Petchia

	Petchia ''Petchia'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1926. It is native to Madagascar, Cameroon, the Comoros and Sri Lanka. ;SpeciesSearch for "Petchia", # ''Petchia africana'' Anthonius Josephus Maria Leeuwenberg, Leeuwenb. - Cameroon # ''Petchia ceylanica'' (Robert Wight, Wight) E.J. Livera, Livera - Sri Lanka # ''Petchia cryptophlebia'' (John Gilbert Baker, Baker) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar # ''Petchia erythrocarpa'' (Wilhelm Vatke (botanist), Vatke) Leeuwenb. - Comoros, Madagascar # ''Petchia humbertii'' (Friedrich Markgraf, Markgr.) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar # ''Petchia madagascariensis'' (Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle, A.DC.) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar # ''Petchia montana'' (Marcel Pichon, Pichon) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar # ''Petchia plectaneiifolia'' (Pichon) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar References Petchia, Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Petchia Madagascariensis ''Petchia madagascariensis'' is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. Description ''Petchia madagascariensis'' grows as a shrub or small tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . Its flowers feature a creamy to yellow corolla. The fruit is orange with paired cylindrical follicles. Local traditional medicinal uses include as a treatment for stomach-ache, gonorrhoea, rheumatism, gout, malaria and as a diuretic and anthelmintic. Distribution and habitat ''Petchia madagascariensis'' is endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ....Search for "Petchia madagascariensis", Its habitat is evergreen forest, mostly coastal, from sea level to altitude. References madagascariensis Plants used in traditional African medicine Endemic flora of Madagasca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marcel Pichon Marcel Pichon (1921–1954) was a French botanist specialising in Apocynaceae. Publications * 1948. ''Classification des apocynacées. 1. Carissées et ambelaniées'' * 1948. ''Classification des apocynacées : . IX. Rauvolfiées, alstoniées, allamandées et tabernémontanoïdées'' * 1950. ''Classification des apocynacées. 25. Échitoïdées et supplément aux pluméroïdées'' * 1953. ''Monographie des landolphiées : Classification des apocynacées, XXXV'' References * Humbert, J-H; Léandri, J-D. 1955. ''Marcel Pichon, 1921 - 1954''. Taxon 4 (1) : 1-2 * Jaussaud, P; ÉR Brygoo. 2004. ''Du Jardin au Muséum en 516 biographies'', Muséum national d'histoire naturelle The French National Museum of Natural History ( ; abbr. MNHN) is the national natural history museum of France and a of higher education part of Sorbonne University. The main museum, with four galleries, is located in Paris, France, within the Ja ..., Paris, 2004, 630 pp. External links 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame De Candolle Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (27 October 18064 April 1893) was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Biography De Candolle, son of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, first devoted himself to the study of law, but gradually drifted to botany and finally succeeded to his father's chair at the University of Geneva. He published a number of botanical works, including continuations of the ''Prodromus'' in collaboration with his son, Casimir de Candolle. Among his other contributions is the formulation, based on his father's work for the ''Prodromus'', of the first Laws of Botanical Nomenclature, which was adopted by the International Botanical Congress in 1867, and was the prototype of the current ICN. He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1859 and was awarded the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London in 1889. He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Friedrich Markgraf Friedrich Markgraf (1 February 1897 in Berlin-Friedenau – 8 March 1987 in Zurich) was a German botanist. Life and work After secondary school, Markgraf studied biology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University Berlin. In 1922 he was awarded a Ph.D. for a thesis on the subject of a botanic-ecological study of the Bredower forest near Berlin. After his habilitation he became first a professor of botany at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and then at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and director of the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg (1956-1958). Markgraf was also visiting professor of botany at the University of Zurich. During his teaching and research activities, he was primarily concerned with questions of botanical systematics, plant morphology and phytogeography and he also undertook research while travelling in the Mediterranean. In particular he made an important start on the study of the local flora of Albania. He acted as the Regional Adviser on Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]