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However, these two genera were removed from Artemisia s.l ., and on the basis of spiny pollen have been considered transitional between the Artemisia -group and four radiate genera: Tridactylina Arctanthemum, Brachanthemum, and Dendranthema . Our ITS phylogeny places disciform Ajania sister to radiate Arctanthemum derived from within the Arctanthemum-Dendranthema clade, rather than sister to the Artemisia -group.
Numbers of medium spiny neurons and ratios of these and less numerous striatal interneurons are critical variables that influence motor performance and aspects of cognition.
But they would prefer to be trekking across the wildflower-pocked tundra, wading through 35-degree glacial muck, spending hours -looking, or exploring tidal pools for sunflower stars and brittle stars, spiny sea urchins, mussel worms, anemones, and blennies, as curious and brightly colored as any on a tropical coral reef.
8A) and numerous spiny processes (full arrowhead).
South of the Roman Forum, a slope leads up to the Palatine Hill, Rome’s legendary birthplace and today a romantic garden, dotted with toppled columns among the wild flowers and spiny acanthus shrubs.