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Batopedina Pulvinellata
''Batopedina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.Verdcourt, Bernard. 1953. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 23: 29. ''Batopedina linearifolia'' It was described by Bernard Verdcourt in 1953. The genus is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, D.R.Congo, and Zambia. Species * ''Batopedina linearifolia'' ( Bremek.) Verdc. **''Batopedina linearifolia'' var. ''glabra'' E.M.A.Petit - D.R.Congo **''Batopedina linearifolia'' var. ''linearifolia'' - Zambia * '' Batopedina pulvinellata'' Robbr.Robbr., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 51: 179 (1981). **''Batopedina pulvinellata'' subsp. ''glabrifolia'' Robbr. - D.R.Congo **''Batopedina pulvinellata'' subsp. ''pulvinellata'' - D.R.Congo * ''Batopedina tenuis'' ( A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Verdc.A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 129 (1931). ''Otomeria tenuis'' - Burkina Faso, Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Verdcourt
Bernard Verdcourt (20 January 1925 – 25 October 2011) was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years. Although his best-known work probably consists of his many studies of the East African flora, he has also made extensive contributions relating to African terrestrial mollusks and to entomology. Dr. Verdcourt received the Linnean Medal for botany from the Linnean Society of London in 2000.Award to Bernard Vercourt. Kew Scientist: Apr 2000(17):4. Kew Gardenshttp://www.linnean.org/index.php?id=347 Linnean Society of London His list of publications includes more than 1,000 scientific works. Eponymy In 2012, botanists H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi published ''Verdesmum'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Malaysia belonging to the family Fabaceae, it was named in Bernard Verdcou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European exploration of Africa, European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubiaceae Genera
Full list of the genera in the family Rubiaceae. If the generic name is for an accepted genus, it will appear in ''bold italics'' followed by the author(s). If the name is a synonym, it will appear in ''italics'' followed by an equals sign (=) and the accepted name to which it is referred. Detailed, up to date information can be found oPlants of the World Online A *''Abbottia'' F.Muell. = ''Timonius'' Rumph. ex DC. *''Abramsia'' Gillespie = '' Airosperma'' K.Schum. & Lauterb. *''Acmostima'' Raf. = ''Pavetta'' L. * ''Acranthera'' Arn. ex Meisn. * '' Acrobotrys'' K.Schum. & K.Krause *''Acrodryon'' Spreng. = ''Cephalanthus'' L. *''Acrostoma'' Didr. = '' Remijia'' DC. * '' Acrosynanthus'' Urb. * ''Acunaeanthus'' Borhidi, Komlodi & Moncada * ''Adenorandia'' Vermoesen *''Adenosacme'' Wall. ex G.Gon = ''Mycetia'' Reinw. *''Adenothola'' Lem. = ''Manettia'' Mutis ex L. * ''Adina'' Salisb. * '' Adinauclea'' Ridsdale = ''Adina'' Salisb. * '' Adolphoduckea'' Paudyal & Delp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hutchinson (botanist)
John Hutchinson, OBE, FRS (7 April 1884 Blindburn, Northumberland – 2 September 1972 London) was an English botanist, taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given ... and author.''A Botanist in Southern Africa'' John Hutchinson (London, 1946) Life and career Born in Blindburn, Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England, he received his horticultural training in Northumberland and Durham, England, Durham and was appointed a student gardener at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew in 1904. His taxonomic and drawing skills were soon noticed and resulted in his being appointed to the Herbarium in 1905. He moved from assistant in the Indian section to assistant for Tropical Africa, returning to Indian botany from 1915 to 1919, and from then on was in charge of the African sectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier
Auguste may refer to: People Surname * Arsène Auguste (born 1951), Haitian footballer * Donna Auguste (born 1958), African-American businesswoman * Georges Auguste (born 1933), Haitian painter * Henri Auguste (1759–1816), Parisian gold and silversmith * Joyce Auguste, Saint Lucian musician * Jules Robert Auguste (1789–1850), French painter * Tancrède Auguste (1856–1913), President of Haiti (1912–13) Given name * Auguste, Baron Lambermont (1819–1905), Belgian statesman * Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810–1835), prince consort of Maria II of Portugal * Auguste, comte de La Ferronays (1777–1842), French Minister of Foreign Affairs * Auguste Clot (1858–1936), French art printer * Auguste Dick (1910–1993), Austrian historian of mathematics * Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846–1935), French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer * Auguste Metz (1812–1854), Luxembourgian entrepreneur * Auguste Léopold Protet (1808–1862), French Navy admiral * Auguste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batopedina Tenuis
