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Georg Volkens
Georg Ludwig August Volkens (13 July 1855 – 10 January 1917) was a German botanist born in Berlin. He studied natural sciences at the Universities of University of Berlin, Berlin and University of Würzburg, Würzburg, graduating in 1882 with the thesis ''Ueber Wasserausscheidung in liquider Form an den Blaettern hoeherer Pflanzen''. As a student he was influenced by Alexander Braun (1805–1877), Julius von Sachs (1832–1897) and Simon Schwendener (1829–1919). In 1884-85 he conducted botanical research in Egypt on behalf of the ''Königlich-Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften''. In 1887 he obtained his habilitation, followed by work as an assistant to Adolf Engler (1844–1930) at the Botanical Museum in Berlin. Later he journeyed to East Africa, where he performed phytogeography, phytogeographical studies at Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as conducting investigations on the regions' resources from an economic standpoint. On the expedition he collected numerous plant specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acta Horti Berg
Acta or ACTA may refer to: Institutions * Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, an intellectual property trade agreement * Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments, a standards organization for terminal equipment such as registered jacks * Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, in southern California * American Council of Trustees and Alumni, an education organization * Atlantic County Transportation Authority, a transportation agency in Atlantic County, New Jersey * Australian Community Television Alliance, an industry association representing community television licensees in Australia Science and technology * Acta, the transactions (proceedings) of an academic field, a learned society, or an academic conference * Acta (software), early outliner software * Activin A, mammalian protein * ACTA1, actin alpha 1 (skeletal muscle), human protein * ACTA2, actin alpha 2 (smooth muscle), human protein * Actin assembly-inducing protein, motility protein in the bacterium ''Listeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens
The Bogor Botanical Gardens ( id, Kebun Raya Bogor) is a botanical garden located in Bogor, Indonesia, 60 km south of central Jakarta. It is currently operated by Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Indonesian: ''Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia'' or LIPI). The garden is located in the city center and adjoin the presidential palace compound of Istana Bogor. It covers an area of and contains 13,983 different kinds of trees and plants of various origin. The geographic position of Bogor means it rains almost daily, even in the dry season. This makes the garden an advantageous location for the cultivation of tropical plants. Founded in 1817 by the order of the government of the Dutch East Indies, the garden thrived under the leadership of many renowned botanists including Johannes Elias Teijsmann, Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer, and Melchior Treub. Since its foundation, the Bogor botanical garden has served as a major research center for agriculture and horticulture. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
