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Aconitum Lycoctonum
''Aconitum lycoctonum'' (wolf's-bane or northern wolf's-bane) is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Aconitum'', of the family Ranunculaceae, native to much of Europe and northern Asia.Flora Europaea''Aconitum lycoctonum''/ref> It is found in lowlands to the subalpine zone, mainly in forests and shaded habitats. Along with ''A. napellus, A. lycoctonum'' is of the most common European species of the ''Aconitum'' genus. They are also grown ornamentally in gardens, thriving well in ordinary garden soil. As such, ''A. lycoctonum'' can be found in North America, especially in eastern Canada, often in old gardens or as garden escapees. ''Lycoctonum'' is a rendering in modern Latin of the traditional name "wolf's-bane". ''Aconitum lycoctonum'''s name was given by Carl Linnaeus, who found ''A. lycotonum'' growing in Lapland, Finland in 1727. High morphological variability has been described across specimens of ''A. lycoctonum'', however molecular studies showed small genetic di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, 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 (biology), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
