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Heliamphora Parva
''Heliamphora parva'' is a species of marsh pitcher plant known only from the Neblina Massif in Venezuela, where it grows at elevations of 1750–2200 m. References Further reading * Brewer-CarÃas, C. (September 1972). ''Natura'' 48/49: 4–7. * Brewer-CarÃas, C. (May 1973). ''Defensa de la Naturaleza'' 2(6): 17–26. * Associazione Italiana Piante Carnivore. parva Alpha-parvin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''PARVA'' gene In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcrib ... Flora of Venezuela Plants described in 2011 Flora of the Tepuis {{Ericales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isotype (biology)
A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several examples, but explicitly designated as the holotype. Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), a holotype is one of several kinds of name-bearing types. In the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and ICZN, the definitions of types are similar in intent but not identical in terminology or underlying concept. For example, the holotype for the butterfly '' Plebejus idas longinus'' is a preserved specimen of that subspecies, held by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. In botany and mycology, an isotype is a duplicate of the holotype, generally pieces from the same individual plant or samples from the same genetic individual. A holotype is not necessarily "typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. With 4.4 million visitors in 2023, it was the List of most-visited museums in the United States, third most-visited museum in the United States. Opened in 1910, the museum on the National Mall was one of the first Smithsonian buildings constructed exclusively to hold the national collections and research facilities. The main building has an overall area of with of exhibition and public space and houses over 1,000 employees. The museum's collections contain over 146 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rock (geology), rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, the largest natural history collection in the world. It is also home to about 185 professional natural history scientists—the largest grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassett Maguire
Bassett Maguire (August 4, 1904 – February 6, 1991) was an American botanist, head curator of the New York Botanical Garden, and a leader of scientific expeditions to the Guyana Highlands in Brazil and Venezuela. Life Maguire was born in Gadsden, Alabama, on August 4, 1904. He obtained his doctorate from Cornell University in 1938. In 1931, he was appointed assistant professor of botany at Utah State University, where he started the Intermountain Herbarium and served as its principal collector and curator until 1942. He left his position in Utah when he got a job at the New York Botanical Garden in 1943. Maguire served at the New York Botanical Garden in many roles as Curator (1943-1958); Head Curator (1958-1961); Nathanial Lord Britton Distinguished Senior Curator (1961-1971); assistant director (1968-1969); Director of Botany (1969-1971, 1974–1975); Senior Scientist (1972-1974); and Senior Scientist Emeritus from 1975 until his death in 1991. While in Utah, Maguire started w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart McPherson (geographer)
Stewart Robin McPherson (born 1 January 1983) is a British geographer, Botany, field biologist, nature photographer, and writer.McPherson, S.R. 2009. ''Pitcher Plants of the Old World''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. Background Born 1 January 1983, McPherson graduated in geography at the University of Durham in England, and studied briefly at the University of Tübingen in Germany, and Yale University in the United States. On graduation in 2006 he founded Redfern Natural History Productions in Poole, Dorset to conduct natural history research, publishing, filming and eco-tours. Career Work in natural history McPherson is the author of around 30 volumes published by his own company and concerned with natural history, largely focusing on carnivorous plants. He has co-discovered a number of species (including the much publicised ''Nepenthes attenboroughii, Nepenthes attenboroughii'') and has species description, formally described around 35 carnivorous plant t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Fleischmann
Andreas Fleischmann (born 1980) is a German botanist specialising in carnivorous plants, particularly ''Droseraceae'' and ''Lentibulariaceae''. He has (co-)published at least 46 new taxa including 14 species of ''Drosera'' (sundews), 7 species of ''Genlisea'' (corkscrew plants), 8 species of ''Heliamphora'' (marsh pitcher plants) and 3 species of ''Pinguicula'' (butterworts). Fleischmann is curator of vascular plants at the Botanische Staatssammlung München (Bavarian State Collection for Botany). Awards PD Dr. Fleischmann was awarded the Bavarian State Medal for Outstanding Services to the Environment in September 2022 in recognition of his contributions to science communication, conservation policy and voluntary initiatives such as the ''Flora of Bavaria''. The medal is the highest environmental award bestowed by the Free State of Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Wistuba
Andreas Wistuba (born 4 March 1967) is a German taxonomist and botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genera ''Heliamphora'' and ''Nepenthes''. More than half of all known ''Heliamphora'' species have been described by Wistuba. Publications * Nerz, J. & A. Wistuba 1994Five new taxa of ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae) from North and West Sumatra ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 23(4): 101–114. * Wistuba, A. & H. Rischer 1996''Nepenthes lavicola'', a new species of Nepenthaceae from the Aceh Province in the North of Sumatra ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 25(4): 106–111. * Nerz, J. & A. Wistuba 2000''Heliamphora hispida'' (Sarraceniaceae), a new species from Cerro Neblina, Brazil-Venezuela ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 29(2): 37–41. * Wistuba, A., P. Harbarth & T. Carow 2001''Heliamphora folliculata'', a new species of ''Heliamphora'' (Sarraceniaceae) from the ‘Los Testigos’ Table Mountains in the South of Venezuela ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 30(4): 120–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Nerz
