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Microdesmis Puberula
''Microdesmis'' is a genus of plant of the family Pandaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, China and Southeast Asia. #'' Microdesmis afrodecandra'' Floret, A.M.Louis & J.M.Reitsma - Gabon #''Microdesmis camerunensis'' J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville #'' Microdesmis caseariifolia'' Planch. ex Hook -Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Borneo, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam #'' Microdesmis haumaniana'' J.Léonard - Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Angola #'' Microdesmis kasaiensis'' J.Léonard - Zaïre #'' Microdesmis keayana'' J.Léonard - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria #'' Microdesmis klainei'' J.Léonard - Gabon #'' Microdesmis magallanensis'' (Elmer) Steenis - Luzon, Sibuyan #'' Microdesmis pierlotiana'' J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic #'' Microdesmis puberula'' Hook.f. ex Planch - widespread across centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science. Biography Early years Hooker was born in Halesworth, Suffolk, England. He was the second son of the famous botanist Sir William Jackson Hooker, Regius Professor of Botany, and Maria Sarah Turner, eldest daughter of the banker Dawson Turner and sister-in-law of Francis Palgrave. From age seven, Hooker attended his father's lectures at Glasgow University, taking an early interest in plant distribution and the voyages of explorers like Captain James Cook. He was educated at the Glasgow High School and went on to study medicine at Glasgow University, graduating M.D. in 1839. This degree qualified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microdesmis Camerunensis
''Microdesmis'' is a genus of plant of the family Pandaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, China and Southeast Asia. #'' Microdesmis afrodecandra'' Floret, A.M.Louis & J.M.Reitsma - Gabon #'' Microdesmis camerunensis'' J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville #'' Microdesmis caseariifolia'' Planch. ex Hook -Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Borneo, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam #'' Microdesmis haumaniana'' J.Léonard - Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Angola #'' Microdesmis kasaiensis'' J.Léonard - Zaïre #'' Microdesmis keayana'' J.Léonard - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria #'' Microdesmis klainei'' J.Léonard - Gabon #'' Microdesmis magallanensis'' (Elmer) Steenis - Luzon, Sibuyan #'' Microdesmis pierlotiana'' J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic #'' Microdesmis puberula'' Hook.f. ex Planch - widespread across centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microdesmis Caseariifolia
''Microdesmis caseariifolia'' is a plant in the family Pandaceae The family Pandaceae consists of three genera that were formerly recognized in the Euphorbiaceae. Those are: *''Galearia'' (from tribe Galearieae, subfamily Acalyphoideae, family Euphorbiaceae) *''Microdesmis'' (from tribe Galearieae, subfamily .... It is found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam. Leaf colour is green. Flower colour is yellow. References Pandaceae Flora of tropical Asia {{Malpighiales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microdesmis Afrodecandra
''Microdesmis'' is a genus of plant of the family Pandaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, China and Southeast Asia. #'' Microdesmis afrodecandra'' Floret, A.M.Louis & J.M.Reitsma - Gabon #''Microdesmis camerunensis'' J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville #'' Microdesmis caseariifolia'' Planch. ex Hook -Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Borneo, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam #''Microdesmis haumaniana'' J.Léonard - Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Angola #''Microdesmis kasaiensis'' J.Léonard - Zaïre #''Microdesmis keayana'' J.Léonard - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria #''Microdesmis klainei'' J.Léonard - Gabon #''Microdesmis magallanensis'' (Elmer) Steenis - Luzon, Sibuyan #''Microdesmis pierlotiana'' J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic #''Microdesmis puberula'' Hook.f. ex Planch - widespread across central Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jackson Hooker
Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botany, botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew Gardens, Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he founded the Herbarium and enlarged the gardens and arboretum. Hooker was born and educated in Norwich. An inheritance gave him the means to travel and to devote himself to the study of natural history, particularly botany. He published his account of an expedition to Iceland in 1809, even though his notes and specimens were destroyed during his voyage home. He married Maria, the eldest daughter of the Norfolk banker Dawson Turner, in 1815, afterwards living in Halesworth for 11 years, where he established a herbarium that became renowned by botanists at the time. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, where he worked with the botanist and lithographer Thomas Hopkirk and enjoyed the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
