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Sophora
''Sophora'' is a genus of about 45 species of small trees and shrubs in the pea family Fabaceae. The species have a pantropical distribution. The generic name is derived from ''sophera'', an Arabic name for a pea-flowered tree. The genus formerly had a broader interpretation including many other species now treated in other genera, notably ''Styphnolobium'' (pagoda tree genus), which differs in lacking nitrogen fixing bacteria (rhizobia) on the roots, and '' Dermatophyllum'' (the mescalbeans). ''Styphnolobium'' has galactomannans as seed polysaccharide reserve, in contrast ''Sophora'' contains arabinogalactans, and ''Dermatophyllum'' amylose. The New Zealand ''Sophora'' species are known as kowhai. The seeds of species such as ''Sophora affinis'' and ''Sophora chrysophylla'' are reported to be poisonous. Fossil record One ''Sophora'' fossil seed pod from the middle Eocene epoch has been described from the Miller clay pit in Henry County, Tennessee, United States. Species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styphnolobium Japonicum
''Styphnolobium japonicum'', the Japanese pagoda tree (also known as the Chinese scholar tree and pagoda tree; syn. ''Sophora japonica'') is a species of deciduous tree in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. It was formerly included within a broader interpretation of the genus '' Sophora''. The species of ''Styphnolobium'' differ from ''Sophora'' in lacking the ability to form symbioses with rhizobia ( nitrogen fixing bacteria) on their roots. It also differs from the related genus '' Calia'' (mescalbeans) in having deciduous leaves and flowers in axillary, not terminal, racemes. The leaves are alternate, pinnate, with nine to 21 leaflets, and the flowers in pendulous racemes similar to those of the black locust. Distribution ''Styphnolobium japonicum'' is native to China. Despite its Latin name, the species was introduced in Japan and not originally found there. It is a popular ornamental tree in Europe, North America and South Africa, grown for its wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophora Chrysophylla
''Sophora chrysophylla'', known as ''māmane'' in Hawaiian language, Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family, Fabaceae, that is Endemism, endemic to Hawaii. It is highly Polymorphism (biology), polymorphic, growing as a shrub or tree, and able to reach a height of in tree form. Yellow flowers are produced in winter and spring. Biology ''S. chrysophylla'' has ridged golden brown branches. The tree has Pinnate, pinnately compound Leaf, leaves with 6 to 10 pairs of leaflet (botany), leaflets. Each leaflet is long and wide. Leaves are smooth, or with gray or yellow trichome, hairs on the underside. The specific name is derived from the Greek language, Greek words χρυσός (''chrysós''), meaning "gold," and φυλλον (''phyllos''), meaning "leaf." Flowers are found at the bases of leaves or the ends of branches in Inflorescence, clusters – that is, they occur in axillary or terminal racemes. The Petal#Corolla, corolla is yellow. The petal si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermatophyllum
''Dermatophyllum''/Sophora secundiflois a genus of three or four species of shrubs and small trees in the family Fabaceae. The genus is native to southwestern North America from western Texas to New Mexico and Arizona in the United States, and south through Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León in northern Mexico. Members of the genus are commonly known as mescalbean, mescal bean, or ''frijolito''. One of the common names of '' Dermatophyllum secundiflorum'' is Texas mountain laurel, although the name mountain laurel also refers to the very dissimilar and unrelated genus '' Kalmia'' (family Ericaceae) and the name laurel refers generally to plants in the unrelated order Laurales. ''Dermatophyllum secundiflorum'' is one of the most abundant woody species in the Texas Hill Country or Edwards Plateau. Although still commonly treated in the genus ''Sophora'', recent genetic evidence has shown that the mescalbeans are only distantly related to the other species of ''Sophora''. Specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennady Yakovlev
Gennady Pavlovich Yakovlev (; 7 June 1938 – 12 January 2024) was a Russian botanist, pharmacognosist, phytochemist. He was a director of Saint-Petersburg State Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy (1992–2004), and an expert in Fabaceae taxonomy. Yakovlev died on 12 January 2024, at the age of 85. Plants authored by G. P. Yakovlev * ''Acosmium panamense'' (Benth.) Yakovlev *''Chamaecrista takhtajanii'' Barreto et Yakovlev * ''Calia conzatti'' (Stanley) Yakovlev (''Styphnolobium conzatti'' Sousa; Rudd) * ''Sophora gibbosa'' Yakovlev(''S. gibbosa'' Otto Kuntze, O.Kuntze as cited by Tsong and Ma 1981) *''Sophora tomentosa'' subsp ''australis'' Yakovlev Works *Заметки по систематике и географии рода Sophora L. и близких родов. [Zametki po sistematike i geographii roda Sophora L. i blizkikh rodov. Systematical and geographical studies of genus Sophora L. and allied genera] // Труды Ленинградского химико-фарма ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styphnolobium
''Styphnolobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species of small trees and shrubs native to China and to the Americas, from the southern United States to Colombia. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae, and was formerly included within a broader interpretation of the genus '' Sophora''. It was recently assigned to the unranked, monophyletic ''Cladrastis'' clade. They differ from the genus '' Calia'' (mescalbeans) in having deciduous leaves and flowers in axillary, not terminal, racemes. The leaves are pinnate, with 9–21 leaflets, and the flowers in pendulous racemes similar to those of the black locust. Necklacepod is a common name for plants in this genus. Etymology From Greek ''styphno-'', ''stryphno-'' "sour, astringent" and ''lobion'' "pod", because of the fresh pods' pulp taste. Species ''Styphnolobium'' comprises the following species: Section ''Oresbios'' * '' Styphnolobium affine'' (Torr. & A. Gray) Walp., the coralbean or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple Plant stem, stems and shorter height, less than tall. Small shrubs, less than tall are sometimes termed as subshrubs. Many botany, botanical groups have species that are shrubs, and others that are trees and herbaceous plants instead. Some define a shrub as less than and a tree as over 6 m. Others use as the cutoff point for classification. Many trees do not reach this mature height because of hostile, less than ideal growing conditions, and resemble shrub-sized plants. Others in such species have the potential to grow taller in ideal conditions. For longevity, most shrubs are classified between Perennial plant, perennials and trees. Some only last about five years in good conditions. Others, usually larger and more woody, live beyond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Bunge
Alexander Georg von Bunge (; – ) was a Russian botanist. He is best remembered for scientific expeditions into Asia and especially Siberia. Early life and education Bunge was born under the name Alexander Andreevič von Bunge on in Kyiv as second son of a family that belonged to the History of Germans in Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Union, German minority in Tsarist Russia. His father, Andreas Theodor was a pharmacist who had emigrated from East Prussia to Russia with his grandfather in the 18th century and his mother, Elisabeth von Bunge, . They moved to Tartu, Dorpat in 1815 after his father's death in 1814, and he attended high school from 1818 to 1821. He was educated at Dorpat, where he attended the Gymnasium (school), gymnasium from 1821 to 1825. Then he studied medicine and obtained his Doctor of Medicine, doctorate of medicine from the University of Tartu in 1825. He also studied botany there under Carl Friedrich von Ledebour and completed his thesis entitled ''De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takenoshin Nakai
was a Japanese botany, botanist. In 19191919. Notulae and Plantas Japoniae at Koreae X XI. The Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 33(395): 193–194. and 1930,1930. Plantae Japonicae & Koreanae. The Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 44(526): 508. he published papers on the plants of Japan and Korea, including the genus ''Cephalotaxus''. Between 1943 and 1945, during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Takenoshin Nakai was the director of 's Lands Plantentuin in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia (now Bogor Botanical Gardens in Bogor). Taxonomist The International Plant Names Index lists 4,733 records of plant names of which Nakai is an author or co-author. References Bibliography * * * External links Lecture notes on angiosperms from University of MarylandArticle on the Korean bellflowerby Yong Shik Kim and Mike Maunder from CURTIS'S Botanical Magazine, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. Vol. 15(2): 141–146, 1998. Takenoshin Nakai 1882-1952 by Hiroshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry County, Tennessee
Henry County is a county located on the northwestern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and is considered part of West Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,199. Its county seat is Paris. The county is named for the Virginia orator and American Founding Father Patrick Henry. Henry County comprises the Paris, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. West Tennessee lands and commodity culture were associated with the lowlands and delta of the Mississippi River, which created fertile areas that supported cotton culture. During the antebellum era, numerous enslaved African Americans provided labor for the cotton plantations. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (5.3%) are covered by water. Adjacent counties *Calloway County, Kentucky (north) * Stewart County (northeast) * Benton County (southeast) * Carroll County (south) * Weakley County (west) *Graves County, Kentucky (northwest) National protect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eocene Epoch
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''Ēṓs'', 'Dawn') and (''kainós'', "new") and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch.See: *Letter from William Whewell to Charles Lyell dated 31 January 1831 in: * From p. 55: "The period next antecedent we shall call Eocene, from ήως, aurora, and χαινος, recens, because the extremely small proportion of living species contained in these strata, indicates what may be considered the first commencement, or ''dawn'', of the existing state of the animate creation." The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Paleocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the Eocene is marked by a brief period in which the concentration of the carbon isotope 13C in the atmosphere was exceptionally low in com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
