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Bergenia
''Bergenia'' (elephant-eared saxifrage, elephant's ears) is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae, native to central Asia, from Afghanistan to China and the Himalayan region. Description They are clump-forming, rhizomatous, evergreen perennials with a spirally arranged rosette of leaves 6–35 cm long and 4–15 cm broad, and pink flowers produced in a cyme. The leaves are large, leathery, ovate or cordate, and often have wavy or saw-toothed edges. For most of the year, the leaves have a glossy green colour, but in cooler climates, they turn red or bronze in the fall. The flowers grow on a stem similar in colour to a rhubarb stalk and most varieties have cone-shaped flowers in varying shades of pink. These can range from almost white to ruby red and purple. The common names for ''Bergenia'' are pigsqueak (due to the sound produced when two leaves are rubbed together), elephant's ears (due to the shape of the leaves) and lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergenia Scopulosa
''Bergenia'' (elephant-eared saxifrage, elephant's ears) is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae, native to central Asia, from Afghanistan to China and the Himalayan region. Description They are clump-forming, rhizomatous, evergreen perennials with a spirally arranged rosette of leaves 6–35 cm long and 4–15 cm broad, and pink flowers produced in a cyme. The leaves are large, leathery, ovate or cordate, and often have wavy or saw-toothed edges. For most of the year, the leaves have a glossy green colour, but in cooler climates, they turn red or bronze in the fall. The flowers grow on a stem similar in colour to a rhubarb stalk and most varieties have cone-shaped flowers in varying shades of pink. These can range from almost white to ruby red and purple. The common names for ''Bergenia'' are pigsqueak (due to the sound produced when two leaves are rubbed together), elephant's ears (due to the shape of the leaves) and large rockfoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergenia Crassifolia
''Bergenia crassifolia'' is a species of flowering plant of the genus '' Bergenia'' in the family Saxifragaceae. Common names for the species include heart-leaved bergenia,Tomasz Aniśko. ''When Perennials Bloom: An Almanac for Planning and Planting.'' Timber Press, 2008. p. 121. heartleaf bergenia, leather bergenia, winter-blooming bergenia,Ruth Rogers Clausen and Thomas Christopher. ''Essential Perennials: The Complete Reference to 2700 Perennials for the Home Garden.'' Timber Press, 2015. . p. 88. elephant-ears, elephant's ears, Korean elephant-ear, badan, pigsqueak, Siberian tea, and Mongolian tea. The species epithet ''crassifolia'' means "thick-leaved", while the epithet in the synonym ''Bergenia cordifolia'' means "cordate (heart-shaped) leaf" (although the leaves may also be described as spoon-shaped). The cultivar 'Rosa Zeiten' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Description It grows to about tall. The leaves are winter hardy in warmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergenia Purpurascens
''Bergenia purpurascens'', the purple bergenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. It is a perennial herb and is native to Nepal, the eastern Himalayas, Assam, Tibet, south-central China, and Myanmar. The species, its putative variety ''Bergenia purpurascens'' var. ''delavayi'', and its cultivar 'Irish Crimson' have all gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions. History The Award of Garden Merit .... A useful feature in the garden is the visual interest that its foliage provides by turning a deep beet red during the winter. The Latin specific epithet ''purpurascens'' is in reference to the foliage that is purple in color. References purpurascens Flora of South-Central China Flora of Tibet Flora of Assam (region) Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergenia Ciliata
