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Dichrostachys Pervilleana
''Dichrostachys'' is an Old World genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Their ''Acacia''-like leaves are bi-pinnately compound. Unlike ''Acacia'' their thorns are hardened branchlets rather than modified stipules. They are native from Africa to Australasia, but a centre of diversity is present in Madagascar. Their name is derived from the Greek words ''dis'' (two), ''chroos'' (colour) and ''stachys'' (grain ear or spike), which in combination suggests their bi-colored inflorescences. Species 16 species are accepted: * '' Dichrostachys akataensis'' Villiers * '' Dichrostachys arborescens'' (Benth.) Villiers * '' Dichrostachys bernieriana'' Baill. * ''Dichrostachys cinerea'' ( L.) Wight & Arn. * '' Dichrostachys dehiscens'' Balf. f. * '' Dichrostachys dumetaria'' Villiers * '' Dichrostachys kirkii'' Benth. * ''Dichrostachys myriophylla'' * '' Dichrostachys paucifoliolata'' ( Scott-Elliot) Drake * '' Dichrostachys pervilleana'' (Baill.) Drake * '' Dichrostachys rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dichrostachys Cinerea
''Dichrostachys cinerea'', known as sicklebush, Bell mimosa, Chinese lantern tree or Kalahari Christmas tree (South Africa), is a legume of the genus '' Dichrostachys'' in the family Fabaceae. Other common names include omubambanjobe (Tooro Uganda), acacia Saint Domingue (French), el marabú (Cuba), " Mpangara" (Shona), Kalahari-Weihnachtsbaum (German of former South West Africa), kéké or mimosa clochette (Réunion). Etymology The generic name ''Dichrostachys'' means 'two-colored spike', referring to its two-colored inflorescence, from the Ancient Greek ''δί-'' (''di-'', 'twice'), ''χροός'' (''khroos'', 'color'), and ''στάχυς'' (''stakhus'', 'ear of grain'). The specific name ''cinerea'' refers to the greyish hairs of the typical subspecies, from the Latin ''cinereus'' ('ashes'). Distribution It is native to Africa, the Indian subcontinent and North Australia and had been introduced to the Caribbean and parts of Southeast Asia. In Ethiopia, the species is common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bentham
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studied law, but had a fascination with botany from an early age, which he soon pursued, becoming president of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He was the author of a number of important botanical works, particularly flora. He is best known for his taxonomic classification of plants in collaboration with Joseph Dalton Hooker, his ''Genera Plantarum'' (1862–1883). He died in London in 1884. Life Bentham was born in Stoke, Plymouth, on 22 September 1800. His father, Sir Samuel Bentham, a naval architect, was the only brother of Jeremy Bentham to survive into adulthood. His mother, Mary Sophia Bentham, was a botanist and author. Bentham had no formal education but had a remarkable linguistic aptitude. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dichrostachys Pervilleana
''Dichrostachys'' is an Old World genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Their ''Acacia''-like leaves are bi-pinnately compound. Unlike ''Acacia'' their thorns are hardened branchlets rather than modified stipules. They are native from Africa to Australasia, but a centre of diversity is present in Madagascar. Their name is derived from the Greek words ''dis'' (two), ''chroos'' (colour) and ''stachys'' (grain ear or spike), which in combination suggests their bi-colored inflorescences. Species 16 species are accepted: * '' Dichrostachys akataensis'' Villiers * '' Dichrostachys arborescens'' (Benth.) Villiers * '' Dichrostachys bernieriana'' Baill. * ''Dichrostachys cinerea'' ( L.) Wight & Arn. * '' Dichrostachys dehiscens'' Balf. f. * '' Dichrostachys dumetaria'' Villiers * '' Dichrostachys kirkii'' Benth. * ''Dichrostachys myriophylla'' * '' Dichrostachys paucifoliolata'' ( Scott-Elliot) Drake * '' Dichrostachys pervilleana'' (Baill.) Drake * '' Dichrostachys rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Drake Del Castillo
Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (28 December 1855 – 14 May 1904) was a French botanist. He was born at Paris and studied with Louis Édouard Bureau (1830–1918) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (National Museum of Natural History). Between 1886 and 1892, he published ''Illustrationes Florae Insulae Maris Pacifici'' ("Illustrations of the flora of the islands of the Pacific Ocean") a summarization of his work on the flora of French Polynesia. He also studied the flora of Madagascar. In addition, he put together a herbarium which contained more than 500,000 samples. He died in 1904 at Saint-Cyran-du-Jambot, bequeathing his herbarium to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Taxa He was the binomial authority, taxonomic authority of numerous plants. The following is a list of botanical genera that he described: * ''Alluaudia'', family Didiereaceae * ''Apaloxylon'', family Leguminosae * ''Bathiaea'', family Leguminosae * ''Cullumiopsis'', family Asteraceae (no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Francis Scott-Elliot
George Francis Scott-Elliot FRGS FLS FRSE (1862–1934) was a botanist and academic author of Franco-Scots descent. He was a personal friend of Patrick Geddes. Biography Scott-Elliot was born in Calcutta in India of Franco-Scots parentage. His father, James Scott Elliot (d.1880) was a merchant in Calcutta, coming from the Scottish Borders. He went to Cambridge University in 1879 and graduated BA (Maths tripos). He then attended Edinburgh University gaining a BSc in Botany. He had a natural love of travel. His first major trip was 1888-89 when he explored South Africa Mauritius and Madagascar. In June 1890 he gave a lecture to the Linnean Society on the flora of Madagascar. He then did further studies in Libya and Egypt before being commissioned by the Franco-British Delineation Committee to define the boundaries of Sierra Leonne. From 1896 to 1903, he lectured in Botany at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. In 1903, he undertook a tour of South America. From 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dichrostachys Paucifoliolata
''Dichrostachys'' is an Old World genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. Their ''Acacia''-like leaves are bi-pinnately compound. Unlike ''Acacia'' their thorns are hardened branchlets rather than modified stipules. They are native from Africa to Australasia, but a centre of diversity is present in Madagascar. Their name is derived from the Greek words ''dis'' (two), ''chroos'' (colour) and ''stachys'' (grain ear or spike), which in combination suggests their bi-colored inflorescences. Species 16 species are accepted: * '' Dichrostachys akataensis'' Villiers * '' Dichrostachys arborescens'' (Benth.) Villiers * '' Dichrostachys bernieriana'' Baill. * ''Dichrostachys cinerea'' ( L.) Wight & Arn. * '' Dichrostachys dehiscens'' Balf. f. * '' Dichrostachys dumetaria'' Villiers * '' Dichrostachys kirkii'' Benth. * ''Dichrostachys myriophylla'' * '' Dichrostachys paucifoliolata'' ( Scott-Elliot) Drake * ''Dichrostachys pervilleana'' (Baill.) Drake * '' Dichrostachys richa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balf
Balf () was a village in Sopron County, Sopron then Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Győr-Sopron County. In 1985 it became part of the town of Sopron. It has approximately 1,000 inhabitants. 1hungary.com History Following World War I, the village took part in a 1921 Sopron plebiscite, plebiscite in 1921 along with eight surrounding settlements, asking whether they wished to remain in Hungary, or to join the new First Austrian Republic, Austrian Republic. Although the village voted 60.4% in favour of joining Austria, the majority of voters overall (mostly those in Sopron) voted 65.1% in favour of remaining in Hungary.References External links *https://www.memorialmuseums.org/eng/denkmaeler/view/1608/National-memorial-site-to-the-victims-of-the-Balf-camp Sop ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dichrostachys Dehiscens
''Dichrostachys dehiscens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to north-central and central Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...s. References dehiscens Endemic flora of Socotra Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Isaac Bayley Balfour {{Mimosoideae-stub ... [...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] |
