italic title For other uses of Apollonias Apollonia disambiguation taxobox name Apollonias regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperm s unranked classis Magnoliid s ordo Laurales familia Lauraceae genus Apollonias genus authority Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck Nees subdivision ranks species subdivision See text Apollonias is a genus of flowering plant s belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae . The genus includes from one to ten species of evergreen tree s and shrub s, depending on circumscription recent studies e.g. Rohwer 1993, van der Werff 2003 have limited the genus to just one species, with the others transferred to Beilschmiedia . Universally accepted species A barbujana syn. A.canariensis Canary Laurel, Barbusano . Azores , Canary Islands , Madeira . Other species sometimes included Apollonias arnottii . Western Ghats of India . Apollonias grandiflora syn. Beilschmiedia velutina . Apollonias madagascariensis syn. Beilschmiedia madagascariensis . Apollonias microphylla syn. Beilschmiedia microphylla . Apollonias oppositifolia syn. Beilschmiedia opposita . Voakoromanga . Madagascar . Apollonias sericea syn. Beilschmiedia sericans . Apollonias velutina syn. Beilschmiedia velutina . Apollonias zeylanica syn. Beilschmiedia zeylanica . References Rohwer, J. 1993 . Lauraceae. Pages 366 391 in K Kubitzki, JG Rohwer, V Bittrich, eds. The families and genera of vascular plants . Vol 2. Springer, Berlin. van der Werff, H. 2003 . A synopsis of the genus Beilschmiedia Lauraceae in Madagascar. Adansonia s r. 3, 25 1 77 92. Available http www.mnhn.fr publication adanson a03n1a8.pdf online pdf file Category Lauraceae Category Laurales genera Laurales stub es Apollonias pt Apollonias ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2009 Mark of Apollonias was a figure in early Christianity . Tradition holds that he was bishop of Apollonia , and he is sometimes numbered among the Seventy Disciples . Little else is known about him. Category Seventy Disciples Category Greek saints Category 1st century Christian saints Category 1st century bishops Category Followers of Jesus saint stub de Marcus von Apollonia ... more details
Orphan date August 2010 italic title taxobox name Apollonias barbujana image Apollonias barbujana.jpg regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperm s unranked classis Magnoliid s ordo Laurales familia Lauraceae genus Apollonias species A. barbujana species authority binomial Apollonias barbujana Apollonias barbujana , the Canary Laurel or Barbusano , is a species of flowering plant s belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae . It is Endemism endemic to the Macaronesia n islands of the Azores , Canary Islands and Madeira . Category Lauraceae Apollonias barbujana Category Endemic flora of Macaronesia Category Flora of the Canary Islands Category Flora of the Azores Category Flora of Madeira ... more details
For other uses, see Apollonia Apollonia Greek language Greek polytonic was an ancient town of Thrace on the cape, tower Pirgos Apollonias on the mainland of Kavala northern Greece opposite the island of Thasos , described by the Epitomizer of Strabo vii. and by Pomponius Mela ii. 2 being west of the Nestus, and erroneously by Livy xxxviii. 41 , as between Maroneia and Abdera, Thrace Abdera , which is too far east. References SmithDGRG Barrington 60 and notes Notes reflist colwidth 30em coord missing Greece Category Ancient Greek cities Category Ancient Greek sites in Greece Category Greek colonies in East Macedonia Category Former populated places in Greece greece geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 June 15 Eastern Orthodox liturgics June 15 Eastern Orthodox Church calendar June 17 Eastern Orthodox liturgics June 17 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 29 by Old Style and New Style dates Old Calendarists Saints Saint Tikhon of Amathus in Cyprus , bishop 5th century Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga 1492 Saint Tikhon of Luchov 1503 Saint Tikhon of Krestogorsk in Vologda Martyr s Tigrius and Eutropius of Constantinople 5th century Saint Mark of Apollonias Mark the Just of Apollonia , nephew of the Seventy apostles Apostle Barnabas Martyr Hermogenes of Tobolsk Germogen , bishop 1918 Saint Moses of Optina , founder of the Optina Skete Other commemorations Repose of Elder religious Elder Gerasimus of St. Tikhon of Kaluga Monastery 1898 DEFAULTSORT June 16 Eastern Orthodox Liturgics Category Eastern Orthodox liturgical days ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Apollonia name local image coa image map Dimos Apollonias Thessaloniki Prefecture, Greece political map municipality level.svg periph Central Macedonia prefec Thessaloniki Prefecture Thessaloniki province population 4137 population as of 2001 population ref http www.statistics.gr gr tables S1101 SAP 1 TB DC 01 03 Y.pdf source pop dens area elevation lat deg 40 lat min 38 lat hem N lon deg 23 lon min 29 lon hem E postal code area code licence mayor website image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal districts party since elevation min elevation max Apollonia is an ancient town former Apollonia Mygdonia Apollonia in Mygdonia in Greece Greek Macedonia region Macedonia along the Via Egnatia , about midway between Thessalonica and Amphipolis . The modern town and municipality Apollonia is part of the Thessaloniki Prefecture and had 4,137 inhabitants as of 2001. Citation needed date April 