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Madhabilata
''Hiptage benghalensis'', often simply called hiptage, is a perennial plant, perennial, evergreen liana native to India, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Its habitat is variable and prefers climates ranging from warm temperate to tropical. In Hawaii, where H. benghalensis is considered a weed, as it is in Australia, Mauritius and Réunion, it grows from sea level to . ''H. benghalensis'' is cultivated for its white-pink scented flowers. Etymology and names The genus name, ''Hiptage'', is derived from the Greek language, Greek ''hiptamai'', which means "to fly" and refers its unique three-winged fruit known as "Samara (fruit), samara". "Benghalensis" is derived from the historic region of Bengal, where it is a native species. Synonym (taxonomy), Taxonomic synonyms for ''H. benghalensis'' include: *''Banisteria benghalensis'' L. *''Banisteria tetraptera'' Sonnerat *''Banisteria unicapsularis'' Lam. *''Gaertnera indica'' J.F.Gmel. *''Gaertnera obtusifolia'' (DC.) R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was the son of a curate and was born in Råshult, in the countryside of Småland, southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
