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Fabiana (plant)
''Fabiana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America. They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resemble those of the distantly related heaths. The species '' F. imbricata'' is cultivated as a common horticultural plant and a common herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant biological specimen, 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 sh ... specimen. Distribution and habitat Members of the genus grow within 16◦ and 51◦ latitude in the arid mountainous regions of South America between 1000–4900 m above sea level. Pharmacology The genus ''Fabiana'' has been studied by ethnopharmacologists due to the use of extracts from species within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hipólito Ruiz López
Hipólito Ruiz López (August 8, 1754 in Belorado, Burgos, Spain – 1816 in Madrid), or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Charles III of Spain, Carlos III from 1777 to 1788. During the reign of Carlos III, three major botanical expeditions were sent to the New World; Ruiz and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez were the botanists for the first of these expeditions, to Peru and Chile. Background After studying Latin with an uncle who was a priest, at the age of 14 Ruiz López went to Madrid to study logic, physics, chemistry and pharmacology. He also studied botany at the Migas Calientes Botanical Gardens (now the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid), under the supervision of Casimiro Gómez Ortega (1741–1818) and Antonio Palau Verdera (1734–1793). Ruiz had not yet completed his pharmacology studies when he was named the head botanist of the expedition. The French physician Joseph Dombey was named as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabiana Barrisii
Fabiana may refer to: * ''Fabiana'' (plant), a genus of evergreen shrubs ** ''Fabiana imbricata ''Fabiana imbricata'', vernacular names pichi, palo piche, or false heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Solanaceae''. It is native to dry upland slopes in the foothills of the southern Andes of Chile and Argentina. Growing to ...'' * Fabiana (name), a given name (includes a list of people with the name) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |