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Acacia Glaucoptera
''Acacia glaucoptera'', commonly known as flat wattle or clay wattle, is a species of ''Acacia'' which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Description It is a spreading or erect shrub which ranges in height from and up to in width. It produces yellow, globular flowers between late winter and early summer. It has glabrous straight to slightly flexuose branchlets. Phyllodes are continuous with the branchlets, forming opposite wings with each one extending to the one underneath. Each one is mostly in length and wide. The free portion of phyllode usually . The rudimentary inflorescences rudimentary with globular flower heads that have a diameter of containing 30 to 80 golden flowers. After flowering black, glabrous, twisted and coiled seed pods are formed that are up to long and wide. The seeds are longitudinally arranged in the pods. They are oblong in shape with a length of . Taxonomy The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bentham
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studied law, but had a fascination with botany from an early age, which he soon pursued, becoming president of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He was the author of a number of important botanical works, particularly flora. He is best known for his taxonomic classification of plants in collaboration with Joseph Dalton Hooker, his ''Genera Plantarum'' (1862–1883). He died in London in 1884. Life Bentham was born in Stoke, Plymouth, on 22 September 1800.Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Bentham (George) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017, 915 p. () His father, Sir Samuel Bentham, a naval architect, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
