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Barry Conn
Barry John Conn (Barry Conn, born 1948), is an Australian botanist. He was awarded a Ph.D. from Adelaide University in 1982 for work on ''Prostanthera''. Career Conn's first appointment as a botanist was with the Lae Herbarium in 1974. He then became herbarium curator and a lecturer at the Papua New Guinea Forestry College, Bulolo (1976–1979). He is a scientific advisor to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. In Australia, he has been senior botanist at the National Herbarium of Victoria (1982–1987), and botanist (and principal research scientist) at the National Herbarium of New South Wales (1987–2015). In 1994-1995, he was Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at Kew. While with the National Herbarium of New South Wales, he managed the Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Project for New South Wales, and was scientific editor of the journal ''Telopea'' from 2013 to 2015. Some published names *'' Acacia aureocrinita'' B.J.Conn & Tame, Austral. Syst. Bot. 9(6): 851 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botany
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek word (''botanē'') meaning " pasture", " herbs" "grass", or " fodder"; is in turn derived from (), "to feed" or "to graze". Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of organisms remaining within the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress. Nowadays, botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of which some 391,000 species are vascular plants (including approximately 369,000 species of flowering plants), and approximately 20,000 are bryophytes. Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telopea (journal)
''Telopea'' is a fully open-access, online, peer-reviewed scientific journal that rapidly publishes original research on plant systematics, with broad content that covers Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The journal was established in 1975 and is published by the National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. As from Volume 9, part 1, 2000, full text of papers is available electronically in pdf format. It is named for the genus ''Telopea'', commonly known as waratah Waratah (''Telopea'') is an Australian-endemic genus of five species of large shrubs or small trees, native to the southeastern parts of Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania). The best-known species in this genus is ''Telopea speci ...s. The forerunner of ''Telopea'' was ''Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium'' which was first published in July 1939 as Volume 1(1). Publication was suspended between 1941 and resumed in 1948 with the publication of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Prostanthera Conniana
''Prostanthera conniana'' is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect, open shrub with branchlets that are square in cross-section, narrow egg-shaped to narrow oblong leaves, and white flowers with bright yellow markings on the throat, the flowers arranged in groups of four to eight. Description ''Prostanthera conniana'' is an erect, open shrub that typically grows to a height of with four-sided branchlets. Its leaves are narrow egg-shaped to narrow oblong, long and wide on a petiole long, and with glands on both sides. The flowers are arranged in groups of four to eight, the sepals green, sometimes with a maroon tinge. The petals are long and white, sometimes with a pale mauve tinge and there are bright yellow marking on the throat of the petal tube. Flowering occurs from November to December. Taxonomy and naming ''Prostanthera conniana'' was first formally described in 2015 by Trevor C. Wilson and others in the journal '' Telopea'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mentha Atrolilacina
''Mentha atrolilacina'', or slender mint, is a species within the '' Mentha'' (mint) genus, endemic to southeastern South Australia. It has been identified only within the Honans Native Forest Reserve, near Mount Gambier, South Australia. Prior to its identification in 2010, specimens of ''M. atrolilacina'' had been considered part of the related species '' Mentha diemenica.'' The species was discovered by the South Australian Seed Conservation Centre (SASCC). Name The taxonomic name ''atrolilacina'' derives from Latin meaning "dark lilac," in reference to the color of the corolla lobes of the species. It shares its common name "Slender mint" with the species ''Mentha diemenica'' from which it was distinguished. Description ''Mentha atrolilacina'' is similar in appearance to '' Mentha satureioides'' (native pennyroyal), ''Mentha diemenica'' and '' Mentha pulegium'' (pennyroyal). It grows up to 55 centimeters high, with hairy stems and branches. Its aromatic leaves are ovate to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drosera Hookeri
''Drosera hookeri'', the grassland sundew is an shortly erect perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus ''Drosera''. ''Drosera hookeri'' is found in south-eastern Australia. Although the holotype was collected in Tasmania, its distribution also includes Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. This species has a complex taxonomic history, and its specific epithet acknowledges the original recognition of the taxon by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Hooker originally called his species ''Drosera foliosa'' Hook.f. ex Planch. in 1848, a name that was illegitimate as it had previously been used to describe a different species (''Drosera foliosa'' Elliott 1824). The nomenclature of ''D. hookeri'' was later clarified and the taxonomic concept significantly broadened to include most of the south-eastern Australian and New Zealand forms of the species complex that includes ''Drosera peltata''. Like other tuber sundews, ''D. hookeri'' aestivates as an underground tuber to survi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasymalla Chorisepala
