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Anchusa Strigosa
''Anchusa strigosa'' is a non-succulent species of herbaceous plants in the Boraginaceae family endemic to the Eastern Mediterranean regions, particularly, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Iran. It is known widely by its common names of strigose bugloss and prickly alkanet. Description ''Anchusa strigosa'' is a perennial herb, with a rosette of leaves at its base and an inflorescence stem that rises to a height of one meter or more. The leaves are rough as the tongue of a ruminate, from whence its Arabic designation (لسان الثور; ''lisān eth-thawr'') and its Hebrew language, Hebrew designation (לשון-פר; ''leshon-par'') take their names. Both names are a reflection of the word ''bouglossos'', called in grc-x-koine, βούγλωσσον, the name given for the same plant and meaning "ox-tongued." The plant grows lean, and is often scraggy, from whence the modern taxonomic name of the species (''strigosa'') takes its name. In winter the plant grows a large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia, returning to immediate fame. He held the position of president of the Royal Society for over 41 years. He advised King George III on the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and by sending botanists around the world to collect plants, he made Kew the world's leading botanical garden. He is credited for bringing 30,000 plant specimens home with him; amongst them, he was the first European to document 1,400. Banks advocated British settlement in New South Wales and the colonisation of Australia, as well as the establishment of Botany Bay as a place for the reception of convicts, and advised the British government on all Australian matte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
