Acra or ACRA may refer to Acra fortress , a fortified compound in Jerusalem of the 2nd century BC Ptolemaic Acra or Ptolemaic Baris, a citadel maintained by Ptolemaic Egypt during its rule of Jerusalem in the 3rd century BC Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore All Channel Receiver Act Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association Association of Canadian Radio Artists, predecessor of ACTRA Australian Commercial Radio Awards Australian Cultivar Registration Authority See also Accra , capital city of Ghana Acre, Israel , a city in northern Israel disambig it Acra ... more details
Reem Acra is an internationally known Lebanon Lebanese fashion design er. She studied in Paris, as well as New York. She is known for her Wedding dress bridal designs . Her designs are sold in famous clothing boutiques such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus . She has been on several popular magazines including In Style , Town & Country magazine Town & Country , Vogue magazine Vogue , Women s Wear Daily , Sayidaty English and W magazine W . Her fine evening gowns are also sold all over the world. The Reem Acra flagship store is located at 730 Fifth Avenue in New York City . Early life Born in Lebanon, ref cite news title Where Middle East Meets West url http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2005 05 12 AR2005051201702.html work The Washington Post first Robin last Givhan date 2005 05 13 accessdate 2010 05 22 ref Reem was introduced to the intricate world of art by her grandmother, who had a skilled hand for creating handmade artificial flower silk flowers . According to her biography , Reem Acra studied design in both Paris and New York at the Esmod Ecole de Mode of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology . Citation needed date January 2012 Career After her studies and practical design experience, she returned to New York where her atelier quickly gained international recognition. Her collections are carried in more than 100 of the most exclusive retailers ... Manhattan boutique . As a wedding gown designer, Reem Acra began her career as an embroidery artist ... business . Wedding gown designer, Reem Acra is recognized for her signature use of embroidery . Acra ... http www.reemacra.com Official site fashiondesigner id reem acra http www.lasplash.com publish cat index Style and Fashion Reem Acra Spring 2008 Collection.php http www.bridalandformalinc.com designersGallery.asp?id 52&sort Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Acra, Reem ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Acra, Reem Category Lebanese emigrants to the United States Category American people of Lebanese ... more details
Italic title Taxobox name Turbonilla acra image Turbonilla acra 001.png image caption Drawing of a gastropod shell shell of Turbonilla acra regnum Animal ia phylum Mollusca classis Gastropoda unranked superfamilia clade Heterobranchia br clade Euthyneura br clade Panpulmonata superfamilia Pyramidelloidea familia Pyramidellidae subfamilia Turbonillinae genus Turbonilla subgenus species T. acra binomial Turbonilla acra binomial authority Dall & Bartsch, 1909 ref name Dall synonyms ref synonyms Turbonilla acra is a species of sea snail , a marine ocean marine gastropod mollusk in the family biology family Pyramidellidae , the pyrams and their allies. ref name WoRMS Rosenberg, G. 2011 . Turbonilla acra Dall & Bartsch, 1909. Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http www.marinespecies.org aphia.php?p taxdetails&id 581297 on 2012 03 01 ref ref Turgeon, D. Quinn, J.F. Bogan, A.E. Coan, E.V. Hochberg, F.G. Lyons, W.G. Mikkelsen, P.M. Neves, R.J. Roper, C.F.E. Rosenberg, G. Roth, B. Scheltema, A. Thompson, F.G. Vecchione, M. Williams, J.D. 1998 . Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society Bethesda, MD USA . ISBN 1 888569 01 8. IX, 526 cd rom pp. ref Description The milk white shell is very long and slender.Its length measures 10 mm. The whorls of the protoconch are decollated. The 17 Whorl mollusc whorl s of the teleoconch are situated high between the Suture anatomy suture s, varying in outline, the first to eleventh being flattened, almost cylindric, with very strongly shouldered summits the rest moderately well rounded, with less strongly shouldered summits. The axial ribs are very strong on the first 11 whorls, less so and more rounded on the remaining. There are about 14 upon each of the first eleven turns, 22 upon the twelfth, 20 upon the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth, and about 30 much enfeebled and irregular ... more details
