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Aristogeitonia Gabonica
''Aristogeitonia'' is a plant genus in the family (biology), family Picrodendraceae, described as a genus in 1908. It is native to Africa and Madagascar.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ;species # ''Aristogeitonia gabonica'' - Gabon # ''Aristogeitonia limoniifolia'' - Angola # ''Aristogeitonia lophirifolia'' - Madagascar # ''Aristogeitonia magnistipula'' - Tanzania # ''Aristogeitonia monophylla'' - Tanzania, Kenya # ''Aristogeitonia perrieri'' - Madagascar # ''Aristogeitonia uapacifolia'' - Toliara Province See also *Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae References Picrodendraceae Malpighiales genera Flora of the Afrotropical realm {{Malpighiales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prain
Sir David Prain (11 July 1857 – 16 March 1944) was a Scotland, Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden and went on to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Life Born to David Prain, a saddler, and his wife Mary Thomson, in Fettercairn, Scotland, in 1857, Prain attended the Fettercairn Parish School and then Aberdeen Grammar School. He then studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen, where he gained his Master of Arts, M.A. in 1878. After teaching for two years at Ramsgate College, he returned to Aberdeen and thence to the University of Edinburgh, earning an MB ChM in 1883 with highest honours. He was demonstrator of anatomy at the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1882 and 1883, and at the University of Aberdeen in 1883 and 1884. In 1884 Prain was recommended to Sir George King (botanist), George King (1840–1909), home on leave from his position as director of the Royal Botanic Garden at Calcutta and looking for a medical s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |