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Ailanthus Maximus
''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambonese word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales (formerly Rutales or Geraniales). The genus is native from east Asia south to northern Australasia. One species, the tree of heaven (''Ailanthus altissima'') is considered a weed in some parts of the world. Selected species The number of living species is disputed, with some authorities accepting up to ten species, while others accept six or fewer. Species include: *''Ailanthus altissima'' (tree of heaven, syn. '' A. vilmoriniana'' ) – northern and central mainland China, Taiwan. Invasive in North America, Europe, Britain, and Australia. Serves as central metaphor in '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn''. *''Ailanthus excelsa'' – India and Sri Lanka *''Ailanthus fordii'' – China *''Ailanthus integrifolia'' – New Guinea and Queensland, Australia *''Ailanthus triphysa'' (whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Louiche Desfontaines
René Louiche Desfontaines (14 February 1750 – 16 November 1833) was a French botanist. Desfontaines was born near Tremblay, Ille-et-Vilaine, Tremblay in Brittany. He attended the Collège de Rennes and in 1773 went to Paris to study medicine. His interest in botany originated from lectures at the Jardin des Plantes given by Louis Guillaume Lemonnier. He excelled in his new interest and was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1783. He was also a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine. Desfontaines spent two years in Tunisia and Algeria, returning with a large collection of plants. He wrote ''Flora Atlantica'' (1798–1799, 2 vols), which included 300 genera new to science. In addition, he worked also on ornithology, and presented the findings of his expeditions to Africa for one of the ''Memoires de L'Académie Royale des Sciences''. Although the ''Mémoire'' corresponds to the year 1787, it was not published until 1789 by L'Imprimerie Royal as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailanthus Fordii
''Ailanthus fordii'', otherwise known as green ailanthus or evergreen ailanthus, is an evergreen tree in the family Simaroubaceae. It is native to the low evergreen forests of Hong Kong. History ''Ailanthus fordii'' was first discovered in Cape D'Aguilar between the years 1884 and 1886. Description ''Ailanthus fordii'' is a dioecious, evergreen tree that can grow up to tall. The branchlets are grey-brown and are densely puberulent. Odd, pinnately compound leaves are gathered at the upmost part of the branches and are 40-60 centimeters long. The petiole is long, and there are 13-27 leaflets, mostly opposite. The leaflets are oblong-ovate, and are long wide. The buds are inflorescence terminal, paniculate, and are 20-40 centimeters long. The flowers can be unisexual or polygamous, and they are calyx-cup shaped. Petals are about . In female flowers, the anthers are imperfectly developed. The samara Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailanthus Kurzii
''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambonese word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales (formerly Rutales or Geraniales). The genus is native from east Asia south to northern Australasia. One species, the tree of heaven (''Ailanthus altissima'') is considered a weed in some parts of the world. Selected species The number of living species is disputed, with some authorities accepting up to ten species, while others accept six or fewer. Species include: *''Ailanthus altissima'' (tree of heaven, syn. '' A. vilmoriniana'' ) – northern and central mainland China, Taiwan. Invasive in North America, Europe, Britain, and Australia. Serves as central metaphor in '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn''. *'' Ailanthus excelsa'' – India and Sri Lanka *'' Ailanthus fordii'' – China *'' Ailanthus integrifolia'' – New Guinea and Queensland, Australia *'' Ailanthus triphysa'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavdos
Gavdos ( ) is the southernmost Greek island, located to the south of its much larger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the regional unit of Chania. It forms a community with surrounding islets and was part of the former Selino Province. Name Gavdos has been known by a wide variety of names. For example, it appears in the biblical account of Paul's journey to Rome in Acts 27 as "Clauda" () or "Cauda" (). The island was also referred to as "Cauda" by Roman geographer Pomponius Mela, and as "Gaudos" by Pliny. Ptolemy called Gavdos "Claudos" (). The Venetians called it "Gotzo", perhaps in imitation of the Maltese island "Gozo". From the 17th to the 19th centuries, the island was known as "Gondzo". A Turkish name of Godzo was "Bougadoz". Geography The island is south of Chora Sfakion. The area of the municipality, which includes the small island Gavdopoula, is . The island is roughly triangular in shape. Its highest point is Mount Vardia, . The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and clockwise, from the southwest, by the other Austrian states of Carinthia, Salzburg (federal state), Salzburg, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, and Burgenland. The state's capital is Graz, the second largest city in Austria after only Vienna. Name The March of Styria derived its name from the original seat of its ruling Otakars, Otakar dynasty: Steyr, in today's Upper Austria, which in turn derives its name from the namesake river of Steyr, stemming from the Celtic Stiria. In the native German the area is still called "Steiermark", while in English the Latin name "Styria" is used. Until the late 19th century however, the German name "Steyer", a slightly modernized spelling of Steyr, was also common. The ancient link between the city of Steyr and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene followed the Oligocene and preceded the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene through the Miocene and into the Pliocene, the climate slowly cooled towards a series of ice ages. The Miocene boundaries are not marked by distinct global events but by regionally defined transitions from the warmer Oligocene to the cooler Pliocene Epoch. During the Early Miocene, Afro-Arabia collided with Eurasia, severing the connection between the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans, and allowing the interchange of fauna between Eurasia and Africa, including the dispersal of proboscideans and Ape, hominoids into Eurasia. During the late Miocene, the conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailanthus Pythii
