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Esterhuysenia
''Esterhuysenia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. Its native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. The genus name of ''Esterhuysenia'' is in honour of Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (1912–2006), a South African botanist, and it was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.33 on page 308 in 1967. Known species: *''Esterhuysenia alpina'' *''Esterhuysenia drepanophylla'' *''Esterhuysenia inclaudens'' *''Esterhuysenia knysnana'' *''Esterhuysenia mucronata'' *''Esterhuysenia stokoei'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3006453 Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Plants described in 1967 Flora of South Africa Taxa named by Louisa Bolus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esterhuysenia Drepanophylla
''Esterhuysenia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. Its native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count .... The genus name of ''Esterhuysenia'' is in honour of Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (1912–2006), a South African botanist, and it was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.33 on page 308 in 1967. Known species: *'' Esterhuysenia alpina'' *'' Esterhuysenia drepanophylla'' *'' Esterhuysenia inclaudens'' *'' Esterhuysenia knysnana'' *'' Esterhuysenia mucronata'' *'' Esterhuysenia stokoei'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3006453 Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Plants described in 1967 Flora of South Africa Taxa named by Louisa Bolus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esterhuysenia Alpina
''Esterhuysenia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. Its native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. The genus name of ''Esterhuysenia'' is in honour of Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (1912–2006), a South African botanist, and it was first described and published in J. S. African Bot. Vol.33 on page 308 in 1967. Known species: *'' Esterhuysenia alpina'' *''Esterhuysenia drepanophylla ''Esterhuysenia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. Its native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It ...'' *'' Esterhuysenia inclaudens'' *'' Esterhuysenia knysnana'' *'' Esterhuysenia mucronata'' *'' Esterhuysenia stokoei'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3006453 Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Plants described in 1967 Flora of South Africa Taxa named by Louisa Bolus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen
Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (11 April 1912 – 1 January 2006) was a South African botanist. She was described as "the most outstanding collector ever of South African flora", amassing 36,000 herbarium specimens. Early life and education Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen was born in Observatory, Cape Town, the daughter of Johannes Petrus le Roux Esterhuysen and Florence Ethel Larkin. Her father and brother were lawyers. She attended Wynberg Girls High School and the University of Cape Town. She earned her master's degree in botany in 1933, and did further field work on a scholarship at Kirstenbosch. Career In 1936 she started working as an assistant to Maria Wilman at the McGregor Museum in Kimberley. She worked at the Bolus Herbarium, the oldest functioning herbarium in South Africa established in 1856, beginning in 1938. Her job was informal until 1956, when a permanent post was created for her through the University of Cape Town. She concentrated on collecting from the high altitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aizoaceae
The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and New Zealand. Highly succulent species that resemble stones are sometimes called mesembs. Description The family Aizoaceae is widely recognised by taxonomists. It once went by the botanical name "Ficoidaceae", now disallowed. The APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998) also recognizes the family, and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The APG II system also classes the former families Mesembryanthemaceae Fenzl, Sesuviaceae Horan. and Tetragoniaceae Link under the family Aizoaceae. The common Afrikaans name "vygie" meaning "small fig" refers to the fruiting capsule, which resembles the true fig. Glistening epidermal bladder cells give the family its common name "ice plants". Most s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aizoaceae Genera
The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large Family (biology), family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genus, genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and New Zealand. Highly Succulent plant, succulent species that resemble stones are sometimes called mesembs. Description The family Aizoaceae is widely recognised by taxonomists. It once went by the botanical name "Ficoidaceae", now disallowed. The APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998) also recognizes the family, and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The APG II system also classes the former families Mesembryanthemaceae Fenzl, Sesuviaceae Horan. and Tetragoniaceae Link under the family Aizoaceae. The common Afrikaans name "vygie" meaning "small fig" refers to the capsule (fruit), fruiting capsule, which resembles the true fig. Glistening epidermal bladder cell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον / ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / ('seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Angiosperms are distinguished from the other seed-producing plants, the gymnosperms, by having flowers, xylem consisting of vessel elements instead of tracheids, endosperm within their seeds, and fruits that completely envelop the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Provinces
The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the South African provinces of the Eastern Cape, the Northern Cape The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi T ... and the Western Cape, together making up most of the former Cape Province. The area includes the Cape Floristic Region, the smallest of the six recognised floral kingdoms of the world, an area of extraordinarily high diversity and endemism, home to more than 9,000 vascular plant species, of which 69 percent are endemic. See also * * Northern Provinces References Bibliography * Biogeography {{ecoregion-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
