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Schumanniophyton
''Schumanniophyton'' is a genus of three species of small tree native to west Africa and belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species and varieties: * '' Schumanniophyton hirsutum'' (Hiern) R.D.Good, native from W. Central Tropical Africa to N. Angola. * '' Schumanniophyton magnificum'' ( K.Schum.) Harms Forest shrub or small tree, 12–16 ft. high, having soft-wooded stems bearing very large leaves. Flowers white or yellow, in a dense cluster subtended by broad bracts and borne at ends of shoots opposite a single leaf and just above a pair of leaves. Native from Nigeria to N. Angola. * '' Schumanniophyton magnificum'' var. ''klaineanum'' (Perre ex A.Chev.) N.Hallé, native to Gabon. * '' Schumanniophyton magnificum'' var. ''trimerum'' (R.D.Good) N.Hallé, native to W. Central Tropical Africa. * '' Schumanniophyton problematicum'', (A.Chev.) Aubrev. Forest tree 20–40 ft. high, having large deciduous leaves grouped in threes at the ends of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schumanniophyton Magnificum
''Schumanniophyton'' is a genus of three species of small tree native to west Africa and belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species and varieties: * ''Schumanniophyton hirsutum'' (Hiern) R.D.Good, native from W. Central Tropical Africa to N. Angola. * '' Schumanniophyton magnificum'' ( K.Schum.) Harms Forest shrub or small tree, 12–16 ft. high, having soft-wooded stems bearing very large leaves. Flowers white or yellow, in a dense cluster subtended by broad bracts and borne at ends of shoots opposite a single leaf and just above a pair of leaves. Native from Nigeria to N. Angola. * '' Schumanniophyton magnificum'' var. ''klaineanum'' (Perre ex A.Chev.) N.Hallé, native to Gabon. * '' Schumanniophyton magnificum'' var. ''trimerum'' (R.D.Good) N.Hallé, native to W. Central Tropical Africa. * '' Schumanniophyton problematicum'', (A.Chev.) Aubrev. Forest tree 20–40 ft. high, having large deciduous leaves grouped in threes at the ends of the br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schumanniophyton Problematicum
''Schumanniophyton problematicum'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss. Chemistry The plant has been found to contain the alkaloids rohitukine and rohitukine ''N''-oxide, and the iridoid glycosides scyphiphorin A1–A2 and scyphiphorin B1–B2. Alvocidib is a synthetic analog of rohitukine that acts as a CDK9 kinase inhibitor and is under clinical development for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. It has also been studied for the treatment of arthritis and atherosclerotic plaque formation Rohitukine was initially extracted from ''Aphanamixis polystachya'' (the alkaloid name being derived from the synonym ''Amoora rohituka'') and later from '' Dysoxylum binectariferum''. - both of which plant species belong to the family Meliaceae. The scyphiphorins were first isolated from (and subsequently named for) '' Scyphiphora hydrophylacea'', which, like ''Schumanniophyton'', belong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Moritz Schumann
Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft'' (German Cactus Society) which he founded on 6 November 1892. He died in Berlin. Karl Moritz Schumann participated as a collaborator in ''Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' by Adolf Engler and K. A. E. Prantl and in ''Flora Brasiliensis'' by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. The genera ''Schumannianthus'' (François Gagnepain, Gagnepain), ''Schumanniophyton'' (Hermann Harms, Harms), ''Schumannia'' (Otto Kuntze, Kuntze) and several species were named after him, including: Bibliography * Schumann, K. M., "''Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen''" (Complete description of cacti), 1898. * Schumann, K. M., et al., "''Kakteen (Iconographia Cactacearum) im Auftrage de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostuea Batesii
''Mostuea'' is one of only three genera of flowering plants belonging to the small family Gelsemiaceae (the other two being ''Gelsemium'' and ''Pteleocarpa''). ''Mostuea'' and ''Gelsemium'' were formerly placed in the family Loganiaceae, while ''Pteleocarpa'' was placed variously in the families Icacinaceae, Cardiopteridaceae, Boraginaceae, and others, before the description of the Gelsemiaceae was altered formally to accommodate it in 2014.Peter F. Stevens (2001 onwards). "Gelsemiaceae" At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. At: Botanical Databases At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website.Nancy F. Refulio-Rodriguez and Richard G. Olmstead. 2014. "Phylogeny of Lamiidae". ''American Journal of Botany'' 101(2):287-299. . ''Mostuea'' is native to Africa and South America. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the roots of certain ''Mostuea'' species are used as ritual aphrodisiacs and entheogens in West Tropical Africa.De Smet, P.A.G.M. Some ethnopharmacological notes on African hallucinogens ''Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
