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Adromischus Marianae
''Adromischus marianiae'' is a species of succulent plants in the genus ''Adromischus ''Adromischus'' is a genus of flowering plants. They are easily propagated leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemic to southern Africa. The name comes from the ancient Greek ''adros'' (=thick) and ''mischos'' (=stem). Sp ...'' belonging to the family Crassulaceae. Description ''Adromischus marianiae'' is a very variable species reaching a height of . This perennial succulent and slow-growing subshrub has usually thin and short branches and forms a small cluster of rough, warty and nearly spherical leaves resembling dried raisins, quite variable in colour but usually green or red-brown or purplish, up to 3.5 cm long. Flowers are green with a pinkish nuance, about 12 mm long. Cultivation ''A. marianiae'' requires bright light and should not be overwatered. It typically struggles at temperatures below 5°C. Distribution This plant is native to South Af ...
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Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini
The Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini is a villa with notable 19th-century park in the English romantic style and a small botanical garden. The villa now houses the Museo di Archeologia Ligure, and is located at Via Pallavicini 13, immediately next to the railway station in Pegli, a suburb of Genoa, Italy. The park and botanical garden are open daily. The estate was begun in the late 17th century by Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi, who established the Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi at that time. Today's park was created by her nephew Ignazio Alessandro Pallavicini after he inherited the property. The park was designed by Michele Canzio, set designer for the Teatro Carlo Felice, and built between 1840 and 1846. It covers some 97,000 m2 of hillside behind the villa. Although recognizably in the English romantic style, the garden is highly theatrical, to the point of being organized as a series of scenes forming a play with prologue and three acts (Return to Nature, Memory, Purification). ...
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Adromischus Marianiae 'Alveolatus'
''Adromischus'' is a genus of flowering plants. They are easily propagated leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemic to southern Africa. The name comes from the ancient Greek ''adros'' (=thick) and ''mischos'' (=stem). Species The species of ''Adromischus'' are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships: Section 1 (Adromischus) Flowers bright green, tubular, with short, wide, triangular, recurved lobes. Anthers protrude from flower tube. Indigenous mainly to the western, winter-rainfall regions of South Africa. * '' Adromischus alstonii'' * '' Adromischus hemisphaericus'' * ''Adromischus roaneanus'' * ''Adromischus liebenbergii'' * ''Adromischus bicolor'' * ''Adromischus filicaulis'' ** ''Adromischus filicaulis'' subsp. ''marlothii'' * ''Adromischus montium-klinghardtii'' * ''Adromischus subdistichus'' Section 2 (Boreali) Grooved, tubular flowers, with ovate-triangular, recurved lobes that are undulated ...
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Adromischus Marianiae 'Little Spheroid'
''Adromischus'' is a genus of flowering plants. They are easily propagated leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemism, endemic to southern Africa. The name comes from the ancient Greek ''adros'' (=thick) and ''mischos'' (=stem). Species The species of ''Adromischus'' are divided into five Section (botany), sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships: Section 1 (Adromischus) Flowers bright green, tubular, with short, wide, triangular, recurved lobes. Anthers protrude from flower tube. Indigenous mainly to the western, winter-rainfall regions of South Africa. * ''Adromischus alstonii'' * ''Adromischus hemisphaericus'' * ''Adromischus roaneanus'' * ''Adromischus liebenbergii'' * ''Adromischus bicolor'' * ''Adromischus filicaulis'' ** ''Adromischus filicaulis'' subsp. ''marlothii'' * ''Adromischus montium-klinghardtii'' * ''Adromischus subdistichus'' Section 2 (Boreali) Grooved, tubular flowers, with ovate-triangular, recurved lobe ...
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Adromischus Marianiae 'Herrei'
''Adromischus'' is a genus of flowering plants. They are easily propagated leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemic to southern Africa. The name comes from the ancient Greek ''adros'' (=thick) and ''mischos'' (=stem). Species The species of ''Adromischus'' are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships: Section 1 (Adromischus) Flowers bright green, tubular, with short, wide, triangular, recurved lobes. Anthers protrude from flower tube. Indigenous mainly to the western, winter-rainfall regions of South Africa. * '' Adromischus alstonii'' * '' Adromischus hemisphaericus'' * ''Adromischus roaneanus'' * ''Adromischus liebenbergii'' * ''Adromischus bicolor'' * ''Adromischus filicaulis'' ** ''Adromischus filicaulis'' subsp. ''marlothii'' * ''Adromischus montium-klinghardtii'' * ''Adromischus subdistichus'' Section 2 (Boreali) Grooved, tubular flowers, with ovate-triangular, recurved lobes that are undulated ...
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Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since then, the Bantu groups, the largest being the ...
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Adromischus Marianiae Var
''Adromischus'' is a genus of flowering plants. They are easily propagated leaf succulents from the family Crassulaceae, which are endemic to southern Africa. The name comes from the ancient Greek ''adros'' (=thick) and ''mischos'' (=stem). Species The species of ''Adromischus'' are divided into five sections, based on their shared characteristics and relationships: Section 1 (Adromischus) Flowers bright green, tubular, with short, wide, triangular, recurved lobes. Anthers protrude from flower tube. Indigenous mainly to the western, winter-rainfall regions of South Africa. * '' Adromischus alstonii'' * '' Adromischus hemisphaericus'' * ''Adromischus roaneanus'' * ''Adromischus liebenbergii'' * ''Adromischus bicolor'' * ''Adromischus filicaulis'' ** ''Adromischus filicaulis'' subsp. ''marlothii'' * ''Adromischus montium-klinghardtii'' * ''Adromischus subdistichus'' Section 2 (Boreali) Grooved, tubular flowers, with ovate-triangular, recurved lobes that are undulated ...
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Alwin Berger
Alwin Berger (28 August 1871 – 20 April 1931) was a German botanist best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of succulent plants, particularly agaves and cacti. Born in Germany he worked at the botanical gardens in Dresden and Frankfurt. From 1897 to 1914 he was curator of the Giardini Botanici Hanbury, the botanical gardens of Sir Thomas Hanbury at La Mortola, near Ventimiglia in northwestern Italy, close to the border with France. After working in Germany from 1914 to 1919, Berger studied in the United States for three years, before spending his final years as director of the department of botany of the natural history museum in Stuttgart His main work, ''Die Agaven'', published in 1915, described 274 species of agave, divided into 3 subgenera, ''Littaea'', '' Euagave'' and '' Manfreda''. He also recognised a new genus of cactus, '' Roseocactus'', in 1925. The genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification ...
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black Sou ...
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