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Medinilla Astronioides
''Medinilla'' is a genus of about 368 species of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to tropical regions of the Old World from Africa east through southeast Asia to Australia and the western Pacific Ocean. The genus was named after José de Medinilla y Pineda, governor of the Mariana Islands in 1820. Species in this genus are evergreen shrubs or vines. The leaves are opposite or whorled, or alternate in some species. The flowers are white, pink, red, or orange, and are produced singly or in large panicles. Selected species ''For a complete list of species, see List of Medinilla species'' The following species have articles on Wikipedia: *'' Medinilla balls-headleyi'' – Queensland *''Medinilla beamanii'' – Borneo *'' Medinilla cummingii'' – Philippines *''Medinilla magnifica'' – Philippines *''Medinilla multiflora'' – Philippines *''Medinilla sedifolia'' – Madagascar *''Medinilla speciosa'' – Philippines *''Medinilla theresae'' – Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medinilla Cumingii
''Medinilla cummingii'', the chandelier tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to mossy forest in the Philippines at altitude. It is a small shrub, in height, with ternate or quaternate leaves, and many-flowered, pendant panicles up to long. Fruits are 5–7 mm in diameter, pink to purplish to bluish-black when ripe. Etymology ''Medinilla'' is named for José de Medinilla y Pineda, who was governor of Mauritius (then known as the Marianne Islands) in 1820.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 253 References Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) entry {{Taxonbar, from=Q2196928 Medinilla, cummingii Endemic flora of the Philippines Flora of the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medinilla Magnifica
''Medinilla magnifica'', the showy medinilla or rose grape, is a species of epiphytic flowering plant, of the family Melastomataceae, native to the Philippines. Various cultivars and hybrids of this species, genus and family are well-known and have grown to be popular with plant collectors; the species ''Medinilla speciosa'' is equally as popular. Description The plant grows up to 3 m tall, with opposite, firm, leathery leaves, which grow to 20–30 cm long in an ovate shape with a short point. The flowers grow in panicles up to 50 cm long, with ovid pink bracts. The individual flowers are up to 25 mm in size, and are pink, red or violet. The fruits are violet, fleshy berries, about 1 cm wide. In the Philippines ''M. magnifica'' grows in the forks of large trees. It is an epiphyte, which is a plant that grows on other trees but does not withdraw its food from those trees as parasites do. As a fertilized seed, the plant initially finds itself deposited, or lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 staff. Its board of trustees is chaired by Dame Amelia Fawcett. The organisation manages botanic gardens at Kew in Richmond upon Thames in south-west London, and at Wakehurst, a National Trust property in Sussex which is home to the internationally important Millennium Seed Bank, whose scientists work with partner organisations in more than 95 countries. Kew, jointly with the Forestry Commission, founded Bedgebury National Pinetum in Kent in 1923, specialising in growing conifers. In 1994, the Castle Howard Arboretum Trust, which runs the Yorkshire Arboretum, was formed as a partnership between Kew and the Castle Howard Estate. In 2019, the organisation had 2,316,699 public visitors at Kew, and 312,813 at Wakehurst. Its site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plants Of The World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online in March 2017 with the goal of creating an exhaustive online database of all seed-bearing plants worldwide. (Govaerts wrongly speaks of "Convention for Botanical Diversity (CBD)). The initial focus was on tropical African flora, particularly flora ''Zambesiaca'', flora of West and East Tropical Africa. Since March 2024, the website has displayed AI-generated predictions of the extinction risk for each plant. Description The database uses the same taxonomical source as the International Plant Names Index, which is the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). The database contains information on the world's flora gathered from 250 years of botanical research. It aims to make available data from projects that no longer have an online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seem
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Seem or ''variants'' may refer to: * ''Société d'Exploitation des Etablissements Morane-Saulnier'' (''SEEMS'' or ''SEEM''), the successor company to the French aviation manufacturer ''Morane-Saulnier'' * SeeMS, a mass spectrometry viewer software package * , a parish in Esbjerg Municipality, Denmark * '' The Seems'', children's novel series by John Hulme * '' It Seems'' (album), 1988 album by Colin Newman * ''Seem.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of, Berthold Carl Seemann (1825–1871), German botanist * "Seem" Studley (1841–1901), U.S. baseball player See also * * *Seam (other) * Seim (other) *Seme (other) Seme may refer to: *Seme Border, a settlement in Nigeria on the border with Benin * Seme (dagger), a Maasai term for a type of lion hunting knife * Seme (martial arts), Japanese martial arts term meaning to attack ** Seme, a manga/anime term for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medinilla Waterhousei
''Medinilla waterhousei'', commonly known as tagimaucia or tagimoucia (, ), is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae which is endemic to the highland rainforest of the Fijian island of Taveuni. It is a liana bearing crimson and white flowers in 30 cm-long hanging clusters. It only grows at altitudes of over 600 m, flowering from October to December. The flower is the floral emblem of Fiji. The flower is now represented on the Fiji $50 note replacing the queen. Legend A local romantic legend attached to the flower has it representing the tears of a young girl forbidden by her father to marry the boy of her dreams so as she wept her tears became the flower hence from the phrase ''tagi me uci ‘ea'' ("cry to be like her"). The girl was said to be the daughter of a chief either Tui Cakau or Tui Lekutu. This is immortalized in a popular Fijian folk song by Percy Bucknell titled ''Tagimoucia ga'' ("Such is the Tagimoucia"). Etymology ''Medinilla'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medinilla Theresae
''Medinilla theresae'' is an endemic species of flowering evergreen shrub or liana in the family Melastomataceae, occurring on ultramafic soils on the dwarf forests of Mt. Redondo, Dinagat Island at 700-840 elevation, and at Mt. Hamiguitan, Philippines at growing at 900 m elevation on the edges of upper montane forest, which reaches up to the 'mossy-pygmy' forest with elevation ranges of 1160−1200 m and 1460−1600 m elevation, respectively. This terrestrial, cauliflorous shrub can grow erect at 1.5 m high. The species whorled leaves, flowers which are 4-merous, and the pendulous inflorescences likened the species to '' M. pendula''. However, it differed from the latter on distinct secondary veins on the leaves adaxial surface, the inflorescences which are cauline or axillary, and its straight anthers. Etymology The species was named in honor of Theresa Mundita Lim, a wildlife advocate, and a former director of the Biodiversity Management Bureau of the Department of Enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Ludwig Blume
Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796 – 3 February 1862) was a German-Dutch botanist and entomologist who spent most of his professional life in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. As deputy director of agriculture at the Bogor Botanical Gardens in Java (1823–1826) and later director of the Rijksherbarium in Leiden, he conducted extensive studies of Southeast Asian flora, publishing numerous influential works including ''Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië'' (1825–1827) and ''Rumphia'' (1835–1849). Together with Philipp Franz von Siebold, Blume co-founded the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Horticulture in the Netherlands in 1842, helping to revitalise the country's reputation as a centre for botanical study and exotic plant cultivation. His scientific contributions were recognised with his election as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1855, and his legacy is commemorated in the botanical jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medinilla Speciosa
''Medinilla speciosa'' is a perennial epiphytic plant in the genus ''Medinilla'' of the family Melastomataceae. Etymology ''Medinilla'' is named for José de Medinilla y Pineda, who was governor of Mauritius (then known as the Marianne Islands) in 1820.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp. 253 Description ''Medinilla speciosa'' reaches on average a height of . This evergreen shrub has woody branched stems and opposite leathery green leaf, leaves (up to long and wide, with prominent veins. The dainty small flowers are bright pink-colored and are produced in large panicles on pendant reddish stems. The flowering period extends from early Summer to Fall. When the blooming is finished for about a month remains a raceme of showy berries, pending that the plant reflowers. These rounded fruits are at first pink and purple-blue when ripe (hence the common name of ''Showy Asian Grapes''. The plant is utilized as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medinilla Sedifolia
''Medinilla sedifolia'' is a perennial plant of the family Melastomataceae that grows primarily in Madagascar, but is occasionally used as a terrarium plant, an epiphyte mounting, or in hanging pots. It is small for the genus, growing only tall. The waxy evergreen leaves grow on a trailing stem. It flowers twice per year, the five petaled flowers are magenta, waxy to the touch, and about wide when fully grown. Etymology ''Medinilla'' is named for José de Medinilla y Pineda, who was governor of Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ... (then known as the Marianne Islands) in 1820.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 253 References sedifolia Taxa named by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merr
Merr or MERR may refer to: * Maine Eastern Railroad, former railroad in coastal Maine * ''Merr.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956), American botanist and taxonomist See also * ''G.Merr.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of George Knox Merrill George Knox Merrill (16 October 1864 –21 October 1927) was an American lichenologist. He was a leading exponent of lichenology in the early 20th century. He was particularly interested in species of the family Cladoniaceae, in which he publishe ... * Mer (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
