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Lebeckia Uniflora
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''Lebeckia'' are known to produce pyrrolizidine alkaloids, including ammodendrine, lebeckianine, and lupanine. The genus was named by Carl Thunberg for his student Heinrich Julius Lebeck. Species ''Lebeckia'' comprises the following species: * ''Lebeckia ambigua'' E.Mey. * '' Lebeckia brevicarpa'' M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk * '' Lebeckia brevipes'' M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk * ''Lebeckia contaminata'' (L.) Thunb. * '' Lebeckia gracilis'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * '' Lebeckia grandiflora'' Benth. * '' Lebeckia longipes'' Bolus * '' Lebeckia marginata'' E. Mey. * '' Lebeckia meyeriana'' Eckl. and Zeyh. * '' Lebeckia pauciflora'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * '' Lebeckia plukenetiana'' E.Mey. * '' Lebeckia schlechter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Peter Thunberg
Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Sweden, Swedish Natural history, naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala University, he spent seven years travelling in southern Italy and Asia, collecting and describing people and animals new to European science, and observing local cultures. He has been called "the father of South African botany", "pioneer of Occidental Medicine in Japan", and the "Japanese Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus". Early life Thunberg was born and grew up in Jönköping, Sweden. At the age of 18, he entered Uppsala University where he was taught by Carl Linnaeus, regarded as the "father of modern Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy". Thunberg graduated in 1767 after 6 years of studying. To deepen his knowledge in botany, medicine and natural history, he was encouraged by Linnaeus in 1770 to travel to P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebeckia Ambigua
''Lebeckia ambigua'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Lebeckia''. The species is native to South Africa, around Saldanha Bay Saldanha Bay () is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, Western Cape, Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay ... and Clanwilliam. References External links * Lebeckia ambigua ' at thEncyclopedia of Life Crotalarieae Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces {{Faboideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebeckia Uniflora
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''Lebeckia'' are known to produce pyrrolizidine alkaloids, including ammodendrine, lebeckianine, and lupanine. The genus was named by Carl Thunberg for his student Heinrich Julius Lebeck. Species ''Lebeckia'' comprises the following species: * ''Lebeckia ambigua'' E.Mey. * '' Lebeckia brevicarpa'' M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk * '' Lebeckia brevipes'' M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk * ''Lebeckia contaminata'' (L.) Thunb. * '' Lebeckia gracilis'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * '' Lebeckia grandiflora'' Benth. * '' Lebeckia longipes'' Bolus * '' Lebeckia marginata'' E. Mey. * '' Lebeckia meyeriana'' Eckl. and Zeyh. * '' Lebeckia pauciflora'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * '' Lebeckia plukenetiana'' E.Mey. * '' Lebeckia schlechter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebeckia Plukenetiana
''Lebeckia plukenetiana'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Lebeckia''. It is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa. Distribution ''Lebeckia plukenetiana'' was once found in the Swartland and upper Breede River Valley; ± 75% of its habitat has been lost to urban expansion and wheat, vineyard and deciduous fruit cultivation in the past 150 years. Its range is from Piquetberg down to Darling, Worcester and the Hex River to the Cape Peninsula The Cape Peninsula () of South Africa is a generally mountainous peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good .... Conservation status ''Lebeckia plukenetiana'' is classified as ''Endangered'' as it is in decline. It faces threats from invasive alien species, habitat loss, habitat degradation, harvesting of the plant and pollution. References External links * * Endemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebeckia Pauciflora
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''Lebeckia'' are known to produce pyrrolizidine alkaloids, including ammodendrine, lebeckianine, and lupanine. The genus was named by Carl Thunberg for his student Heinrich Julius Lebeck. Species ''Lebeckia'' comprises the following species: * ''Lebeckia ambigua'' E.Mey. * '' Lebeckia brevicarpa'' M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk * '' Lebeckia brevipes'' M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk * ''Lebeckia contaminata'' (L.) Thunb. * '' Lebeckia gracilis'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * '' Lebeckia grandiflora'' Benth. * '' Lebeckia longipes'' Bolus * '' Lebeckia marginata'' E. Mey. * '' Lebeckia meyeriana'' Eckl. and Zeyh. * '' Lebeckia pauciflora'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * ''Lebeckia plukenetiana'' E.Mey. * ''Lebeckia schlechteria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
