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Ramalina Siliquosa
''Ramalina siliquosa'', also known as sea ivory, is a tufted and branched lichen which is widely found on siliceous rock (geology), rocks and stone walls on coastlands round the British Isles, occasionally slightly inland. It grows well above the high-tide mark but is still very tolerant of salt sea spray, spray. The branches are flattened and grey, and bear disc-like spore-producing bodies. It forms part of the diet (nutrition), diet of sheep in Shetland and on the coast of North Wales. It is found in Iceland where it has a conservation status of a vulnerable species.Icelandic Institute of Natural History (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur'' (in Icelandic).Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands. Taxonomy The species was originally described as ''Lichen siliquosus'' by the botanist William Hudson (botanist), William Hudson in 1762. It was transferred to the genus ''Ramalina'' by Annie Lorrain Smith in 1918. References Lichen species Lichens described in 1762 Lichens of E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hudson (botanist)
William Hudson Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (1730 in Kendal – 23 May 1793) was a British botanist and apothecary based in London. His main work was ''Flora Anglica'', published in 1762. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1761. Life and work Hudson was born between 1730 and 1732 at the White Lion Inn, Kendal, which was kept by his father. He was educated at Kirkbie Kendal School, Kendal grammar school, Hudson was subsequently apprenticed to an apothecary in London. He obtained the prize for botany given by the Apothecaries' Company which was a copy of John Ray, Ray's ''Synopsis''. However, he also paid attention to mollusca and insects and in Thomas Pennant, Pennant's ''British Zoology'' he is mentioned as the discoverer of ''Trochus terrestris''. From 1757 to 1768 Hudson was resident sub-librarian of the British Museum, and his studies in the Chelsea Physic Garden, Sloane herbarium enabled him to adapt the Linnean nomenclature to the plants described by Ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |