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Calibrachoa × Hybrida
''Calibrachoa'' is a genus of plants in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family (biology), family. They are evergreen short-lived Perennial plant, perennials and subshrubs with a sprawling habit, with small petunia-type flowers. They are native plant, found across much the same region of South America as petunias, from southern Brazil across to Peru and Chile, inhabiting scrub and open grassland. Classification ''Calibrachoa'' are closely related to ''Petunia''. However, on further examination it has been found that there are major differences in chromosomes, corresponding to external differences and fertilization factors that distinguished the two genera. ''Petchoa'' is a hybrid genus derived from crossing the genetically similar Calibrachoa and Petunia. ''Calibrachoa'' was named by Vicente Cervantes after Antonio de la Cal y Bracho, a 19th-century Mexican botanist and pharmacologist. Description ''Calibrachoa'' are small shrubs or herbaceous plants with woody shoot axis that grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Cervantes
Vicente or Vincente de Cervantes (1755 in Ledrada – 1829 in Mexico) was a notable Spanish and Mexican physician and botanist. Background Don Vicente Cervantes was a contemporary of Martín Sessé y Lacasta and corresponded with Jean-Louis Berlandier, the French naturalist who botanized in Mexico and Texas as part of the Mexican Boundary Commission. He was also the first Professor of Botany in New Spain, at the Royal Botanic Garden in Mexico City. It is after him that the magnificent Odontoglossum orchid, the "Cervantes Odontoglot" ('' Odontoglossum cervantesii''), is named. Juan Diego del Castillo (d. 1793) joined Cervantes in Mexico. Del Castillo left a large sum of money towards the printing of their projected book ''Flora Mexicana''. Cervantes named the genus ''Castilla'', consisting of three large latex yielding trees, after him.M.J.R. Loadman, ''Tears of the Tree: The Story of Rubber –a Modern Marvel'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 25. Notes Publicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
