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Theophrasta
''Theophrasta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Named in honor of the naturalist Theophrastus Theophrastus (; grc-gre, Θεόφραστος ; c. 371c. 287 BC), a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He was a native of Eresos in Lesbos.Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin, ''Ancient Botany'', Routle ..., they are occasionally kept as ornamentals in greenhouses. Species Currently accepted species include: *'' Theophrasta americana'' L. *'' Theophrasta jussieui'' Lindl. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q292491 Theophrastaceae Primulaceae genera Flora of Haiti Flora of the Dominican Republic Primulaceae Flora without expected TNC conservation status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophrastaceae
Theophrastoideae is a small subfamily of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly recognized as a separate family Theophrastaceae. As previously circumscribed, the family consisted of eight genera and 95 species of trees or shrubs, native to tropical regions of the Americas. Description The two subclades or tribes of Theophrastoideae, Theophrasteae (Theophrastaceae ''s.s.'') and Samoleae, share only the presence of staminodes. The species of ''Samolus'' are perennial, herbaceous or suffrutescent (shrubby) and characterised by perigynous flowers. The remaining genera (Theophrastaceae ''s.s.'') are generally evergreen shrubs or small trees, with hypogynous flowers. Taxonomy History Linnaeus, in formally describing the genera, placed ''Theophrasta'' and related genera in a group he named ''Pentandria Monogynia'' (i.e 5 stamens, one pistil), his system being based on sexual characteristics. Jussieu arranged Linnaeus' genera in a hierarchical system o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primulaceae
The Primulaceae , commonly known as the primrose family (but not related to the evening primrose family), are a family of herbaceous and woody flowering plants including some favourite garden plants and wildflowers. Most are perennial though some species, such as scarlet pimpernel, are annuals. Previously one of three families in the order Primulales, it underwent considerable generic re-alignment once molecular phylogenetic methods were used for taxonomic classification. The order was then submerged in a much enlarged order Ericales and became a greatly enlarged Primulaceae ''sensu lato'' (''s.l''). In this new classification of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, each of the Prumulales families was reduced to the rank of subfamily of Primulaceae ''s.l.'' The original Primulaceae (Primulaceae ''sensu stricto'' or ''s.s.'') then became subfamily Primuloideae, and one genus (''Maesa'') was raised to the rank of a separate subfamily, making four in all. Description The family sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophrasta Americana
''Theophrasta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Named in honor of the naturalist Theophrastus Theophrastus (; grc-gre, Θεόφραστος ; c. 371c. 287 BC), a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He was a native of Eresos in Lesbos.Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin, ''Ancient Botany'', Routle ..., they are occasionally kept as ornamentals in greenhouses. Species Currently accepted species include: *'' Theophrasta americana'' L. *'' Theophrasta jussieui'' Lindl. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q292491 Theophrastaceae Primulaceae genera Flora of Haiti Flora of the Dominican Republic Primulaceae Flora without expected TNC conservation status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophrasta Jussieui
''Theophrasta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Named in honor of the naturalist Theophrastus, they are occasionally kept as ornamentals in greenhouses. Species Currently accepted species include: *''Theophrasta americana ''Theophrasta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Named in honor of the naturalist Theophrastus Theophrastus (; grc-gre, Θεόφραστος ; c. 371c. 287 BC), a Greek ...'' L. *'' Theophrasta jussieui'' Lindl. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q292491 Theophrastaceae Primulaceae genera Flora of Haiti Flora of the Dominican Republic Primulaceae Flora without expected TNC conservation status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples Botanical Garden
Naples Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in Naples, Florida. History The botanical garden was founded in 1993 and consists of 170 acres of cultivated gardens and preservation land, representing seven distinct natural habitats and ecosystems, and featuring over 1000 species, with special emphasis on the ecosystems between the 26th parallel north and the 26th parallel south. See also * List of botanical gardens and arboretums in Florida This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Florida is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States, U.S. state of Florida [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the region's second largest in area, after the island of Cuba. The island is divided into two separate nations: the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic (48,445 km2, 18,705 sq mi) to the east and the French/ Haitian Creole-speaking Haiti (27,750 km2, 10,710 sq mi) to the west. The only other divided island in the Caribbean is Saint Martin, which is shared between France (Saint Martin) and the Netherlands (Sint Maarten). Hispaniola is the site of one of the first European settlements in the Americas, La Navidad (1492–1493), as well as the first proper town, La Isabela (1493–1500), and the first permanent settlement, the current capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo (est. 1498). These settlements were founded succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophrastus
Theophrastus (; grc-gre, Θεόφραστος ; c. 371c. 287 BC), a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He was a native of Eresos in Lesbos.Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin, ''Ancient Botany'', Routledge, 2015, p. 8. His given name was Tyrtamus (); his nickname (or 'godly phrased') was given by Aristotle, his teacher, for his "divine style of expression". He came to Athens at a young age and initially studied in Plato's school. After Plato's death, he attached himself to Aristotle who took to Theophrastus in his writings. When Aristotle fled Athens, Theophrastus took over as head of the Lyceum. Theophrastus presided over the Peripatetic school for thirty-six years, during which time the school flourished greatly. He is often considered the father of botany for his works on plants. After his death, the Athenians honoured him with a public funeral. His successor as head of the school was Strato of Lampsacus. The interests of Theophr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Haiti
The wildlife of Haiti is important to the country because of its biodiversity. According to the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Haiti is considered to be "one of the most biologically significant countries of the West Indies". With an estimated 5,600 plant species on the island of Hispaniola, some of which only occur in Haiti, 36% are considered as endemic to the island. A mountainous area country, it is situated in the western three-eighths of Hispaniola and shares a border with the Dominican Republic. There are nine life zones, from low desert to high cloud forests, as well as four mountain ranges, and hundreds of rivers and streams and the coral reefs in the seas that surround the islands. Issues of environmental damage, expanding population, deforesting and erosion are of concern; less than 2% of the original forest remains on account of deforestation. This degradation is traced from the 17th century to 19th century starting with the French colonization of the Haiti and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of The Dominican Republic
The flora of the Dominican Republic is diverse. Species * '' Abarema abbottii'' * ''Aiphanes minima'' * '' Akrosida floribunda'' * ''Ardisia escallonioides'' * '' Aulacomnium palustre'' * '' Bactris plumeriana'' * '' Boerhavia diffusa'' * ''Buddleja domingensis'' * ''Burmannia capitata'' * '' Byrsonima crassifolia'' * '' Carica papaya'' * '' Cassytha filiformis'' * '' Catalpa brevipes'' * '' Cedrela odorata'' * ''Cissus trifoliata'' * '' Clusia rosea'' * ''Coccothrinax boschiana'' * '' Crescentia cujete'' * '' Croton barahonensis'' * '' Croton ciliatoglandulifer'' * '' Croton eluteria'' * ''Cyathea abbottii'' * '' Cyathea balanocarpa'' * ''Cyathea brooksii'' * ''Cyathea crassa'' * ''Cyathea fulgens'' * '' Dipholis salicifolia'' * ''Dorstenia erythranda'' * ''Dorstenia peltata'' * ''Fuchsia triphylla'' * '' Gaussia attenuata'' * '' Hymenaea protera'' * ''Hymenocallis latifolia'' * ''Jaltomata antillana'' * ''Jatropha integerrima'' * ''Juglans jamaicensis'' * ''Juniperus gracilior'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
