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Conospermum
''Conospermum'' is a genus of about 50 species in the family Proteaceae that are endemic to Australia. Members of the genus are known as smokebushes - from a distance, their wispy heads of blue or grey flowers resemble puffs of smoke. They have an unusual pollination method that sometimes leads to the death of visiting insects. They are found in all Australian states, though most occur only in Western Australia. Smokebushes are rarely cultivated, though the flowers of several Western Australian species are harvested for the cut flower industry. Description ''Conospermum'' species are shrubs or small trees ranging in height from to . The leaves are usually simple, linear or egg-shaped and have margins without teeth. The flowers have both male and female parts, are arranged in heads or spikes of a few to many flowers and are white pink, blue, grey or cream-coloured. The fruit is a small nut usually with a fringe of hairs at its base. Taxonomy and naming The genus was first form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conospermum Undulatum
''Conospermum undulatum'' is a shrub in the Proteaceae family, endemic to Western Australia, first described by John Lindley in 1839. The erect and compact shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between May and October producing white flowers. It is found in a small area in the hills of the Darling Range in Perth in Western Australia where it grows in sandy-clay soils. This species is listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act. References External links''Conospermum undulatum'' occurrence datafrom the Australasian Virtual Herbarium The ''Australasian Virtual Herbarium'' (AVH) is an online resource that allows access to plant specimen data held by various Australian and New Zealand herbaria. It is part of the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), and was formed by the amalgamat ... * Eudicots of Western Australia undulatum Endemic flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1839 Taxa named by John Lindley {{proteaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conospermum Longifolium
''Conospermum longifolium'', commonly known as the long leaf smokebush, is a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to eastern Australia. Found between Ulladulla, Newcastle, New South Wales and the adjacent ranges. The habitat is drier eucalyptus woodlands or heathland A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler .... Retrieved September 26, 2010. Three sub-species are recognised: * Conospermum longifolium subsp. angustifolium * Conospermum longifolium subsp. longifolium * Conospermum longifolium subsp. mediale References External links * longifolium Flora of New South Wales {{Proteaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conospermum Ericifolium
''Conospermum ericifolium'' is a slender shrub of the family Proteaceae native to eastern Australia. The habitat is drier eucalyptus woodlands or heathland. The specific epithet ''ericifolium'' refers to the similarity of the leaves to the European Heath.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 93 Mostly seen around Sydney, though scattered individuals occur as far south as Jervis Bay. Flowering occurs from late winter to spring. Surgeon John White collected this small plant in the late eighteenth century near Sydney. It first appeared in scientific literature in 1807 in Rees's Cyclopædia, authored by the prominent English botanist, James Edward Smith James Edward Smith may refer to: * James Edward Smith (botanist), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society * James Edward Smith (murderer), American murderer * James Edward Smith (politician), Canadian businessman and mayor of Toronto * .... References External links * ericifolium Flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synaphea
''Synaphea'' is a genus of small shrubs and is endemic to Western Australia. Synapheas have variably shaped leaves but consistently yellow flowers with an unusual pollination mechanism. Description Plants in the genus ''Synaphea'' are small shrubs, usually with deeply lobed ( pinnatipartite) leaves, although some have simple leaves, others pinnate leaves, and have a petiole with a sheathing base. The flowers are relatively small, bright yellow, usually unscented, and arranged in a spike in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets. The perianth is tube-shaped and zygomorphic, the tube opening in the upper third to half. As in many other members of the Proteaceae, the male anthers and female style are initially in contact and the end of the style is a pollen presenter. In synapheas (and in '' Conospermum''), the anthers and stigma are held together under tension and only separate when touched by a pollinator, ejecting the pollen. The fruit is a hard-shelled nut, but in most spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteaceae
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Proteales. Well-known genera include ''Protea'', ''Banksia'', ''Embothrium'', ''Grevillea'', ''Hakea'' and ''Macadamia''. Species such as the New South Wales waratah (''Telopea speciosissima''), king protea (''Protea cynaroides''), and various species of ''Banksia'', ''soman'', and ''Leucadendron'' are popular cut flowers. The nuts of ''Macadamia integrifolia'' are widely grown commercially and consumed, as are those of Gevuina avellana on a smaller scale. Australia and South Africa have the greatest concentrations of diversity. Etymology The name Proteaceae was adapted by Robert Brown from the name Proteae coined in 1789 for the family by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, based on the genus ''Protea'', which in 1767 Carl Linnaeus derived from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson
Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson FAA, (26 June 1925 – 1 August 1997) known as Lawrie Johnson, was an Australian taxonomic botanist. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, for the whole of his professional career, as a botanist (1948–1972), Director (1972–1985) and Honorary Research Associate (1986–1997). - originally published in ''Historical Records of Australian Science'', vol.13, no.4, 2001. Alone or in collaboration with colleagues, he distinguished and described four new families of vascular plants, 33 new genera, 286 new species (including posthumous publications), and reclassified another 395 species. Of the families he described, Rhynchocalycaceae (with B. G. Briggs, 1985) is accepted by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Hopkinsiaceae and Lyginiaceae, (which he and B. G. Briggs proposed in 2000 be carved out of Anarthriaceae), have not been accepted by the APG. Lawrie Johnson died of cancer in 1997. He received many honours and awards, including ... [...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] |
Coevolution
In biology, coevolution occurs when two or more species reciprocally affect each other's evolution through the process of natural selection. The term sometimes is used for two traits in the same species affecting each other's evolution, as well as gene-culture coevolution. Charles Darwin mentioned evolutionary interactions between flowering plants and insects in ''On the Origin of Species'' (1859). Although he did not use the word coevolution, he suggested how plants and insects could evolve through reciprocal evolutionary changes. Naturalists in the late 1800s studied other examples of how interactions among species could result in reciprocal evolutionary change. Beginning in the 1940s, plant pathologists developed breeding programs that were examples of human-induced coevolution. Development of new crop plant varieties that were resistant to some diseases favored rapid evolution in pathogen populations to overcome those plant defenses. That, in turn, required the development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camouflage
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier, and the leaf-mimic katydid's wings. A third approach, motion dazzle, confuses the observer with a conspicuous pattern, making the object visible but momentarily harder to locate, as well as making general aiming easier. The majority of camouflage methods aim for crypsis, often through a general resemblance to the background, high contrast disruptive coloration, eliminating shadow, and countershading. In the open ocean, where there is no background, the principal methods of camouflage are transparency, silvering, and countershading, while the ability to produce light is among other things used for counter-illumination on the undersides of cephalopods such as squid. Some animals, such as chameleons and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leioproctus Tomentosus
''Leioproctus'' is a genus in the plaster bee family Colletidae. Its members are primarily found in Australasia and temperate South America, and include the most common native bees in New Zealand. Species It includes the following species: *'' Leioproctus abdominalis'' (Smith, 1879) *'' Leioproctus abdominis'' Michener, 1965 *''Leioproctus abnormis'' (Cockerell, 1916) *''Leioproctus acaciae'' (Rayment, 1939) *''Leioproctus advena'' (Smith, 1862) *'' Leioproctus albopilosus'' (Rayment, 1930) *'' Leioproctus albovittatus'' (Cockerell, 1929) *''Leioproctus alienus'' (Smith, 1853) *''Leioproctus alismatis'' (Ducke, 1908) *''Leioproctus alleynae'' (Rayment, 1935) *'' Leioproctus alloeopus'' Maynard, 1991 *''Leioproctus amabilis'' (Smith, 1879) *''Leioproctus andinus'' (Herbst, 1923) *''Leioproctus antennatus'' (Smith, 1879) *''Leioproctus anthracinus'' Michener, 1989 *''Leioproctus apicalis'' (Cockerell, 1921) *''Leioproctus argentifrons'' (Smith, 1879) *''Leioproctus arnauellus'' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leioproctus Pappus
''Leioproctus'' is a genus in the plaster bee family Colletidae. Its members are primarily found in Australasia and temperate South America, and include the most common native bees in New Zealand. Species It includes the following species: *'' Leioproctus abdominalis'' (Smith, 1879) *'' Leioproctus abdominis'' Michener, 1965 *''Leioproctus abnormis'' (Cockerell, 1916) *''Leioproctus acaciae'' (Rayment, 1939) *''Leioproctus advena'' (Smith, 1862) *'' Leioproctus albopilosus'' (Rayment, 1930) *'' Leioproctus albovittatus'' (Cockerell, 1929) *''Leioproctus alienus'' (Smith, 1853) *''Leioproctus alismatis'' (Ducke, 1908) *''Leioproctus alleynae'' (Rayment, 1935) *'' Leioproctus alloeopus'' Maynard, 1991 *''Leioproctus amabilis'' (Smith, 1879) *''Leioproctus andinus'' (Herbst, 1923) *''Leioproctus antennatus'' (Smith, 1879) *''Leioproctus anthracinus'' Michener, 1989 *''Leioproctus apicalis'' (Cockerell, 1921) *''Leioproctus argentifrons'' (Smith, 1879) *''Leioproctus arnauellus'' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leioproctus Conospermi
''Leioproctus'' is a genus in the plaster bee family Colletidae. Its members are primarily found in Australasia and temperate South America, and include the most common native bees in New Zealand. Species It includes the following species: *'' Leioproctus abdominalis'' (Smith, 1879) *'' Leioproctus abdominis'' Michener, 1965 *''Leioproctus abnormis'' (Cockerell, 1916) *''Leioproctus acaciae'' (Rayment, 1939) *''Leioproctus advena'' (Smith, 1862) *'' Leioproctus albopilosus'' (Rayment, 1930) *'' Leioproctus albovittatus'' (Cockerell, 1929) *''Leioproctus alienus'' (Smith, 1853) *''Leioproctus alismatis'' (Ducke, 1908) *''Leioproctus alleynae'' (Rayment, 1935) *'' Leioproctus alloeopus'' Maynard, 1991 *''Leioproctus amabilis'' (Smith, 1879) *''Leioproctus andinus'' (Herbst, 1923) *''Leioproctus antennatus'' (Smith, 1879) *''Leioproctus anthracinus'' Michener, 1989 *''Leioproctus apicalis'' (Cockerell, 1921) *''Leioproctus argentifrons'' (Smith, 1879) *''Leioproctus arnauellus'' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
