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Alseis (leafhopper)
''Alseis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1827. The genus is native to tropical Latin America from southern Mexico to Brazil. Species * ''Alseis blackiana'' William Hemsley (botanist), Hemsl. - Panamá, Colombia * ''Alseis costaricensis'' C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica * ''Alseis eggersii'' Paul Carpenter Standley, Standl. - Ecuador, Perú * ''Alseis floribunda'' Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Schott - Bolivia, Brazil * ''Alseis gardneri'' Wernham - Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro (state) * ''Alseis hondurensis'' Paul Carpenter Standley, Standl. - Chiapas, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras * ''Alseis involuta'' Karl Moritz Schumann, K.Schum. - Brazil * ''Alseis labatioides'' Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, H.Karst. ex Karl Moritz Schumann, K.Schum. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana * ''Alseis latifolia'' Gleason - Maranhão * ''Alseis longifolia'' Adolpho Ducke, Ducke - Guyana, Suriname, Brazil * ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiapas
Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and largest city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Other important population centers in Chiapas include Ocosingo, Tapachula, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Comitán, and Arriaga, Chiapas, Arriaga. Chiapas is the southernmost state in Mexico, and it borders the states of Oaxaca to the west, Veracruz to the northwest, and Tabasco to the north, and the Petén Department, Petén, Quiché Department, Quiché, Huehuetenango Department, Huehuetenango, and San Marcos Department, San Marcos departments of Guatemala to the east and southeast. Chiapas has a significant coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. In general, Chiapas has a humid, tropical climate. In the northern area bordering Tabasco, near Teapa Municipality, Teapa, rainfall can average more than pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alseis Mutisii
''Alseis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1827. The genus is native to tropical Latin America from southern Mexico to Brazil. Species * '' Alseis blackiana'' Hemsl. - Panamá, Colombia * '' Alseis costaricensis'' C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica * '' Alseis eggersii'' Standl. - Ecuador, Perú * ''Alseis floribunda'' Schott - Bolivia, Brazil * '' Alseis gardneri'' Wernham - Rio de Janeiro (state) * '' Alseis hondurensis'' Standl. - Chiapas, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras * '' Alseis involuta'' K.Schum. - Brazil * '' Alseis labatioides'' H.Karst. ex K.Schum. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana * '' Alseis latifolia'' Gleason - Maranhão * '' Alseis longifolia'' Ducke - Guyana, Suriname, Brazil * '' Alseis lugonis'' L.Andersson - Ecuador * '' Alseis microcarpa'' Standl. & Steyerm. - Venezuela, Colombia, Perú * '' Alseis mutisii'' Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela * '' Alseis peruviana'' Standl. - Ecuador, Peru * '' Alse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alseis Lugonis
''Alseis lugonis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain .... References External links ''Alseis'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae Dialypetalantheae Endemic flora of Ecuador Near threatened plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Bengt Lennart Andersson {{Ixoroideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; its economy of Suriname, economy is heavily dependent on its abundant Natural resource, natural resources, namely bauxite, gold, petroleum, and Agriculture, agricultural products. Suriname is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the United Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Organization of American States. Situated Tropics, slightly north of the equator, over 90% of its territory is covered by rainforest, List of countries by forest area (percentage), the highest proportion of forest cover in the world. Borders of Suriname, Suriname is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. It is List of South American countries by area, the smalles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city. Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east. With a land area of , Guyana is the third-smallest sovereign state by area in mainland South America after Uruguay and Suriname, and is the List of South American countries by population, second-least populous sovereign state in South America after Suriname; it is also List of countries and dependencies by population density, one of the least densely populated countries on Earth. The official language of the country is English language, English, although a large part of the population is bilingual in English and the indigenous languages. It has a wide variety of natural habitats and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolpho Ducke
