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Cuphea Oreophila
''Cuphea oreophila'' also known as the sacred flower of the Andes is a ''Lythraceae'' perennial plant that grows into a small bush. Native to Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas, it was first described by Townshend Stith Brandegee, TS Brandegee and Rimo Bacigalupi in 1933. Description ''Cuphea oreophila'' has strongly veined lime-green leaves long and wide and narrow bright red trumpet-shaped flowers long.Martin Grantham"Cupheas at Strybing Arboretum" ''Pacific Horticulture'', October 2002.Cuphea orophila Annie's Annuals and Perennials, retrieved 2019-01-01. It grows to a maximum height of in the wild but usually tall and wide in cultivation. It has unusually large leaflike appendages.Shirley A. Graham [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townshend Stith Brandegee
Townshend Stith Brandegee (February 16, 1843 – April 7, 1925) was an American botanist. He was an authority on the flora of Baja California and the Channel Islands of California, Channel Islands of California. Early life Brandegee was born on February 16, 1843, in Berlin, Connecticut. From 1862 to 1864 he served in the Connecticut Artillery and later decided to become an engineer. He got his degree in engineering from Sheffield Scientific School but then pursued botany after he participated at some classes with Daniel Cady Eaton in Yale University. When he graduated from there, he became a county surveyor and city engineer at Canon City, Colorado where in free time he also collected certain species of plants. He was accustomed with John H. Redfield and Asa Gray the later of which suggested him to join Ferdinand V. Hayden's expedition to southwest Colorado and Utah where he will use his surveyor skills as well as botanical. He was hired as a railroad surveyor in both Arkansas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |