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Catesbaea Flaviflora
''Catesbaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius. Species * ''Catesbaea ekmaniana'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea flaviflora'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea foliosa'' Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands * ''Catesbaea fuertesii'' Urb. - Dominican Republic * ''Catesbaea gamboana'' Urb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea glabra'' Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti * ''Catesbaea grayi'' Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti * ''Catesbaea holacantha'' C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea longispina'' A.Rich. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea macrantha'' C.Wright - Cuba * '' Catesbaea melanocarpa'' Urb. - tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands * '' Catesbaea microcarpa'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea nana'' Greenm. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea parviflora'' Sw. - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Keys, Baha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catesbaea Spinosa
''Catesbaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby. This source says the genus was named by Jan Frederik Gronovius, Gronovius. Species * ''Catesbaea ekmaniana'' Ignatz Urban, Urb. - Haiti * ''Catesbaea flaviflora'' Ignatz Urban, Urb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea foliosa'' Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands * ''Catesbaea fuertesii'' Ignatz Urban, Urb. - Dominican Republic * ''Catesbaea gamboana'' Ignatz Urban, Urb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea glabra'' Ignatz Urban, Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti * ''Catesbaea grayi'' August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti * ''Catesbaea holacantha'' C.Wright ex August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach, Griseb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea longispina'' Achille Richard, A.Rich. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea macrantha'' C.Wright - Cuba * ''Catesbaea melanocarpa'' Ignatz Urban, Urb. - tropical lilytho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. The archipelagic state consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean, and is located north of Cuba and northwest of the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and the Turks and Caicos Islands, southeast of the U.S. state of Florida, and east of the Florida Keys. The capital is Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau on the island of New Providence. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes The Bahamas' territory as encompassing of ocean space. The Bahama Islands were inhabited by the Lucayan people, Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-Taino language, speaking Taíno, for many centuries. Christopher Columbus was the first European to see the islands, making hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catesbaea Melanocarpa
''Catesbaea melanocarpa'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name tropical lilythorn. It is native to five Caribbean islands: Puerto Rico, St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbuda, and one island in Guadeloupe. The plant is threatened by habitat loss. This is a shrub which can reach three meters in height, its spreading branches lined with spines up to two centimeters long. Between the spines are clusters of green leaves with blades up to 2.5 centimeters long by 1.5 wide. Flowers are solitary or grow in pairs from the leaf axils. The funnel-shaped white corolla of the flower is about a centimeter long. The fruit is round and black in color.USFWSDetermination of endangered status for ''Catesbaea melanocarpa''.''Federal Register'' March 17, 1999. This plant was first discovered on Antigua. The original specimens were kept in an herbarium in Berlin until they were destroyed in a bombing during World War II. Today ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catesbaea Macrantha
''Catesbaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius. Species * ''Catesbaea ekmaniana'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea flaviflora'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea foliosa'' Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands * '' Catesbaea fuertesii'' Urb. - Dominican Republic * '' Catesbaea gamboana'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea glabra'' Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti * '' Catesbaea grayi'' Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti * '' Catesbaea holacantha'' C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea longispina'' A.Rich. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea macrantha'' C.Wright - Cuba * '' Catesbaea melanocarpa'' Urb. - tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands * '' Catesbaea microcarpa'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea nana'' Greenm. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea parviflora'' Sw. - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Key ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Richard
Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the French navy, and a member of several well-known societies of that time. He became a botanical leader, and his books remain valued for their clarity and precision. On 24 February 1834 he was made a member of the French Academy of Sciences (Botanical Section). He was also a member of the French National Academy of Medicine. He studied and described several genera of orchids that take his abbreviation in the generic name, among them '' Ludisia''. Works * 1819 ''Nouveaux Éléments de Botanique'' (New Elements of Botany), Paris. (11th Edition, 1876, available online aGallica * 182''Monographie du genre Hydrocotyle de la famille des ombellifères'' (Monograph of genus ''Hydrocotyle'' of the family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae) (available online at G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catesbaea Longispina
''Catesbaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius. Species * ''Catesbaea ekmaniana'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea flaviflora'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea foliosa'' Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands * '' Catesbaea fuertesii'' Urb. - Dominican Republic * '' Catesbaea gamboana'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea glabra'' Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti * '' Catesbaea grayi'' Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti * '' Catesbaea holacantha'' C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea longispina'' A.Rich. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea macrantha'' C.Wright - Cuba * '' Catesbaea melanocarpa'' Urb. - tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands * '' Catesbaea microcarpa'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea nana'' Greenm. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea parviflora'' Sw. - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Keys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catesbaea Holacantha
''Catesbaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius. Species * ''Catesbaea ekmaniana'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea flaviflora'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea foliosa'' Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands * '' Catesbaea fuertesii'' Urb. - Dominican Republic * '' Catesbaea gamboana'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea glabra'' Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti * '' Catesbaea grayi'' Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti * '' Catesbaea holacantha'' C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea longispina'' A.Rich. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea macrantha'' C.Wright - Cuba * '' Catesbaea melanocarpa'' Urb. - tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands * '' Catesbaea microcarpa'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea nana'' Greenm. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea parviflora'' Sw. - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Keys, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach
August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botanist and phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879. Biography Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the cloister-school at Ilfeld, and the University of Göttingen. He graduated in medicine from the University of Berlin in 1836. He undertook expeditions to Provence, Turkey, the Balkans, and Norway. In 1837 he became associate professor and in 1847 full professor at the medical faculty in Göttingen and was named director of the botanical garden there in 1875. While his main fields of interest were phytogeography and systematics, especially the Gentianaceae and Malpighiaceae, he considered his ''Flora of the British West Indian Islands'' his most important work. Much of his collection, especially the types of species described by him, are housed at the Göttingen University Herbarium. His taxonomic classification is set out in his ''Grundriss der systematischen Botani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catesbaea Grayi
''Catesbaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius. Species * ''Catesbaea ekmaniana'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea flaviflora'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea foliosa'' Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands * '' Catesbaea fuertesii'' Urb. - Dominican Republic * '' Catesbaea gamboana'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea glabra'' Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti * '' Catesbaea grayi'' Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti * ''Catesbaea holacantha'' C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea longispina'' A.Rich. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea macrantha'' C.Wright - Cuba * '' Catesbaea melanocarpa'' Urb. - tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands * '' Catesbaea microcarpa'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea nana'' Greenm. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea parviflora'' Sw. - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Keys, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catesbaea Glabra
''Catesbaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius. Species * ''Catesbaea ekmaniana'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea flaviflora'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea foliosa'' Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands * '' Catesbaea fuertesii'' Urb. - Dominican Republic * '' Catesbaea gamboana'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea glabra'' Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti * ''Catesbaea grayi'' Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti * ''Catesbaea holacantha'' C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea longispina'' A.Rich. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea macrantha'' C.Wright - Cuba * '' Catesbaea melanocarpa'' Urb. - tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands * '' Catesbaea microcarpa'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea nana'' Greenm. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea parviflora'' Sw. - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Keys, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catesbaea Gamboana
''Catesbaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It occurs in the West Indies, The Bahamas, and the Florida Keys. The genus is named in honour of English naturalist Mark Catesby. This source says the genus was named by Gronovius. Species * ''Catesbaea ekmaniana'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea flaviflora'' Urb. - Cuba * '' Catesbaea foliosa'' Millsp. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands * '' Catesbaea fuertesii'' Urb. - Dominican Republic * '' Catesbaea gamboana'' Urb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea glabra'' Urb. - Dominican Republic, Haiti * ''Catesbaea grayi'' Griseb. - Cuba, Haiti * ''Catesbaea holacantha'' C.Wright ex Griseb. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea longispina'' A.Rich. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea macrantha'' C.Wright - Cuba * '' Catesbaea melanocarpa'' Urb. - tropical lilythorn - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands * '' Catesbaea microcarpa'' Urb. - Haiti * '' Catesbaea nana'' Greenm. - Cuba * ''Catesbaea parviflora'' Sw. - smallflower lilythorn or dune lilythorn - Florida Keys, Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