2010 References References Second Journey of Paul of Tarsus Thessaloniki Category Ancient Greek cities Category Populated places in the Thessaloniki Prefecture Category Prefecture of Thessaloniki CentralMacedonia geo stub wo Apoloni ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Caloptilia staintoni image image width 200px image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a class Insect a ordo Lepidoptera subordo Glossata infraordo Heteroneura unranked familia Ditrysia superfamilia Gracillarioidea familia Gracillariidae genus Caloptilia species C. staintoni binomial Caloptilia staintoni binomial authority Wollaston, 1858 ref http www.faunaeur.org full results.php?id 359303 Fauna Europaea ref synonyms Gracilaria staintoni small Wollaston, 1858 small Caloptilia staintoni is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Canary Islands and Madeira . The larva e feed on Apollonias barbujana , Laurus azorica , Persea americana and Persea indica . They leaf miner mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a lower surface, epidermal corridor, reminding of a snail s trail. In the end, the mine widens into a full depth tentiform mine, with loosely dispersed frass . Older larvae live freely in a leaf cone. Mines are only made on the youngest leaves. Pupation takes place in a shining yellow cocoon. ref http www.bladmineerders.nl minersf lepidopteramin caloptilia staintoni staintoni.htm bladmineerders.nl ref Referenced Reflist Category Caloptilia Caloptilia stub vi Caloptilia staintoni ... more details
Refimprove date November 2010 September 26 Eastern Orthodox liturgics Sep. 26 Eastern Orthodox Church calendar September 28 Eastern Orthodox liturgics Sep. 28 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Oct. 10 by Old Calendarists Saints Martyr Callistratus of Carthage and 49 martyrs with him 304 Repose of Venerable Sabbatius , wonderworker of Solovki 1435 Mark of Apollonias , Aristarchus of Thessalonica Aristarchus , and Zenas the Lawyer , apostles of the Seventy Apostles Seventy 1st century Martyr Epicharis martyr Epicharis of Rome 3rd century Flavian I of Antioch Sigeberht of East Anglia 635 Saint Abbot Ignatius Ignatius , abbot of the monastery of the Deep Stream in Asia Minor 975 New Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian , metropolitan of Wallachia 1716 New Martyr Aquilina of Thessalonica 1764 Martyr Fortunatus Hieromartyr Philemon Martyr Gaiana 25 martyrs drowned in the sea New Hieromartyr Herman Kosolapov , bishop of Volsk 1919 St. Rachel, schemanun of Borodino Convent 1928 New Hieromartyr Peter of Krutitsy Peter Polyansky , metropolitan of Krutitsy 1937 Other Commemorations Repose of Schema monk Archipus of Glinsk Hermitage 1896 Repose of Schemamonk Rachel of Borodino Convent 1928 References http www.pomog.org index.html?http www.pomog.org saintlist.shtml Protection of the Mother of God Church, List of Saints http days.pravoslavie.ru en Days 20100927.htm Pravoslavie Orthodox Calendar http ocafs.oca.org FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID 108947 Ortodox Church of America, Feasts and Saints DEFAULTSORT September 27 Eastern Orthodox Liturgics Category Eastern Orthodox liturgical days ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2007 Image Macaronesia.jpg thumb 240px Macaronesia Macaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of island s in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging to three countries Portugal , Spain , and Cape Verde . The name which is often misspelt Macronesia comes from the Greek language Greek for Fortunate Isles islands of the fortunate mak r n n soi , a term used by Ancient Greek geographer s for islands to the west of the Straits of Gibraltar . Macaronesia consists of five archipelago s Azores Portugal Canary Islands Spain Cape Verde Cape Verde Madeira , including Porto Santo Island and the Desertas Islands Portugal Savage Islands Portugal , administratively part of the Madeira Autonomous Region The islands of Macaronesia are volcano volcanic in origin, and are thought to be the product of several geologic Hotspot geology hotspot s. The climate of the Macaronesian islands ranges from Subtropics subtropical to Tropics tropical . The Portugal Portuguese archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira have a generally cooler climate and higher rainfall than the Canary Islands Canaries and Cape Verde . The islands have a unique biogeography , and are home to several distinct plant and animal communities. None of the Macaronesian islands were part of a continent, so the native plants and animals reached the islands via long distance dispersal. Laurel forest Laurel leaved forests , called laurisilva , once covered most of the Azores, Madeira, and parts of the Canaries between 400 1200 m altitude the eastern Canaries and Cape Verde being too dry . These forests resemble the ancient forests that covered the Mediterranean basin and northwestern Africa before cooling and drying of the ice age s. Trees of the genera Apollonias Lauraceae , Clethra Clethra ceae , Dracaena plant Dracaena Ruscaceae , Ocotea Lauraceae , Persea Lauraceae , and Picconia Oleaceae , which are found in the Macaronesian laurel forests, are als ... more details
, Bishop of Apamea Syria Apamea in Syria Saint Pudens Pudens Trophimus Mark of Apollonias Mark ... of Apollonias Mark , Bishop of Apollonias Another Tychicus of Chalcedon Tychicus , Bishop of Chalcedon ... more details
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