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Elatostema Lineolatum
''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this little-known genus, which is susceptible to deforestation and other forms of human exploitation. Some species, for instance the recently discovered ''E. fengshanense'', show unusual adaptations to growing in deep shade in caves. DNA analysis suggests that the three genera ''Elastostema'', '' Pellionia'', and ''Pilea'' be grouped together as one. ''Elatostema repens'' and ''E. pulchra'' are cultivated as houseplants in temperate regions. ''E. repens'' and ''E. repens'' var. ''pulchrum'' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Selected species * ''Elatostema backeri'' * '' Elatostema fengshanense'' * '' Elatostema grande'' – Lord Howe Island * '' Elatostema lineolatum'' * ''Elatostema malipoense'' * ''Elatoste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Reinhold Forster
Johann Reinhold Forster (; 22 October 1729 – 9 December 1798) was a German Reformed pastor and naturalist. Born in Tczew, Dirschau, Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772), Pomeranian Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Tczew, Poland), he attended school in Dirschau and Marienwerder before being admitted at the Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium in Berlin in 1745. Skilled in classical and biblical languages, he studied theology at the University of Halle. In 1753, he became a parson at a parish just south of Danzig. He married his cousin Justina Elisabeth Nicolai in 1754, and they had seven children; the oldest child was Georg Forster, George Forster, also known as Georg. In 1765, Forster was commissioned by the Russian government to inspect the new colonies on the Volga. Accompanied by George on the journey, he observed the conditions of the colonists and made scientific observations that were later read at the Russian Academy of Sciences. After making a report that wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elatostema Grande
''Elatostema grande'' is a flowering plant in the nettle family. The specific epithet alludes to the relatively large leaves and inflorescences. Description It is a fleshy, perennial herb straggling to . The broadly and obliquely oblanceolate-elliptic leaves are usually long and wide. The male inflorescences are in diameter, on peduncles; the female inflorescences are in diameter Distribution and habitat The species is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It is uncommon but widespread in the southern forests of the island, with a preference for mesic habitat In ecology, a mesic habitat is a type of habitat with a well-balanced or moderate supply of moisture throughout the growing season (e.g., a mesic forest, temperate hardwood forest, or dry-mesic prairie). The term derives from the Greek ''mesos'' ...s. References grande Rosales of Australia Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island Plants described in 1856 Taxa named by Hugh Alg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elatostema Umbellatum
''Elatostema umbellatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family (Urticaceae). It is native to Japan, where it is found from the Kantō region westward. Its natural habitat is in moist, deeply forested places in the mountains. It is a perennial, growing 20 to 30 cm tall. It has serrated leaves, 3 to 6 cm long, with up to 5 teeth per side. It produces umbel UMBEL (Upper Mapping and Binding Exchange Layer) is a logically organized knowledge graph of 34,000 concepts and entity types that can be used in information science for relating information from disparate sources to one another. It was retired ...s of small flowers from March to May. Prof. Summer's Web Garden It is similar to the wider-ranging and more robust '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elatostema Stipitatum
''Elatostema stipitatum'' is a flowering plant in the nettle family. Often seen along rainforest streams or moist areas in eastern Australia, north from the Comboyne area of New South Wales to the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to: * Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia **Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region **Sunshine Coast Stadium * Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), geographic subregion of the Br ... area of Queensland. Leaves 1 to 6 cm long, 1 to 2.5 cm wide with a point, the base of the leaf may be asymmetric, leaves hairy with a toothed edge, the leaf stem may be absent, or 2 mm long. The plant can form mats and cover a large area. References stipitatum Rosales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1854 {{urticaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elatostema Rugosum
''Elatostema rugosum'' is an herbaceous dicot that is considered to be a groundcover. It is commonly called parataniwha, paratāniwhaniwha, New Zealand begonia, and begonia fern. It tends to grow in large masses. Although it has hairs and is in the nettle family, it does not possess any stinging hairs. Identification Species description Its leaves, categorised as having mesophylls, can range from reddish (the colour of many of its young leaves due to anthocyanins), to purple and green when they mature. They are also described as bronze. They are 8–25 cm in length and 2.5–6 cm wide, significantly toothed, and wider on one side of the midrib. They lack stalks, have dark veins, and tend to bend toward their narrower edge. The leaves have a wrinkly look, consistent with the name rugosum from the Latin word “ruga” which means “wrinkle.” They are pinnate and alternate, often grow in a single plane, and tend to be very close to the ground (around the height of someone� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elatostema Reticulatum
