Malus floribunda has resistance to the apple scab and founded the program to introduce this "VF gene" into cultivated apples. Their work had been progressing with great success. This crabapple species is considered as one of the best crabapples for form and flower and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Malus floribunda Malus floribunda, common name Japanese flowering crabapple, Japanese crab, purple chokeberry, or showy crabapple, originates from Japan and East Asia. It may be a wild species, or a hybrid of "M. sieboldii" x "M. baccata". "Malus floribunda" forms a round-headed, small deciduous tree with narrow leaves
D'Anchieta's fruit bat in 1900 by Antero Frederico de Seabra, under the name "Epomorphus anchietae". D'Anchieta's fruit bat D'Anchieta's fruit bat ("Plerotes anchietae") is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only species in the genus Plerotes. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia, where it lives in subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. The scientific and common names for the species commemorate José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta, who is also honoured in the names of Anchieta's Pipistrelle