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Hamelieae
Hamelieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 171 species in 6 genera. Its representatives are found in tropical and subtropical America. The sister tribe Hillieae is sometimes here included. Genera Currently accepted names * '' Chione'' DC. (1 sp) * '' Cosmocalyx'' Standl. (1 sp) * '' Deppea'' Schltdl. & Cham. (35 sp) * '' Hamelia'' Jacq. (17 sp) * ''Hoffmannia'' Sw. (115 sp) * '' Omiltemia'' Standl. (2 sp) Synonyms * ''Campylobotrys'' Lem. = ''Hoffmannia'' * ''Choristes'' Benth. = '' Deppea'' * ''Crusea'' A.Rich. = '' Chione'' * ''Duhamelia'' Pers. = '' Hamelia'' * ''Euosmia'' Humb. & Bonpl. = ''Hoffmannia'' * ''Evosmia'' Kunth = ''Hoffmannia'' * ''Higginsia'' Pers. = ''Hoffmannia'' * ''Koehneago'' Kuntze = ''Hoffmannia'' * ''Lonicera'' Adans. = '' Hamelia'' * ''Ohigginsia'' Ruiz & Pav. = ''Hoffmannia'' * ''Ophryococcus'' Oerst. = ''Hoffmannia'' * ''Oregandra'' Standl. = '' Chione'' * ''Sacconia'' Endl. = '' Chione'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmocalyx
''Cosmocalyx'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Cosmocalyx spectabilis'', which is found in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. Description ''Cosmocalyx spectabilis'' is a slender tree, up to in height and in diameter ( dbh). After anthesis, one of the four calyx lobes expands into a reddish, leaf-like structure called a calycophyll. These facilitate dispersal of the fruit by wind. The fruit is a cylindrical indehiscent bilocular capsule. Each locule contains one basally inserted seed. This combination of characters distinguishes ''Cosmocalyx'' from other genera in Rubiaceae. Systematics ''Cosmocalyx'' was named by Paul Standley in 1930.''Cosmocalyx'' page 56. In: Paul C. Standley. 1930. "Studies of American Plants – III". ''Field Museum of Natural History. Botanical series.'' 8(1):3-73. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words, ''kosmos'', meaning "order", and ''kalyx'', "a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoffmannia
''Hoffmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are distributed in Mexico, Central America, and South America. There are about 100 species.Castillo-Campos, G., et al. (2013)''Hoffmannia arqueonervosa'' (Rubiaceae), una especie nueva del centro de Veracruz, México.''Revista mexicana de biodiversidad'' 84(3), 751-755. Species include: * '' Hoffmannia congesta'' – Costa Rica * '' Hoffmannia discolor'' * '' Hoffmannia ecuatoriana'' Standl. – endemic to Ecuador * '' Hoffmannia excelsa'' (Kunth) K. Schum * '' Hoffmannia ghiesbreghtii'' – Guatemala, southern Mexico * '' Hoffmannia modesta'' Diels – endemic to Ecuador. * '' Hoffmannia refulgens'' * '' Hoffmannia regalis'' Hook. * '' Hoffmannia roezlii'' Gallery Hoffmannia congesta 3.jpg, '' Hoffmannia congesta''Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ( es, Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde) is a Costa Rican reserve located along the Cordillera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillieae
Hillieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 29 species in 3 genera. Its representatives are found in tropical America. The tribe is sometimes included in its sister tribe Hamelieae. Genera Currently accepted names * '' Balmea'' Martinez (1 sp) * '' Cosmibuena'' Ruiz & Pav. (4 sp) * '' Hillia'' Jacq. (24 sp) Synonyms * ''Buena'' Pohl Pohl is a German surname of several possible origins. Cosmibuena'' * ''Fereiria'' Vell. ex [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamelia
''Hamelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. The name honors French botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700–1782). Selected species * '' Hamelia axillaris'' Sw. – Guayabo Negro * '' Hamelia cuprea'' Griseb. * '' Hamelia macrantha'' Little * '' Hamelia papillosa'' Urb. (Jamaica) * ''Hamelia patens'' Jacq. – Firebush (American tropics The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referr ... and subtropics) **''Hamelia patens'' var. ''glabra'' Oerst. **''Hamelia patens'' var. ''patens'' References External links Rubiaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cinchonoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deppea
''Deppea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in Mexico, Central America and from Brazil to northeastern Argentina. Species * '' Deppea amaranthina'' Standl. & Steyerm. * '' Deppea amaranthoides'' Borhidi * '' Deppea anisophylla'' L.O.Williams * '' Deppea arachnipoda'' ( Borhidi & Salas-Mor.) Borhidi * '' Deppea blumenaviensis'' (K.Schum.) Lorence * '' Deppea cornifolia'' (Benth.) Benth. * '' Deppea densiflora'' Borhidi & Reyes-Garcia * '' Deppea ehrenbergii'' Standl. * '' Deppea erythrorhiza'' Schltdl. & Cham. * '' Deppea foliosa'' Borhidi, Salas-Mor. & E.Martinez * '' Deppea grandiflora'' Schltdl. * '' Deppea guerrerensis'' Dwyer & Lorence * '' Deppea hamelioides'' Standl. * '' Deppea hernandezii'' Lorence * '' Deppea hintonii'' Bullock * '' Deppea hoffmannioides'' Borhidi * '' Deppea inaequalis'' Standl. & Steyerm. * '' Deppea keniae'' Borhidi & Saynes * '' Deppea longifolia'' Borhidi * '' Deppea martinez-calderonii'' Lore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 13,500 species in about 620 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include '' Coffea'', the source of coffee, ''Cinchona'', the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine, ornamental cultivars (''e.g.'', ''Gardenia'', '' Ixora'', '' Pentas''), and historically some dye plants (''e.g.'', '' Rubia''). Description The Rubiaceae are morphologically easily recognizable as a coherent group by a combination of characters: opposite or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, interpetiolar stipules, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chione (plant)