''Batopedina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.Verdcourt, Bernard. 1953. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 23: 29. ''Batopedina linearifolia'' It was described by Bernard Verdcourt in 1953. The genus is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, D.R.Congo, and Zambia. Species * '' Batopedina linearifolia'' ( Bremek.) Verdc. **''Batopedina linearifolia'' var. ''glabra'' E.M.A.Petit - D.R.Congo **''Batopedina linearifolia'' var. ''linearifolia'' - Zambia * '' Batopedina pulvinellata'' Robbr.Robbr., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 51: 179 (1981). **''Batopedina pulvinellata'' subsp. ''glabrifolia'' Robbr. - D.R.Congo **''Batopedina pulvinellata'' subsp. ''pulvinellata'' - D.R.Congo * '' Batopedina tenuis'' ( A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Verdc.A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 129 (1931). ''Otomeria tenuis'' - Burkina Faso, Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batopedina Pulvinellata
''Batopedina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.Verdcourt, Bernard. 1953. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 23: 29. ''Batopedina linearifolia'' It was described by Bernard Verdcourt in 1953. The genus is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, D.R.Congo, and Zambia. Species * ''Batopedina linearifolia'' ( Bremek.) Verdc. **''Batopedina linearifolia'' var. ''glabra'' E.M.A.Petit - D.R.Congo **''Batopedina linearifolia'' var. ''linearifolia'' - Zambia * '' Batopedina pulvinellata'' Robbr.Robbr., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 51: 179 (1981). **''Batopedina pulvinellata'' subsp. ''glabrifolia'' Robbr. - D.R.Congo **''Batopedina pulvinellata'' subsp. ''pulvinellata'' - D.R.Congo * ''Batopedina tenuis'' ( A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Verdc.A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 129 (1931). ''Otomeria tenuis'' - Burkina Faso, Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola. By area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. Centered on the Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batopedina Linearifolia
''Batopedina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.Verdcourt, Bernard. 1953. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 23: 29. ''Batopedina linearifolia'' It was described by Bernard Verdcourt in 1953. The genus is found in Burkina Faso, Ghana, D.R.Congo, and Zambia. Species * '' Batopedina linearifolia'' ( Bremek.) Verdc. **''Batopedina linearifolia'' var. ''glabra'' E.M.A.Petit - D.R.Congo **''Batopedina linearifolia'' var. ''linearifolia'' - Zambia * '' Batopedina pulvinellata'' Robbr.Robbr., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 51: 179 (1981). **''Batopedina pulvinellata'' subsp. ''glabrifolia'' Robbr. - D.R.Congo **''Batopedina pulvinellata'' subsp. ''pulvinellata'' - D.R.Congo * ''Batopedina tenuis'' ( A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Verdc.A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Flora of West Tropical Africa 2: 129 (1931). ''Otomeria tenuis'' - Burkina Faso, Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the List of African countries by population, second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and List of cities in Ghana, largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, Ghana, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest. It has a population of 20,321,378. Previously called Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as ''Burkinabè'' ( ), and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou. The largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi people, who settled the area in the 11th and 13th centuries. They established powerful kingdoms such as the Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. In 1896, it was colonized by the French as part of French West Africa; in 1958, Upper Volta became a self-governing colony within the French Community. In 1960, it gained full independence with Maurice Yaméogo as president. Throughout the decades post in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |