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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 ...
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Heteroderis
''Heteroderis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ;Species There is only one known species, ''Heteroderis pusilla'', native to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki .... References Cichorieae Flora of temperate Asia Flora of Egypt Monotypic Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier {{Cichorieae-stub ...
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Allochrusa
''Allochrusa'' is a genus in the carnation family. It contains the following species: *''Allochrusa bungei'' Boiss. *''Allochrusa gypsophiloides'' (Regel) Schischk. *''Allochrusa paniculata'' (Regel & Herder) Ovcz. & Czukav. *''Allochrusa persica'' (Boiss.) Boiss. *''Allochrusa tadshikistanica'' Schischk. *''Allochrusa takhtajanii'' Gabrieljan & Dittrich *''Allochrusa transhyrcana'' Czerep. *''Allochrusa versicolor ''Allochrusa'' is a genus in the carnation family. It contains the following species: *''Allochrusa bungei'' Boiss. *''Allochrusa gypsophiloides'' (Regel) Schischk. *''Allochrusa paniculata'' (Regel & Herder) Ovcz. & Czukav. *''Allochrusa persic ...'' (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Boiss. References Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae genera {{Caryophyllaceae-stub ...
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Myopordon
''Myopordon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
* '' Myopordon aucheri'' Boiss. - * '' Myopordon damavandica'' Mozaff. - * ''
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Ducrosia
''Ducrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range was southern Egypt to Pakistan. The plants can be found in Afghanistan, the Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. 1 species, ''Ducrosia ismaelis'' is now extinct in Egypt, but can be found in Saudi Arabia. The genus name of ''Ducrosia'' is in honour of François-Barthélémy Ducros (1751–1822), Swiss clergyman, botanist in Nyon, Switzerland, and was a friend of Edmond Boissier who then described and published the genus in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., séries 3, Vol.1 on page 341 in 1844. Known species: *''Ducrosia anethifolia'' *''Ducrosia areysiana'' *''Ducrosia assadii'' *''Ducrosia flabellifolia'' *''Ducrosia inaccessa'' *''Ducrosia ismaelis ''Ducrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range was southern Egypt to Pakistan. The plants can be found in Afghanistan, the Gulf States, Iran ...
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Diplotaenia
''Diplotaenia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is Turkey to Iran. Species: *''Diplotaenia bingolensis'' *''Diplotaenia cachrydifolia'' *''Diplotaenia damavandica'' *''Diplotaenia hayri-dumanii'' *''Diplotaenia turcica ''Diplotaenia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is Turkey to Iran. Species: *''Diplotaenia bingolensis'' *''Diplotaenia cachrydifolia'' *''Diplotaenia damavandica'' *''Diplotaenia hayri-duman ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10266697 Apioideae ...
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Ammiopsis
''Daucus'' is a worldwide genus of herbaceous plants of the celery family Apiaceae of which the best-known species is the cultivated carrot. ''Daucus'' has about 25 species. The oldest carrot fossil is 1.3 Ma, and was found on the island of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean. Description Members of ''Daucus'' are distinguished within the family ''Apiaceae'' by their leaves which are 2–3 pinnatisect with narrow end sections. The genus primarily consists of biennial plants but also includes some annual plants and some perennial herbs. All ''Daucus'' have bristly stems. The inflorescences are umbels. The flowers are mostly white, with bracts and bracteoles. The petals may be pure white, reddish, pinkish or yellowish. They are emarginate above and have pointed, wrapped lobules. The petals are often unequal in size, with petals at the outermost edge of the inflorescence often being larger. The fruit is an ovoid to ellipsoidal schizocarp, cylindrical or compressed, with ciliate pri ...
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Psychrogeton
''Psychrogeton'' is a genus of plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to Iran, Central Asia, and Anatolia. ; Species ; formerly included several species transferred to other genera: ''Erigeron Rhinactinidia ''Rhinactinidia'' is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. ;Species The only recognized species is ''Rhinactinidia limoniifolia'', native to Mongolia, Tibet, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan ; ...'' References Astereae Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier {{Astereae-stub ...
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Prolongoa
''Prolongoa'' is a genus of Spanish plants in the chamomile tribe within the daisy family. ;Species The only accepted species is ''Prolongoa hispanica'', native to Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... References External linksFlickr, ''Prolongoa hispanica'' G. López & C. E. Jarvis photoin Spanish; photos plus informal description Monotypic Asteraceae genera Anthemideae Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier {{Anthemideae-stub ...
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Aphanopleura
''Aphanopleura'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. It is endemic to Asia. Species *''Aphanopleura capillifolia'' *''Aphanopleura fedtschenkoana'' *''Aphanopleura leptoclada'' *''Aphanopleura trachysperma'' *''Aphanopleura zangelanica ''Aphanopleura zangelanica'', the Zangelanian aphanopleura, is a species in the family Apiaceae that is endemic to the Zəngilan district of Azerbaijan. It is only known from its type specimen In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or ...'' Gogina & Matsenko References Apiaceae genera Apioideae Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier {{Apiaceae-stub ...
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Caroline Barbey-Boissier
Caroline Barbey-Boissier (4 August 1847, in Geneva – 18 January 1918, in Pregny-Chambésy) was a Swiss botanist, author and translator. She was the daughter of botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier. Written works Herborisations au Levant−1882 (in French), co-written with her husband William Barbey William Barbey (1842–1914) was a Switzerland, Swiss botanist and politician. William Barbey was born on 14 July 1842 at Genthod in the canton of Geneva. He studied science at the Academy in Geneva and then engineering at the École Centrale de ... La comtesse Agénor de Gasparin et sa famille: Correspondance et souvenirs 1813–1894, Volume 1– 1902 (in French) References External links 19th-century Swiss botanists 19th-century Swiss women scientists 1847 births 1918 deaths {{switzerland-botanist-stub ...
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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ...
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