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Levenhookia Sect. Coleostylis
''Levenhookia'' sect. ''Coleostylis'' is a section of four recognized species in the family Stylidiaceae. It was established and described by Johannes Mildbraed in 1908 to separate the subgeneric taxonomy in the genus ''Levenhookia''. Mildbraed originally placed ''L. preissii'' and '' L. stipitata'' in this section.Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. ''Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus''. IV. 278. Leipzig. '' L. chippendalei'' was described in 1966 and placed in this section by Rica Erickson Frederica Lucy "Rica" Erickson , née Sandilands, (10 August 1908 – 8 September 2009) was an Australian naturalist, botanical artist, historian, author and teacher. Without any formal scientific training, she wrote extensively on botany and ... and Jim Willis.Erickson, R. and Willis, J.H. (1966). Some additions to Australian Stylidiaceae. ''Victorian Naturalist'', 83: 107-112. Section ''Coleostylis'' could also contain '' L. octomaculata'', which Erickson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levenhookia Preissii
''Levenhookia preissii'', Preiss's stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus ''Levenhookia'' (family Stylidiaceae). Description and habitat It is an ephemeral annual that grows about tall with oblanceolate to linear leaves. Flowers are pink to red and bloom from September to January in its native range. ''L. preissii'' is endemic to southwestern Western Australia where it grows in grey or black sandy peat soils in swampy areas.Paczkowska, Grazyna. (1996)''Levenhookia preissii'' (Sond.) F.Muell.FloraBase ''FloraBase'' is a public access web-based database of the flora of Western Australia. It provides authoritative scientific information on 12,978 taxa, including descriptions, maps, images, conservation status and nomenclatural details. 1,272 alie ..., Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 23 August 2007.Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. ''Das Pflanzenre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Mildbraed
Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (19 December 1879 – 24 December 1954) was a German botanist that specialized in mosses, ferns, and various spermatophytes. He is well known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of the family Stylidiaceae in 1908 as part of the unfinished '' Das Pflanzenreich'' series. The genus ''Mildbraediodendron ''Mildbraediodendron excelsum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, and the only species in the genus ''Mildbraediodendron''. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus was named in honor of the German botanist Johannes ...'' was named in honor of him.Quattrocchi, U. 1999. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology.' CRC Press. pp. 1691. References 1879 births 1954 deaths 20th-century German botanists {{Germany-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levenhookia Chippendalei
''Levenhookia chippendalei'' is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus ''Levenhookia'' (family Stylidiaceae). It is named after its discoverer, George Chippendale, founder of the Northern Territory Herbarium. It grows from tall with oblanceolate leaves near the base of the plant. The few leaves this species produces are generally long. The inflorescences are racemose. Flowers are pink with long petals. The sensitive labellum is hood-like and dark red with yellow appendages. ''L. chippendalei'' is most closely related to '' L. preissii'' but differs in flower morphology. It shares a similar floral arrangement with '' Levenhookia stipitata''.Erickson, R. and Willis, J.H. (1966). Some additions to Australian Stylidiaceae. ''Victorian Naturalist'', 83: 107-112. ''L. chippendalei'' is the only species in the genus to be recorded from the Northern Territory. It has also been recorded from many locations in Western Australia and given a status of "not threatened" by Flora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levenhookia Octomaculata
''Levenhookia octomaculata'', the dotted stylewort or eight-spotted stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus ''Levenhookia'' (family Stylidiaceae). The specific epithet ''octomaculata'' refers to the eight red dots this plant produces on each flower. It is an ephemeral annual that grows from tall with a simple or branched stem. There are very few leaves that are obovate to spathulate and mostly around the base of the stem. Scapes are umbellate and dark-coloured. Flowers are bright pink with white throats and two red dots borne on each petal. ''L. octomaculata'' blooms from September to October in its native range. It is endemic to Western Australia. Its habitat has been reported as being sandy soils in open ''Acacia acuminata'' or ''Eucalyptus wandoo ''Eucalyptus wandoo'', commonly known as wandoo, dooto, warrnt or wornt, is a small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped adult lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levenhookia Stipitata
''Levenhookia stipitata'', the common stylewort, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus ''Levenhookia'' (family Stylidiaceae). It is an ephemeral annual that grows about tall with oblanceolate to linear leaves. Flowers are pink and bloom from August to January in its native range. ''L. stipitata'' is endemic to southwestern Western Australia where it grows in granitic or lateritic soils. This species was first described by George Bentham in 1837 as ''Stylidium stipitatum'' and was later reclassified into the genus ''Coleostylis'', which was placed into synonymy with the genus ''Levenhookia''.Paczkowska, Grazyna. (1996)''Levenhookia stipitata'' (Sond.) F.Muell.FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 28 August 2007.Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In: Engler, A. ''Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus''. IV. 278. Leipzig. As of 2007, ''L. stipitata'' was report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rank (botany)
