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Betonica Alopecuros
''Betonica'' is a genus of the plants in the family Lamiaceae. Species Species include: * '' Betonica alopecuros'' L. * '' Betonica betoniciflora'' (Rupr. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.) Sennikov * '' Betonica brantii'' (Benth.) Boiss. * ''Betonica bulgarica'' Degen & Nejceff * '' Betonica hirsuta'' L. * ''Betonica macrantha'' K.Koch * '' Betonica nivea'' Steven * ''Betonica officinalis'' L. * ''Betonica orientalis'' L. * ''Betonica scardica'' Griseb. August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879. Biography Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ... References Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betonica Officinalis
''Betonica officinalis'' ( syn. ''Stachys officinalis''), commonly known as common hedgenettle, betony, purple betony, wood betony, bishopwort, or bishop's wort, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. Pliny (25, 8, 46, § 84) calls the plant both ''betonica'' and ''vettonica'', claiming that the Vettones used it as a herbal medicine. It is commonly known as ''Stachys officinalis'', the word ''stachys'' coming from the Greek, meaning "an ear of grain," and refers to the fact that the inflorescence is often a spike. The Latin specific epithet ''officinalis'' refers to plants which had a culinary or medicinal use. Description ''Betonica officinalis'' is a rhizotomous, patch-forming, grassland herbaceous perennial growing to tall. Its leaves are stalked on upright stems, narrowly oval, with a heart-shaped base, with a somewhat wrinkled texture and toothed margins. The calyx is 5–7 mm long, with 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Edmond Boissier
Pierre Edmond Boissier (25 May 1810 Geneva – 25 September 1885 Valeyres-sous-Rances) was a Swiss prominent botanist, explorer and mathematician. He was the son of Jacques Boissier (1784-1857) and Caroline Butini (1786-1836), daughter of Pierre Butini (1759-1838) a well-known physician and naturalist from Geneva. With his sister, Valérie Boissier (1813-1894), he received a strict education with lessons delivered in Italian and Latin. Edmond's interest in natural history stemmed from holidays in the company of his mother and his grandfather, Pierre Butini at Valeyres-sous-Rances. His hikes in the Jura and the Alps laid the foundation of his zest for later exploration and adventure. He attended a course at the Academy of Geneva given by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Edmond Boissier collected extensively in Europe, North Africa and western Asia, on occasion accompanied by his daughter, Caroline Barbey-Boissier (1847-1918) and her husband, William Barbey (1842-1914), who collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betonica Scardica
''Betonica'' is a genus of the plants in the family Lamiaceae. Species Species include: * '' Betonica alopecuros'' L. * '' Betonica betoniciflora'' (Rupr. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.) Sennikov * '' Betonica brantii'' (Benth.) Boiss. * ''Betonica bulgarica'' Degen & Nejceff * '' Betonica hirsuta'' L. * ''Betonica macrantha'' K.Koch * '' Betonica nivea'' Steven * ''Betonica officinalis'' L. * '' Betonica orientalis'' L. * '' Betonica scardica'' Griseb. August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879. Biography Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ... References Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betonica Orientalis
''Betonica'' is a genus of the plants in the family Lamiaceae. Species Species include: * '' Betonica alopecuros'' L. * '' Betonica betoniciflora'' (Rupr. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.) Sennikov * '' Betonica brantii'' (Benth.) Boiss. * ''Betonica bulgarica'' Degen & Nejceff * '' Betonica hirsuta'' L. * ''Betonica macrantha'' K.Koch * '' Betonica nivea'' Steven * ''Betonica officinalis'' L. * '' Betonica orientalis'' L. * ''Betonica scardica'' Griseb. August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879. Biography Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ... References Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Von Steven
Christian von Steven (russian: Христиан Христианович Стевен - Khristian Khristianovich Steven; 19 January 1781, in Fredrikshamn, Vyborg Governorate – 30 April 1863, in Simferopol, Crimea) was a Finnish-born Russian botanist and entomologist. Life Steven was of Swiss descent. At the age of 57 he married a young widow, Marie Karlovna Gartzewitsch (née Hagendorff), with whom he had five children: *Anton (b. 12 December 1835) - a Lieutenant in the Russian Navy, present at the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) *Julia (24 August 1837 – 1855) *Natalia (27 August 1839 – 1862) - married Lieutenant Colonel Hippenreiter *Alexander (1844-1910) *Katharina (b. 16 August 1841) Career He studied at the Royal Academy of Turku, Sweden, now Finland, and at Jena, Germany, before studying medicine at Saint Petersburg University. The senior Russian sericulture (silk farming) inspector Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein employed Steven as his assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betonica Nivea
