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Ferdinand Albin Pax
Ferdinand Albin Pax (26 July 1858 – 1 March 1942) was a German botanist specializing in spermatophytes. A collaborator of Adolf Engler, he wrote several monographs and described several species of plants and animals from Silesia and the Carpathians. He was a professor at Wrocław University from 1893. His son Ferdinand Albert Pax (1885–1964) was a noted zoologist. Life and work Pax was born on 26 July 1858 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem, in what was then known as Bohemia, to Carl Ferdinand, a mine superintendent in Schatzlar, and Elisabeth Haas (died 1861). He graduated from the Kamienna Góra gymnasium and joined the University of Wrocław. He received a PhD in 1882 studying under Heinrich Göppert and moved to Kiel and habilitated in 1886 for studies on the Cyperaceae. He served as an assistant at the Botanical Garden and moved to Berlin in 1889 where he worked with Adolf Engler. In 1893 he became the chair of botany at Wrocław. He became a professor of botany and zoolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Albin Pax
Ferdinand Albin Pax (26 July 1858 – 1 March 1942) was a German botanist specializing in spermatophytes. A collaborator of Adolf Engler, he wrote several monographs and described several species of plants and animals from Silesia and the Carpathians. He was a professor at Wrocław University from 1893. His son Ferdinand Albert Pax (1885–1964) was a noted zoologist. Life and work Pax was born on 26 July 1858 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem, in what was then known as Bohemia, to Carl Ferdinand, a mine superintendent in Schatzlar, and Elisabeth Haas (died 1861). He graduated from the Kamienna Góra gymnasium and joined the University of Wrocław. He received a PhD in 1882 studying under Heinrich Göppert and moved to Kiel and habilitated in 1886 for studies on the Cyperaceae. He served as an assistant at the Botanical Garden and moved to Berlin in 1889 where he worked with Adolf Engler. In 1893 he became the chair of botany at Wrocław. He became a professor of botany and zoolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acidoton
''Acidoton'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is native to the Greater Antilles, Central America, and tropical South America.Fuentes, A.F., Miranda, T., Araujo-Murakami, A., Cayola, L. Macia, M.J. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2009). Novedades florísticas de la región Madidi, La Paz, Bolivia. Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Botánica 4: 293-313. ;Species ;Formerly included moved to other genera ''(Flueggea Jablonskia Margaritaria Meineckia Securinega ''Securinega'' is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1789. As presently conceived, the genus is native to Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. In the past, it was considered to be m ... )'' References Plukenetieae Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblingiaceae
''Emblingia'' is a monospecific plant genus containing the species ''Emblingia calceoliflora'', a herbaceous prostrate subshrub endemic to Western Australia. It has no close relatives, and is now generally placed alone in family Emblingiaceae. Description It is a perennial, herbaceous prostrate subshrub, with simple petiolate leaves with "cartilaginous" (hard and tough, resembling cartilage) margins. The irregular, solitary flowers are white, cream, yellow, green or, pink, and occur from August to November. It has a non-fleshy fruit. Taxonomy The genus and species were first published in 1861 by Ferdinand von Mueller in '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'', based on specimens collected in the Murchison region by Pemberton Walcott and Augustus Frederick Oldfield. Placement of the genus within a family has previously been considered a difficult problem; it has at various times been placed in Capparaceae, Sapindaceae, Goodeniaceae and, in the Cronquist system, Polygalaceae. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discoclaoxylon
''Discoclaoxylon'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1914. It is native to western and central Africa, including islands in the Gulf of Guinea.Barberá, P., Velayos, M. & Aedo, C. (2013). Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Phytotaxa 140: 1-25. ;Species # '' Discoclaoxylon hexandrum'' (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Uganda # '' Discoclaoxylon occidentale'' (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - São Tomé # '' Discoclaoxylon pedicellare'' (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Bioko # '' Discoclaoxylon pubescens'' (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Exell - Annobón Annobón ( es, Provincia de Annobón; pt, Ano-Bom), and formerly as ''Anno Bom'' and ''Annabona'', is a province (smallest province in both area and population) of Equatori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deuteromallotus
