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Maxwellia Lepidota
''Maxwellia lepidota'' is a species of shrubs or trees in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the monotypic genus ''Maxwellia''. Its closest relatives are all Australian genera in tribe Lasiopetaleae: '' Guichenotia'', '' Hannafordia'', '' Lysiosepalum'', '' Lasiopetalum'' and '' Thomasia''. The genus name of ''Maxwellia'' is in honour of Maxwell T. Masters (1833–1907), an English botanist and taxonomist. The Latin specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ... of ''lepidota'' refers to the Greek word ''lepidotus'' meaning scaly. Both genus and species were first described and published in Adansonia Vol.10 on page 100 in 1871. References Byttnerioideae Plants described in 1845 Endemic flora of New Caledonia ...
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Henri Ernest Baillon
Henri Ernest Baillon (; 30 November 1827 in Calais – 19 July 1895 in Paris) was a French botanist and physician. Baillon spent his academic career teaching natural history and publishing numerous works on botany. He was appointed to the Légion d'honneur in 1867, joined the Royal Society in 1894 and put together the ''Dictionnaire de botanique'' with Auguste Faguet's wood engravings.Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ...
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* ''Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées'' (1858) * ''Monographie des Buxacées et des Stylocérée'' (1859) * ''Recherches organogéniques sur la fleur femelle des Conifères'' (1860) * ''Recherches sur l’organisation, le développement et l’anatomie des Caprifoliacées'' (1864 ...
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Lasiopetalum
''Lasiopetalum'', commonly known as velvet bushes, is a genus of about forty-five species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, all endemic to Australia. Description Most species of ''Lasiopetalum'' are spreading or prostrate, many-branched shrubs. Commonly known as velvet bushes, they derive their common name from the pubescent (finely-furred) nature of the stems, leaves and flowers. Their leaves are generally arranged alternately on the stems. The flowerheads are either axillary or terminal. The flowers are small, the five-lobed calyces are hairy and the petals tiny. The genus is allied to the genera '' Guichenotia'' and '' Thomasia''. The greatest diversity of species is in Western Australia, where 24 species are found, of which 8 are endemic to the region. Taxonomy The genus ''Lasiopetalum'' was first formally described in 1798 by James Edward Smith in ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London''. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek word '' ...
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Plants Described In 1845
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water, using the green pigment chlorophyll. Exceptions are parasitic plants that have lost the genes for chlorophyll and photosynthesis, and obtain their energy from other plants or fungi. Most plants are multicellular organism, multicellular, except for some green algae. Historically, as in Aristotle's biology, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi. Definitions have narrowed since then; current definitions exclude fungi and some of the algae. By the definition used in this article, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (green plants), which consists of the green algae and the embryophytes or land plants (hornworts, liverworts ...
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Byttnerioideae
Byttnerioideae is a Family (biology), subfamily of the flowering plant family Malvaceae. ''Byttneria'' is the type genus for the subfamily. ''Byttneria'' is now treated as synonym of ''Ayenia''. Tribes and genera Four tribes are recognised by the Germplasm Resources Information Network: Byttnerieae * ''Abroma'' Jacq. * ''Ayenia'' L. * ''Byttneria'' Loefl. (synonym of ''Ayenia'') * ''Kleinhovia'' L. * ''Leptonychia'' Turcz. * ''Megatritheca'' Cristóbal * ''Rayleya'' Cristóbal (synonym of ''Ayenia'') * ''Scaphopetalum'' Mast. Hermannieae * ''Dicarpidium'' F.Muell. * ''Gilesia'' F.Muell. * ''Hermannia'' L. * ''Melochia'' L. * ''Waltheria'' L. Lasiopetaleae * ''Commersonia'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. * ''Guichenotia'' J.Gay * ''Hannafordia'' F.Muell. * ''Keraudrenia'' J.Gay (synonym of ''Seringia'') * ''Lasiopetalum'' Sm. * ''Lysiosepalum'' F.Muell. * ''Maxwellia (plant), Maxwellia'' Baill. * ''Rulingia'' R.Br. * ''Seringia'' J.Gay * ''Thomasia'' J.Gay Theobromateae * ''Glos ...
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Binomial Nomenclature
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name (often shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, name, or a scientific name; more informally, it is also called a Latin name. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), the system is also called nomenclature, with an "n" before the "al" in "binominal", which is a typographic error, meaning "two-name naming system". The first part of the name – the '' generic name'' – identifies the genus to which the species belongs, whereas the second part – the specific name or specific epithet – distinguishes the species within the genus. For example, modern humans belong to the genus ''Homo'' and within this genus to the species ''Hom ...