''Betonica'' is a genus of the plants in the family Lamiaceae. Species Species include: * ''Betonica alopecuros'' L. * ''Betonica betoniciflora'' (Rupr. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.) Sennikov * '' Betonica brantii'' (Benth.) Boiss. * ''Betonica bulgarica'' Degen & Nejceff * '' Betonica hirsuta'' L. * ''Betonica macrantha'' K.Koch * '' Betonica nivea'' Steven * ''Betonica officinalis'' L. * ''Betonica orientalis'' L. * ''Betonica scardica'' Griseb. August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879. Biography Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ... References Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Koch (botanist)
Karl Heinrich Emil Koch (6 June 1809 – 25 May 1879) was a German botanist. He is best known for his botanical explorations in the Caucasus region, including northeast Turkey. Most of his collections have today been lost. He is also known as the first professional horticultural officer in Germany. Biography He was born in Ettersburg near Weimar, Germany. He studied at the universities of Jena and Würzburg and taught, as privatdocent, at the University of Jena beginning 1834. He became an associate professor in 1836. He undertook a journey of research into southern Russia in 1836–38, and a second in 1843–44. The fruit of this second trip, in which he also visited Asia Minor, Great Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and the Caucasus Mountains,ADB:Koch, Karl In: |
Betonica Macrantha
''Betonica macrantha'', formerly ''Stachys macrantha'', known as big betony, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran. Growing to tall by broad, it is an erect herbaceous perennial with scalloped cordate leaves. Spikes of hooded purplish-pink flowers are borne throughout summer. The Latin specific epithet ''macrantha'' means "large-flowered". The cultivars 'Robusta', 'Superba', and 'Violacea' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions. History The Award of Garden Merit .... References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q15348437, from2=Q10638357 macrantha Flora of Turkey Flora of the Caucasus Flora of Iran Garden plants of Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betonica Hirsuta
''Betonica'' is a genus of the plants in the family Lamiaceae. Species Species include: * ''Betonica alopecuros'' L. * ''Betonica betoniciflora'' (Rupr. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.) Sennikov * ''Betonica brantii'' (Benth.) Boiss. * ''Betonica bulgarica'' Degen & Nejceff * '' Betonica hirsuta'' L. * ''Betonica macrantha'' K.Koch * ''Betonica nivea'' Steven * ''Betonica officinalis'' L. * ''Betonica orientalis'' L. * ''Betonica scardica'' Griseb. August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879. Biography Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ... References Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Árpád Von Degen
Árpád von Degen (31 March 1866, in Pozsony (now Slovakia) – 30 March 1934, in Budapest), was a Hungarian biologist and botanist whose activities were rooted in theoretical principles and scientific botany. Head of the royal Seed Testing Station in Budapest from 1896, Professor of Botany at the Budapest University from 1927 and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, he died on 30 March 1934 in Budapest. Dr. Degen traveled in different parts of Europe, the Balkans and Asia Minor, and was the first botanist to make an in-depth study of the Velebit flora, recording about 2.200 types of wild plants. The '' Degenia velebitica'' (Degen) Hayek (Brassicaceae) was discovered by him on 17 July 1907. He also described several new species from Albania between the years 1895 and 1897. He had contacts with the Bulgarian tsar Ferdinand and prepared the project for the establishment of the first herbarium at the Natural History Museum in Sofia.P. Pejkovszka''Magyar értelmiség az újko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betonica Bulgarica
''Betonica'' is a genus of the plants in the family (biology), family Lamiaceae. Species Species include: * ''Betonica alopecuros'' L. * ''Betonica betoniciflora'' (Franz Josef Ruprecht, Rupr. ex Olga Fedchenko, O.Fedtsch. & Boris Fedtschenko, B.Fedtsch.) Sennikov * ''Betonica brantii'' (George Bentham, Benth.) Pierre Edmond Boissier, Boiss. * ''Betonica bulgarica'' Árpád von Degen, Degen & Nejceff * ''Betonica hirsuta'' L. * ''Betonica macrantha'' Karl Koch (botanist), K.Koch * ''Betonica nivea'' Christian von Steven, Steven * ''Betonica officinalis'' L. * ''Betonica orientalis'' L. * ''Betonica scardica'' August Grisebach, Griseb. References Lamiaceae Lamiaceae genera {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...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] |
