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Naucleeae
Naucleeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 183 species in 24 genera. Species belonging to Naucleeae occur from Australasia, tropical Asia, Madagascar, tropical Africa, and to the Neotropics and North America. Genera Currently accepted names *''Adina'' Salisb. (4 sp) *''Adinauclea'' Ridsdale (1 sp) *''Breonadia'' Ridsdale (1 sp) *''Breonia'' A.Rich. ex DC. (20 sp) *''Burttdavya'' Hoyle (1 sp) *''Cephalanthus'' L. (6 sp) *''Corynanthe'' Welw., including ''Pausinystalia'' Pierre ex Beille (8 sp) *''Gyrostipula'' J.-F.Leroy (3 sp) *''Haldina'' Ridsdale (1 sp) *'' Janotia'' J.-F.Leroy (1 sp) *''Ludekia'' Ridsdale (2 sp) *'' Mitragyna'' Korth. (7 sp) *'' Myrmeconauclea'' Merr. (4 sp) *''Nauclea'' L. (10 sp) *'' Neolamarckia'' Bosser (2 sp) *'' Neonauclea'' Merr. (68 sp) *'' Ochreinauclea'' Ridsdale & Bakh.f. (2 sp) *'' Pertusadina'' Ridsdale (4 sp) *''Sarcocephalus'' Afzel. ex R.Br. (2 sp) *'' Sinoadina'' Ridsdale (1 sp) *''Unca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nauclea Orientalis
''Nauclea orientalis'' is a species of tree in the family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia. It has many common names, including bur tree, canary wood, Leichhardt pine and yellow cheesewood. It grows to a maximum of around in height and has large glossy leaves. It bears spherical clusters of fragrant flowers that develop into golf-ball-sized edible but bitter fruits. The yellowish-to-orange soft wood is also used for timber and in woodcarving and folk medicine. Taxonomy and nomenclature ''Nauclea orientalis '' is known by the common names Leichhardt tree, cheesewood, yellow cheesewood, and canary cheesewood. It is also sometimes known as the Leichhardt pine due to the overall shape of the tree, though it is not a Pinophyta, conifer. "Leichhardt pine", however, is more commonly used for the kadam or burrflower tree (''Neolamarckia cadamba''), a closely related species. The two were often confused together, but the native range of Leichhardt trees does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. The region includes Middle America (Americas), Middle America (comprising the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico) and Northern America. North America covers an area of about , representing approximately 16.5% of Earth's land area and 4.8% of its total surface area. It is the third-largest continent by size after Asia and Africa, and the list of continents and continental subregions by population, fourth-largest continent by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. , North America's population was estimated as over 592 million people in list of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America, 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Leroy (botanist)
Jean-François Leroy (; 24 September 1729 - 1791) was a French architect. For the Prince of Condé, he worked on the Château of Chantilly, the Palais Bourbon, and the Hôtel de Lassay, where he replaced in 1780. Biography Leroy was born in Chantilly, the son of Jean-Jacques Leroy, building inspector of the Prince of Condé, and Mary-Anne Dunu, daughter of the superintendent of the Château de Chantilly. He entered the service of the prince, following his father. In 1761, he married Toudouze Françoise-Thérèse, daughter of the prince's master of the hunt. He was appointed architect of the Château de Chantilly in 1768, upon the death of his predecessor, Brice Le Chauve. In Chantilly, he built the Château d'Enghien (1769–1770) and the Hameau de Chantilly (1774–1775). He worked with Claude Billard de Bélisard on the Palais Bourbon and the Hôtel de Lassay, and then succeeded him in about 1780. In 1782 he revised Bélisard's plan for the Place du Palais Bourbon. With t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyrostipula
''Gyrostipula'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found on the Comoros and Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f .... Species *'' Gyrostipula comorensis'' *'' Gyrostipula foveolata'' *'' Gyrostipula obtusa'' References Rubiaceae genera Naucleeae {{Cinchonoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Welwitsch
Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (25 February 1806 – 20 October 1872) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian exploration, explorer and botany, botanist who in Angola was the first European to describe the plant ''Welwitschia, Welwitschia mirabilis''. His report received wide attention among the botanists and general public, comparable only to the discovery of two other plants in the 19th century, namely ''Victoria amazonica'' and ''Rafflesia arnoldii''.Strlič, Matija. "Dr. Friderik Velbič, 1806–1872". ''Proteus, the journal of the Natural Sciences Society of Slovenia''. Year 61, No. 9/10 (pp. 396-404). ISSN 0033-1805. In Angola, Welwitsch also discovered ''Rhipsalis baccifera'', the only cactus species naturally occurring outside the New World. It was found a few years later in Sri Lanka too, which reignited the now already one-and-a-half-century-old debate on the origin of cacti in Africa and Asia. At the time, the debate concluded with the conviction of numerous authors that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corynanthe
''Corynanthe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Species , Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ... accepted the following species, including those formerly placed in the genus ''Pausinystalia''. *'' Corynanthe brachythyrsus'' K.Schum. *'' Corynanthe johimbe'' K.Schum. *'' Corynanthe lane-poolei'' Hutch. *'' Corynanthe macroceras'' K.Schum. *'' Corynanthe mayumbensis'' (R.D.Good) N.Hallé *'' Corynanthe pachyceras'' K.Schum. *'' Corynanthe paniculata'' Welw. *'' Corynanthe talbotii'' (Wernham) Å.Krüger & Löfstrand References External links Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Corynanthe'' Rubiaceae genera Naucleeae {{Cinchonoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cephalanthus
''Cephalanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. There are five Extant taxon, extant species that are commonly known as buttonbush. Description They are shrubs or small trees growing to tall. The leaf, leaves are simple, arranged in opposite pairs or whorls of three. The flowers form a dense globular inflorescence. Distribution and habitat ''Cephalanthus occidentalis'' is Indigenous (ecology), native to the eastern United States and Canada. The others Range (biology), occur in Tropics, tropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia. Two species are known in Gardening, cultivation.Huxley AJ et al. (eds.) ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.'' The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. 1992. Systematics ''Cephalanthus'' was Botanical name, named by Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus in ''Species Plantarum'' in 1753. The Genus#Generic name, generic name is Etymology, derived from the Ancient Greek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burttdavya
''Nauclea nyasica'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was originally described as ''Burttdavya nyasica'' by Hoyle in 1936 as the only species in the genus ''Burttdayva''. The species (and genus) was transferred to ''Nauclea'' in 2014. It is a large tree found in Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr .... References nyasica Flora of Malawi Flora of Mozambique Flora of Tanzania {{Cinchonoideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Richard
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis Claude Richard, Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the French navy, and a member of several well-known societies of that time. He became a leading botanist, and his books remain valued for their clarity and precision. On 24 February 1834 he was made a member of the French Academy of Sciences (Botanical Section). He was also a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine, French National Academy of Medicine. He studied and described several genera of orchids that take his abbreviation in the generic name, among them ''Ludisia''. Works * 1819 ''Nouveaux Éléments de Botanique'' (New Elements of Botany), Paris. (11th Edition, 1876, available online aGallica * 182''Monographie du genre Hydrocotyle de la famille des ombellifères'' (Monograph of genus ''Hydrocotyle'' of the fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breonia
''Breonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Madagascar. Most species are trees, rarely shrubs. Species *''Breonia boivinii''(species:Breonia boivinii, Wikispecies) George Darby Haviland, Havil. *''Breonia capuronii''(species:Breonia capuronii, Wikispecies) Razafim. *''Breonia chinensis''(species:Breonia chinensis, Wikispecies) (Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lam.) René Paul Raymond Capuron, Capuron – Bur-flower tree *''Breonia cuspidata''(species:Breonia cuspidata, Wikispecies) (John Gilbert Baker, Baker) Havil. *''Breonia decaryana''(species:Breonia decaryana, Wikispecies) Anne-Marie Homolle, Homolle *''Breonia fragifera''(species:Breonia fragifera, Wikispecies) René Paul Raymond Capuron, Capuron ex Razafim. *''Breonia havilandiana''(species:Breonia havilandiana, Wikispecies) Homolle *''Breonia louvelii''(species:Breonia louvelii, Wikispecies) Homolle *''Breonia lowryi''(species:Breonia lowryi, Wikispecies) Razafim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breonadia
''Breonadia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by in 1975. The genus contains only one species, viz. ''Breonadia salicina'', which is found in tropical and southern Africa from Mali and Benin east to Ethiopia, south to South Africa, as well as Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Madagascar. ''Breonadia salicina'' (Matumi, , , , ) is a protected tree in South Africa. Characteristics ''Breonadia salicina'' is a medium to large evergreen tree. The leaves occur alternately or in whorls of 3 to 5. The leaf shape is generally lanceolate and the leaf margin is entire. They are leathery to the touch and usually a dark green with yellow on the midrib, which is slightly raised. The fruit is a capsule and they cluster in small spheres. The trees are monoecious with flowers that are small and yellow in colour. The tree is generally found in subtropical to tropical climates, mainly in small populations in South Africa to Saudi Arabia and even Madagascar. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Ernest Ridsdale
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Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), Thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, Australia, in August 2008 * Colin (river), a river in France * Colin (security robot), in ''Mostly Harmless'' of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series by Douglas Adams * Tropical Storm Colin (other) * Collin, a District Electoral Area in Belfast, Northern Ireland which is sometimes spelt "Colin" See also * Colinus * Collin (other) * Kolin (other) * Colyn Colyn is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alexander Colyn (1527–1612), Flemish sculptor * Andrew Colyn (died c. 1402), English Member of Parliament * Colyn Fischer (born 1977), American violinist * Simon Colyn (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