''Dasymalla chorisepala'' is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It is a small shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with hairs. The leaves are stalkless, egg-shaped and covered with yellowish hairs while the flowers are small, tube-shaped and white. Description ''Dasymalla terminalis'' is a rigid shrub which grows to a height of with its branches densely covered with short, ash-coloured hairs. The younger branches and leaves are covered with a more yellowish layer of hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, long, wide, with those near the ends of the branches crowded together. The flowers are white and arranged in upper leaf axils in groups of up to three on a stalk long and covered with short hairs. The flowers are surrounded by leafy bracts and bracteoles which are covered with glandular hairs, especially on their edges. The five sepals are long, linear in shape with hairy margins and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actephila Forsteri
''Actephila'' is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1826. It is one of 8 genera in the tribe Poranthereae, and is most closely related to ''Leptopus''. The name of the genus is derived from two Greek words, ''akte'', "the seashore", and ''philos'', "loving". It refers to a coastal habitat.Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. ''CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names'' volume I. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. (vol. I). (see ''External links'' below). ''Actephila'' consists of monoecious trees, shrubs, and subshrubs. The genus is not well understood and is in much need of revision. It is native to Southeast Asia, China, the Himalayas, Papuasia and northern Australia. ;Species ;Formerly included moved to other genera: '' Cleidion Excoecaria Pentabrachion Phyllanthus ''Phyllanthus'' is the largest genus in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number of species in this genus vary widely, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Cremiflora
''Acacia cremiflora'', is a small wattle plant occurring in parts of inland New South Wales. It may be seen growing near Orange and Yerranderie. It was first collected on 15 May 1972. The attractive yellow or cream flowers may appear at any time of the year. Description The shrub usually has a bushy habit and grows to a height of less than but can reach as high as . It is often composed of five to six main branches diverging at the base of the plant. The branches are erect or arched and split into ribbed, brown to green, smooth, hairy branchlets. The dark grey-green to green coloured phyllodes are flat or convex with an elliptic to broadly elliptic or slightly orbicular shape. the phyllodes usually have a length of and a width of with an undulate margin and acute apex. When it blooms it produces inflorescences with spherical flower-heads that have a diameter of and contain 18 to 26 pale yellow to cream-coloured flowers. The seed pods that form after flowering are a dull bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Aureocrinita
''Acacia aureocrinita'' is a shrub belonging to the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Phyllodineae'' that is native to parts of eastern Australia. Description The shrub or tree has a bushy habit and typically grows to a height of less than but can reach as high as . The shrub often has over four primary erect branches that diverge at the base. The terete brown-green to brown branchlets are ribbed and hairy. It has elliptic or occasionally ovate-elliptic shaped phyllodes with a length of and a width of . It blooms during the warmer months between December and March and produces inflorescences with creamy yellow flowers. The flowers occur with one inflorescence per axil, the spherical flowerheads contain 18 to 30 pale yellow to cream coloured flowers and have a diameter of . The leathery brown seed pods that form after flowering are slightly curved with a length of and a width of . Taxonomy The species was first formally described by the botanists Barry John Conn and Terry T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Virtual Herbarium
The ''Australasian Virtual Herbarium'' (AVH) is an online resource that allows access to plant specimen data held by various Australian and New Zealand herbaria. It is part of the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), and was formed by the amalgamation of ''Australia's Virtual Herbarium'' and ''NZ Virtual Herbarium''. As of 12 August 2014, more than five million specimens of the 8 million and upwards specimens available from participating institutions have been databased. Uses This resource is used by academics, students, and anyone interested in research in botany in Australia or New Zealand, since each record tells all that is known about the specimen: where and when it was collected; by whom; its current identification together with the botanist who identified it; and information on habitat and associated species. ALA post processes the original herbarium data, giving further fields with respect to taxonomy and quality of the data. When interrogating individual specimen record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
