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Leptoderris Gabonica
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species are generally lianas and sometimes shrubs. They are found mostly in the Guineo-Congolian forest, Guineo-Congolian rain forest from West to Central Africa, extending into seasonally-dry forest, woodland, and bushland north, south, and east of the forest region. Two species are native to the Zambezian region, and one is native to the Zanzibar–Inhambane forests of coastal eastern Africa. 22 species are accepted: *''Leptoderris aurantiaca'' *''Leptoderris brachyptera'' *''Leptoderris burundiensis'' *''Leptoderris congolensis'' *''Leptoderris coriacea'' *''Leptoderris cyclocarpa'' *''Leptoderris fasciculata'' *''Leptoderris gabonica'' *''Leptoderris glabrata'' *''Leptoderris harmsiana'' *''Leptoderris hypargyrea'' *''Leptoderris ledermannii'' *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Troyte Dunn
Stephen Troyte Dunn (26 August 1868, Bristol - 18 April, 1938, Sheen, Surrey, England) was a British botanist. He described and systematized a significant number of plants around the world, his input most noticeable in the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of the flora of China. Among the plants he first scientifically described was ''Bauhinia blakeana'', now the national flower of Hong Kong. Biography Born in Bristol in the family of Rev. James Dunn, of Northern Irish descent, S. T. Dunn was educated at Radley College, Radley, and at Merton College, Oxford, where he earned his BA in classics. He was private secretary to liberal politician Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet, Thomas Acland in 1897, and the next year (as in 1898 Thomas Acland died) he first joined Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew as private secretary to the director, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. Thiselton-Dyer. He was then assistant for India in the herbarium from 1901 until his departure for Hong Kong in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptoderris Glabrata
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Species are generally lianas and sometimes shrubs. They are found mostly in the Guineo-Congolian rain forest from West to Central Africa, extending into seasonally-dry forest, woodland, and bushland north, south, and east of the forest region. Two species are native to the Zambezian region, and one is native to the Zanzibar–Inhambane forests of coastal eastern Africa. 22 species are accepted: *'' Leptoderris aurantiaca'' *'' Leptoderris brachyptera'' *'' Leptoderris burundiensis'' *''Leptoderris congolensis'' *'' Leptoderris coriacea'' *'' Leptoderris cyclocarpa'' *'' Leptoderris fasciculata'' *''Leptoderris gabonica'' *'' Leptoderris glabrata'' *''Leptoderris harmsiana'' *''Leptoderris hypargyrea'' *''Leptoderris ledermannii ''Leptoderris'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |