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Gloriosa superba &
Flam lily plant & flower
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Gloriosa superba is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae. Common names include flame lily, climbing lily, creeping lily, glory lily,gloriosa lily, tiger claw, and fire lily
Binomial name
Gloriosa superba

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Synonyms

List
ugone superba (L.) Salisb.
Gloriosa angulata Schumach.
Gloriosa cirrhifolia Stokes
Gloriosa doniana Schult. & Schult.f.
Gloriosa nepalensis G.Don
Gloriosa rockefelleriana Stehlé & M.Stehlé
Gloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien
Gloriosa verschuurii Hoog
Methonica doniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth
Methonica gloriosa Salisb.
Methonica superba (L.) Crantz

This species is a perennial herb growing from a fleshy rhizome. It is scandent, climbing using modified leaf-tip tendrils, the stem reaching 4 m (13 ft) long.The leaves are mainly alternately arranged, but they may be opposite, as well. They are somewhat lance-shaped and tipped with tendrils, and they are up 13 to 20 cm (5.1 to 7.9 in) long.The showy flower has six tepals each up to 5 to 7.6 cm (2.0 to 3.0 in) long.They are generally bright redto orange at maturity, sometimes with yellowish bases. The margins may be quite wavy. The six stamens also are long, up to 4 cm (1.6 in), and each bears a large anther at the tip that drops large amounts of yellow pollen. The style may be more than 6 cm (2.4 in) long. One flower may weigh over 2.5 g (0.09 oz). The fruit is a fleshy capsule up to 6 to 12 cm (2.4 to 4.7 in) long containing red seeds.Cultivars of this popular garden plant may vary from these wild-type characteristics; the cultivar 'Lutea' has all-yellow tepals, 'Citrina' is yellow with red markings, and 'Nana' is a dwarf.Whitish forms are also known.

Grasshopper
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Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is probably the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.

Superfamilies

Acridoidea

Eumastacoidea

Pneumoroidea

Proscopioidea

Pyrgomorphoidea

Tanaoceroidea

Trigonopterygoidea

Grasshoppers are typically ground-dwelling insects with powerful hind legs which allow them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously. As hemimetabolous insects, they do not undergo complete metamorphosis; they hatch from an egg into a nymph or "hopper" which undergoes five moults, becoming more similar to the adult insect at each developmental stage. At high population densities and under certain environmental conditions, some grasshopper species can change color and behavior and form swarms. Under these circumstances, they are known as locusts.

Grasshoppers are plant-eaters, with a few species at times becoming serious pests of cereals, vegetables and pasture, especially when they swarm in their millions as locusts and destroy crops over wide areas. They protect themselves from predators by camouflage; when detected, many species attempt to startle the predator with a brilliantly-coloured wing-flash while jumping and (if adult) launching themselves into the air, usually flying for only a short distance. Other species such as the rainbow grasshopper have warning coloration which deters predators. Grasshoppers are affected by parasites and various diseases, and many predatory creatures feed on both nymphs and adults. The eggs are subject to attack by parasitoids and predators.

Qutub Minar
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The Qutb Minar, also spelled as Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and "victory tower" that forms part of the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of New Delhi, India.The height of Qutb Minar is 72.5 meters, making it the tallest minaret in the world built of bricks.The tower tapers, and has a 14.3 metres (47 feet) base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metres (9 feet) at the top of the peak.It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps.
Coordinates
Height72.5 metres (238 ft)
Architectural style(s)Islamic Architecture
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Type-Cultural
Criteria-4
Designated- 1993 (17th session)
Reference no.-233
Country -India
Continent- Asia
Construction-Started in 1199 by Qutb-ud-din Aibak / completed in ~ 1220 by his son-in-law Iltutmish
Its closest comparator is the 62-metre all-brick Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, of c.1190, a decade or so before the probable start of the Delhi tower.The surfaces of both are elaborately decorated with inscriptions and geometric patterns; in Delhi the shaft is fluted with "superb stalactite bracketing under the balconies" at the top of each stage.In general minarets were slow to be used in India, and are often detached from the main mosque where they exist.