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John Patrick Rourke
John Patrick Rourke FMLS (born 26 March 1942, in Cape Town) is a South African botanist, who worked at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and became curator of the Compton Herbarium. He is a specialist in the flora of the Cape Floristic Region, in particular the family Proteaceae. Career Rourke studied at the University of Cape Town from 1960 to 1970, where he obtained his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. He started working at Kirstenbosch from 1966, and succeeded Winsome Fanny Barker as curator of the Compton Herbarium in 1972. He published several revisions of Proteacean genera including ''Leucadendron'', '' Leucospermum'', '' Mimetes'', '' Vexatorella'', ''Sorocephalus'' and '' Spatalla''. During his career he collected approximately 2000 specimens of flora from the southwestern and southern Cape, Namaqualand and eastern Transvaal. In 1997 he was made foreign member of the Linnean Society of London. In 2003 Rourke was awarded the "Gold medal for Lifetime Preservation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest (after Johannesburg). Colloquially named the ''Mother City'', it is the largest city of the Western Cape province, and is managed by the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The other two capitals are Pretoria, the executive capital, located in Gauteng, where the Presidency is based, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital in the Free State, where the Supreme Court of Appeal is located. Cape Town is ranked as a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. The city is known for its harbour, for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for landmarks such as Table Mountain and Cape Point. Cape Town is home to 66% of the Western Cape's population. In 2014, Cape Town was named the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spatalla
''Spatalla'' is a genus containing 20 species of flowering plants, commonly known as "spoons", in the family Proteaceae. The genus is endemic to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa where it is associated with fynbos habitats. The species are all small shrubs. The name is derived from the Greek, meaning “wantonness”, alluding to the plants’ unusually large pollen-presenters. Most species are threatened. Species Described species are listed below, with their conservation status: * '' Spatalla argentea'' Rourke – Silver-leaf spoon – EN * '' Spatalla barbigera'' Salisb. ex Knight – Fine-leaf spoon – NT * '' Spatalla caudata'' (Thunb.) R.Br. – Woolly-hair spoon – EN * ''Spatalla colorata'' Meisn. – Shiny spoon – EN * '' Spatalla confusa'' (E.Phillips) Rourke – Long-tube spoon – LC * '' Spatalla curvifolia'' Salisb. ex Knight – White-stalked spoon – NT * '' Spatalla ericoides'' E.Phillips – Erica-leaf spoon – EN * '' Spatalla incurva'' (Thunb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1942 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thesmophora
''Thesmophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1993. There is only one known species, ''Thesmophora scopulosa'', native to the Cape Province region in South Africa. See also *John Patrick Rourke John Patrick Rourke FMLS (born 26 March 1942, in Cape Town) is a South African botanist, who worked at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and became curator of the Compton Herbarium. He is a specialist in the flora of the Cape Florist ... References Monotypic Lamiales genera Stilbaceae Endemic flora of South Africa {{Lamiales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diosma
''Diosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, native to Cape Provinces of South Africa. The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: *'' Diosma acmaeophylla'' Eckl. & Zeyh. *'' Diosma apetala'' (Dümmer) I.Williams *'' Diosma arenicola'' I.Williams *''Diosma aristata'' I.Williams *'' Diosma aspalathoides'' Lam. *''Diosma awilana'' I.Williams *'' Diosma demissa'' I.Williams *''Diosma dichotoma'' P.J.Bergius *'' Diosma echinulata'' I.Williams *'' Diosma fallax'' I.Williams *''Diosma guthriei'' Glover *'' Diosma haelkraalensis'' I.Williams *'' Diosma hirsuta'' L. *'' Diosma meyeriana'' Spreng. *''Diosma oppositifolia'' L. *''Diosma parvula'' I.Williams *''Diosma passerinoides'' Steud. *''Diosma pedicellata'' I.Williams *''Diosma pilosa'' I.Williams *''Diosma prama'' I.Williams *''Diosma ramosissima'' Bartl. & H.L.Wendl. *''Diosma recurva'' Cham. *''Diosma rourkei'' I.Williams *''Diosm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acmadenia
''Acmadenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. The species are mostly from the western Cape Province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ..., including: *'' Acmadenia alternifolia'' Cham. *'' Acmadenia argillophila'' I.Williams *'' Acmadenia baileyensis'' I.Williams *'' Acmadenia bodkinii'' (Schltr.) Strid *'' Acmadenia burchellii'' Dümmer *'' Acmadenia candida'' I.Williams *'' Acmadenia densifolia'' Sond. *'' Acmadenia faucitincta'' I.Williams *'' Acmadenia flaccida'' Eckl. & Zeyh. *'' Acmadenia fruticosa'' I.Williams *'' Acmadenia gracilis'' Dümmer *'' Acmadenia heterophylla'' P.E.Glover *'' Acmadenia kiwanensis'' I.Williams *'' Acmadenia latifolia'' I.Williams *'' Acmadenia laxa'' I.Williams *'' Acmadenia macradenia'' (Sond.) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galium
''Galium'' is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw. There are over 600 species of ''Galium'', with estimates of 629 to 650 The Jepson eFlora 2013. as of 2013. The field madder, '''', is a close relative and may be confused with a tiny bedstraw. '' Asperula
''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 spe ...
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Watsonia (plant)
''Watsonia'' (bugle lily) is a genus of plants in the family Iridaceae, subfamily Crocoideae. Watsonias are native to southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini). The genus is named after Sir William Watson, an 18th-century British botanist. Diversity There are 56 accepted species in southern Africa, with two varieties and about 112 names either unresolved or regarded as synonyms. All are perennial herbs growing from corms and producing erect spikes of showy flowers. Most are fynbos plants, adapted to a Mediterranean-type climate, but some occur along the eastern and inland areas of the country and adapted to a wider range of conditions, mainly continental climate with summer rainfall. Many species occur mainly in the mountains, though some occur in sandy flats and marshy areas. Cultivation The most commonly cultivated species is the pink-flowered ''Watsonia borbonica'' and its white mutant 'Arderne's White'. These were crossed with '' Watsonia meriana'' and other spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grubbia
''Grubbia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Grubbiaceae.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. 2007. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Books: Ontario, Canada. . The genus has three species, all Endemism, endemic to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. They are shrubs that grow to tall, with tiny flowers and slender, leathery Leaf, leaves.Klaus Kubitzki. 2004. "Grubbiaceae". pages 199-201. In: Klaus Kubitski (editor). ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' volume VI. Springer-Verlag: Berlin;Heidelberg, Germany. The fruit is a Multiple fruit, syncarp. ''Grubbia'' was Botanical name, named by Peter Jonas Bergius in 1767 in a Swedish Scientific journal, journal entitled ''Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar''.''Grubbia'' in International Plant Names Index. (see ''External links' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleretum
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Taxonomy The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diagnosis on a herbarium sheet that was discovered to contain parts belonging to plants in different genera and without designating a type. This caused confusion as to whether the genus had been validly published and whether genus names published later were synonyms or not. It was established in 1985 that ''Cleretum'' was validly published, and that ''Micropterum'' was a later synonym. '' Cleretum papulosum'' was designated as the type species. ''Cleretum'' is placed in the tribe Dorotheantheae. A study in 2012 concluded that the genera previously separated in the Dorotheantheae did not differ sufficiently to be recognized, and placed them all in ''Cleretum'', now the only genus in the tribe. Species , Plants of the World Online Plants of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
