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Pterocephalus Virens
''Pterocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and ea ... of herbs and shrubs, comprising 25 species ranging from the Mediterranean, to central Asia, the Himalayas, western China, and tropical Africa. From Greek πτερον, pteron, a wing, and κεφαλη, kephale, a head, in reference to the receptacle of the flowers being villous or chaffy. Species *'' Pterocephalus arabicus'' *'' Pterocephalus bretschneideri'' *'' Pterocephalus brevis'' *'' Pterocephalus hookeri'' *'' Pterocephalus papposus'' *'' Pterocephalus perennis'' *'' Pterocephalus plumosus'' *'' Pterocephalus pulverulentus'' *'' Pterocephalus spathulatus'' *'' Pterocephalus dumetorum'' - Mountain scabious *'' Pterocephalus lasiospermus'' *'' Ptero ...
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Sébastien Vaillant
Sébastien Vaillant (May 26, 1669 – May 20, 1722) was French botanist who was born at Vigny in present-day Val d'Oise. Early years Vaillant went to school at the age of four and by the age of five, he was collecting plants and transplanting them into his father's garden. At the age of six, he was sent to a boarding school at Pontoise. He suffered with a fever for four months which he claims to have cured using lettuce seasoned with vinegar. He was sent to study with the organist of the Pontoise Cathedral. When the organist died, Vaillant succeeded him at the age of eleven. Vaillant studied medicine and surgery at the hospital in Pontoise (medicine then included studies in botany). He left Pontoise for Évreux at the age of nineteen. He was at the battle of Fleurus in 1690 as a surgeon. While still a surgeon in 1691, he was in Paris when he took as his master of botany Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708). Tournefort used Vaillant's talents while writing (''History ...
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Pterocephalus Perennis
''Pterocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae of herbs and shrubs, comprising 25 species ranging from the Mediterranean, to central Asia, the Himalayas, western China, and tropical Africa. From Greek πτερον, pteron, a wing, and κεφαλη, kephale, a head, in reference to the receptacle of the flowers being villous or chaffy. Species *'' Pterocephalus arabicus'' *'' Pterocephalus bretschneideri'' *'' Pterocephalus brevis'' *'' Pterocephalus hookeri'' *'' Pterocephalus papposus'' *'' Pterocephalus perennis'' *'' Pterocephalus plumosus'' *'' Pterocephalus pulverulentus'' *'' Pterocephalus spathulatus'' *'' Pterocephalus dumetorum'' - Mountain scabious *'' Pterocephalus lasiospermus'' *'' Pterocephalus porphyranthus'' *''Pterocephalus virens ''Pterocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, ...
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Pterocephalus Lasiospermus
''Pterocephalus lasiospermus'' (rosalillo de cumbre) is a species of shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae. Etymology lasiospermus: ''lasios'' from the Greek, meaning "hairy" and ''sperma'', meaning "seed", referring to it pappus. The Spanish common name means "summit rosebush" in English. Geographic distribution Endemic to Cañadas del Teide depression on Tenerife and the scrub of the upper zones of the surrounding pine forest. Before the creation of the Teide National Park it was very scarce due to the damage from livestock pasturing. Description Form is a shrub up to one meter in height. Its stems are grey, with simple leaves of pale green-grey, both are hairy. The inflorescence is a cushion-like head of pale pink flowers at the end of long stems. It blooms in early summer, which is late with respect to other species in its environment. As summer progresses, the flower head becomes a ball of whitish chaff Chaff (; ) is the dry, scaly protective casing of the se ...
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Pterocephalus Dumetorum
''Pterocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae of herbs and shrubs, comprising 25 species ranging from the Mediterranean, to central Asia, the Himalayas, western China, and tropical Africa. From Greek πτερον, pteron, a wing, and κεφαλη, kephale, a head, in reference to the receptacle of the flowers being villous or chaffy. Species *'' Pterocephalus arabicus'' *'' Pterocephalus bretschneideri'' *'' Pterocephalus brevis'' *'' Pterocephalus hookeri'' *'' Pterocephalus papposus'' *''Pterocephalus perennis'' *'' Pterocephalus plumosus'' *'' Pterocephalus pulverulentus'' *'' Pterocephalus spathulatus'' *'' Pterocephalus dumetorum'' - Mountain scabious *'' Pterocephalus lasiospermus'' *''Pterocephalus porphyranthus'' *''Pterocephalus virens ''Pterocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, i ...
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Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson (7 April 17273 August 1806) was an 18th-century French botanist and naturalist who traveled to Senegal to study flora and fauna. He proposed a "natural system" of taxonomy distinct from the binomial system forwarded by Linnaeus. Personal history Adanson was born at Aix-en-Provence. His family moved to Paris in 1730. After leaving the Collège Sainte-Barbe he was employed in the cabinets of R. A. F. Réaumur and Bernard de Jussieu, as well as in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. He attended lectures at the Jardin du Roi and the Collège Royal in Paris from 1741 to 1746. At the end of 1748, funded by a director of the Compagnie des Indes, he left France on an exploring expedition to Senegal. He remained there for five years, collecting and describing numerous animals and plants. He also collected specimens of every object of commerce, delineated maps of the country, made systematic meteorological and astronomical observations, and prepared grammars and dictiona ...
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Pterocephalus Hookeri
''Pterocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae of herbs and shrubs, comprising 25 species ranging from the Mediterranean, to central Asia, the Himalayas, western China, and tropical Africa. From Greek πτερον, pteron, a wing, and κεφαλη, kephale, a head, in reference to the receptacle of the flowers being villous or chaffy. Species *'' Pterocephalus arabicus'' *'' Pterocephalus bretschneideri'' *'' Pterocephalus brevis'' *'' Pterocephalus hookeri'' *''Pterocephalus papposus'' *''Pterocephalus perennis'' *''Pterocephalus plumosus'' *''Pterocephalus pulverulentus'' *''Pterocephalus spathulatus'' *''Pterocephalus dumetorum'' - Mountain scabious *'' Pterocephalus lasiospermus'' *''Pterocephalus porphyranthus'' *''Pterocephalus virens ''Pterocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, ...
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