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Pastinaca Sativa MHNT
''Pastinaca'' (parsnips) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, comprising 14 species. Economically, the most important member of the genus is '' Pastinaca sativa'', the parsnip. Etymology The etymology of the generic name ''Pastinaca'' is not known with certainty. The name may be derived from the Latin word ''pastino'' (or ''pastinare''), meaning "to prepare the ground for planting of the vine" (or more simply, "to dig") or the Latin word ''pastus'', meaning "food", liberally translated as "Earth-food". Taxonomy , Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ... accepted 15 species: *'' Pastinaca argyrophylla'' Delip. *'' Pastinaca armena'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. *'' Pastinaca aurantiaca'' (Albov) Kolak. *'' Pastinaca clausii'' (Ledeb.) Ca ... [...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] |
Pastinaca Erzincanensis
''Pastinaca'' (parsnips) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, comprising 14 species. Economically, the most important member of the genus is '' Pastinaca sativa'', the parsnip. Etymology The etymology of the generic name ''Pastinaca'' is not known with certainty. The name may be derived from the Latin word ''pastino'' (or ''pastinare''), meaning "to prepare the ground for planting of the vine" (or more simply, "to dig") or the Latin word ''pastus'', meaning "food", liberally translated as "Earth-food". Taxonomy , Plants of the World Online accepted 15 species: *'' Pastinaca argyrophylla'' Delip. *'' Pastinaca armena'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. *'' Pastinaca aurantiaca'' (Albov) Kolak. *'' Pastinaca clausii'' (Ledeb.) Calest. *'' Pastinaca erzincanensis'' Menemen & Kandemir *'' Pastinaca gelendostensis'' (Yıld. & B.Selvi) Hand *'' Pastinaca glandulosa'' Boiss. & Hausskn. *'' Pastinaca hirsuta'' Pančić *'' Pastinaca kochii'' Duby *'' Pastinaca lucida'' L. *''Pastinaca p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