Dr. Joachim Nerz (born 1964) is a German taxonomist and botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genera ''Heliamphora'' and ''Nepenthes''. Nerz has described several new species, mostly with Andreas Wistuba. Publications * Schlauer, J. & J. Nerz 1994. Notes on ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae). I. Contributions to the Flora of Sumatra. ''Blumea'' 39: 139–142. * Nerz, J. & A. Wistuba 1994Five new taxa of ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae) from North and West Sumatra ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 23(4): 101–114. * Nerz, J., P. Mann, T. Alt & T. Smith 1998''Nepenthes sibuyanensis'', a new ''Nepenthes'' from Sibuyan, a remote island of the Philippines ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 27(1): 18–23. * Nerz, J. 1998Rediscovery of an outstanding ''Nepenthes'': ''N. aristolochioides'' (Nepenthaceae) ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 27(3): 101–114. * Nerz, J. & A. Wistuba 2000''Heliamphora hispida'' (Sarraceniaceae), a new species from Cerro Neblina, Brazil-Venezuela ''Carnivorous Plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarraceniaceae Of South America
''Sarraceniaceae of South America'' is a monograph on the pitcher plants of the genus ''Heliamphora'' by Stewart McPherson, Andreas Wistuba, Andreas Fleischmann, and Joachim Nerz. It was published in September 2011 by Redfern Natural History Productions and covered all species known at the time.McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz 2011. ''Sarraceniaceae of South America''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. The book is part of a comprehensive two-volume work on the Sarraceniaceae. The other tome, '' Sarraceniaceae of North America'', deals with the genera '' Darlingtonia'' and ''Sarracenia''. Intended as the first volume, ''Sarraceniaceae of South America'' includes an introduction to the family Sarraceniaceae as a whole. Both volumes were nominees for the 2012 CBHL Annual Literature Award, in the Technical Interest category. In addition to the main authors, others who worked on the book include Andy Smith and Wayne Jenski, who produced a number of anato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliamphora
The genus ''Heliamphora'' ( or ; Greek language, Greek: ''helos'' "marsh" and ''amphoreus'' "amphora") contains 24 species of pitcher plants endemism, endemic to South America.McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz 2011. ''Sarraceniaceae of South America''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. The species are collectively known as sun pitchers, based on the mistaken notion that the ''heli'' of ''Heliamphora'' is from the Greek ''helios'', meaning "sun". The name instead derives from the Greek ''helos'', meaning "marsh", so a more accurate translation of their scientific name would be marsh pitcher plants. Species in the genus ''Heliamphora'' are carnivorous plants that consist of a modified leaf form that is fused into a tubular shape. They have evolved mechanisms to attract, trap, and kill insects; and control the amount of water in the pitcher. At least one species (''Heliamphora tatei, H. tatei'') produces its own proteolysis, proteolytic enzymes that allo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neblina Massif
Cerro de la Neblina (lit. "Mountain of the Mist"), also known as Serra da Neblina in Brazil and Sierra de la Neblina in Venezuela, is a sandstone massif located in the northern Amazon Basin. It is a tilted, heavily eroded plateau, with a deep canyon in its central portion (Cañón Grande), drained by the Baria River. Most of the massif is in Venezuelan territory, but its southeastern ridge forms part of the Brazil–Venezuela border, and this ridge is where the highest point in the massif, Pico da Neblina, is located. At above sea level, nonymous(13 September 2004)Four Brazilian peaks have their altitude changed Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e EstatÃstica. Pico da Neblina is also the highest point in Brazil, the highest point in the Guiana Shield, and the highest South American mountain east of the Andes. Pico da Neblina is inside Brazilian territory, but only a few hundred metres from the Venezuelan border. The slightly lower Pico 31 de Março or Pico Phelps, a.s.l., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises an area of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. Venezuela is a presidential republic consisting of States of Venezuela, 23 states, the Venezuelan Capital District, Capital District and Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north and in the capital. The territory o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Venezuela
The flora of Venezuela consists of a huge variety of unique plants; around 38% of the estimated 30,000 species of plants found in the country are endemic to Venezuela. Overall, around 48% of Venezuela's land is forested; this includes over 60% of the Venezuelan Amazon. These rainforests are increasingly endangered by mining and logging activities. Venezuela has a variety of biomes, including the Andes mountains in the west and the Amazon Basin rainforest in the south. Centrally located are the extensive Llanos lowland plains that host savannah forest. Also present is the Caribbean coast in the middle of the north, and the Orinoco River Delta in the east. They include xeric scrublands in the extreme northwest and coastal mangrove forests in the northeast. Its cloud forests and lowland rainforests are particularly rich, for example hosting over 25,000 species of orchids. These include the ''flor de mayo'' orchid (''Cattleya mossiae''), the national flower. Venezuela's national tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
