Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century. He is also known for killing his first wife and her aristocratic lover upon finding them in flagrante delicto.
Venosa is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilone, Palazzo San Gervasio, Rapolla and Spinazzola. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.
Rapana venosa, common name the veined rapa whelk or Asian rapa whelk, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or whelk, in the family Muricidae, the rock shells.
The Italian Catholic diocese of Venosa, in southern Italy, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa. From 1976 to 1986, Venosa had been a suffragan of the archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo.
Disciotis venosa, commonly known as the bleach cup, veiny cup fungus, or the cup morel is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae. Fruiting from April, they are often difficult to locate because of their nondescript brown color.
Cyclanoline is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor isolated from Stephania venosa tuber.
Athylia is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Mispila is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, with three subgenera - Dryusa, Mispila, and Trichomispila. It contains the following species:
Mispila parallela is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1937. It is known from Borneo.
Mispila dotata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1864. It is known from Moluccas.
Mispila curvilinea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1869. It is known from Laos, Cambodia, India, and China.
Mispila (Mispila) coomani is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Maurice Pic in 1934.
Mispila notaticeps is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Maurice Pic in 1925.
Mispila tonkinea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Maurice Pic in 1925, originally under the genus Alidus.
Fontainea venosa, also commonly known as southern blushwood, veiny fontainea, Queensland fontainea and formerly named as Bahrs scrub fontainea is a rare rainforest shrub or tree of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is found in southeastern Queensland, Australia, extending from Boyne Valley to Cedar Creek and is considered vulnerable due to several contributing threats. The total population size is around 200 plants.
Mispila (Mispila) is a subgenus of beetle in the genus Mispila. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1864.
Mispila (Dryusa) is a subgenus of beetle in the genus Mispila. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1864.
Mispila (Trichomispila) is a subgenus of beetle in the genus Mispila. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1939.
Mispila coomani may refer to either of two beetle species in the genus Mispila, in different subgenera:
Mispila (Dryusa) coomani is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1968. (Dryusa) signifies a subgenus.
