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  • RAPD profiling of genetic diversity in two populations of the moss Ceratodon purpureus in Victoria Island, Antarctica.

    Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009

  • The purple hyacinth beans, Lablab purpureus were planted in a hanging basket with a vision of the bean vines climbing the chain and forming a curtain of dusky hues.

    Will You Hang On … « Fairegarden 2009

  • Red yeast rice or Monascus purpureus is a yeast that grows on rice, and is a common part of an Asian diet.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Angry Professor 2007

  • This week's flower is the orchid rockrose, Cistus purpureus.

    Friday Flower: Purple Rockrose 2007

  • This week's flower is the orchid rockrose, Cistus purpureus.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Peggy 2007

  • Red yeast rice or Monascus purpureus is a yeast that grows on rice, and is a common part of an Asian diet.

    I am a huge fan of modern medicine, the FDA, and Big Pharma. Angry Professor 2007

  • Because pharmaceutical statins, naturally occurring in red yeast rice Monascus purpureus, are used to lower serum cholesterol, there is a general perception that statins may be directly beneficial for preventing and slowing the progression of AD.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • FRUIT: A pod variable in shape and size: broad and short (to 4 cm long by 1.5 cm wide) in ssp. uncinatus; a bit larger (up to 10 cm long) but the same shape in ssp. purpureus; long (up to 14 cm) and slender, resembling kidney bean in ssp. bengalensis of Indian origin.

    Chapter 7 1999

  • The Lablab bean (Dolichos lablab or Lablab purpureus) is a legume very similar in appearance to the velvet bean, but even faster growing where soils are fairly fertile.

    6: Soil health and plant nutrition 1996

  • The Lablab Bean (Dolichos lablab or Lablab purpureus) is a legume very similar in appearance to the velvet bean, but even faster growing where soils are fairly fertile.

    28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture 1996

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