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Botanischer Garten Der Universität Karlsruhe
The Botanischer Garten der Universität Karlsruhe is a botanical garden maintained by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology directorate of Peter Nick. It is located at Am Fasanengarten 2, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and is open weekdays and Sundays; admission is free. The garden contains a total of 5,700 plant species, including 1,930 endangered species per the IUCN Red List or CITES conventions. It has three major missions: * Research, particularly in understanding the molecular basis of development, growth, and metabolism, with specific projects in '' Arabidopsis thaliana'', '' Gnetum gnemon'', ''Nicotiana tabacum'', ''Oryza sativa'', and ''Vitis vinifera''. The garden currently cultivates over 50 species of wild grape vines for use in research against downy mildew, as well as a collection of wild rice species from all over the world. * Teaching, for which the garden provides plant material for the courses and is used for field trips and the comparison of plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camellia Japonica 002
''Camellia'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are more than 220 described species, with some controversy over the exact number, and also around 3,000 hybrids. The genus was named by Linnaeus after the Jesuit botanist Georg Joseph Kamel, who worked in the Philippines and described a species of camellia (although Linnaeus did not refer to Kamel's account when discussing the genus). Of economic importance in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, leaves of '' C. sinensis'' are processed to create the popular beverage tea. The ornamental '' C. japonica'', '' C. sasanqua'' and their hybrids are the source of hundreds of garden cultivars. '' C. oleifera'' produces tea seed oil, used in cooking and cosmetics. Descriptions Camellias are evergreen shrubs or small trees up to tall. Their leaves are alternately arranged, simple, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitis Vinifera
''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, is a species of flowering plant, native to the Mediterranean region, Central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran. There are currently between 5,000 and 10,000 varieties of ''Vitis vinifera'' grapes though only a few are of commercial significance for wine and table grape production. The wild grape is often classified as ''Vitis vinifera'' ''sylvestris'' (in some classifications considered ''Vitis sylvestris''), with ''Vitis vinifera'' ''vinifera'' restricted to cultivated forms. Domesticated vines have hermaphrodite flowers, but ''sylvestris'' is dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants) and pollination is required for fruit to develop. Grapes can be eaten fresh or dried to produce raisins, sultanas, and currants. Grape leaves are used in the cuisine of many cultures. The fresh grapes can also be processed into juice that is fermented to make wine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsilea Quadrifolia
''Marsilea quadrifolia'' is a herbaceous plant found naturally in central and southern Europe, Caucasia, western Siberia, Afghanistan, south-west India, China, Japan, and Vietnam, though it is considered a weed in some parts of the United States, where it has been well established in the northeast for over 100 years. Its common names include four leaf clover; European waterclover (USA); ''sushni'' (India); ''aalaik keerai'' (Tamil). Description Aquatic fern bearing 4 parted leaf resembling 'Four-leaf clover' (Trifolium). Leaves floating in deep water or erect in shallow water or on land. Leaflets obdeltoid, to 3/4" long, glaucous, petioles to 8" long; Sporocarp (ferns) ellipsoid, to 3/16" long, dark brown, on stalks to 3/4" long, attached to base of petioles. Uses In some places it has been used as food for more than 3000 years. The plant is said to be anti-inflammatory, diuretic A diuretic () is any substance that promotes diuresis, the increased production of urine. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwigia Palustris
''Ludwigia palustris'' is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names marsh seedbox, Hampshire-purslane and water purslane. This is an aquatic or semiaquatic perennial herb which grows in moist to wet to flooded areas. It is sometimes a weed. The species epithet ''palustris'' is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.Archibald William Smith Description The stem is up to half a meter (20 in) long and spreads to form mats on the mud, rooting at nodes in contact with the substrate, or floats ascending in the water. The leaves are oppositely arranged and green to red or purple in color. Solitary flowers appear in leaf axils. They are made up of tiny green sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coine ...s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonurus Cardica
''Leonurus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and much of North and South America. ''Leonurus japonicus'' is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is called ''yìmǔcǎo'' ( 益母草) in Chinese. Species are sometimes confused with the related genus '' Leonotis.'' ; Species * '' Leonurus cardiaca'' L. - much of northern + central Europe east to Western Siberia + Iran * '' Leonurus chaituroides'' C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - southeastern China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan) * '' Leonurus deminutus'' V.I.Krecz. - Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia * '' Leonurus glaucescens'' Bunge - Turkey, Caucasus, Ukraine, European Russia, western Siberia (Altai and Western Siberia), Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Inner Mongolia * '' Leonurus incanus'' V.I.Krecz. & Kuprian. - Kazakhstan * ''Leonurus japonicus ''Leonurus japonicus'', commonly called oriental motherwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentiana Cruziata
''Gentiana'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family (Gentianaceae), the tribe Gentianeae, and the monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With about 400 species it is considered a large genus. They are notable for their mostly large, trumpet-shaped flowers, which are often of an intense blue. The genus name is a tribute to Gentius, an Illyrian king who may have been the discoverer of tonic properties in gentians. Habitat This is a cosmopolitan genus, occurring in alpine habitats in temperate regions of Asia, Europe and the Americas. Some species also occur in northwestern Africa, eastern Australia, and New Zealand. They are annual, biennial, and perennial plants. Some are evergreen, others are not. Many gentians are difficult to grow outside their wild habitat, but several species are available in cultivation. Gentians are fully hardy and can grow in full sun or partial shade. They grow in well-drained, neutral-to-acid soils rich in humus. They are pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equisetum × Trachyodon
''Equisetum'' × ''trachyodon'' is a nothospecies of ''Equisetum''. Sometimes, it is considered as an individual species: ''Equisetum trachyodon''. The hybrid formula is ''Equisetum hyemale'' L. × ''Equisetum variegatum ''Equisetum variegatum'', commonly known as variegated horsetail or variegated scouring rush, is a species of vascular plant in the horsetail family Equisetaceae. It is native to the Northern Hemisphere where it has a circumpolar distribution. ...'' Schleich. ex F. Weber & D. Mohr. Synonyms *''Equisetum hiemale var. doellii'' Milde *''Equisetum hiemale var. trachyodon'' A.Braun ex Döll *''Equisetum hyemale var. jesupii'' (A.A.Eat.) Victorin *''Equisetum hyemale var. mackayi'' Newman *''Equisetum hyemale f. multirameum'' (S.F.Blake) Vict. *''Equisetum hyemale var. trachyodon'' (A.K.H.Braun) Döll *''Equisetum hyemale subsp. trachyodon'' A.Br. *''Equisetum mackaii'' (Newman) Brichan *''Equisetum mackayi'' (Newman) Brichan *''Equisetum trachyodon f. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cnidium Dubium
''Kadenia dubia'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is Europe to Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ... and Kazakhstan. Synonym: * ''Cnidium dubium'' (Schkuhr) Schmeil & Fitschen References {{Taxonbar, from=Q17132461 Apioideae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campanula Cervicaria
''Campanula cervicaria'', the bristly bellflower, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. The plant is roughly hairy and the flowers are about long, light blue and are grouped together. Description Bristly bellflower is a biennial or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant growing to a height of . In its first year, this plant produces a rosette of lanceolate, spatulate leaves with winged stalks. In the second year it sends up one or more erect flowering stems with squarish edges and roughly hairy. The leaves on these are alternate, linear to narrow lanceolate bristly and unstalked. The leaf blades are undulating and the margins have rounded teeth. The lower leaves wither away when the plant is flowering. The inflorescence forms a dense terminal cluster and further smaller clusters grow from the upper leaf axils. The calyx of each flower is fused and has five blunt lobes. The corolla is five-lobed, long with five pale blue (or occasionally white) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apium Graveolens
Celery (''Apium graveolens'') is a marshland plant in the family Apiaceae that has been cultivated as a vegetable since antiquity. Celery has a long fibrous stalk tapering into leaves. Depending on location and cultivar, either its stalks, leaves or hypocotyl are eaten and used in cooking. Celery seed powder is used as a spice. Description Celery leaves are pinnate to bipinnate with rhombic leaflets long and broad. The flowers are creamy-white, in diameter, and are produced in dense compound umbels. The seeds are broad ovoid to globose, long and wide. Modern cultivars have been selected for either solid petioles, leaf stalks, or a large hypocotyl. A celery stalk readily separates into "strings" which are bundles of angular collenchyma cells exterior to the vascular bundles. Wild celery, ''Apium graveolens'' var. ''graveolens'', grows to tall. Celery is a biennial plant that occurs around the globe. It produces flowers and seeds only during its second year. The first cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Androsace Septentivionalis
''Androsace'', commonly known as rock jasmine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, second only to ''Primula'' in the number of species. It is predominantly Arctic–alpine, with many species in the Himalayas (where the genus originated), the mountains of central Asia, the Caucasus, and the southern and central European mountain systems, particularly the Alps and the Pyrenees. Plants of this genus are sometimes known as rock jasmines or fairy candelabras, and are widely cultivated for their dense cushions covered in white or pink flowers. There are roughly 110 species. These plants have small entire or toothed leaves which form a basal rosette. Taxonomy Recent molecular studies show that the genera ''Douglasia'' (found in north-western North America and easternmost Siberia), '' Pomatosace'' (an Himalayan endemic) and ''Vitaliana'' (a European endemic) are nested within ''Androsace''. Phylogenetic studies have also demonstrated that the ancestor of ''Androsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Althaea Hirsuta
''Althaea hirsuta'', the hairy marshmallow, is a species of annual herb in the family Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar .... They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to . Sources References Malveae {{Malveae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
