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Canary Islands. Serinus canaria (Atlantic canary) and Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island date palm) Animal and plant symbol of each of the islands: Island. Natural symbols. Image. El Hierro. Gallotia simonyi machadoi (El Hierro giant lizard) and Juniperus phoenicea (Sabina) La Gomera.
Codes. The table is arranged in the systematic order used in the WGSRPD. The levels used in the scheme are: Nine botanical continents; the code consists of a single digit; Regions – each botanical continent is divided into between two and ten sub-continental regions; a two-digit code is used for regions, in which the first digit is the continent
The flora of the Falkland Islands comprises 178 native species (marked * in the list below), 219 non-native species ('†') and 6 of uncertain status. Thirteen species (marked in bold) are endemic to the islands, and two – Gamochaeta malvinensis and Polystichum mohrioides – are near-endemics, being also found on other nearby islands.
The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants ( ICNCP) is a guide to the rules and regulations for naming cultigens, plants whose origin or selection is primarily due to intentional human activity. [1] It is also known as Cultivated Plant Code. Cultigens under the purview of the ICNCP include cultivars, Groups ( cultivar groups ...
In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Whitney Houston scored seven consecutive number-one singles during the 1980s, becoming the only artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat. During the 1980s, George Michael scored four number-one singles as a solo artist ...
See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes. British Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands (British) . Burma – See Myanmar . Cape Verde – See Cabo Verde . Caribbean Netherlands – See Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba . China, The Republic of – See Taiwan (Province of China) . Democratic People's Republic of Korea – See Korea ...
Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines —these countries consist of thousands of islands. Others consist of a single island, such as Barbados, Dominica, and Nauru; a main island and some smaller islands, such as Cuba, Iceland, and Sri Lanka; a part of an island, such as ...
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts in each family account.