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Comoranthus Madagascariensis
''Comoranthus''Emil Friedrich Knoblauch. 1934. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1032. is a plant genus native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. It contains 3 species: *'' Comoranthus madagascariensis'' H.PerrierJoseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie. 1950. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série B, Biologie Végétale 2: 305-306. - western |
Emil Friedrich Knoblauch
Emil Friedrich Knoblauch (2 December 1864, Groß Karnitten in Kreis Mohrungen – 10 February 1936) was a German botanist. He studied at the University of Königsberg, obtaining his PhD in 1888. Later, he was associated with the botanical garden and museum in Göttingen. He identified numerous species within the family Oleaceae, and was the taxonomic authority of the genera '' Leuranthus'' and ''Noldeanthus''. Published works He was editor of the sections on Oleaceae and Salvadoraceae in Engler and Prantl's ''Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien''. In Eugenius Warming's ''Handbuch der systematischen botanik'' (A handbook of systematic botany), he authored a revision of the "Fungi" section(s). Other noteworthy written efforts by Knoblauch include: * ''Anatomie des holzes der laurineen'', 1888 - Anatomy involving the wood of Laurineae. * ''Ökologische Anatomie der Holzpflanzen der südafrikanischen immergrünen Buschregion'', 1896 - Ecological anatomy of woody plants of the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's List of island countries, second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Geography of Madagascar, Madagascar (the List of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of wildlife of Madagascar, its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comoro Islands
The Comoro Islands or Comoros ( Shikomori ''Komori''; ar, جزر القمر , ''Juzur al-qamar''; french: Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and northwest of Madagascar. The islands are politically divided between the Union of the Comoros, a sovereign country, and Mayotte, an Overseas Department of France. Geography The Comoro Islands are located in the Mozambique Channel to the north-west of Madagascar and facing Mozambique. These volcanic islands, covering a total area of 2034 km2, are as follows: * Ngazidja (also known as ''Grande Comore''): the largest island of the Union of the Comoros, with its capital Moroni * Ndzuwani (also known as ''Anjouan''): part of the Union of the Comoros * Mwali (also known as ''Mohéli''): part of the Union of the Comoros * Mayotte (also known as ''Maore''): a French overseas department. Mayotte is composed of two islands, Grande-Terre and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comoranthus Madagascariensis
''Comoranthus''Emil Friedrich Knoblauch. 1934. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1032. is a plant genus native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. It contains 3 species: *'' Comoranthus madagascariensis'' H.PerrierJoseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie. 1950. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série B, Biologie Végétale 2: 305-306. - western |
Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier De La Bâthie
Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (11 August 1873 – 2 October 1958) was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. He is the nephew of Eugène Pierre Perrier de la Bâthie, (1825-1916), another botanist, who also collected plants with him. He delineated the two chief floristic provinces of Madagascar (''see'' Ecoregions of Madagascar). Some of his works include ''La végétation malgache'' (1921), ''Biogéographie de plantes de Madagascar'' (1936), and numerous volumes of the serie''Flore de Madagascar et des Comores''(1946-1952). Honours The orchid genus ''Neobathiea'' (originally ''Bathiea'') was named in his honor, as was the indriid lemur Perrier's sifaka (''Propithecus perrieri''). He has other plant genera named in his honour. Such as in 1905, botanist Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet published '' Perriera'', a genus of flowering plants from Madagascar, belonging to the family Simaroubaceae. Then in 1915, botanist Hochr. published '' Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