''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambonese word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales (formerly Rutales or Geraniales). The genus is native from east Asia south to northern Australasia. One species, the tree of heaven (''Ailanthus altissima'') is considered a weed in some parts of the world. Selected species The number of living species is disputed, with some authorities accepting up to ten species, while others accept six or fewer. Species include: *''Ailanthus altissima'' (tree of heaven, syn. '' A. vilmoriniana'' ) – northern and central mainland China, Taiwan. Invasive in North America, Europe, Britain, and Australia. Serves as central metaphor in '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn''. *'' Ailanthus excelsa'' – India and Sri Lanka *'' Ailanthus fordii'' – China *'' Ailanthus integrifolia'' – New Guinea and Queensland, Australia *'' Ailanthus triphysa'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailanthus Gigas
''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambonese Malay, Ambonese word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales (formerly Rutales or Geraniales). The genus is native from east Asia south to northern Australasian realm, Australasia. One species, the Ailanthus altissima, tree of heaven (''Ailanthus altissima'') is considered a weed in some parts of the world. Selected species The number of living species is disputed, with some authorities accepting up to ten species, while others accept six or fewer. Species include: *''Ailanthus altissima'' (tree of heaven, synonym (biology), syn. ''Ailanthus vilmoriniana, A. vilmoriniana'' ) – northern and central mainland China, Taiwan. invasive species, Invasive in North America, Europe, Britain, and Australia. Serves as central metaphor in ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn''. *''Ailanthus excelsa'' – India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tertiary (period)
The Tertiary ( ) is an obsolete geologic period spanning 66 million to 2.6 or 1.8 million years ago. The period began with the extinction of the non- avian dinosaurs in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, at the start of the Cenozoic Era, and extended to the beginning of the Quaternary glaciation at the end of the Pliocene Epoch. The Tertiary has not been recognised by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) since the late 1980s, with the timespan of the Tertiary now being split in to the earlier Paleogene and the more recent Neogene periods, though the Tertiary continues to be used in some scientific publications. Historical use of the term The term Tertiary was first used by Giovanni Arduino during the mid-18th century. He classified geologic time into primitive (or primary), secondary, and tertiary periods based on observations of geology in Northern Italy. Later a fourth period, the Quaternary, was applied. In the early development of the study of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailanthus Confucii
''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambonese word probably meaning "tree of the gods" or "tree of heaven") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales (formerly Rutales or Geraniales). The genus is native from east Asia south to northern Australasia. One species, the tree of heaven (''Ailanthus altissima'') is considered a weed in some parts of the world. Selected species The number of living species is disputed, with some authorities accepting up to ten species, while others accept six or fewer. Species include: *''Ailanthus altissima'' (tree of heaven, syn. '' A. vilmoriniana'' ) – northern and central mainland China, Taiwan. Invasive in North America, Europe, Britain, and Australia. Serves as central metaphor in '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn''. *'' Ailanthus excelsa'' – India and Sri Lanka *'' Ailanthus fordii'' – China *'' Ailanthus integrifolia'' – New Guinea and Queensland, Australia *'' Ailanthus triphysa'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailanthus Vietnamensis
''Ailanthus vietnamensis'' is a deciduous tree in the family Simaroubaceae, endemic to the wet tropics of Vietnam. Description ''Ailanthus vietnamensis'' is a monoecious tree that can grow 8 meters in height with a diameter at breast height of 20 centimeters. The bark is yellowish-grey and smooth, and the twigs are stout, and are yellowish-green in color. The lenticles are ochre-colored, and the leaf scars are large and heart-shaped. Leaves are spirally arranged pinnately compound leaves up to 45 cm cm long, and are clustered at the end with 6-10 pair of opposite leaves. The petiole connecting the leaves are 4-11 centimeters long and are puberulous. The leaflets are entire, and are narrow ovate by 5–11 by 1.5-3.5 cm. They are mostly smooth above and are more pubescent beneath. The leaflets are apex acuminate with an obtuse tip, and the lateral nerves are 6-18 pairs. The midrib and lateral nerves are prominent on the underface and are pubescent, and usually have bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
