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Spiniluma Oxyacantha
''Spiniluma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. The genus is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Socotra. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted two species: *''Spiniluma discolor'' (Radcl.-Sm.) Friis *''Spiniluma oxyacantha ''Spiniluma'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family (biology), family Sapotaceae. The genus is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Socotra. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted two species: *''Spiniluma discolor'' (Radcl ...'' (Baill.) Aubrév. References Chrysophylloideae Sapotaceae genera Taxa named by André Aubréville Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon {{Sapotaceae-stub ...
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Henri Ernest Baillon
Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany. He was appointed to the Légion d'honneur in 1867 and joined the Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, r ... in 1894. Baillon put together the "Dictionnaire de botanique", for which Auguste Faguet produced the wood engravings. The plant genus '' Baillonia'' (family Verbenaceae) was named in his honor by Henri Théophile Bocquillon.
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