other uses Acra disambiguation Infobox ancient site name The Acra alternate name or A image Temple ... Mount and excavated remains of a building tentatively identified as part of the Acra. map type ... Mazar condition Ruined public access Yes The Acra or Akra , lang he or , lang el lang .... The exact location of the Acra, critical to understanding Hellenistic Jerusalem, remains a matter ... to the Acra s possible position. During Benjamin Mazar s 1968 and 1978 excavations adjacent to the south wall of the Mount, features were uncovered which may have been connected with the Acra, including barrack like rooms and a huge cistern . The ancient Greek term acra was used to describe other fortified structures during the Hellenistic period. The Acra is often called the Seleucid Acra to distinguish it from references to the Ptolemaic Baris as an acra and from the later quarter in Jerusalem which inherited the name Acra. History Background Following Alexander the Great s death in 323 ... with a great and strong wall, and with strong towers, and made it a fortress Greek Acra for them ... 1 Maccabees 1 35 38 ref The name Acra derived from the Greek acropolis and signified a lofty fortified ... Jerusalem and reconsecrated the Temple. Although the surrounding city had fallen, the Acra and its ... his siege of the Acra and face Antiochus in battle. In the subsequent Battle of Beth Zechariah ... 47 ref Spared from capitulation, the Acra persisted as a Seleucid stronghold for 20 more years during ... a barrier to cut off the Acra s supply line. ref name deque Jonathan had already assembled the manpower ..., who besieged and finally captured the Acra in 141 BCE. ref Mazar1975 B. Mazar 1975 , pp. 70 71, 216. ref Two sources provide information about the ultimate fate of the Acra, although their accounts are contradictory in places. According to Josephus, Simon razed the Acra after ousting its ... Greek Acra , and he and his men dwelt there. 1 Maccabees 13 52. ref http www.livius.org maa mam ... more details
125px Australian Cultivar Registration Authority ACRA , 1985 Seedling of Callistemon viminalis Burgundy Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1967 Seedling of Callistemon Reeves Pink Candle Glow Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1985 Seedling of Callistemon pallidus , also known as Austraflora Candle Glow Cane s Hybrid ... 125px Cinderella Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1981 Garden origin, 1966 Country Sprite Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1990 Seedling of Glasshouse Country Dawson River Weeper File Callistemon viminalis DawsonRiver1.jpg 125px ACRA, 1984 Form of Callistemon viminalis from Dawson River area, Queensland Demesne Rowena Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1982 Cross of two Callistemon citrinus cultivars Splendens and White ... Callistemon Firebrand .jpg 125px ACRA, 1979 Originally registered as Austraflora Firebrand , seedling of unknown origin first planted in 1973 Glasshouse Country Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1985 Cross between Callistemon sp. Tinaroo and Callistemon salignus Glasshouse Gem Image empty.png 125px ACRA ... Ray Image empty.png 125px Hannah s Child Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1992 Cross between Hannah Ray and Kings Park Special selected in 1987 Harkness File Callistemon Harkness .jpg 125px ACRA, 1974 Also ... Callistemoncitrinus jeffersii.jpg 125px Kempsey Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1987 Seedling of Maffra Pastel Pink Kings Park Special File Callistemon Kings Park Special .jpg 125px ACRA, 1980 Seedling ... Image empty.png 125px IP Australia PBR , 2005 Mauve Mist Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1967 Seedling of Reeves Pink Moonbeam see White Anzac Ngungun Red Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1988 Also known as Ngun ... Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1980 Seedling from Callistemon subulatus Perth Pink Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1993 Seedling selection of Callistemon salignus c. 1960 Pink Sensation Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1991 Seedling of Glasshouse Gem Prolific Image empty.png 125px ACRA, ? Form of Callistemon viminalis from Dalby, Queensland Red Reika Image empty.png 125px ACRA, 1984 Seedling selection ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority nativename a logo Acra logo.jpg logo caption Logo of the ACRA logo width 134 seal seal width seal caption headquarters 10 Anson Road 05 01 15 International Plaza Singapore 079903 coord 1.275918 103.845971 display inline formed Start date 2004 04 01 preceding1 Registry of Companies and Businesses RCB , Public Accountants Board PAB dissolved superseding jurisdiction Government of Singapore chief1 name Lim Soo Hoon Ms chief1 position Chairman chief2 name Juthika Ramanathan Ms chief2 position Chief Executive parent agency Ministry of Finance Singapore child1 agency child2 agency