''Bergenia ciliata'' (fringed elephant's ears, winter begonia, hairy bergenia, Hindi & Sanskrit : ''Pashanbheda'', पाषाणभेद) is a plant species in the genus ''Bergenia'', deciduous in USDA Zones 5 to 7, but usually remain semi-evergreen south of Zone 7. It is found in Northern India in Uttarakhand (Chamoli and other districts of Uttarakhand) and Himachal Pradesh (in district Shimla). This flower is related to the famous Phool Dei Festival (https://www.tourmyindia.com/states/uttarakhand/phool-dei-festival.html) celebrated in Uttarakhand. It is commonly known in India as Pathar phor buti. Also found in mountain areas of West Bengal, like Kalimpong, and Darjeeling. Afghanistan, south Tibet, Northern Nepal, Bhutan ( Haa and Mongar districts). Bergenin, catechin, gallic acid, gallicin, catechin-7-O-glucoside and β-sitosterol can be found in ''B. ciliata''. It is known for its use in Ayurveda and other medicinal properties. It is mainly found on rocks and it grows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergenia Ligulata
''Bergenia ligulata'' (''Paashaanbhed'', ''Prashanbheda'', and other spellings in Ayurveda traditional Indian medicine) is a plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae and the genus '' Bergenia''. It is plant is sometimes treated as a form of '' Bergenia ciliata''. It is mostly found in temperate regions of the Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and in Khasia hills at altitude. Chemical constituents ''Bergenia ligulata'' contains a phenolic compound bergenin, and afzelechin Afzelechin is a flavan-3-ol, a type of flavonoid. It can be found in ''Bergenia ligulata'' ( ''Paashaanbhed'' in Ayurveda traditional Indian medicine). It exists as at least 2 major epimers (afzelechin and epi-afzelechin). Metabolism (2R,3S)-cate ..., a type of flavan-3-ol. References ligulata Plants used in Ayurveda {{Saxifragaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergenia Stracheyi
''Bergenia stracheyi'' is a plant species in the genus ''Bergenia'' found in the Western Himalayas, from 2700 to 4700 m, Afghanistan and Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr .... Bergenin and norbergenin are chemical compounds that can be isolated from rhizomes of ''B. stracheyi''.Immunomodulatory effect of bergenin and norbergenin against adjuvant-induced arthritis—A flow cytometric study Nighat Nazira, Surrinder Koulb, Mushtaq A. Qurishia, Sachin C. Tanejab, Sheikh F. Ahmadc, Sarang Banic and Ghulam N. Qazi, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 112, Issue 2, 13 June 2007, pp. 401-405, Cultivars * ''Bergenia stracheyi 'Alba * ''Bergenia stracheyi 'Afghanica References External links stracheyi Plants described in 1868 {{Saxifragaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxifragaceae
Saxifragaceae is a family of herbaceous perennial flowering plants, within the core eudicot order Saxifragales. The taxonomy of the family has been greatly revised and the scope much reduced in the era of molecular phylogenetic analysis. The family is divided into ten clades, with about 640 known species in about 35 accepted genera. About half of these consist of a single species, but about 400 of the species are in the type genus '' Saxifraga''. The family is predominantly distributed in the northern hemisphere, but also in the Andes in South America. Description Species are herbaceous perennials (rarely annual or biennial), sometimes succulent or xerophytic, often with perennating rhizomes. The leaves are usually basally aggregated in alternate rosettes, sometimes on inflorescence stems. They are usually simple, rarely pinnately or palmately compound. Their margins may be entire, deeply lobed, cleft, crenate or dentate and petiolate with stipules. The infloresc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl August Von Bergen
Karl August von Bergen (11 August 1704 in Frankfurt (Oder) – 7 October 1759 in ibid.) was a German anatomist and botanist. Life Karl August von Bergen was the son of anatomy professor Johann Georg von Bergen (died 1738). He attended the Gymnasium in his home town of Frankfurt an der Oder, he later studied medicine at the local Viadrina University from 1727. There he was taught by his father and by the anatomist Andreas Ottomar Goelicke (1670–1744). He continued his studies at the University of Leiden, where he worked for the professors Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738), Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. He also studied in Paris and Strasbourg. He returned to Viadrina University and received his doctorate in medicine in 1732 and took a post as a professor at the university. After the death of his father, he was awarded the chair of anatomy and botany at the university. His duties included the care of the Botanical Garden, which had been founded in 1678 by Johann Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
