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Alectryon Macrococcus
''Alectryon macrococcus'', known as ''Alaalahua'' or ''Māhoe'' in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering tree in the soapberry Soapberry is a common name for several plants and may refer to: * Plants in the genus ''Sapindus'', native to warm temperate to tropical regions in both the Old World and the New World. The berries of these plants contain a natural, low-sudsing de ... family, Sapindaceae, that is Endemism, endemic to Hawaii. ''Alectryon macrococcus'' var. ''auwahiensis'' has been found growing naturally only (endemic) in Maui, where it grows in Hawaiian tropical dry forests on the south slope of Haleakalā at elevations of . It is threatened by habitat loss. ''Alectryon macrococcus'' var. ''macrococcus'' inhabits Hawaiian tropical rainforests#Mixed mesic forests, mesic forests at elevations of on Kauai, Kauai, Oahu, Oahu, Molokai, Molokai and western Maui. These trees can reach tall. Their leaves are each made up of oval-shaped, asymmetrical, net-veined leaflets. Vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer
Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (19 December 1829, in Munich – 16 February 1927, in Munich), was a Bavarian taxonomist and botanist. Radlkofer became a physician in 1854 and earned a PhD in botany at Jena the following year. He became an associate professor of botany at the University of Munich in 1859 as well as deputy director of the botanical garden and herbarium. In 1892 he was named director of the Botanical Museum. He was made emeritus professor in 1913 and died in 1927 in the same room in which he was born. Radlkofer's main work was on the family Sapindaceae. His collections, sent by botanists from all over the world, are housed in Munich. The South African flower ''Greyia radlkoferi'' is named for him, as are the South American based genera of '' Radlkoferotoma'', and '' Radlkofera'', a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Africa belonging to the family Sapindaceae. The former genus ''Radlkoferella'' (a wastebasket genus) is now called ''Pouteria'',. Publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
