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A game of inches. (National Assn for Stock Car Automobile Racing's aerodynamic regulations)
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July 1, 1997|
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WINSTON CUP UPDATE: NASCAR's tech regulators make the wind tunnel their new court of small claims; the jury is still out on the Ford Thunderbird's aerodynamics.
No racing series is more carefully orchestrated to keep the contenders nearly equal than NASCAR's Winston Cup championship. In addition to holding engine technology to mid-'60s levels - pushrod valvetrains, cast-iron blocks, carburetors, distributors, mechanical fuel pumps - the National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing is more than willing to micromanage its rule book to ensure photo finishes.
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Gymnosperms of southeast Alabama.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
; ...Gnetophyta (Flora of North America, 1993b). Of these, only the Pinophyta (Coniferophyta) contains native or naturalized taxa in Alabama...The Pinaceae and Cupressaceae are the only families in the Pinophyta with representatives in the state (Flora of North America...
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Vascular Flora and Plant Communities of the John B. Stephenson Memorial Forest State Nature Preserve (Anglin Falls Ravine), Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Magazine article from: Castanea
; ...and 538 species (56 of these non-native). Species are classified into Lycopodiophyta (4), Polypodiophyta (29), Pinophyta (5), and Magnoliophyta (500). The four largest families in species are the Asteraceae (79), Poaceae (46), Cyperaceae...
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Vascular flora of Caumsett State Historic Park, Lloyd Neck, Long Island, New York, with notes on the vegetation1
Magazine article from: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
; ...angiosperm families, genera, and species. Liliopsida (monocots) scarcely account for more than 20% in any category. Pinophyta (conifers) are rare, as are the Lycopodiophyta and Equisetophyta ("fern allies"). Polypodiophyta (ferns) equal all...
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The Vascular Plants of the Berea College Forest in Madison, Jackson, and Rockcastle Counties, Kentucky
Magazine article from: Castanea
; ...families. Classification divisions with species are Equisetophyta (2), Lycopodiophyta (4), Polypodiophyta (33), Pinophyta (13), and Magnoliophyta (965). One hundred ninety-six taxa (19.27%) are naturalized, persisting, adventive...
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Reports from Cornell University describe recent advances in molecular evolution.
Newspaper article from: Science Letter
; ...GCCGUU sequence is present at a high frequency in plants that carry a C214 in psbE. However, Sciadopitys verticillata (Pinophyta) edits C214 despite the presence of nucleotide differences compared to the conserved cis-element. The C214 site in psbE...
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Luteolin.(COSMECEUTICAL CRITIQUE)
Magazine article from: Skin & Allergy News
; ...found in rinds and other parts of plants. The flavone and its glycosides have been identified in Bryophyta, Magnoliophyta, Pinophyta, Pteridophyta, and Salvia (Mini Rev. Med. Chem. 2009;9:31-59). Luteolin is believed to have the potential to...
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Vascular Flora of the Elk and Bison Prairie, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, Trigg County, Kentucky
Magazine article from: Castanea
; ...273 genera from 93 families. Ninety-four (18.9%) were exotics. Plant representation is seven Polypodiophyta, four Pinophyta, and 486 Magnoliophyta (129 Liliopsida, 357 Magnoliopsida). The largest families in species richness were the Poaceae...
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Index nominum familiarum plantarum vascularium.(Part 6: List of Subkingdom Names-List of Ordinal Names)
Magazine article from: The Botanical Review
; ...Ophioglossophyta Bek., Kurs Bot. i: 89. 1862 (Ophioglosseae).--Type: Ophioglossum L.; Ophioglossaceae C. Agardh, 1822. Pinophyta Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal in Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.--Type: Pinus L.; Pinaceae Spreng...
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