website url www.acra.gov.sg footnotes The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Abbreviation ACRA zh c lang ms Penguasa Pengawalan Perakaunan dan Korporat lang ta , is a Statutory boards of the Singapore Government statutory board under the Ministry of Finance Singapore Ministry of Finance of the Singapore Government . ACRA is the national regulator of business entities and public accountants in Singapore . ACRA also plays the role of a facilitator for the development of business entities and the public accountancy profession. Overview The mission of ACRA is to provide a responsive and trusted regulatory environment for businesses and public accountants. ACRA s role is to achieve synergies between the monitoring of corporate compliance with disclosure requirements and regulation of public accountants performing statutory audit. History ACRA was formed as a statutory board on 1 April 2004, following the merger of the then Registry of Companies and Businesses RCB , and the Public Accountants Board PAB . References reflist External links http www.bizfile.gov.sg BizFile ACRA s one stop business services portal http www.mof.gov.sg Ministry of Finance http www.gov.sg Singapore Government Government of Singapore Category Organisations of the Singapore Government Category ... more details
Image ACRA logo.png thumb right The ACRA logo The Australian Cultivar Registration Authority ACRA is the International Cultivar Registration Authority ICRA for Australian plant genera, excluding those genera or groups for which other ICRAs have been appointed. ref http www.ishs.org sci icralist 16.htm ref It is a committee of representatives of each Australian states and territories state s botanical garden botanic gardens , the Society for Growing Australian Plants , and the Nursery Industry Association of Australia . ref name acra cite web url http www.anbg.gov.au acra index.html title Australian Cultivar Registration Authority accessdate 2011 02 03 ref Founded in 1963, it is responsible for the registration and publication of cultivar names of Australian native plants, in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants . It also advises on plant breeders rights , and registers Variety plant plant varieties declared under the Plant Breeder s Rights Act 1994 . ref name acra References div class references small references div Category Organisations based in Australia Category Cultivars of Australian plants Category 1963 establishments in Australia es Australian Cultivar Registration Authority ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Callistemon Splendens Infobox Cultivar name Callistemon Splendens image Callistemon Splendens .jpg image width 180px image caption cultivar Splendens origin Selection of Callistemon citrinus Callistemon Splendens is a commonly grown cultivar of the plant genus Callistemon . ref name ACRA cite web title Callistemon Splendens work Descriptions of Registered Cultivars publisher Australian Cultivar Registration Authority url http www.anbg.gov.au acra descriptions acc459.html ref It has a compact and rounded habit and usually grows to about 2 metres high and wide, although it may grow taller. ref name ACRA Large, well displayed brushes are produced in late spring, with further flowering sometimes occurring at other times. New growth is pink tinged and the leaves are elliptic and up to 90 mm long and 20 mm wide. ref name ACRA The cultivar, which has been in grown for many years, is of uncertain origin. It was originally known as Callistemon citrinus var. splendens , first formally described in 1925 in Botanical Magazine . ref name APNI APNI name Callistemon citrinus var. splendens id 43194 ref In 1970 it was promoted under the name Endeavour to mark the bicentennial of James Cook s voyage to Australia on the Endeavour . ref name ACRA It was registered under the name Callistemon Splendens with the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority in 1989. ref name ACRA Cultivation The cultivar is most suited to climates ranging from temperate to sub tropical. ref name ACRA It adapts to most soils, and is tolerant of frost and salt spray. ref name ACRA See also List of Callistemon cultivars References reflist Category Callistemon cultivars Splendens Category Cultivars of Australian plants Category Garden plants of Australia myrtaceae stub Australia eudicot stub ... more details