In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system consists of species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain. While older approaches to taxonomic classification were phenomenological, forming groups on the basis of similarities in appearance, organic structure and behaviour, methods based on genetic analysis have opened the road to cladistics. A given rank subsumes under it less general categories, that is, more specific descriptions of life forms. Above it, each rank is classified within more general categories of organisms and groups of organisms related to each other through inheritance of traits or features from common ancestors. The rank of any ''species'' and the description of its ''genus'' is ''basic''; which means that to identify a particular organism, it is usually not necessary to specify ranks other than these first two. Consider a part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylidiaceae
The family Stylidiaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It consists of five genera with over 240 species, most of which are endemic to Australia and New Zealand. Members of Stylidiaceae are typically grass-like herbs or small shrubs and can be perennials or annuals. Most species are free standing or self-supporting, though a few can be climbing or scrambling ('' Stylidium scandens'' uses leaf tips recurved into hooks to climb). The pollination mechanisms of ''Stylidium'' and '' Levenhookia'' are as follows: In ''Stylidium'' the floral column, which consists of the fused stamen and style, springs violently from one side (usually under the flower) when triggered. This deposits the pollen on a visiting insect. In ''Levenhookia'', however, the column is immobile, but the hooded labellum is triggered and sheds pollen. In 1981, only about 155 species were known in the family. The current number of species by genus (reported in 2002) is as follows: ''Forstera'' - 5, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levenhookia
''Levenhookia'', also known as the styleworts, is a genus of ten recognized species in the family Stylidiaceae and is endemic to Australia. The genus is restricted to Western Australia almost exclusively with a few exceptions: '' L. pusilla'''s range extends into South Australia, '' L. dubia'''s range extends through South Australia into Victoria and New South Wales, '' L. sonderi'' is native only to Victoria, and '' L. chippendalei'' is also found in the Northern Territory.Erickson, R. and Willis, J.H. (1966). Some additions to Australian Stylidiaceae. ''Victorian Naturalist'', 83: 107-112.Carlquist, S. (1969). Studies in Stylidiaceae: New taxa, field observations, evolutionary tendencies. ''Aliso'', 7(1): 13-64. All species of ''Levenhookia'' possess a sensitive labellum that performs a similar function to the column of ''Stylidium'' species. The labellum responds to touch and enables the plants to promote cross-pollination and avoid self-pollination. Most species of ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rica Erickson
Frederica Lucy "Rica" Erickson , née Sandilands, (10 August 1908 – 8 September 2009) was an Australian naturalist, botanical artist, historian, author and teacher. Without any formal scientific training, she wrote extensively on botany and birds, as well as genealogy and general history. Erickson authored ten books, co-authored four, was editor of twelve, and author or co-author of numerous papers and articles that have been printed in popular, scientific and encyclopaedic publications. Biography Born in Boulder, Western Australia, Erickson was the eldest of eight children of Phoebe Cooke and Christopher Sandilands, both of whom immigrated to Western Australia from Victoria in 1906, and met in the goldfield town. Christopher Sandilands was a farmer's son and worked at the Great Boulder Mine as a filter press hand. The family lived on Dwyer Street. Christopher enlisted into the army and served in France during World War I. He returned home disabled and was unable to resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hamlyn Willis
James Hamlyn Willis (28 January 1910 – 10 November 1995) was an Australian botanist. He described 64 new species of plants, and published more than 880 works including the landmark two-volume ''A Handbook to plants in Victoria'' between 1962 and 1973. Life Willis was born in Oakleigh, Victoria in 1910. In 1913 he moved with his family to Stanley on the northern coast of Tasmania, Australia, where they remained until returning to Victoria in 1924. He attended Melbourne High School and in 1928, following receipt of a scholarship, began studies at the Victorian School of Forestry in Creswick, graduating with a Diploma of Forestry in 1930. For the next seven years he was employed by the Forests Commission of Victoria as a forest officer. In 1937 Willis joined the National Herbarium of Victoria and commenced studies at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in 1940. Between 1958 and 1959, he held the position of Australian Botanical Liaison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
