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Ridsdalea Grandis
''Ridsdalea grandis'' (synonym ''Gardenia grandis'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae native to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...; it is the type species of the genus '' Ridsdalea''. References Gardenieae Flora of Malesia {{Ixoroideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Willem Korthals
Pieter Willem Korthals (September 1, 1807, Amsterdam – March 1892, Haarlem) was a Dutch botanist. Korthals was the official botanist with the Dutch East Indies#Government, Dutch East India Service from 1831 to 1836. Among his many discoveries was the medicinal plant Kratom, Kratom (''Mitragyna speciosa''). Korthals wrote the first monograph on the Nepenthes, tropical pitcher plants, "Over het geslacht Nepenthes, Over het geslacht ''Nepenthes''", published in 1839. Carl Ludwig Blume named the botanical genus ''Korthalsia'' (family Arecaceae) after Korthals, and Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem introduced the genus name ''Korthalsella'' (family Santalaceae) in his honor. Hawaiian Mistletoes (Korthalsella Species) Bulbophyllum korthalsii was named after him. References < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodoric Valeton
Theodoric Valeton (1855 in Groningen – 1929 in The Hague) was a Dutch botanist. He studied at the University of Groningen and received his doctorate in 1886. In 1893, he began working at the botanical garden in Bogor, Indonesia and managed its herbarium between 1903 and 1913. Valeton studied Zingiberaceae in Bogor between 1916 and 1919. He was honoured in the naming of 2 plant taxa; ''Valetonia'' (in the Icacinaceae family), which was published in 1888, the name is now a synonym of '' Pleurisanthes'' In 1909, Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel (24 September 1852 – 11 November 1920) was an Austrian bryologist, mycologist, and algologist, brother of explorer Ludwig von Höhnel (1857–1942).Ronald E. Coons and Pascal James Imperato, eds. ''Over La ... published '' Valetoniella'' , which is a genus of fungi (in the family Niessliaceae). References 19th-century Dutch botanists 20th-century Dutch botanists 1855 births 1929 dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. The group was formerly called Magnoliophyta. Angiosperms are by far the most diverse group of Embryophyte, land plants with 64 Order (biology), orders, 416 Family (biology), families, approximately 13,000 known Genus, genera and 300,000 known species. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody Plant stem, stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. Angiosperms are distinguished from the other major seed plant clade, 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 commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with Petiole (botany), interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 14,100 species in about 580 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include ''Coffea'', the source of coffee; ''Cinchona'', the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine; ornamental cultivars (''e.g.'', ''Gardenia'', ''Ixora'', ''Pentas''); and historically some dye plants (''e.g.'', ''Rubia''). Description The Rubiaceae are morphologically easily recognizable as a coherent group by a combination of characters: opposite or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar (Kawthaung District, Kawthaung). The island country of Singapore also has historical and cultural ties with the region. The Titiwangsa Mountains are part of the Tenasserim Hills system and form the backbone of the peninsula and the southernmost section of the central cordillera, which runs from Tibet through the Kra Isthmus, the peninsula's narrowest point, into the Malay Peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor. Etymology The Malay term ''Tanah Melayu'' is derived from the word ''Tanah'' (land) and ''Melayu'' (Malays (ethnic group), Malays), thus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumatra
Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi.2), including adjacent islands such as the Simeulue Island, Simeulue, Nias Island, Nias, Mentawai Islands, Mentawai, Enggano Island, Enggano, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung and Krakatoa archipelago. Sumatra is an elongated landmass spanning a diagonal northwest–southeast axis. The Indian Ocean borders the northwest, west, and southwest coasts of Sumatra, with the island chain of Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai Islands, Mentawai, and Enggano off the western coast. In the northeast, the narrow Strait of Malacca separates the island from the Malay Peninsula, which is an extension of the Eurasian continent. In the southeast, the narrow Sunda Strait, containing the Krakatoa archipelago, separates Sumatra from Java. The northern tip of Sumatra is near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borneo
Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda Islands, located north of Java Island, Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra. The island is crossed by the equator, which divides it roughly in half. The list of divided islands, island is politically divided among three states. The sovereign state of Brunei in the north makes up 1% of the territory. Approximately 73% of Borneo is Indonesian territory, and in the north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island. The Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a small island just off the coast of Borneo. Etymology When the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Jorge de Menezes made contact with the indigenous people of Borneo, they referred to their island as ''Pulu K'lemantang'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridsdalea
''Ridsdalea'' is an Asian genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae; it was named after Dr. Colin Ernest Ridsdale (1944–2017), who was an English botanist and specialist in tropical plants and the Rubiaceae family. The type species is ''Ridsdalea grandis'' (Korth.) J.T.Pereira, which was renamed from the basionym ''Gardenia grandis''. Several other species have been reassigned from other genera: notably ''Rothmannia'', which is now reserved for African species. Its native range is southern China, Indo-China, Malesia and New Guinea. Species As accepted by Plants of the World Online, and IPNI list: # '' Ridsdalea alba'' K.Khamm. # '' Ridsdalea anisophylloides'' (Wernham) J.T.Pereira # '' Ridsdalea attopevensis'' (Pit.) J.T.Pereira # '' Ridsdalea daweishanensis'' (Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen) J.T.Pereira # '' Ridsdalea eucodon'' (K.Schum.) J.T.Pereira # '' Ridsdalea forsteniana'' (Miq.) J.T.Pereira # '' Ridsdalea graciliflora'' (Merr.) J.T.Pereira # ''Ridsdalea grandis ''Ridsdalea g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardenieae
Gardenieae is a Tribe (biology), tribe of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae and contains about 586 species in 53 genus, genera. Genera Currently accepted names * ''Adenorandia'' Vermoesen (1 sp) * ''Agouticarpa'' C.H.Press. (7 sp) * ''Aidia'' João de Loureiro, Lour. (55 sp) * ''Aidiopsis'' Tirveng. (1 sp) * ''Alleizettella'' Pit. (2 sp) * ''Aoranthe'' Somers (5 sp) * ''Atractocarpus'' Rudolf Schlechter, Schltr. & Kurt Krause, K.Krause (29 sp) * ''Aulacocalyx'' Joseph Dalton Hooker, Hook.f. (12 sp) * ''Benkara'' Michel Adanson, Adans. (19 sp) * ''Brachytome'' Joseph Dalton Hooker, Hook.f. (8 sp) * ''Brenania'' Keay (2 sp) * ''Bungarimba'' K.M.Wong (4 sp) * ''Calochone'' Keay (2 sp) * ''Casasia'' Achille Richard, A.Rich (10 sp) * ''Catunaregam'' Wolf (12 sp) * ''Ceriscoides'' (Joseph Dalton Hooker, Hook.f.) Tirveng. (11 sp) * ''Coddia'' Bernard Verdcourt, Verdc. (1 sp) * ''Deccania'' Tirveng. (1 sp) * ''Dioecrescis'' Tirveng. (1 sp) * ''Duperrea'' Pierre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