AKKRA may refer to Accra , the capital city of Ghana Acra fortress in Jerusalem during the Hellenistic period Aqrah , city of Iraq Black eyed pea Culinary uses worldwide Akkra , a type of fritter disambig ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Correa Dusky Bells Infobox Cultivar name Correa Dusky Bells image image width 180 px image caption genus Correa plant Correa hybrid Correa pulchella Correa reflexa cultivar Dusky Bells origin Correa Dusky Bells is a Correa plant Correa cultivar from Australia . ref name ACRA cite web title Correa Dusky Bells work Descriptions of Registered Cultivars publisher Australian Cultivar Registration Authority url http www.anbg.gov.au acra descriptions acc203.html accessdate 2009 09 22 ref It is a compact and dense shrub that grows to 0.6 metres in height and 2 to 4 metres in width.The lanceolate, elliptic or ovate leaves vary in size from 10 to 40 mm long and 5 to 20 mm wide. ref name ACRA The tubular flowers are pale carmine pink and appear predominantly between March and September. ref name ACRA The cultivar was believed to have been originally distributed as Correa sp. and later as Correa sp. pink , Correa Rubra , Correa Carmine Bells and Correa Pink Bells . The name Dusky Bells was originally applied to a Correa reflexa cultivar, but came to be adopted for the plant now known by that name. ref name ACRA An application to register the name Dusky Bells was received by the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority in 1980. ref name ACRA Cultivation It is a long lived shrub, with frost resistance and moderate drought tolerance. Being a hybrid, propagation by cuttings is required to produce plants which are true to type. ref name ACRA References reflist Category Correa Category Cultivars of Australian plants Category Garden plants of Australia Australia eudicot stub ... more details
AKRA may refer to Akra Township, Pembina County, North Dakota Acra fortress , in Jerusalem during the Hellenistic period Aqrah , city of Iraq Acre, Israel , in the northern part of the country Akra is the name of an archaeological site south of Peshawar in Pakistan Aqra Chaldean Diocese , diocese of the Chaldean Catholic Church disambig ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Grevillea Red Hooks Infobox Cultivar name Grevillea Red Hooks image Grevillea Red Hooks.jpg image width 180 px image caption hybrid Grevillea tetragonoloba Grevillea hookeriana ref APNI name Grevillea hookeriana id 15982 ref cultivar Red Hooks origin Grevillea Red Hooks is a grevillea cultivar from Australia . ref name ACRA cite web title Grevillea Red Hooks work Descriptions of Registered Cultivars publisher Australian Cultivar Registration Authority url http www.anbg.gov.au acra descriptions acc410.html accessdate 2008 11 09 ref It is a shrub that grows to 3 metres in height and 4 to 5 metres in width and has pinnate leaves with narrow linear lobes. ref name ACRA The inflorescence s comprise greyish green perianths and red styles which bend backwards. After being grown for many years under the misnomers Grevillea hookeriana or Grevillea hookerana , the cultivar was registered in 1987 under the name Red Hooks . ref name ACRA See also List of Grevillea cultivars References reflist Category Grevillea cultivars Red Hooks Category Cultivars of Australian plants Category Garden plants of Australia Category Proteales of Australia proteaceae stub Australia eudicot stub ... more details
wiktionary Bucephala may refer to Bucephala bird Bucephala bird , the goldeneye, a duck genus Bucephala is the name of at least two Greek cities Bucephala , or Alexandria Bucephalus , a city founded by Alexander the Great and named in honor of his horse, Bucephalus Bucephala Acra , a city located on a promontory near Troezen in the Argolid SpeciesAbbreviation bucephala See also Bucephalus disambiguation disambig de Bucephala Begriffskl rung nl Bucephala sv Bucephala ... more details
Infobox UK place official name Acravally irish name Acra Bhile scots name local name static image static image caption map type latitude longitude belfast distance population population ref irish grid reference unitary northern ireland country Northern Ireland post town postcode area postcode district dial code constituency westminster lieutenancy northern ireland County Antrim website Acravally Irish place name Acra Bhile Acre of the old tree is a townland in County Antrim , Northern Ireland . ref cite web title Parishes of Ulster work Ulster Ancestry url http www.ulsterancestry.com ulster townlands by county.html accessdate September 16, 2010 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20100924010851 http www.ulsterancestry.com ulster townlands by county.html archivedate 24 September 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref See also List of townlands in County Antrim List of places in County Antrim References Reflist County Antrim coord missing County Antrim Category Townlands in County Antrim ... more details
