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Brachytome Russellii
''Brachytome'' is a genus of 8 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871. It occurs in mainland Southeast Asia from Bangladesh, east to south central China and south to Peninsular Malaysia. Species * ''Brachytome hainanensis'' C.Y.Wu ex W.C.Chen - Hainan, Vietnam * ''Brachytome hirtella'' Hu - Tibet, Yunnan, Vietnam * '' Brachytome kachinensis'' Govaerts - Myanmar (Burma) * '' Brachytome pitardii'' Tirveng. - Vietnam * '' Brachytome russellii'' Deb & M.G.Gangop. - Myanmar (Burma) * ''Brachytome scortechinii'' King & Gamble - Laos, Thailand, Malaysia * ''Brachytome wallichiii'' Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam * ''Brachytome wardii'' C.E.C.Fisch. - Myanmar (Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science. Biography Early years Hooker was born in Halesworth, Suffolk, England. He was the second son of the famous botanist Sir William Jackson Hooker, Regius Professor of Botany, and Maria Sarah Turner, eldest daughter of the banker Dawson Turner and sister-in-law of Francis Palgrave. From age seven, Hooker attended his father's lectures at Glasgow University, taking an early interest in plant distribution and the voyages of explorers like Captain James Cook. He was educated at the Glasgow High School and went on to study medicine at Glasgow University, graduating M.D. in 1839. This degree qualified him for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, John Wells explains, the English spellings of both Myanmar and Burma assume a non-rhotic variety of English, in which the letter r before a consonant or finally serves merely to indicate a long vowel: [ˈmjænmɑː, ˈbɜːmə]. So the pronunciation of the last syllable of Myanmar as [mɑːr] or of Burma as [bɜːrmə] by some speakers in the UK and most speakers in North America is in fact a spelling pronunciation based on a misunderstanding of non-rhotic spelling conventions. The final ''r'' in ''Myanmar'' was not intended for pronunciation and is there to ensure that the final a is pronounced with the broad a, broad ''ah'' () in "father". If the Burmese name my, မြန်မာ, label=none were spelled "Myanma" in English, this would b ... [...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] |
Brachytome Wardii
''Brachytome'' is a genus of 8 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871. It occurs in mainland Southeast Asia from Bangladesh, east to south central China and south to Peninsular Malaysia. Species * ''Brachytome hainanensis'' C.Y.Wu ex W.C.Chen - Hainan, Vietnam * '' Brachytome hirtella'' Hu - Tibet, Yunnan, Vietnam * '' Brachytome kachinensis'' Govaerts - Myanmar (Burma) * '' Brachytome pitardii'' Tirveng. - Vietnam * '' Brachytome russellii'' Deb & M.G.Gangop. - Myanmar (Burma) * '' Brachytome scortechinii'' King & Gamble - Laos, Thailand, Malaysia * '' Brachytome wallichiii'' Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam * '' Brachytome wardii'' C.E.C.Fisch. - Myanmar (Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 17 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate of two seasons, and the country is made up of a central floodplain around the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong Delta, surrounded by mountainous regions. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a wide strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam, while Bengali is an additional official language in the Barak Valley. Assam is known for Assam tea and Assam silk. The state was the first site for oil drilling in Asia. Assam is home to the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, tiger and various species of Asiatic birds, and provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian elephant. The Assamese economy is aided by wildlife tourism to Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park, which are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachytome Wallichiii
''Brachytome'' is a genus of 8 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871. It occurs in mainland Southeast Asia from Bangladesh, east to south central China and south to Peninsular Malaysia. Species * ''Brachytome hainanensis'' C.Y.Wu ex W.C.Chen - Hainan, Vietnam * '' Brachytome hirtella'' Hu - Tibet, Yunnan, Vietnam * '' Brachytome kachinensis'' Govaerts - Myanmar (Burma) * '' Brachytome pitardii'' Tirveng. - Vietnam * '' Brachytome russellii'' Deb & M.G.Gangop. - Myanmar (Burma) * '' Brachytome scortechinii'' King & Gamble - Laos, Thailand, Malaysia * '' Brachytome wallichiii'' Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam * ''Brachytome wardii'' C.E.C.Fisch. - Myanmar (Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Vientiane. Present-day Laos traces its historic and cultural identity to Lan Xang, which existed from the 14th century to the 18th century as one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. Because of its central geographical location in Southeast Asia, the kingdom became a hub for overland trade and became wealthy economically and culturally. After a period of internal conflict, Lan Xang broke into three separate kingdoms: Luang Phrabang, Vientiane and Champasak. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sykes Gamble
James Sykes Gamble (2 July 1847 – 16 October 1925) was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent; he became Director of the British Imperial Forest School at Dehradun, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Early life and education Gamble was born at Portland Place, London, the second son of Harpur Gamble, M.D., R.N. and Isabella. He completed his formal education at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, before going up to Oxford, where he attended Magdalen College, studying mathematics, at which he excelled, gaining a First in the Final Schools in 1868. In the same year, he sat for the Indian Civil Service examinations, and gained an appointment in the Indian Forest Department the following year. Gamble later studied at the '' École nationale des eaux et forêts'', Nancy (1869-1871) where he gained an interest in taxonomy.Obituary: James Sykes Gamble 1847-1925. ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of London''. pp. xxxviii – xliii. Vol.99, No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George King (botanist)
Sir George King (12 April 1840 – 12 February 1909) was a British botanist who was appointed superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1871, and became the first Director of the Botanical Survey of India from 1890. He was recognised for his work in the cultivation of cinchona and for setting up a system for the inexpensive distribution of quinine throughout India through the postal system. Early life George was born in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, to Robert King and Cecilia Anderson. Robert King was a bookseller who moved to Aberdeen to partner with his brothers who were also in the book business. One brother Arthur was the founder of the Aberdeen University Press. Another brother George was an antiquarian, founder of a local liberal newspaper and a prominent writer on economic and social matters. King's parents both died from phthisis (tuberculosis), the father in November 1845 aged thirty six and the mother in 1850 at the age of forty. Orphaned at the age of ten, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachytome Scortechinii
''Brachytome'' is a genus of 8 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871. It occurs in mainland Southeast Asia from Bangladesh, east to south central China and south to Peninsular Malaysia. Species * ''Brachytome hainanensis'' C.Y.Wu ex W.C.Chen - Hainan, Vietnam * '' Brachytome hirtella'' Hu - Tibet, Yunnan, Vietnam * '' Brachytome kachinensis'' Govaerts - Myanmar (Burma) * '' Brachytome pitardii'' Tirveng. - Vietnam * '' Brachytome russellii'' Deb & M.G.Gangop. - Myanmar (Burma) * '' Brachytome scortechinii'' King & Gamble - Laos, Thailand, Malaysia * ''Brachytome wallichiii'' Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam * ''Brachytome wardii'' C.E.C.Fisch. - Myanmar (Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
