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Bulnesia Foliosa
''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains the bean-caper and caltrop. The family includes around 285 species in 22 genera. Plants in the family Zygophyllaceae may be trees, shrubs, or herbs. They are often found in dry habit .... Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' and '' B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''" lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus '' Guaiacum''. Species * '' Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood * '' Bulnesia bonariensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia carrapo'' Killip & Dugand * '' Bulnesia chilensis'' Gay * '' Bulnesia foliosa'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia loraniensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia macrocarpa'' Phil. * '' Bulnesia rivas-martinezii'' G.Navarro * '' Bulnesia retama'' (G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulnesia Retama
''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly ''Bulnesia arborea, B. arborea'' and ''Bulnesia sarmientoi, B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''"lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus ''Guaiacum''. Species * ''Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood * ''Bulnesia bonariensis'' August Grisebach, Griseb. * ''Bulnesia carrapo'' Ellsworth Paine Killip, Killip & Armando Dugand, Dugand * ''Bulnesia chilensis'' Claude Gay, Gay * ''Bulnesia foliosa'' Griseb. * ''Bulnesia loraniensis'' Griseb. * ''Bulnesia macrocarpa'' Rodolfo Armando Philippi, Phil. * ''Bulnesia rivas-martinezii'' G.Navarro * ''Bulnesia retama'' (Gillies ex William Jackson Hooker, Hook. & George Arnott Walker-Arnott, Arn.) Griseb * ''Bulnesia sarmientoi'' – Argentine ''lignum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellsworth Paine Killip
Ellsworth Paine Killip (September 2, 1890 – November 21, 1968) was a U.S. botanist. His name is linked to over 600 species names. Around 150 species are named for him, including '' Linanthus killipii''. Killip specialized in the taxonomy of South American plants. Killip joined the staff of the United States National Museum (USNM; now known as the Smithsonian Institution) in 1919 as an Aide in the Division of Plants. He was promoted to Assistant Curator in 1927, Associate Curator in 1928, and Curator in 1946. In 1947, Killip was appointed Head Curator of the newly established Department of Botany, USNM, a position he retained until his retirement in 1950. In 1925, '' Killipia'' was a genus of flowering plants from Colombia and Ecuador, belonging to the family Melastomataceae, named after him. It is now been downgraded to a synonym of ''Miconia''. References External links * Personal papersat Smithsonian Institution Archives at passionflow.co.uk Worksat Open Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulnesia
''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly ''Bulnesia arborea, B. arborea'' and ''Bulnesia sarmientoi, B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''"lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus ''Guaiacum''. Species * ''Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood * ''Bulnesia bonariensis'' August Grisebach, Griseb. * ''Bulnesia carrapo'' Ellsworth Paine Killip, Killip & Armando Dugand, Dugand * ''Bulnesia chilensis'' Claude Gay, Gay * ''Bulnesia foliosa'' Griseb. * ''Bulnesia loraniensis'' Griseb. * ''Bulnesia macrocarpa'' Rodolfo Armando Philippi, Phil. * ''Bulnesia rivas-martinezii'' G.Navarro * ''Bulnesia retama'' (Gillies ex William Jackson Hooker, Hook. & George Arnott Walker-Arnott, Arn.) Griseb * ''Bulnesia sarmientoi'' – Argentine ''lignum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulnesia Schickendantzii
''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' and '' B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''"lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus ''Guaiacum''. Species * '' Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood * '' Bulnesia bonariensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia carrapo'' Killip & Dugand * '' Bulnesia chilensis'' Gay * '' Bulnesia foliosa'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia loraniensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia macrocarpa'' Phil. * '' Bulnesia rivas-martinezii'' G.Navarro * '' Bulnesia retama'' (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist. He collaborated with botanists from around the world and served as a regius professor of botany at the University of Glasgow. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Arnott Walker-Arnott
George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist. He collaborated with botanists from around the world and served as a Regius Professor of Botany (Glasgow), regius professor of botany at the University of Glasgow. An orchid genus ''Arnottia'' was named in his honour in 1828. Early life George Arnott Walker Arnott was born in Edinburgh, on 6 February 1799, the son of David Walker Arnott of Arlary (near Kinross). He grew up in Edenshead and Arlary, and attended Milnathort Parish School then the High School of Edinburgh from 1807. He received an Master of Arts, AM degree in 1818. He took to mathematics and was recognized by John Leslie (physicist), Sir John Leslie and John Playfair. He wrote articles in Tilloch's Philosophical Magazine on ''Observations on the Solution of Exponential Equations'' (1817) and ''Comparison between the Chords of Arcs employed by Ptolemy and those now in use'' (1818). He then joined to study law in Edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jackson Hooker
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botany, botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew Gardens, Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he founded the Kew Herbarium, Herbarium and enlarged the gardens and arboretum. Hooker was born and educated in Norwich. An inheritance gave him the means to travel and to devote himself to the study of natural history, particularly botany. He published his account of an expedition to Iceland in 1809, even though his notes and specimens were destroyed during his voyage home. He married Maria, the eldest daughter of the Norfolk banker Dawson Turner, in 1815, afterwards living in Halesworth for 11 years, where he established a herbarium that became renowned by botanists at the time. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, where he worked with the botanist and lithographer Thomas Hopkirk and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulnesia Rivas-martinezii
''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' and '' B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''"lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus ''Guaiacum''. Species * '' Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood * '' Bulnesia bonariensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia carrapo'' Killip & Dugand * '' Bulnesia chilensis'' Gay * '' Bulnesia foliosa'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia loraniensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia macrocarpa'' Phil. * '' Bulnesia rivas-martinezii'' G.Navarro * ''Bulnesia retama'' (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist. He collaborated with botanists from around the world and served as a regius professor of botany at the University of Glasgow. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Armando Philippi
Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology, but also published a major work on Diptera of Chile. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados (1905-1969), was also a zoologist and in order to avoid confusion in zoological nomenclature, the elder is referred to as "Philippi rumwiede to distinguish him from his grandson "Philippi añados. Early life Philippi was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin to Johann Wilhelm Eberhard Philippi, a Prussian government auditor, and his third wife Maria Anna Krumwiede (m. 1806). The father had five children from two earlier marriages and Philippi was the eldest from the third marriage. In 1818, Philippi, his younger brother Bernhard Eunom (1811–1852) and their mother went to Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, where they were educated at the Pestalozzian Institute founded by Johann Heinrich Pest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulnesia Macrocarpa
''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' and '' B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''"lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus ''Guaiacum''. Species * ''Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood * '' Bulnesia bonariensis'' Griseb. * ''Bulnesia carrapo'' Killip & Dugand * '' Bulnesia chilensis'' Gay * ''Bulnesia foliosa'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia loraniensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia macrocarpa'' Phil. * ''Bulnesia rivas-martinezii'' G.Navarro * ''Bulnesia retama'' (Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Griseb * '' Bulnesia sarmientoi'' – Argentine ''lignum vitae'', Paraguay ''lignum vitae'', ''"palo santo"'', ''ibiocaí'' * ''Bulnesia schickendantzii ''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulnesia Foliosa
''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains the bean-caper and caltrop. The family includes around 285 species in 22 genera. Plants in the family Zygophyllaceae may be trees, shrubs, or herbs. They are often found in dry habit .... Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' and '' B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''" lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus '' Guaiacum''. Species * '' Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood * '' Bulnesia bonariensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia carrapo'' Killip & Dugand * '' Bulnesia chilensis'' Gay * '' Bulnesia foliosa'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia loraniensis'' Griseb. * '' Bulnesia macrocarpa'' Phil. * '' Bulnesia rivas-martinezii'' G.Navarro * '' Bulnesia retama'' (G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulnesia Chilensis
''Bulnesia chilensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. It is shrub endemic to the Atacama and Coquimbo Coquimbo is a port List of cities in Chile, city, Communes of Chile, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Serena, Chile, La S ... regions in northern Chile, where it is known as retama or retama del cerro. References chilensis {{Rosid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