''Elatostema reticulatum'', commonly known as rainforest spinach, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae endemic to eastern areas of Queensland and New South Wales. It is a course straggly herb growing to high, and may form dense mats on the forest floor. It prefers wet shaded areas in rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest, and is often found in and beside streams as well as on wet rock faces. The natural range of the plant is from near Batemans Bay in the south to the ranges and tablelands near Cairns in the north. This species was first described in 1854 by the English-French botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell, who published his paper in the journal ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles''. The specific epithet ''reticulatum'' is a reference to the prominent reticulate venation of the leaves. Joan Cribb suggests the stems and young leaves are edible, and taste better than spinach. Gallery File:Elatostema reticulatum 251931186.jpg, Habit File:Elatostema reticulatum 251931474.jp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elatostema Repens
''Procris repens'' is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae. It is commonly known as watermelon begonia or sisik naga, although the latter name may also refer various ''Pyrrosia'' species. ''Procris repens'' is an interesting specimen to demonstrate the metamorphosis of chloroplasts (outward of cell) to amyloplasts (inward of cell) if studied with a microscope. Under its synonym ''Elatostema repens'' it has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. ''E. repens'' var. ''pulchrum'' has also won the award. Biology Description ''Procris repens'' is a small herbaceous creeper that can reach in height and in length. Its leaves have toothed edges and are usually in length and in width. Its distinctive leaves have a pattern that resembles watermelon rinds or the foliage of certain ''Begonia'' species and may fade to completely purple or brown with age. This is the official flower of On Site Machine Works. Distribution ''Procris rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elatostema Pulchra
''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this little-known genus, which is susceptible to deforestation and other forms of human exploitation. Some species, for instance the recently discovered ''E. fengshanense'', show unusual adaptations to growing in deep shade in caves. DNA analysis suggests that the three genera ''Elastostema'', '' Pellionia'', and ''Pilea'' be grouped together as one. ''Elatostema repens'' and ''E. pulchra'' are cultivated as houseplants in temperate regions. ''E. repens'' and ''E. repens'' var. ''pulchrum'' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Selected species * ''Elatostema backeri'' * '' Elatostema fengshanense'' * '' Elatostema grande'' – Lord Howe Island * '' Elatostema lineolatum'' * '' Elatostema malipoense'' * '' Elatos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island ( , ; ) is an States and territories of Australia, external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head, New South Wales, Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with the neighbouring Phillip Island (Norfolk Island), Phillip Island and Nepean Island (Norfolk Island), Nepean Island, the three islands collectively form the Territory of Norfolk Island. At the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census, it had 2,188 inhabitants living on a total area of about . Its capital is Kingston, Norfolk Island, Kingston. East Polynesians were the first to settle Norfolk Island, but they had already departed when Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain settled it as part of its 1788 colonisation of Australia. The island served as a penal colony, convict penal settlement from 6 March 1788 until 5 May 1855, except for an 11-year hiatus between 15 February 1814 and 6 June 1825, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elatostema Montanum
''Elatostema'' is a genus of flowering plants containing approximately 350 known species in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to tropical forest clearings throughout Australasia, Asia and Africa. There may be as many as 1,000 species of this little-known genus, which is susceptible to deforestation and other forms of human exploitation. Some species, for instance the recently discovered ''E. fengshanense'', show unusual adaptations to growing in deep shade in caves. DNA analysis suggests that the three genera ''Elastostema'', '' Pellionia'', and ''Pilea'' be grouped together as one. ''Elatostema repens'' and ''E. pulchra'' are cultivated as houseplants in temperate regions. ''E. repens'' and ''E. repens'' var. ''pulchrum'' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Selected species * ''Elatostema backeri'' * '' Elatostema fengshanense'' * '' Elatostema grande'' – Lord Howe Island * '' Elatostema lineolatum'' * '' Elatostema malipoense'' * '' Elatos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
