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Cassine Glauca
''Cassine glauca'', known as නෙරලු (neralu) in Sinhala, is a species of large tree in the staff vine family, Celastraceae, its natural range extends through the Indo-Malayan region in subtropical mixed deciduous and evergreen forests. External links * http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31165 * http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2704283 * http://opendata.keystone-foundation.org/cassine-glauca-rottb-kuntze Cassine (plant), glauca Flora of Sri Lanka {{Celastraceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christen Friis Rottbøll
Christen Friis Rottbøll (3 March 1727, at Hørbygård, Denmark – 15 June 1797, in Copenhagen) was a Danish physician and botanist: He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus. Early life Rottbøll was born on the Hørbygaard estate at Holbæk, the son of Christen Michelsen Rottbøll (died 1729) and Margrethe Cathrine Friis. His father was the manager of the estate but died in 1729. His mother was married second time to manager of Hagestedgaard Ole Nielsen Faxøe. Education and career Rottbøll studied at the University of Copenhagen, first theology, then medicine, in which he took his doctorate degree in 1755 (''De morbis deuteropathicis seu Sympathier''). He then travelled abroad 1757–1761 to further his studies of medicine, and to study chemistry and botany – the latter subject at Uppsala University with Linnaeus. From 1761, he was executive at the Botanic Garden in Copenhagen, and succeeded Georg Christian Oeder as its director in 1770. He was appointed professor at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Kuntze
Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist. Biography Otto Kuntze was born in Leipzig. An apothecary in his early career, he published an essay entitled ''Pocket Fauna of Leipzig''. Between 1863 and 1866 he worked as tradesman in Berlin and traveled through central Europe and Italy. From 1868 to 1873 he had his own factory for essential oils and attained a comfortable standard of living. Between 1874 and 1876, he traveled around the world: the Caribbean, United States, Japan, China, South East Asia, Arabian peninsula and Egypt. The journal of these travels was published as "Around the World" (1881). From 1876 to 1878 he studied Natural Science in Berlin and Leipzig and gained his doctorate in Freiburg with a monography of the genus '' Cinchona''. He edited the botanical collection from his world voyage encompassing 7,700 specimens in Berlin and Kew Gardens. The publication came as a shock to botany, since Kuntze had entirely revised taxonom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staff vines), ''Euonymus'' (the spindles) and ''Maytenus'' widespread in temperate climates, and ''Parnassia'' (bog-stars) found in alpine and arctic climates. Of the 97 currently recognized genera of the family Celastraceae, 19 are native to Madagascar and these include at least 57 currently recognized species. Six of these 19 genera ('' Brexiella'', '' Evonymopsis'', '' Hartogiopsis'', ''Polycardia'', ''Ptelidium'', and ''Salvadoropsis'') are endemic to Madagascar. Genera A complete list of the genera is: * ''Acanthothamnus'' * ''Allocassine'' * '' Anthodon'' * '' Apatophyllum'' * ''Apodostigma'' * ''Arnicratea'' * ''Bequaertia'' * '' Brassiantha'' * ''Brexia'' * '' Brexiella'' * '' Campylostemon'' * '' Canotia'' – crucifixion thorn * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassine (plant)
''Cassine'' is a genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae. Description ''Cassine'' species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone). Distribution and habitat ''Cassine'' species are distributed widely throughout the tropics, mainly in Africa. Species ''The Plant List'' recognises 68 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names): * '' Cassine aethiopica'' * '' Cassine albens'' * '' Cassine albivenosa'' * '' Cassine anjouanensis'' * '' Cassine aquifolium'' * '' Cassine australis'' ** var. ''angustifolia'' * '' Cassine balae'' * '' Cassine brachycremastra'' * '' Cassine buchananii'' * '' Cassine bupleuroides'' * '' Cassine burkeana'' * '' Cassine comorensis'' * '' Cassine confertiflora'' * '' Cassine congylos'' * '' Cassine crocea'' * '' Cassine cubensis'' * '' Cassine cunninghamii'' * '' Cassine curtipendula'' * '' Cassine ehrenbergii'' * '' Cassine elliptica'' * '' Cassine euc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
