But even the most seasoned non-meat eater can still be surprised by common foods that have ingredients made from animals. Here are 6 foods that vegetarians can't eat. More: 5 Foods That Won't Survive Minor Climate Changes. Credit: Flickr/Christina B Castro. Starburst. The ingredient that ruins everything: Gelatin. The fourth ingredient in Starburst, after sugar and more sugar (and...
There are about 375,000 species of plants, with more being discovered each year. This includes seed plants, bryophytes, ferns and relatives of ferns called fern allies. Some 297,326 species of plants have been identified, of which 258,650 are flowering and 15,000 bryophytes (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses). All plants are photosynthetic, utilizing carbon dioxide, water and light energy to produce oxygen and sugars.
Thailand is one of few countries that these many orchid species grow. It is estimated that there are more than fourteen hundred species in existence there. The beautiful Vanda coerulea is one of these, with its blue flowers that are reminiscent of its ancestor. To understand orchid species, one first has to understand genera. This is the family, or category an orchid species falls under. There are over eight hundred genera that those twenty-two thousand orchid species fall under. Species can best be explained as a separate biological class.