''Chione'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing the single species ''Chione venosa''. It is native to the neotropics, occurring in most of Mexico, and throughout Central America, the Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is typically a tree growing 10 to 20 meters tall. In harsh habitats, it may be dwarfed and shrubby. It has no known economic use. Systematics The genus ''Chione'' was erected by de Candolle in his ''Prodromus'' in 1830.Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. 1830. ''Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis''. 4: 461.''Chione'' In: International Plant Names Index The name of the genus is derived from the Greek word ''chion'', meaning snow. The biological type for the genus are those plants which de Candolle called ''Chione glabra''.''Chione'' In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile These are now included in ''Chione venosa'' var. ''venosa'' but per ICN, ''Chione glabra'' retains its status as type. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Antoine Lemaire
Charles Antoine Lemaire (1 November 1800, in Paris – 22 June 1871, in Paris), was a French botanist and botanical author, noted for his publications on Cactaceae. Education Born the son of Antoine Charles Lemaire and Marie Jeanne Davio, he had an excellent early education, and acquired the reputation of being an outstanding scholar. He studied at the University of Paris and was appointed as Professor of Classical Literature there. At some stage his botanical interest was sparked and developed by his association with M. Neumann, horticulturist at the Museum of Natural History. Career He worked for some time as an assistant to M. Mathieu, at a nursery in Paris, building up a collection of Cactaceae, a group to which he would devote almost all of his life. In 1835, M. Cousin, a Parisian publisher, started a gardening journal and requested that he be its editor. For a number of years, he remained editor of ''Jardin Fleuriste'' and ''L'Horticulteur Universel'', contributing greatly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bentham
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studied law, but had a fascination with botany from an early age, which he soon pursued, becoming president of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He was the author of a number of important botanical works, particularly flora. He is best known for his taxonomic classification of plants in collaboration with Joseph Dalton Hooker, his ''Genera Plantarum'' (1862–1883). He died in London in 1884. Life Bentham was born in Stoke, Plymouth, on 22 September 1800.Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Bentham (George) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017, 915 p. () His father, Sir Samuel Bentham, a naval architect, was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immigrant Pomeranian father and Dutch mother. His mother died soon after he was born; at the age of thirteen his father (who died a year later) sent him to Europe for his education. Education Initially studying theology at Halle, at age 22 (in 1784) Persoon switched to medicine at Leiden and Göttingen. He received a doctorate from the "Kaiserlich-Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher" in 1799. Later years He moved to Paris in 1802, where he spent the rest of his life, renting an upper floor of a house in a poor part of town. He was apparently unemployed, unmarried, poverty-stricken and a recluse, although he corresponded with botanists throughout Europe. Because of his financial difficulties, Persoon agreed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamelia Patens
''Hamelia patens'' is a large perennial shrub or small tree in the family Rubiaceae, that is native to the American subtropics and tropics. Its range extends from Florida in the southern United States to as far south as Argentina. Common names include firebush, hummingbird bush, scarlet bush, and redhead. In Belize, this plant's Mayan name is Ix Canaan and is also known as "Guardian of the Forest". Growth Firebush has orangish-red tubular flowers, which recruit hummingbirds and butterflies for pollination. (2003)Horticulture Update - Firebush (''Hamelia patens''). Version of June 2003. Retrieved 2009-08-25. The corollas vary greatly in length, making them attractive to a wide range of pollinators. The fruit is a small dark red berry, turning black at maturity. Despite its somewhat scraggy appearance, this is a valuable garden tree in warmer climates and even in temperate ones, as long as the soil remains above freezing. Uses Hummingbirds are attracted by its flowers and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography. Humboldt's advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement laid the foundation for modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring. Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt travelled extensively in the Americas, exploring and describing them for the first time from a modern Western scientific point of view. His description of the journey was written up and published in several volumes over 21 years. Humboldt was one of the first people to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean were once joined (South America and Africa in particular). Humboldt resurrected the use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
