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Lindsay Stuart Smith
Lindsay Stuart Smith (27 November 1917 – 12 September 1970) was an Australian botanist, naturalist and public servant. Early years Lindsay Smith was born in Bundaberg, Queensland, and attended Bundaberg South State School and later Bundaberg State High School. In 1933 he began work as a clerk in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Except for war service with the Second Australian Imperial Force in World War II, he remained in that department, rising through the ranks to the position of Senior Botanist. After the war, he studied science in the evenings and in 1948 was awarded the degree of First Class Honours in Botany. Career During World War II, Smith made collections of rainforest species in New Guinea and subsequently studied these species with the help of Cyril Tenison White and William Douglas Francis and some of his collections become the nucleus of the herbarium at Lae. He made extensive studies of the genus ''Lantana'', a group of invasive species in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundaberg
Bundaberg () is the major regional city in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is the List of cities in Australia by population, ninth largest city in the state. The Bundaberg central business district is situated along the southern bank of the Burnett River about from its mouth at Burnett Heads, Queensland, Burnett Heads, where it flows into the Coral Sea. The city is sited on a rich floodplain, coastal plain, supporting one of the nation's most productive agricultural regions. The area of Bundaberg is the home of the Taribelang, Taribelang-Bunda, Goreng Goreng, Gurang, and Bailai peoples. The common nickname for Bundaberg is "Bundy", although its history as a major sugar producing region means it is often referenced as the "Rum City" or "Sugar City". The residents of the city are referred to colloquially as 'Bundabergians.' In the , the Bundaberg urban area had a population of 73,747 people. The district surveyor, John Thompson Charlton desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasive Species
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage. The term can also be used for native species that become harmful to their native environment after human alterations to its food web. Since the 20th century, invasive species have become serious economic, social, and environmental threats worldwide. Invasion of long-established ecosystems by organisms is a natural phenomenon, but human-facilitated introductions have greatly increased the rate, scale, and geographic range of invasion. For millennia, humans have served as both accidental and deliberate dispersal agents, beginning with their earliest migrations, accelerating in the Age of Discovery, and accelerating again with the spread of international trade. Notable invasive plant species include the kudzu vine, giant hogweed (''Heracleum mantegazzianum''), Japanese knotw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neostrearia
''Neostrearia'' is a monotypic genus - i.e. a genus containing only one species - of plants in the witch-hazel family Hamamelidaceae. It is the second described of three monotypic Australian genera in this family, the others being '' Ostrearia'' and '' Noahdendron''. It is most closely related to these genera, as well as ''Trichocladus'' (4 species) from southern Africa and '' Dicoryphe'' (13 species) from Madagascar, and together these five genera form a distinct clade within Hamamelidaceae. The sole species in this genus is ''Neostrearia fleckeri'', described in 1958 and endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. Description ''Neostrearia fleckeri'' is a small tree growing to tall, and it may be buttressed. The leaves are simple and alternate, and measure up to long by wide. They are glossy green above and glaucous (chalky blue-green) below, with a petiole up to long and very fine, hair-like stipules about long. The inflorescence is (i.e. it is p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neorites
''Neorites'' is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Proteaceae. The sole species ''Neorites kevedianus'', commonly called fishtail oak or fishtail silky oak, is a tall tree endemic to the wet tropics rainforests of north eastern Queensland, Australia. Taxonomy and naming Queensland botanist Lindsay Smith named the species in 1969, based on a specimen collected near Kuranda in 1955 by Queensland forestry officers Kevin J. White and H. Edgar Volck. Smith coined the species name from the first names of the finders. Peter H. Weston and Nigel Barker refined the classification of the Proteaceae in 2006, incorporating molecular data. Here, ''Neorites'' emerged as closely related to the genera '' Orites'' and '' Roupala''. They thus placed the three genera in the subtribe ''Roupalinae'', conceding that the next closest relatives of this group is unclear. This group lies within the subfamily Grevilleoideae. Clock dating with molecular and fossil data indicated ancestors of ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peripentadenia
''Peripentadenia'' is a genus of two species of large trees from the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. Sometimes they have the common name quandong. Botanists have formally described two species, both endemic to restricted areas of the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland. Both species have official recognition of at risk of extinction in the wild. Species * ''Peripentadenia mearsii ''Peripentadenia mearsii'', commonly known as the buff quandong or grey quandong, is a plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to a small part of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is usually seen as a multistemmed tree, and the habitat ...'' Buff or Grey Quandong – endemic to a restricted area of the Wet Tropics rainforests ::Synonym and base name: ''Actephila mearsii'' ::Queensland government official "near threatened" species conservation status. * '' Peripentadenia phelpsii'' – endemic to a very restricted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanthostemon Verticillatus
