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Aegiphila Panamensis
''Aegiphila panamensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae.França, F. and A. M. Giulietti. (2012)Lectotypifications, neotypifications, and epitypification in the genus ''Aegiphila'' Jacq. ''Neodiversity'' 6 1-14. It is native to the Americas, its distribution extending from Mexico to Colombia. Description The species has elliptic leaf blades long by wide on petiole (botany), petioles up to long. The inflorescence is a panicle of flowers. Each flower has a fuzzy, tubular, cream or yellowish corolla just under a centimeter long. References Aegiphila, panamensis Flora of Central America Flora of Mexico Flora of Colombia Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Plants described in 1931 {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Norman Moldenke
Harold Norman Moldenke, also known as simply Moldenke (1909–1996) was an American botanist/taxonomist. His expertise is largely in the study of Verbenaceae, Avicenniaceae, Stilbaceae, Dicrastylidaceae, Symphoremaceae, Nyctanthaceae and Eriocaulaceae. Early life Moldenke was the son of Charles E. and Sophia (Heins) Moldenke. His father was a noted Egyptologist whose translation of the hieroglyphics on Cleopatra's Needle he reprinted. Harold was born in Watchung, New Jersey, in 1909, and earned a bachelor's degree from Susquehanna University in 1929. Moldenke's career started at the New York Botanical Garden, a place he maintained a close relationship with (donating many educational materials to its library). There, he worked as a Research Fellow and part-time assistant in 1929. He taught a course in Systematic Botany for gardeners there as well. For 16 years, he worked as the assistant and associate curator under Henry A. Gleason. When Moldenke served in the Civilian Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |