Tropical plant species named after Green Day
News posted by the Green Day - NRDC Blog:
A botanist from Switzerland, Dr. Jason R. Grant, just wrote to NRDC to tell us that he named a new tropical plant species after Green Day. It's called Macrocarpaea dies-viridis (dies-viridis is Latin for Green Day), and the scientific journal Harvard Papers in Botany just published an article about it!
In his message, Dr. Grant says, “My students and I discovered this new species in February 2006 in Ecuador, and listened to Green Day music while driving, and in the evenings. Obviously as a botanist I am concerned with the environment, and applaud the efforts of the Natural Resources Defense Council.”
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That made me so proud, I want to burst. I nearly squealed for joy in joy in front of my whole class after reading this.
Green for a Day, February 4th, 2008 at 04:07:40pm
o...k thats cool
PirateAtHeart, September 24th, 2007 at 03:50:22am
thats the most rad thing ever. not to mention the plant ifs pretty also. =] +kat+
YOUR NAME HERE, September 15th, 2007 at 07:05:41am
O.o
wow
thtas flipping sweet!
Marianne;.Macarena., August 16th, 2007 at 01:24:31am
Woah, that is so cool. I want!
michelle...?, June 28th, 2007 at 01:21:06am
sweet-ness!
Mrs.PatrickStump, June 12th, 2007 at 07:07:42pm
yay!!!!!!!!!
Anakin Skywalker, April 22nd, 2007 at 10:41:01pm
LOLOLOLOLOL ^_^
Greennfan12, April 21st, 2007 at 02:13:19pm
thats pretty sick!!!!!!!!!! i want an entire room of them now that would be SWEET!!!!!!!!
Onholiday, April 16th, 2007 at 12:47:28am
haha thats cool!
GRAWR! Shelby!, April 15th, 2007 at 03:17:43am
wow...thats just...wow....i have no comment on this because if i open up my stupid big fat mouth people will hate me for what i want to say.
^Th3*Am3riC@n*1di0T^, April 10th, 2007 at 01:49:19am
haha thatd be cool if it was a marijuana plant..
Then it'd be like....Smoke Green Day to have a Green Day!
The Hippy, April 10th, 2007 at 12:23:26am
KEWL THE NEXT 1 SHOULD B NAMED BETHANY < MY NAME >
BJA_brace face_BJA, April 10th, 2007 at 12:06:07am
O_o
how do you pronounce "Macrocarpaea dies-viridis"?
talaan, April 9th, 2007 at 03:58:05pm
great
Karla R., April 7th, 2007 at 07:46:18pm