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Exbucklandia Microdictya
''Exbucklandia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae.Peter K. Endress. 1993. "Hamamelidaceae". pages 322-331. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor); Jens G. Rohwer, and Volker Bittrich (volume editors). ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' volume II. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. (Berlin) (New York) They are medium to large trees whose natural range is from eastern India through southern China and southward through the Malay Peninsula.Jingyu Wu, Bainian Sun, Yu-Sheng (Christopher) Liu, Sanping Xie, and Zhicheng Lin. 2009. "A new species of ''Exbucklandia'' (Hamamelidaceae) from the Pliocene of China and its paleoclimatic significance". ''Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology'' 155(1-2):32-41. In India and China, they are widely cultivated for their impressive foliage and valuable lumber.Robert Scott Troupe. 1984. "Exbucklandia". pages 13-19. In: ''The Silviculture of Indian Trees'' volume V. (revised and enlarged by H.B. Joshi). Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland W
Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's ''Vita Karoli Magni'', which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed in retribution by the Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. The story of Roland's death at Roncevaux Pass was embellished in later medieval and Renaissance literature. The first and most famous of these epic treatments was the Old French ''Chanson de Roland">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''Chanson de Roland'' of the 11th century. Two masterpieces of Italian Renaissance poetry, the ''Orlando Innamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