''Deuteromallotus'' is a Malagasy genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e .... The genus has 2 species. References Acalypheae Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crotonogynopsis
''Crotonogynopsis'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1899. It is native to tropical Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ....Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique. Kew Bulletin 66: 241-151. ;Species # '' Crotonogynopsis akeassii'' J.Léonard - Ivory Coast, Ghana # '' Crotonogynopsis usambarica'' Pax - Cameroon, Zaïre, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique References Adelieae Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conceveiba
''Conceveiba'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to South America and Central America.De S.Secco, R. (2004). Alchorneae (Euphorbiaceae) ''(Alchornea, Aparisthmium ''e'' Conceveiba).'' Flora Neotropica, Monograph 93: 1-194. ;Species # '' Conceveiba guianensis'' Aubl. - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, 3 Guianas # ''Conceveiba hostmanii'' Benth. - Guyana, Suriname, Amazonas State in Brazil # ''Conceveiba krukoffii'' Steyerm. - Venezuela, French Guiana, NW Brazil # ''Conceveiba latifolia'' Benth. - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Amazonas State in Brazil # ''Conceveiba martiana'' Baill. - Venezuela, French Guiana, NW Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia # ''Conceveiba maynasensis'' Secco - Loreto in Peru # ''Conceveiba parvifolia'' McPherson - Panama, NW Colombia # ''Conceveiba pleiostemona'' Donn.Sm. - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela # ''Conceveiba praealta'' (Croizat) Punt ex J.Murillo - NW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleistanthus
''Cleistanthus'' is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the ..., tribe Bridelieae, first described as a genus in 1848. It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands. ''Cleistanthus collinus'' is known for being toxic and may be the agent of homicides or suicides. ;Species References * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q5131114 Cleistanthus, Phyllanthaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cladogynos Orientalis
''Cladogynos'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1841. It contains only one known species, ''Cladogynos orientalis'', native to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines) and southern China (Guangxi Province Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ( ...).Chayamarit, K. & Van Welzen, P.C. (2005). Euphorbiaceae (Genera A-F). Flora of Thailand 8(1): 1-303. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok. References Epiprineae Monotypic Euphorbiaceae genera Flora of Asia {{Euphorbiaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chonocentrum
''Chonocentrum'' is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae described as a genus in 1922. It contains only known species, ''Chonocentrum cyathophorum'', native to the State of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil. The genus is still not well understood; W. John Hayden has observed that the plant seems have been collected just once, in upper Rio Negro of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ... in the 1850s, and suggests that it has been misplaced taxonomically.Hayden, W. J., & S. M. Hayden. 2000. Relationships of ''Chonocentrum'' (Euphorbiaceae). Virginia Academy of Science Meeting, Radford University, Radford, VA. Virginia Journal of Science 51: 95. References Phyllanthaceae Monotypic Malpighiales genera Flora of Brazil Phyllanthaceae genera {{Phyllant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cephalocrotonopsis
''Cephalocrotonopsis'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910. It contains only one known species, ''Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus'', endemic to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and sha ....Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The species is listed as vulnerable. References Epiprineae Endemic flora of Socotra Monotypic Euphorbiaceae genera Vulnerable plants Taxa named by Isaac Bayley Balfour Taxa named by Ferdinand Albin Pax Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN [Baidu] |
Blachia (plant)
''Blachia'' is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, and the Indian Subcontinent. ;Species ;Formerly included moved to other genera: ''Strophioblachia'', ''Trigonostemon ''Trigonostemon'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of its tribe (Trigonostemoneae). It was first described as a genus in 1826.Strophioblachia fimbricalyx'' # ''Blachia viridissima - Trigonostemon viridissimus'' Gallery [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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