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Paul G. Wilson
Paul Graham Wilson (January 1928 – 29 July 2024) was an Australian botanist. As of 1998, Wilson was the most prolific contributor to the journal ''Nuytsia (journal), Nuytsia'', contributing to the first issue in 1970 and to the 12th volume in 1998, which was dedicated to him for his contributions to plant taxonomy and to celebrate his 70th birthday. Following his retirement from the Western Australian Herbarium in 1993, he helped to maintain a comprehensive census of the flora of Western Australia. Wilson published over 80 scientific papers, provided names for 282 new plant taxa and changed the name or status of a further 400 plants. He mostly published papers dealing with the plant families Rutaceae, Asteraceae and Chenopodiaceae. The following plant species or subspecies have been named after Wilson: * ''Tecticornia indefessa'' * ''Acacia wilsonii'' * Boronia citriodora subsp. paulwilsonii, ''Boronia citriodora'' subsp''. paulwilsonii'' * ''Cryptandra wilsonii'' * ''Calandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzaneen
Tzaneen () is a town situated in the Mopani district of the Limpopo Province in South Africa. It is situated in a high rainfall fertile region with tropical and subtropical agriculture taking place in a region. It is Limpopo's second largest town after Polokwane. About 475,000 people reside within a radius, with the town itself holding a population of 14,571, according to the 2011 census. Geology and geography The Wolkberg area is one of only two areas in the world where the critically endangered butterfly, '' Lepidochrysops lotana'', are found. Weather The summer months, September – March, have an average temperature of and winter months around . Rainfall averages from around per year in town to over per year in the mountains. Notable people * Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi (11 July 1920 - 23 March 1993), first chief minister of Gazankulu bantustan * Tito Mboweni (1959–2024), businessman, economist and former central banker * Cassel Mathale former Limpopo Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microcorys Wilsoniana
''Microcorys'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1810. The entire genus is endemic to Australia. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Microcorys'': * '' Microcorys barbata'' R.Br. - Western Australia * '' Microcorys capitata'' ( Bartl.) Benth. - Western Australia * '' Microcorys cephalantha'' B.J.Conn - Western Australia * '' Microcorys elatoides'' T.C.Wilson & Hislop - Western Australia * '' Microcorys elliptica'' B.J.Conn - Northern Territory * '' Microcorys eremophiloides'' Kenneally - Western Australia * '' Microcorys ericifolia'' Benth. - Western Australia * '' Microcorys exserta'' Benth. - Western Australia * '' Microcorys glabra'' (Bartl.) Benth. - Western Australia * '' Microcorys lenticularis'' F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Deaths
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1928 Births
Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, Joseph Stalin's personal secretary, crosses the border to Iran to defect from the Soviet Union. * January 17 – The OGPU arrests Leon Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled with his family. * January 26 – The volcanic island Anak Krakatau appears. February * February – The Ford River Rouge Complex at Dearborn, Michigan, an automobile plant begun in 1917, is completed as the world's largest integrated factory. * February 8 – Scottish-born inventor John Logie Baird broadcasts a transatlantic television signal from London to Hartsdale, New York. * February 11 – February 19, 19 – The 1928 Winter Olympics are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the first as a separate event. Sonja Henie of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philotheca
''Philotheca'' is a genus of about fifty species of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rutaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs with simple leaves arranged alternately along the stems, flowers that usually have five sepals, five petals and ten stamens that curve inwards over the Ovary (botany), ovary. All species are Endemism, endemic to Australia and there are species in every state, but not the Northern Territory. Description Plants in the genus ''Philotheca'' are shrubs that are either wikt:glabrous, glabrous or have tiny, simple hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately along the stems, narrow oblong to almost cylindrical and Sessility (botany), sessile or on a very short Petiole (botany), petiole. From a single to many flowers are arranged in leaf wikt:axil, axils or on the ends of the branchlets. The flowers have five sepals and five petals (except in ''Philotheca virgata, P. virgata'' which has four). The sepals are free from each other and the petals usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium
''Phebalium'' is a genus of thirty species of shrubs or small trees in the family Rutaceae and is Endemism, endemic to Australia. The leaves are arranged alternately, simple and often warty, the flowers arranged singly or in umbels on the ends of branchlets or in leaf wikt:axil, axils, usually with five sepals, five petals and ten stamens. There are about thirty species and they are found in all Australian states but not in the Northern Territory. Description Plants in the genus ''Phebalium'' are shrubs or small trees that are often more or less covered with scales or shield-shaped or star-shaped hairs, at least when young. The leaves are arranged alternately along the stems, and are simple, sometimes with toothed edges. The flowers are Plant reproductive morphology#Bisexual, bisexual and have five sepals, five petals and ten stamens. The sepals are fused at the base, usually with five lobes, and the stamens are free from each other. There are five Gynoecium#Carpels, carpels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriostemon
''Eriostemon'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rutaceae. It is native to eastern Australia and includes just two species, '' E. australasius'' and '' E. banksii''. ''Eriostemon australasius'', commonly known as pink wax flower, occurs between Fraser Island and Nowra and is a shrub of heathlands and low open woodlands. ''Eriostemon banksii'' is endemic to Cape York Peninsula and is a shrub or small tree occurring in heathland and rainforest margins. Description Plants in the genus ''Eriostemon'' are shrubs or small trees which have their thinnest branches, leaves and petals covered with fine star-like hairs (although the hairs may only be visible with a magnifying glass). The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches and are simple leaves with smooth edges. The leaves are long, wide and have three or five main veins. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils, and about in diameter. There are five separate sepals and five petals with their edges over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowea
''Crowea'' is a genus of small evergreen shrubs in the family Rutaceae, sometimes known as waxflowers. There are three species and many subspecies and cultivars, all of which are popular as ornamentals because of their abundant, attractive flowers which often occur during autumn and winter. ''Crowea'' species are all endemic to Australia, where they occur in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. Description Croweas are evergreen shrubs to about 1.5 m tall. The leaves are simple, glabrous and, as with other members of the Rutaceae, have oil glands and are aromatic. The flowers occur singly in the axils of the leaves, are pink and star-shaped have five petals, five sepals and ten stamens in two rings around the ovary. ''Crowea'' are closely related, and the flowers similar in appearance to those of other member of the family Rutaceae, especially ''Philotheca'', '' Eriostemon'' and ''Boronia''. Taxonomy and naming The genus was described and named by James Edward Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xerochrysum Wilsonii
''Xerochrysum wilsonii'' is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the South West of Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust .... References wilsonii Taxa named by Timothy Lindsay Collins Plants described in 2022 {{Gnaphalieae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sclerolaena Wilsonii
''Sclerolaena '' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It includes 78 species of annuals or short-lived perennials native to Australia. Species 78 species are accepted. *''Sclerolaena aellenii'' *'' Sclerolaena alata'' Paul G. Wilson *'' Sclerolaena anisacanthoides'' Domin *''Sclerolaena articulata'' *'' Sclerolaena beaugleholei'' *''Sclerolaena bicornis'' Lindl. *''Sclerolaena bicuspis'' *'' Sclerolaena birchii'' (F. Muell.) Domin *''Sclerolaena blackei'' (Ising) A.J. Scott *''Sclerolaena brachyptera'' *''Sclerolaena brevifolia'' *''Sclerolaena burbidgeae'' *'' Sclerolaena calcarata'' (Ising) A.J.Scott *''Sclerolaena clavata'' *''Sclerolaena clelandii'' *''Sclerolaena constricta'' *''Sclerolaena convexula'' *''Sclerolaena copleyi'' *''Sclerolaena cornishiana'' *''Sclerolaena costata'' *''Sclerolaena crenata'' *''Sclerolaena cristata'' *''Sclerolaena cuneata'' Paul G. Wilson *''Sclerolaena decurrens'' *'' Sclerolaena densiflora'' *''Scler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptilotus Wilsonii
''Ptilotus'' is a genus of approximately 125 species of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, and is endemic to Australia, apart from ''Ptilotus conicus'' that also occurs in Malesia. Plants in the genus ''Ptilotus'' are annual or perennial herbs or shrubs with usually hairy spikes of compact spherical, oval or cylindrical flowers. Description Plants in the genus ''Ptilotus'' are annual or perennial herbs or small shrubs, many covered with soft hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately, sometimes on branches and/or in a rosette at the base. The flowers are bisexual and borne in compact spherical to oval or cylindrical spikes, each flower with a membranous bract and two bracteoles at the base. There are five, equal, hairy, linear tepals and five stamens, sometimes up to three stamens reduced to sterile staminodes, fused into a cap surrounding the ovary. The fruit is a nut or utricle, surrounded by the remains of the perianth. Taxonomy The genus ''Ptilotus'' was first for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
