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from The Century Dictionary.
- In Lamarck's classification (1801-12), one of two orders of Cirripedia, distinguished from
Sessilia ; the pedunculate as distinguished from the sessile cirripeds. They have six pairs of biramous feet, and are such as the Lepadidæ and Pollicipedidæ. - An order of brachiopods, comprising all having shells attached by a peduncle (Lingula, Terebratula, etc.): contrasted with the Sessilia (Orbicula, Crania, etc.).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles.
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Associated broadleaf species are the willow-like Chosenia arbutifolia, aspen Populus tremula, birches Betula pendula, and B. alba, Siberian rowan Sorbus sibirica, Siberian almond Amygdalys pedunculata, bird cherry Prunus asiatica, Siberian apricot P. sibirica with an understorey of honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum and currants Ribes rubrum, R. nigrum.
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The semi-desert (desert steppe) which covers most of the Great Lakes Basin has three major plant communities: the Oxytropis aciphylla - Caragana leucophloea, the Artemisia rutifolia - Caragana leucophloea, and the Amygdalus pedunculata - Caragana lecucophloea community.
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Thus Quercus robur has twenty-eight varieties, all of which, excepting six, are clustered round three sub-species, namely, Q. pedunculata, sessiliflora, and pubescens.
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_ Many forms represented by two types, probably good species, _Q. pedunculata_ (with stalked acorns) and _Q. sessiliflora_ (with stalkless acorns).
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Perty, Eichwald; _V. grandis_ Perty; _V. pedunculata_ Eichwald; _Cothurnia crystallina_
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Jacques had sown a large lot of elms, [615] _Ulmus pedunculata_.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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_Cephalotaxus pedunculata fastigiata_, and more commonly known under its old name of _Podocarpus koraiana_.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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Weeping varieties of ashes were found wild in England and in Germany, and broom-like oaks, _Quercus pedunculata fastigiata_, are recorded from Hessen-Darmstadt, Calabria, the Pyrenees and other localities.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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In the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, east of the 101 FWY, off Potrero Rd., head to Rancho Sierra Vista, and look for Dodecatheon clevelandii (shooting star), Castilleja affinis (Indian paintbrush), and Viola pedunculata (Johnny jump-up).
LAist 2009
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In the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, east of the 101 FWY, off Potrero Rd., head to Rancho Sierra Vista, and look for Dodecatheon clevelandii (shooting star), Castilleja affinis (Indian paintbrush), and Viola pedunculata (Johnny jump-up).
LAist 2009
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