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Taxonomist
In biology, taxonomy () is the science, scientific study of naming, defining (Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxon, taxa (singular: taxon), and these groups are given a taxonomic rank; groups of a given rank can be aggregated to form a more inclusive group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy. The principal ranks in modern use are domain (biology), domain, kingdom (biology), kingdom, phylum (''division'' is sometimes used in botany in place of ''phylum''), class (biology), class, order (biology), order, family (biology), family, genus, and species. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy, having developed a ranked system known as Linnaean taxonomy for categorizing organisms. With advances in the theory, data and analytical technology of biological systematics, the Linnaean system has transfo ...
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Maxwell T
Maxwell may refer to: People * Maxwell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician and physicist * Justice Maxwell (other) * Maxwell baronets, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia * Maxwell (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian forward * Maxwell (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian left-back * Maxwell (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian striker * Maxwell (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian left-back * Maxwell (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian forward * Maxwell (musician) (born 1973), American R&B and neo-soul singer * Maxwell (rapper) (born 1993), German rapper, member of rap band 187 Strassenbande * Maxwell Jacob Friedman (born 1996), American professional wrestler * Maxwell Silva (born 1953), Sri Lankan Sinhala Catholic cleric, Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo Places United States * Maxwell, California * Maxwell, Indiana * Maxwell, Iowa * Maxwell, Nebraska * Maxwell, New Mexico * Maxwell, Texas * M ...
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Thomasia
''Thomasia'' is a genus of thirty-one species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Plants in this genus are small shrubs that are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, apart from '' T. petalocalyx'' that is native to Victoria and South Australia. The leaves are simple with leaf-like stipules at the base of the petiole, the flowers bisexual with five papery, petal-like sepals, usually five petals and five stamens opposite the petals. The fruit is a capsule covered with star-like hairs. Taxonomy The genus ''Thomasia'' was first formally described in 1821 by Jaques Étienne Gay in '' Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle''. The name ''Thomasia'' honours Pierre Thomas, his son Abraham, and Abraham's sons Philippe, Louis and Emmanuel, a family of Swiss plant collectors. Species list The following is a listed of ''Thomasia'' species recognised by the Australian Plant Census as at December 2020: *'' Thomasia angustifolia'' Steud. - narrow-leaved thomasia *' ...
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Lysiosepalum
''Lysiosepalum'' is a genus of 5 species of flowering plants in the genus of plants in the family Malvaceae, all endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Description All species of ''Lysiosepalum'' are shrubs up to high. The leaves are mostly linear to egg-shaped with 2 leaf-like stipules at the base of the petiole. There are petal-like sepals alternating between broad to narrow, and tiny, scale-like petals. Three egg-shaped or lance-shaped bracteoles are below the sepals, bracts at the base of the pedicels, the stamens are joined at the base and there are tiny staminodes. Taxonomy The genus ''Lysiosepalum'' was first formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his ''Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'', and the first species he described (the type species) was '' Lysiosepalum barryanum''. The genus name means a "setting-free sepal", referring to the sepals, which are almost free or separated. Species list The following is a list of names of ''Lysio ...
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Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, roselle and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ornamentals, such as ''Alcea'' (hollyhock), ''Malva'' (mallow), and ''Tilia'' (lime or linden tree). The genera with the largest numbers of species include ''Hibiscus'' (434 species), ''Pavonia (plant), Pavonia'' (291 species), ''Sida (plant), Sida'' (275 species), ''Ayenia'' (216 species), ''Dombeya'' (197 species), and ''Sterculia'' (181 species). Taxonomy and nomenclature The circumscription of the Malvaceae is controversial. The traditional Malvaceae ''sensu stricto'' comprise a very homogeneous and cladistically Monophyly, monophyletic group. Another major circumscription, Malvaceae ''sensu lato'', has been more recently defined on the basis that genetics studies ha ...
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Hannafordia
''Hannafordia '' is a genus of flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...s native to Australia Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Hannafordia'': *'' Hannafordia bissillii'' F.Muell. – grey felt-bush *'' Hannafordia quadrivalvis'' F.Muell. *'' Hannafordia shanesii'' F.Muell. References Malvales of Australia Byttnerioideae Malvaceae genera {{Byttnerioideae-stub ...
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Guichenotia
''Guichenotia'' is a genus of 17 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae that is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. Plants in the genus ''Guichenotia'' are shrubs with simple, linear to oblong leaves with leaf-like stipules at the base of the petiole, the flowers bisexual with three bracteoles at the base of the sepals, and five petal-like sepals, the petals sometimes absent. The fruit is a capsule usually containing 15 seeds. The genus was first formally described in 1821 by Jaques Étienne Gay in '' Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle''. The first species Gay described was '' Guichenotia ledifolia''. The genus name honours Antoine Guichenot, gardener's boy on the 1801–1803 French scientific voyage to Australia under Nicolas Baudin. Species list The following species of ''Guichenotia'' are accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at 22 March 2022: *'' Guichenotia alba'' Keighery *'' Guichenotia angustifolia'' ( Turcz.) Druce *'' Guichen ...
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