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Eysenhardtia Platycarpa
''Eysenhardtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as kidneywoods. Species ''Eysenhardtia'' comprises the following species: * '' Eysenhardtia adenostylis'' Baill. * '' Eysenhardtia drummondii'' Torr. & A. Gray * '' Eysenhardtia officinalis'' Cruz Durán & M. Sousa * ''Eysenhardtia orthocarpa'' (A.Gray) S.Watson—Tahitian kidneywood * ''Eysenhardtia parvifolia'' Brandegee * ''Eysenhardtia peninsularis'' Brandegee * '' Eysenhardtia platycarpa'' Pennell & Saff. * ''Eysenhardtia polystachya'' (Ortega) Sarg. * '' Eysenhardtia punctata'' Pennell * '' Eysenhardtia schizocalyx'' Pennell * ''Eysenhardtia spinosa'' A. Gray—spiny kidneywood * '' Eysenhardtia subcoriacea'' Pennell * '' Eysenhardtia texana'' Scheele—Texas kidneywood Species names with uncertain taxonomic status The status of the following species is unresolved: * ''Eysenhardtia spinosa'' Engelm. George Engelman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eysenhardtia Polystachya
''Eysenhardtia polystachya'', the kidneywood, is a tree from Mexico, growing along forest edges and water courses at elevations of 150–3000 m. Previously it was used as a source of lignum nephriticum. References * polystachya ''Polystachya'', abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, and commonly known as yellowspike orchid, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is ... Flora of Mexico {{faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eysenhardtia Parvifolia
''Eysenhardtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as kidneywoods. Species ''Eysenhardtia'' comprises the following species: * '' Eysenhardtia adenostylis'' Baill. * '' Eysenhardtia drummondii'' Torr. & A. Gray * '' Eysenhardtia officinalis'' Cruz Durán & M. Sousa * ''Eysenhardtia orthocarpa'' (A.Gray) S.Watson—Tahitian kidneywood * '' Eysenhardtia parvifolia'' Brandegee * '' Eysenhardtia peninsularis'' Brandegee * '' Eysenhardtia platycarpa'' Pennell & Saff. * ''Eysenhardtia polystachya'' (Ortega) Sarg. * '' Eysenhardtia punctata'' Pennell * '' Eysenhardtia schizocalyx'' Pennell * ''Eysenhardtia spinosa'' A. Gray—spiny kidneywood * '' Eysenhardtia subcoriacea'' Pennell * '' Eysenhardtia texana'' Scheele—Texas kidneywood Species names with uncertain taxonomic status The status of the following species is unresolved: * ''Eysenhardtia spinosa'' Engelm. George Engelm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Engelmann
George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly known to Europeans; he was particularly active in the Rocky Mountains and northern Mexico, one of his constant companions being another German-American, the botanical illustrator Paulus Roetter. Biography Origins George Engelmann was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the oldest of thirteen children, nine of whom reached maturity. His father, Julius Bernhardt Engelmann, was a member of a family from which for several successive generations were chosen ministers for the Reformed Church at Bacharach-on-the-Rhine. Julius was a graduate of the University of Halle, and was also educated for the ministry, but he devoted his life to education. He established a school for young women in Frankfurt, which was rare at the time. George Engelmann's mother, Julie Antoinette, was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Heinrich Adolf Scheele
George Heinrich Adolf Scheele (1808–1864) was a German botanist and 19th century explorer. He was an expert on spermatophytes Scheele was the first person to classify '' Cucurbita texana''. ;California An important part of his botanical specimen collections are stored in the Herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ... of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California. ;Author abbreviation References {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheele, George Heinrich Adolf 19th-century German botanists 1808 births 1864 deaths Botanists active in North America People associated with the California Academy of Sciences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eysenhardtia Texana
''Eysenhardtia texana'', commonly known as Texas kidneywood, bee-brush, or vara dulce, is a species of small flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is found from south-central Texas south to northern San Luis Potosí in the Rio Grande Valley region of south Texas–Northeastern Mexico, and the species ranges into the eastern Chihuahuan Desert areas of Coahuila. Distribution The contiguous range of Texas kidneywood covers the three neighboring Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas in northeast Mexico, the Rio Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio ... valley, from Big Bend southeastwards, but not the coastal Gulf of Mexico areas, only 25–50 miles inland. Part of the range extends southwards into extreme northern San Luis Potosí, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eysenhardtia Subcoriacea
''Eysenhardtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Members of the genus are commonly known as kidneywoods. Species ''Eysenhardtia'' comprises the following species: * ''Eysenhardtia adenostylis'' Baill. * ''Eysenhardtia drummondii'' Torr. & A. Gray * ''Eysenhardtia officinalis'' Cruz Durán & M. Sousa * ''Eysenhardtia orthocarpa'' (A.Gray) S.Watson—Tahitian kidneywood * ''Eysenhardtia parvifolia'' Brandegee * ''Eysenhardtia peninsularis'' Brandegee * ''Eysenhardtia platycarpa'' Pennell & Saff. * ''Eysenhardtia polystachya'' (Ortega) Sarg. * ''Eysenhardtia punctata'' Pennell * ''Eysenhardtia schizocalyx'' Pennell * ''Eysenhardtia spinosa'' A. Gray—spiny kidneywood * '' Eysenhardtia subcoriacea'' Pennell * '' Eysenhardtia texana'' Scheele—Texas kidneywood Species names with uncertain taxonomic status The status of the following species is unresolved: * ''Eysenhardtia spinosa'' Engelm. George Engelmann, als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Sprague Sargent
Charles Sprague Sargent (April 24, 1841 – March 22, 1927) was an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the post until his death. He published several works of botany. The standard botanical author abbreviation Sarg. is applied to plants he identified. Early life Sargent was the second son of Henrietta (Gray) and Ignatius Sargent, a Boston merchant and banker who grew wealthy on railroad investments. He grew up on his father's 130-acre (53-ha) estate in Brookline, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College, where he graduated in Biology in the class of 1862. Sargent enlisted in the Union Army later that year, saw service in Louisiana during the American Civil War, and was mustered out in 1865. He traveled in Europe and Asia for three years. Career Having returned to his family's Brookline estate, "Holmlea", Sargent took over its management as a horticulturist, influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casimiro Gómez Ortega
Casimiro Gómez de Ortega (4 March 1741, in Añover de Tajo, Spain – 30 August 1818, in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish physician, and botanist who was the First Professor of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. Under Charles III of Spain Gómez de Ortega directed the formation of the Royal Botanical Garden as a place, in particular, to collect and study the new species of plants being identified by European explorers. Gómez de Ortega published extensively on plant species, and on the economic botany of plants collected during Spanish sponsored explorations of South America. He described the genera '' Echeandia'' (Anthericaceae), '' Maurandya'' (Plantaginaceae), '' Pascalia'' (Asteraceae), and '' Sesamoides'' (Resedaceae). The genus '' Gomortega'', a tree endemic to Chile, is named after him. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