''Xanthostemon verticillatus'' is a species of trees from the plant family Myrtaceae endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr .... References verticillatus Myrtales of Australia Flora of Queensland Taxa named by Cyril Tenison White Taxa named by William Douglas Francis {{Australia-rosid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myoporum Betcheanum
''Myoporum betcheanum'', commonly known as mountain boobialla is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is a shrub or small tree with long, narrow leaves that are a darker green on their upper surface than the lower. Its flowers have five white petals and are arranged in small groups in the leaf axils. The fruits which follow are more or less spherical, soft, cream coloured drupes. As its common name suggests, this plant is restricted to higher places, around above sea level. It occurs in the McPherson Range and nearby mountains of New South Wales and Queensland. Description ''Myoporum betcheanum'' is a shrub or small tree growing to about high. Its branches often have a few to many small, wart-like tubercles and are moderately to densely hairy. The leaves are long or longer, wide, flat, narrow elliptic in shape and with small teeth on the margins. They are darker on the upper surface, but both surfaces are covered with short, soft hairs. The flowers are arrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Stellaris
''Elaeocarpus stellaris'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It is a tree, sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, small groups of flowers with greenish-yellow sepals and creamy-white petals, the fruit containing a five-flanged stone. Description ''Elaeocarpus stellaris'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of with a dbh of but sometimes up to and sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are borne in groups of two to five on a robust rachis up to long, each flower on a ridged pedicel long. The sepals are greenish-yellow, long and wide and velvelty-hairy on the back. The petals are creamy-white, about long and wide, with three broad, blunt lobes on the end. There are about fifty stamens. Flowering occurs in December and the fruit is an elliptical dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austromyrtus Dulcis
''Austromyrtus dulcis'' is a species of plant native to eastern Australia. It grows as a small spreading shrub and is easily recognised by its characteristic berries that usually ripen in summer and autumn. Common names include the midgen berry, midyim, and silky myrtle. Description ''Austromyrtus dulcis'' is a small spreading shrub; in height. The leaves are 1–3 cm long and 0.5 cm wide, opposite, lanceolate to elliptical, glossy above with silky hairs beneath. The small white flowers are 7-10 mm in length, they have five petals and a large number of sepals, they are then followed by dotted mauve sweet edible berries which ripen in summer and autumn and contain three to nine pale brown seeds. Distribution and habitat The species occurs in New South Wales and Queensland, from Grafton to Fraser Island. It occurs as a common understorey plant of heathland and woodlands and also growing on sandy soils and occasionally on the margins of rainforests. Uses The berri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selwyn Everist
Selwyn may refer to: People and fictional characters * Selwyn (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name * Selwyn (singer), Australian R&B singer Selwyn Pretorius (born 1982) Places Australia * Selwyn, Queensland, a ghost town * Selwyn County, New South Wales, a cadastral division * Selwyn Range (Australia), a range of highlands in Queensland * Selwyn's Rock, glaciated pavement in Inman Valley, South Australia * Selwyn Snow Resort, a ski resort in New South Wales Canada * Selwyn, Ontario, a township * Selwyn Range (British Columbia), a subrange of the Canadian Rockies near Mount Robson * Selwyn Mountains, a large mountain range in Yukon and the Northwest Territories New Zealand * Selwyn District, a rural district in central Canterbury * Selwyn (New Zealand electorate), an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives * Selwyn River, a river in the Selwyn District * Selwyn, New Zealand, a settlement on the south bank of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Naturalists' Club
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean; to the state's north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. With an area of , Queensland is the world's sixth-largest subnational entity; it is larger than all but 16 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, and include tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and white sandy beaches in its tropical and sub-tropical coastal regions, as well as deserts and savanna in the semi-arid and desert climatic regions of its interior. Queensland has a population of over 5.5 million, con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophulariaceae
The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including tropical mountains. The family name is based on the name of the included genus ''Scrophularia'' L. Taxonomy In the past, it was treated as including about 275 genera and over 5,000 species, but its circumscription has been radically altered since numerous molecular phylogenies have shown the traditional broad circumscription to be grossly polyphyletic. Many genera have recently been transferred to other families within the Lamiales, notably Plantaginaceae and Orobanchaceae, but also several new families. - on linhere/ref> Several families of the Lamiales have had their circumscriptions enlarged to accommodate genera transferred from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