The Colorado Buffaloes Crew is a collegiate sports club that represents the University of Colorado Boulder in Rowing sport rowing and competes at a national level. The program was founded in the fall of 1992 by two transfer students from the University of San Diego. Since its founding, the team, in terms of membership and funding, has established itself as one of the largest club sports at the University. The men s and women s programs compete in the http www.americancollegiaterowing.com American Collegiate Rowing Association ACRA . Adam Swetlik is the men s head coach and Terence Fitzgerald is the women s coach. Location The Colorado crew s boathouse is located on the bank of the Boulder Reservoir in Boulder, Colorado . Due to the Reservoir freezing over in the wintertime, the Buffaloes move their training indoors to on campus facilities during the winter season. External links http www.colorado.edu StudentGroups coloradocrew index.html Colorado Crew CU Crew official website http www.americancollegiaterowing.com American Collegiate Rowing Association ACRA official website References reflist http www.colorado.edu StudentGroups coloradocrew aboutus.html Colorado Crew About Us Category Rowing clubs in the United States Category Colorado Buffaloes Crew rowing stub ... more details
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Pink Cloud Australian Cultivar Registration Authority ACRA reference ACC368 is a pink flowered cultivar ... by Ken Gillanders . E. Leatherwood Cream Australian Cultivar Registration Authority ACRA reference ACC006 ... Registration Authority ACRA reference ACC469 is a larger flowered form with pink flowers rimmed ... http www.anbg.gov.au acra descriptions acc368.html ACRA page on E. Pink cloud http www.anbg.gov.au acra descriptions acc006.html ACRA page on E. Leatherwood Cream http www.anbg.gov.au acra descriptions Acc469.html ACRA page on E. Ballerina http www.ellisguitars.com stompbox leatherwood jarrah.html Eucryphia ... more details
Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association is an Australian community organisation servicing the Awabakal people in coastal New South Wales. The organisation has developed a software program Miromaa , which means saved in Awabakal language , to provide the necessary skills to Aboriginal communities around Australia to assist in the preservation and dissemination of the endangered traditional languages of Aboriginal Australia. ref cite news url http www.smh.com.au news web languages to live longer 2007 08 18 1186857828354.html title Languages to live longer work Sydney Morning Herald date 20 August 2007 ref ref cite news url http www.abc.net.au local stories 2008 04 21 2223001.htm title The race is on to save Indigenous languages and the Hunter is leading the way... author Karen Shrosbery work ABC Newcastle date 21 April 2008 ref In 2007 , they came second in the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Innovation Award ref cite web url http www.arwarbukarl.com.au ContentFiles ACRA Documents UP2007.pdf title UP Innovation Award winners work Microsoft ref , and joint winner of the Australian Community ICT Award for software development. ref cite web url http www.arwarbukarl.com.au ContentFiles ACRA Documents Media release Miromaa May 08.pdf title Media Release work Arwarbukarl ref References Reflist External links http www.acra.org.au Website Australia org stub IndigenousAustralia stub Category Organisations serving indigenous Australians ... more details
Reem lang ar is an Arabic name meaning Gazelle . It may refer to People Reem Acra , Lebanese fashion designer Reem Alasadi , Iraqi fashion designer Reem Bassiouney , Egyptian author Reem Ibrahim , Eritrean American singer Reem Kelani , British Palestinian musician Reem Riyashi , Palestinian suicide bomber Places Al Reem Island , island 600 meters off the coast of Abu Dhabi island Other Reem International Circuit , venue of Motorsports in Riyadh Saudi Arabia Re em , a Jewish mythological creature REEM , Humanoid Robot built by PAL Robotics See also Ream disambig given name ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Grevillea Orange Marmalade Infobox Cultivar name Grevillea Orange Marmalade image Grevillea Orange Marmalade.jpg image caption hybrid Grevillea glossadenia Grevillea venusta cultivar Orange Marmalade origin Selected in Queensland Grevillea Orange Marmalade is a grevillea cultivar. It is a cross between Grevillea glossadenia G. glossadenia and Grevillea venusta G. venusta . ref http www.anbg.gov.au acra descriptions acc441.html http www.anbg.gov.au images photo cd 632030813539 013.html photo ref See also List of Grevillea cultivars List of Grevillea cultivars References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Grevillea Orange Marmalade Category Cultivars of Australian plants Category Grevillea cultivars Orange Marmalade Category Proteales of Australia Category Garden plants of Australia Category Flowers Proteaceae stub Australia eudicot stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Gregg Hartsuff is the head coach of the University of Michigan s University of Michigan Men s Varsity Club Rowing Team men s varsity rowing team . He began his University of Michigan coaching career as the novice men s co coach in the fall of 1992 and took his present position the following year. Life and work Hartsuff s hometown is Gregory, Michigan Gregory , Michigan. He graduated from Stockbridge High School in 1986. He began his sport rowing rowing career at Grand Valley State University in 1986, where he rowed for four years. From 1988 to 1990, he co coached the novice men and women at Grand Valley State. He continued rowing after college and attended a US National Team development camp for lightweight men in 1990. Hartsuff competed at the United States nationals and won in the intermediate lightweight men s four and eight crews. In 1991, he was a finalist in the men s pair at the United States Pan American Games trials. In 2003 he was the national team s coach for the Men s Heavyweight Single Scull for the World Championships in Milan, Italy Milan , Italy, and was also awarded the 2003 Joy of Sculling Coach of the Year award. He continues to row recreationally. He became the University of Michigan s men s rowing team head coach in 1996. Since the formation of the ACRA National Championships, of which Hartsuff is president, Michigan has taken four consecutive ACRA Men s Team Point Trophies from 2008 2011. In 2008 Hartsuff coached the Men s Varsity 8 at University of Michigan to the Inaugural American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship and has since established Michigan as one of the Premier Collegiate Rowing Clubs in the United States. Sources http www.umich.edu umrowing coaches index.html http www.mgoblue.com document display.cfm?document id 8343 http www.row2k.com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hartsuff, Gregg ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Grevillea Fire Sprite Infobox Cultivar name Grevillea Fire Sprite image image caption hybrid Grevillea longistyla Grevillea venusta cultivar Fire Sprite origin Selected in Queensland Grevillea Fire Sprite is a grevillea cultivar. It is a cross between Grevillea longistyla G. longistyla and Grevillea venusta G. venusta . First developed in 1996, it was registered with the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority ACRA in 2007. It has a shrubby habit, reaching 3 m 10 ft high and 5 m 15 ft wide. ref cite web author Australian Cultivar Registration Authority title Grevillea Fire Sprite url http www.anbg.gov.au acra descriptions acc788.html accessdate 27 September 2011 publisher Australian National Botanic Gardens location Canberra, ACT year 2007 ref Original developer Merv Hodge has been impressed by its long flowering period, its reliability, and its ability to attract birds to the garden. He reports Brown Honeyeaters, Scarlet Honeyeaters and Eastern Spinebills as visitors. ref name hodge02 cite journal last Hodge first Merv year 2002 title Popular Hybrids Grevillea journal Australian Plants volume 21 issue 170 pages 235 43 ref It has remained popular after release. ref cite web url http www.abc.net.au gardening stories s1230511.htm title Fact Sheet Grevilleas last Campbell, first Colin date 29 October 2004 work Gardening Australia website publisher Australian Broadcasting Corporation accessdate 26 September 2011 ref See also List of Grevillea cultivars List of Grevillea cultivars References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Grevillea Fire Sprite Category Grevillea cultivars Fire Sprite Category Cultivars of Australian plants Category Proteales of Australia Category Garden plants of Australia Category Flowers Proteaceae stub Australia eudicot stub ... more details
Infobox Cultivar name Banksia Pygmy Possum image image width image caption species Banksia serrata cultivar Pygmy Possum origin Green Cape , New South Wales Banksia Pygmy Possum , formerly Banksia Austraflora Pygmy Possum , and also known by its extended cultivar name Banksia serrata Pygmy Possum , is a registered Banksia cultivar . It is a sprawling, very low growing coastal form of Banksia serrata Saw Banksia , with very small leaves and small inflorescence s. It was selected by from plants at Green Cape , New South Wales by Austraflora Nurseries in 1975, and registered as a cultivar in 1985. Propagation is by vegetative means. References cite web author Australian Cultivar Registration Authority title Banksia Pygmy Possum work Descriptions of registered cultivars url http www.anbg.gov.au acra descriptions acc354.html accessdate 2006 11 16 DEFAULTSORT Banksia Pygmy Possum Category Banksia cultivars Pygmy Possum Category Garden plants of Australia Banksia stub ... more details
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