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Bessera Ramirezii
''Bessera'' is a genus of Mexico, Mexican plants in the Brodiaeoideae, cluster lily subfamily within the Asparagaceae, asparagus family. It is a small genus of 5 known species of mostly herbaceous flowering plants with corms. They have flowers with petals and petaloid sepals (tepals) with compound pistils. The genus is named for Austrian and Russian Empire, Russian botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842). ''Bessera elegans'', called coral drops, is cultivated and is a half-hardy Mexican herbaceous plant growing from corms with drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white colored flowers. Taxonomy Species The currently accepted species listed in Plants of the World Online are: #''Bessera elegans'' Schult.f. — central to southern Mexico. #''Bessera elegantissima'' E.Gándara, Ortiz-Brunel, Art.Castro & Ruiz-Sanchez #''Bessera ramirezii'' E.Gándara, Ortiz-Brunel, Art.Castro & Ruiz-Sanchez #''Bessera tenuiflora'' (Greene) J.F.Macbr. — Baja Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Hermann Schultes
Julius Hermann Schultes (4 February 1804 in Vienna – 1 September 1840 in Munich) was an Austrian botanist from Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the ''Systema Vegetabilium'' with his father Josef August Schultes (1773-1831). He studied natural sciences, anatomy and medicine at the University of Landshut, earning his medical doctorate in 1825. After the death of his father in 1831, he settled in Munich as a general practitioner A general practitioner (GP) is a doctor who is a Consultant (medicine), consultant in general practice. GPs have distinct expertise and experience in providing whole person medical care, whilst managing the complexity, uncertainty and risk ass ..., (biography in German) but the death of his father and his struggling for general practice caused its toll on him, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |