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Rhaphiostylis Cordifolia
''Rhaphiostylis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropi ..., Madagascar. Species: *'' Rhaphiostylis beninensis'' *'' Rhaphiostylis cordifolia'' *'' Rhaphiostylis elegans'' *'' Rhaphiostylis ferruginea'' *'' Rhaphiostylis fusca'' *'' Rhaphiostylis minima'' *'' Rhaphiostylis ovatifolia'' *'' Rhaphiostylis parvifolia'' *'' Rhaphiostylis poggei'' *'' Rhaphiostylis preussii'' *'' Rhaphiostylis subsessilifolia'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5401722 Metteniusaceae Asterid genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaphiostylis Beninensis
''Rhaphiostylis beninensis'' is a woody, sprawling or scrambling glabrous, evergreen shrub or liane native to Tropical Africa, belonging to the family Metteniusaceae, and one of 3 species in the genus ''Rhaphiostylis''. It is traditionally used as an anti-inflammatory by the Bantu people of Africa. Occasionally forming thickets, it is found in or on the margins of rain-forest, where, as a climber, it reaches 10-15m in height, and rarely as a free-standing tree 5-8m. Its bark is smooth and dark grey, while young branches are reddish-brown to purple. Leaves are alternate and elliptic-lanceolate in shape with acuminate apex. Flowers in axillary clusters, white and fragrant. Fruit flattened and sub-reniform, persistent lateral style, reticulate or wrinkled, bright red turning black when ripe."Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia" - F. White (OUP 1962) This species occurs in Liberia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Senegal, Gambia, Congo and Angola , national_anthem = " Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planch
A genre of the troubadours, the or (; "lament") is a funeral lament for "a great personage, a protector, a friend or relative, or a lady."Elisabeth Schulze-Busacker, "Topoi", in F. R. P. Akehurst and Judith M. Davis, eds., ''A Handbook of the Troubadours'' (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995), pp. 421–440. Its main elements are expression of grief, praise of the deceased (eulogy) and prayer for his or her soul.Patricia Harris Stäblein, "New Views on an Old Problem: The Dynamics of Death in the ", ''Romance Philology'' 35, 1 (1981): 223–234. It is descended from the medieval Latin .William D. Paden, "Planh/Complainte", in W. W. Kibler and G. A. Zinn, eds., ''Medieval France: An Encyclopedia'' (New York: Garland, 1995), pp. 1400–1401. The is similar to the in that both were typically contrafacta. They made use of existing melodies, often imitating the original song even down to the rhymes. The most famous of all, however, Gaucelm Faidit's lament on the deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benth
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studied law, but had a fascination with botany from an early age, which he soon pursued, becoming president of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He was the author of a number of important botanical works, particularly flora. He is best known for his taxonomic classification of plants in collaboration with Joseph Dalton Hooker, his ''Genera Plantarum'' (1862–1883). He died in London in 1884. Life Bentham was born in Stoke, Plymouth, on 22 September 1800.Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Bentham (George) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017, 915 p. () His father, Sir Samuel Bentham, a naval architect, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον / ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / ('seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Angiosperms are distinguished from the other seed-producing plants, the gymnosperms, by having flowers, xylem consisting of vessel elements instead of tracheids, endosperm within their seeds, and fruits that completely envelop the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metteniusaceae
Metteniusaceae are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the order Metteniusales. It consists of about 10 genera and 50 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas, primarily of the tropics. The family was formerly restricted to just '' Metteniusa'', but it is now expanded with a number of genera that were formerly placed in the widely polyphyletic Icacinaceae. Genera , the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website accepts 11 genera:Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)"Metteniusaceae" ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-09. * '' Apodytes'' - c. 6 species * '' Calatola'' - 7 species * '' Dendrobangia'' - 3 species * ''Emmotum'' - c. 10 species * '' Metteniusa'' - 7 species * ''Oecopetalum'' - 3 species * ''Ottoschulzia'' - 3 species * ''Pittosporopsis'' * '' Platea'' - 5 species * ''Poraqueiba ''Poraqueiba'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It comprises 3 species native to Panama and South America South America is a continent entirely in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Africa
Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropical rain belt, the geology of areas, particularly mountain chains, and geographical relation to continental and regional scale winds impact the overall areas , also, making the tropics run from arid to humid in West Africa. The area is currently experiencing the negative effects of rapid human population growth.Zinkina J., Andrey Korotayev, Korotayev A.]Explosive Population Growth in Tropical Africa: Crucial Omission in Development Forecasts (Emerging Risks and Way Out). ''World Futures'' 70/2 (2014): 120–139 Overview Tropical rainforests are moist forests of semi-deciduous plants distributed across nine West African countries. Institute for Sea Research conducted a temperature record dating back 700,000 years. Several conservation a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaphiostylis Cordifolia
''Rhaphiostylis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropi ..., Madagascar. Species: *'' Rhaphiostylis beninensis'' *'' Rhaphiostylis cordifolia'' *'' Rhaphiostylis elegans'' *'' Rhaphiostylis ferruginea'' *'' Rhaphiostylis fusca'' *'' Rhaphiostylis minima'' *'' Rhaphiostylis ovatifolia'' *'' Rhaphiostylis parvifolia'' *'' Rhaphiostylis poggei'' *'' Rhaphiostylis preussii'' *'' Rhaphiostylis subsessilifolia'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5401722 Metteniusaceae Asterid genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaphiostylis Elegans
''Rhaphiostylis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. Species: *'' Rhaphiostylis beninensis'' *''Rhaphiostylis cordifolia ''Rhaphiostylis'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is ...'' *'' Rhaphiostylis elegans'' *'' Rhaphiostylis ferruginea'' *'' Rhaphiostylis fusca'' *'' Rhaphiostylis minima'' *'' Rhaphiostylis ovatifolia'' *'' Rhaphiostylis parvifolia'' *'' Rhaphiostylis poggei'' *'' Rhaphiostylis preussii'' *'' Rhaphiostylis subsessilifolia'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5401722 Metteniusaceae Asterid genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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