Escallonia Pulverulenta

	Escallonia Pulverulenta ''Escallonia pulverulenta'' is an evergreen shrub native to the coastal and inner valleys of central Chile, from above sea level. References External links {{Taxonbar, from=Q17398613 pulverulenta Flora of Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hipólito Ruiz López Hipólito Ruiz López (August 8, 1754 in Belorado, Burgos, Spain – 1816 in Madrid), or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788. During the reign of Carlos III, three major botanical expeditions were sent to the New World; Ruiz and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez were the botanists for the first of these expeditions, to Peru and Chile. Background After studying Latin with an uncle who was a priest, at the age of 14 Ruiz López went to Madrid to study logic, physics, chemistry and pharmacology. He also studied botany at the Migas Calientes Botanical Gardens (now the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid), under the supervision of Casimiro Gómez Ortega (1741–1818) and Antonio Palau Verdera (1734–1793). Ruiz had not yet completed his pharmacology studies when he was named the head botanist of the expedition. The French physician Joseph Dombey was named as his assistant, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	José Antonio Pavón Jiménez José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón (April 22, 1754 in Casatejada, Cáceres, Spain – 1840 in Madrid) was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of Peru and Chile. During the reign of Charles III of Spain, three major botanical expeditions were sent to the New World; Pavón and Hipólito Ruiz López were the botanists for the first of these expeditions, to Peru and Chile from 1777 to 1788. The standard author abbreviation Ruiz & Pav. is used to indicate Pavón and his colleague Ruiz as joint authors when citing a botanical name. The genus '' Pavonia'' was named in his honor by his contemporary, Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles — plants with the specific epithet of ''pavonii'' also commemorate his name. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immigrant Pomeranian father and Dutch mother. His mother died soon after he was born; at the age of thirteen his father (who died a year later) sent him to Europe for his education. Education Initially studying theology at Halle, at age 22 (in 1784) Persoon switched to medicine at Leiden and Göttingen. He received a doctorate from the "Kaiserlich-Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher" in 1799. Later years He moved to Paris in 1802, where he spent the rest of his life, renting an upper floor of a house in a poor part of town. He was apparently unemployed, unmarried, poverty-stricken and a recluse, although he corresponded with botanists throughout Europe. Because of his financial difficulties, Persoon agreed to dona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Escallonia ''Escallonia'' is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Escalloniaceae. They are native to North and South America. Taxonomy Currently valid species in ''Escallonia'' are: * '' Escallonia alpina'' * '' Escallonia angustifolia'' * '' Escallonia bifida'' * '' Escallonia callcottiae'' * '' Escallonia chlorophylla'' * '' Escallonia cordobensis'' * '' Escallonia discolor'' * '' Escallonia farinacea'' * '' Escallonia florida'' * '' Escallonia gayana'' * '' Escallonia herrerae'' * '' Escallonia hispida'' * '' Escallonia hypoglauca'' * '' Escallonia illinita'' * '' Escallonia laevis'' * '' Escallonia ledifolia'' * '' Escallonia leucantha'' * '' Escallonia megapotamica'' * '' Escallonia micrantha'' * '' Escallonia millegrana'' * '' Escallonia myrtilloides'' * '' Escallonia myrtoidea'' * '' Escallonia obtusissima'' * '' Escallonia paniculata'' * '' Escallonia pendula'' * '' Escallonia petrophila'' * '' Escallonia piurensis'' * '' Escallonia polifolia'' * '' Escallonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]