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Freziera Grisebachii
''Freziera'' is a Neotropical genus of trees (or rarely shrubs) in the family Pentaphylacaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * ''Freziera alata'' * ''Freziera angulosa'' * ''Freziera biserrata'' * ''Freziera caesariata'' * ''Freziera caloneura'' * ''Freziera campanulata'' * ''Freziera ciliata'' * ''Freziera cordata'' * ''Freziera dudleyi'' * ''Freziera echinata'' * ''Freziera euryoides'' * ''Freziera ferruginea'' * ''Freziera forerorum'' * ''Freziera friedrichsthailana'' * ''Freziera glabrescens'' * ''Freziera inaequilatera'' * ''Freziera incana'' * ''Freziera jaramilloi'' * ''Freziera longipes'' * ''Freziera minima'' * ''Freziera obovata'' * ''Freziera parva'' * ''Freziera punctata'' * ''Freziera retinveria'' * ''Freziera revoluta'' * ''Freziera roraimensis'' * ''Freziera rufescens'' * ''Freziera sessiliflora'' * ''Freziera smithiana'' * ''Freziera spathulifolia'' * ''Freziera stuebelii'' * ''Freziera suberosa' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Ludwig Willdenow
Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was also a mentor of Alexander von Humboldt, one of the earliest and best known phytogeographers. He also influenced Christian Konrad Sprengel, who pioneered the study of plant pollination and floral biology. Biography Willdenow was born in Berlin and studied medicine and botany at the University of Halle. After studying pharmaceutics at Wieglieb College, Langensalza and in medicine at Halle, he returned to Berlin to work at his father's pharmacy located in the Unter den Linden. His early interest in botany was kindled by his uncle Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, J. G. Gleditsch and he started a herbarium collection in his teenage years. In 1794, he became a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. He was a director of the Botanica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |