaning it consumes nutrition by...
What is intaking dead or decaying matter?
This specimens common name involves the word bolete, but technically it's genus classification is not 'boletus'
What is a Bay Bolete? - Imleria Badia
The 4 movement characteristics within these species
What is flying, hopping, non-motile, and non-motile (except for spores)
This is one of the main differentiating feature between the Protea Cynaroides (King Protea) and the Disa Uniflora (Red Disa)
What is the ratio between the pistil and petals?
The plantae specimens share the trait of being autotrophs, meaning they have this specific method of nutrition
What is photosynthesis?
The genus classification for both the Peninsula Conebush and the Cape Silver Tree
What is a Leucadendron?
Specimens from the fungi kingdom are considered non-motile except for their...
What are spores?
This specimen has a structure with feathers and a beak, use the scientific name
What is the Promerops Cafer?
This is the nutrition method for the Boletus Edulis (King Bolete) and Lactarius Deliciosus (Saffron Milkcap)
What is Mycorrhizal? - absorbing nutrients through root epidermis