Adolpho Ducke (October 19, 1876 – January 5, 1959), (also referred to as Adolfo Ducke and occasionally misspelled "Duque"), was a notable entomologist, botanist and ethnographer specializing in Amazonia. According to family records, he was an ethnic German with roots in Trieste Austro-Hungary (now in Italy). German was his first language; that is, the German commonly spoken in Trieste in the 19th century. Most of his books were written in German. Recruited by Emílio Goeldi, Ducke began his work in Amazônia as an entomologist for the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, but due to the influence of botanists Jacques Hüber and Paul Le Cointe, he switched to botany. He traveled throughout Amazônia to study the complicated tree system of the rainforest. He published 180 articles and monographs, primarily on the Leguminosae, and he described 900 species and 50 new genera. In 1918, while continuing his work for the Paraense Museum, he collaborated with the Rio de Janeiro Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alseis Longifolia
''Alseis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1827. The genus is native to tropical Latin America from southern Mexico to Brazil. Species * '' Alseis blackiana'' Hemsl. - Panamá, Colombia * '' Alseis costaricensis'' C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica * '' Alseis eggersii'' Standl. - Ecuador, Perú * ''Alseis floribunda'' Schott - Bolivia, Brazil * '' Alseis gardneri'' Wernham - Rio de Janeiro (state) * '' Alseis hondurensis'' Standl. - Chiapas, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras * '' Alseis involuta'' K.Schum. - Brazil * '' Alseis labatioides'' H.Karst. ex K.Schum. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana * '' Alseis latifolia'' Gleason - Maranhão * '' Alseis longifolia'' Ducke - Guyana, Suriname, Brazil * ''Alseis lugonis'' L.Andersson - Ecuador * ''Alseis microcarpa'' Standl. & Steyerm. - Venezuela, Colombia, Perú * ''Alseis mutisii'' Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela * '' Alseis peruviana'' Standl. - Ecuador, Peru * '' Alseis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maranhão
Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent within the common Northeastern Brazilian dialect. Maranhão is described in literary works such as ''Canção do exílio, Exile Song'' by Gonçalves Dias and ''Casa de Pensão'' by Aluísio Azevedo. The dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Lençóis are an important area of environmental preservation. Also of interest is the state capital of São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Another important conservation area is the Parnaíba River delta, between the states of Maranhão and Piauí, with its lagoons, desert dunes and deserted beaches or islands, suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alseis Latifolia
''Alseis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1827. The genus is native to tropical Latin America from southern Mexico to Brazil. Species * '' Alseis blackiana'' Hemsl. - Panamá, Colombia * '' Alseis costaricensis'' C.M.Taylor - Costa Rica * '' Alseis eggersii'' Standl. - Ecuador, Perú * ''Alseis floribunda'' Schott - Bolivia, Brazil * '' Alseis gardneri'' Wernham - Rio de Janeiro (state) * '' Alseis hondurensis'' Standl. - Chiapas, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras * '' Alseis involuta'' K.Schum. - Brazil * '' Alseis labatioides'' H.Karst. ex K.Schum. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana * '' Alseis latifolia'' Gleason - Maranhão * ''Alseis longifolia'' Ducke - Guyana, Suriname, Brazil * ''Alseis lugonis'' L.Andersson - Ecuador * ''Alseis microcarpa'' Standl. & Steyerm. - Venezuela, Colombia, Perú * ''Alseis mutisii'' Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela * '' Alseis peruviana'' Standl. - Ecuador, Peru * '' Alseis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (6 November 1817, in Stralsund – 10 July 1908, in Zoppot) was a German botanist and geologist. Biography Born in Stralsund, he followed the example of Alexander von Humboldt and traveled 1844-56 the northern part of South America (Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia). From 1856 to 1868, he was a professor at the agricultural college in Berlin, afterwards serving as a professor of plant physiology at the University of Vienna (1868–72). In 1881, at the suggestion of David Friedrich Weinland, Karsten became convinced of the correctness of Otto Hahn (petrologist), Otto Hahn's organic theory of the chondrites and, as a result, wrote an essay entitled "Die Meteorite und ihre Organismen" in which he declared his support for Hahn's theory. He died 1908 in Berlin-Grunewald (locality), Grunewald. As a taxonomy (biology), taxonomist, he was the binomial authority, binomial author of many botanical species. Selected bibliography * ''Florae Columbiae .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
