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Bolbitis Angustipinna
''Bolbitis'' is a genus of ferns in the family Dryopteridaceae, subfamily Elaphoglossoideae, in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Two particular members of the genus are often grown as immersed water plants in aquaria, ''Bolbitis heudelotii, B. heudelotii'', and ''Bolbitis heteroclita, B. heteroclita''. ''B. heudelotii'', the African water fern, normally grows submerged in its native habitat, while ''B. heteroclita'' normally grows on the margin of water bodies, but will also grow submerged. Species , the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following species: *''Bolbitis acrostichoides'' (Afzel. ex Sw.) Ching *''Bolbitis aliena'' (Sw.) Alston *''Bolbitis andreisii'' Fraser-Jenk. & Kandel *''Bolbitis angustipinna'' (Hayata) Itô *''Bolbitis appendiculata'' (Willd.) K.Iwats. *''Bolbitis aspleniifolia'' (Bory) K.Iwats. *''Bolbitis auriculata'' (Lam.) Alston *''Bolbitis beddomei'' Fraser-Jenk. & Gandhi *''Bolbitis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (7 January 1794 in Brünn (Brno), Moravia – 5 March 1865 at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist well known for his extensive work on aroids (Araceae). He studied botany, agriculture and chemistry at the University of Vienna, where he was a pupil of Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766–1839). He was a participant in the Austrian Brazil Expedition from 1817 to 1821. In 1828 he was appointed ''Hofgärtner'' (royal gardener) in Vienna, later serving as director of the Imperial Gardens at Schönbrunn Palace (1845). In 1852 he was in charge of transforming part of palace gardens in the fashion of an English garden. He also enriched the Viennese court gardens with his collections from Brazil. He was also interested in Alpine flora, and was responsible for development of the alpinum at Schloss Belvedere in Vienna. In 2008, botanists P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong published '' Schottarum'', a genus of flowering plants from Borneo belonging to the family Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |