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Psammomoya
''Psammomoya'' is a genus of plants in the Celastraceae family, endemic to Western Australia. The genus was first described by Ludwig Diels and Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener in 1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ..., with the designated type species being '' Psammomoya choretroides''. There are four species in the genus: * '' Psammomoya choretroides'' (F.Muell.) Diels & Loes. * '' Psammomoya implexa'' Keighery * '' Psammomoya ephedroides'' Diels & Loes. * '' Psammomoya grandiflora'' Keighery Description In ''Psammomoya'' the leaves are opposite and decussate, and reduced to cataphylls (scales). The bracteoles are ovate and the floral disc is broad and fused. References Celastraceae Celastrales genera {{Celastraceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammomoya Ephedroides
''Psammomoya'' is a genus of plants in the Celastraceae family, endemic to Western Australia. The genus was first described by Ludwig Diels and Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener in 1904, with the designated type species being '' Psammomoya choretroides''. There are four species in the genus: * '' Psammomoya choretroides'' (F.Muell.) Diels & Loes. * ''Psammomoya implexa ''Psammomoya'' is a genus of plants in the Celastraceae family, endemic to Western Australia. The genus was first described by Ludwig Diels and Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener in 1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress sign ...'' Keighery * '' Psammomoya ephedroides'' Diels & Loes. * '' Psammomoya grandiflora'' Keighery Description In ''Psammomoya'' the leaves are opposite and decussate, and reduced to cataphylls (scales). The bracteoles are ovate and the floral disc is broad and fused. References Celastraceae Celastrales genera {{Celastraceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammomoya Choretroides
''Psammomoya choretroides'' is a small shrub in the Celastraceae family, endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1889 as ''Logania choretroides'', but was transferred to the genus, ''Psammomoya'', in 1904 by Ludwig Diels and Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener. Description Mueller described it as follows: Etymology Mueller considered the plant to be like a ''Choretrum ''Choretrum'' is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae The Santalaceae, sandalwoods, are a widely distributed family of flowering plants (including small trees, shrubs, perennial herbs, and epiphytic climber ...'', and hence described it using the species epithet, ''choretroides'' ("Choretrum-like"). References Further reading * Celastraceae Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller {{Celastraceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staff vines), ''Euonymus'' (the spindles) and ''Maytenus'' widespread in temperate climates, and '' Parnassia'' (bog-stars) found in alpine and arctic climates. Of the 97 currently recognized genera of the family Celastraceae, 19 are native to Madagascar and these include at least 57 currently recognized species. Six of these 19 genera (''Brexiella'', '' Evonymopsis'', '' Hartogiopsis'', ''Polycardia'', ''Ptelidium'', and ''Salvadoropsis'') are endemic to Madagascar. Genera A complete list of the genera is: * '' Acanthothamnus'' * '' Allocassine'' * '' Anthodon'' * ''Apatophyllum'' * ''Apodostigma'' * ''Arnicratea'' * ''Bequaertia'' * ''Brassiantha'' * '' Brexia'' * ''Brexiella'' * ''Campylostemon'' * ''Canotia'' – crucifixion thorn * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Diels
Dr. Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels (24 September 1874 – 30 November 1945) was a German botanist. Diels was born in Hamburg, the son of the classical scholar Hermann Alexander Diels. From 1900 to 1902 he traveled together with Ernst Georg Pritzel through South Africa, Java, Australia and New Zealand. Shortly before the First World War he travelled New Guinea and in the 1930s in Ecuador. Especially his collections of plants from Australia and Ecuador, which contained numerous holotypes, enriched the knowledge of the concerning floras. His monography on the Droseraceae from 1906 is still a standard. The majority of his collections were stored at the botanical garden in Berlin-Dahlem, whose vicedirector he had been since 1913, becoming its director in 1921 until 1945. His collections were destroyed there during an air raid in 1943. He died in Berlin on 30 November 1945. Honours Several genus of plants have been named after him including; ''Dielsantha'' (from ''Campanulace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener
Ludwig Eduard Theodor Lösener (23 November 1865 – 2 June 1941) was a German botanist who collected widely in the field in Germany: Amrum island (1912), the Alps, the Black Forest, Bavaria, Rügen island and Tyrol in modern Austria. His speciality was the Aquifoliaceae of the world. He also studied cultivars of '' Ilex'' species. His name is often spelled as 'Loesener' in English sources. In 1941, botanist Albert Charles Smith published a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae, as ''Loeseneriella ''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. Its native range is Tropical and Subtropical Old World. It is found in the countries and regions of Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Arc ...'' in his honour. Works * * Abbreviation The abbreviation Loes. is used to indicate Ludwig Eduard Theodor Lösener as an authority in the description and scientific classification of plants. The Internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904
Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * January 12 ** The Herero Wars in German South West Africa begin. * January 23 – The Ålesund fire destroys most buildings in the town of Ålesund, Norway, leaving about 10,000 people without shelter. * January 25 – Halford Mackinder presents a paper on "The Geographical Pivot of History" to the Royal Geographical Society of London in which he formulates the Heartland Theory, originating the study of geopolitics. February * February 7 – The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland, destroys over 1,500 buildings in 31 hours. * February 8 – 9 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise Japanese naval attack on Port Arthur (Lüshun) in Manchuria starts the Russo-Japanese War. * February 10 – Roger Casement publishes his account o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
