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Camille Torrend
Camille Torrend (1875-1961) was a Portuguese clergyman and mycologist. He was active in France, Portugal, Ireland and Brazil. He was a professor of botany and phytopathology at the Imperial Agricultural School of Bahia. Torrend described the fungi genera of; '' Amauroderma aurantiacum'', '' Adustomyces'', and ''Lignosus''. The fungal genera of ''Torrendia'' (the family Amanitaceae) and '' Torrendiella'' (in the family Sclerotiniaceae) were both named after him. Works * 1908. ''Les myxomycètes. Étude des espèces connues jusqu’ici''. Broteria 7: 5–177, tab., fig. * 1909. ''Notes de mycologie Portugaise. Résultats d’une excursion à la propriété royale de Villa Viçosa''. Boletim de Sociedade Portuquesa de Ciencias Naturais 3: 3-7 * 1912. ''Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa)''. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 10: 192-210 * 1913. ''Troisième contribution pour l’étude des champignons de l’île de Madère''. Brotéria Ser. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, Edible mushroom, food, and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as poison, toxicity or fungal infection, infection. A biologist specializing in mycology is called a mycologist. Mycology branches into the field of phytopathology, the study of plant diseases, and the two disciplines remain closely related because the vast majority of plant pathogens are fungi. Overview Historically, mycology was a branch of botany because, although fungi are evolutionarily more closely related to animals than to plants, this was not recognized until a few decades ago. Pioneer mycologists included Elias Magnus Fries, Christian Hendrik Persoon, Anton de Bary, Elizabeth Eaton Morse, and Lewis David von Schweinitz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista. A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the ''Eumycota'' (''t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Biologists
Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portuguese man o' war, a dangerous marine cnidarian that resembles an 18th-century armed sailing ship ** Portuguese people, an ethnic group See also * * ''Sonnets from the Portuguese ''Sonnets from the Portuguese'', written ca. 1845–1846 and published first in 1850, is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection was acclaimed and popular during the poet's lifetime and it remain ...'' * " A Portuguesa", the national anthem of Portugal * Lusofonia * Lusitania * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Mycologists
Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portuguese man o' war, a dangerous marine cnidarian that resembles an 18th-century armed sailing ship ** Portuguese people, an ethnic group See also * * ''Sonnets from the Portuguese'' * "A Portuguesa", the national anthem of Portugal * Lusofonia * Lusitania Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Curt Brade
Alexander Curt Brade (1881–1971) was a German botanist who specialized in the study of the orchids and ferns of Brazil and Costa Rica. Born on 19 June 1881 at Forst (Lausitz), Brade studied architecture at Görlitz in Silesia, but became increasingly interested in botany. After working for several years in Germany as an architect and construction engineer, he accepted an invitation to join his brother Alfred, who lived in San Jose, Costa Rica, and owned a horticultural business in Europe. Arriving at Puerto Limon in January 1908, Brade embarked on plant hunting expeditions along the Atlantic coast. Over the next two and a half years, he collected about 500 plant species, however much of his collection was to be destroyed in the bombing of the Berlin-Dahlem Museum in World War II before it was classified. Not wishing to return to Germany and its cold winters, Brade joined another relative in Brazil in 1910, where he again worked in construction, botanizing in his spare time. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microlicia
''Microlicia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, sh ..., native to northern South America, particularly Brazil. They tend to be subshrubs. Species Currently accepted species include: *'' Microlicia agrestis'' Cogn. *'' Microlicia amblysepala'' Ule *'' Microlicia amplexicaulis'' Cogn. *'' Microlicia arenariifolia'' DC. *'' Microlicia aurea'' Wurdack *'' Microlicia avicularis'' Mart. ex Naudin *'' Microlicia baccharoides'' Mart. ex Naudin *'' Microlicia bahiensis'' Markgr. *'' Microlicia balsamifera'' Mart. *'' Microlicia baumgratziana'' A.B.Martins & Koschn. *'' Microlicia benthamiana'' Triana *'' Microlicia blanchetiana'' Cogn. *'' Microlicia canastrensis'' Naudin *'' Microlicia candolleana'' R.Romero & Versian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees. Description The leaves of melastomes are somewhat distinctive, being opposite, decussate, and usually with 3-7 longitudinal veins arising either from the base of the blade, plinerved (inner veins diverging above base of blade), or pinnately nerved with three or more pairs of primary veins diverging from the mid-vein at successive points above the base. Flowers are perfect, and borne either singly or in terminal or axillary, paniculate cymes. Ecology A number of melastomes are regarded as invasive species once naturalized in tropical and subtropical environments outside their normal range. Examples are Koster's curse (''Clidemia hirta''), '' Pleroma semidecandrum'' and ''Miconia calvescens'', but many other specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakeridesia
''Bakeridesia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. Its native range is Mexico to Venezuela, Eastern Brazil. Species: *'' Bakeridesia amoena'' *''Bakeridesia bakeriana'' *'' Bakeridesia chittendenii'' *'' Bakeridesia esculenta'' *'' Bakeridesia exalata'' *''Bakeridesia ferruginea'' *'' Bakeridesia gaumeri'' *'' Bakeridesia gloriosa'' *''Bakeridesia guerrerensis'' *''Bakeridesia huastecana'' *''Bakeridesia integerrima'' *''Bakeridesia jaliscana'' *''Bakeridesia molinae'' *''Bakeridesia nelsonii'' *''Bakeridesia notolophium'' *''Bakeridesia parvifolia'' *''Bakeridesia pittieri'' *''Bakeridesia vulcanicola'' *''Bakeridesia yucatana ''Bakeridesia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. Its native range is Mexico to Venezuela, Eastern Brazil. Species: *'' Bakeridesia amoena'' *'' Bakeridesia bakeriana'' *'' Bakeridesia chittendenii'' *'' Bak ...'' *'' Bakeridesia zapoteca'' References {{Taxon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ornamentals, such as ''Alcea'' (hollyhock), ''Malva'' (mallow), and ''Tilia'' (lime or linden tree). The largest genera in terms of number of species include ''Hibiscus'' (300 species), ''Sterculia'' (250 species), ''Dombeya'' (250 species), '' Pavonia'' (200 species) and '' Sida'' (200 species). Taxonomy and nomenclature The circumscription of the Malvaceae is controversial. The traditional Malvaceae '' sensu stricto'' comprise a very homogeneous and cladistically monophyletic group. Another major circumscription, Malvaceae ''sensu lato'', has been more recently defined on the basis that genetics studies have shown the commonly recognised families Bombacaceae, Tiliaceae, and Sterculiaceae, which have always been considered closely allie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Agricultural School Of Bahia
The Imperial School of Agricultural of Bahia (''Imperial Escola Agrícola da Bahia'') is a former agricultural school in São Francisco do Conde, Bahia, Brazil. It opened in 1875 as one of three agriculture schools founded under the direction of Dom Pedro II in the Northeast region of Brazil. The school became, in succession, the Agricultural Institute of Bahia (''Instituto Agrícola da Bahia'') in 1904; the Theoretical-Practical Middle School of Agriculture of Bahia (''Escola Média-Teórico-Prática de Agricultura da Bahia'') in 1911; the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (''Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinária'') in 1916; the Agriculture School of Bahia (''Escola Agrícola da Bahia'') in 1919. The building was completely abandoned by 1958, but the property was transferred to the School of Agriculture of the Federal University of Bahia The Federal University of Bahia ( pt, Universidade Federal da Bahia, UFBA) is a public university located mainl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
