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Gleichenia Abscida
''Gleichenia abscida'', commonly known as dwarf coral fern, is an uncommon alpine fern found in southwestern Tasmania. Described by English born dentist and botanist Leonard Rodway, that which distinguishes ''G. abscida'' the most from all other species of ''Gleichenia ''Gleichenia'' is a genus of ferns. Its closest relative is the genus ''Stromatopteris'', restricted to New Caledonia. Species include: * '' Gleichenia abscida'' Rodway * ''Gleichenia alpina ''Gleichenia alpina'', commonly known as alpine cor ...'' is its frond. While each other species of ''Gleichenia'' have a repetitively branching frond, ''G. abscida'''s frond consists of just two blades, with the apical axil between these two blades lacking meristematic tissue. Morphology Multiple stipes (25–40), 9–46 cm long, with fronds up to 65 cm in length, arise from long creeping rhizomes 2.5–3.5 mm in diameter. Scaly rounded pinnules 1–2 mm across, with flat adaxial surfaces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Rodway
Leonard Rodway (5 October 1853 – 9 March 1936) was an English-born Australian dentist and botanist. Early life Rodway was born in Torquay Devon, England, the thirteenth child of Henry Barron Rodway, a dentist and inventor of the Rodway life buoy, and his wife Elizabeth, ''née'' Allin. Leonard Rodway was educated in Birmingham and aboard the Thames Nautical Training College ship, ''Worcester'', obtaining double first-class certificates. He served for three years as a midshipman in the merchant service, but decided to follow his father into dentistry. He obtained the licentiateship of the Royal College of Surgeons, London in 1878.Elias, A. (1988). Rodway, Leonard (1853–1936). ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 11 MUP, p 436-437, 1988. Career Rodway emigrated to Australia and settled in Hobart, Tasmania. Rodway was registered under the first Tasmanian Dental Act 1884, but is mainly remembered for his interest in botany. In 1896 he was appointed honorary go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Tasmania , established_title2 = Federation , established_date2 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Abel Tasman , demonym = , capital = Hobart , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center = 29 local government areas , admin_center_type = Administration , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleichenia
''Gleichenia'' is a genus of ferns. Its closest relative is the genus ''Stromatopteris'', restricted to New Caledonia. Species include: * ''Gleichenia abscida'' Rodway * ''Gleichenia alpina'' R.Br. * ''Gleichenia cryptocarpa'' * ''Gleichenia dicarpa'' R.Br. – Pouched coral fern, tangle fern * ''Gleichenia mendellii'' (G.Schneid.) S.B.Andrews * ''Gleichenia microphylla'' R.Br. – Scrambling coral fern, parasol fern, umbrella fern * ''Gleichenia polypodioides'' (L.) Sm. * ''Gleichenia quadripartita'' * ''Gleichenia rupestris'' R.Br. * ''Gleichenia squamulosa ''Gleichenia squamulosa'' known locally as yerba loza, palmita and huadahue, is a fern endemic to Chile with a natural distribution ranging from Maule Region (~35° S) in the north to Aysén Region (~47° S) in the south including the Juan Ferná ...'' References External linksSmith's original description of the genus online at Project Gutenberg Fern genera {{Polypodiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meristematic Tissue
The meristem is a type of biological tissue, tissue found in plants. It consists of undifferentiated cells (meristematic cells) capable of mitosis, cell division. Cells in the meristem can develop into all the other tissues and organs that occur in plants. These cells continue to divide until a time when they get differentiated and then lose the ability to divide. Cellular differentiation, Differentiated plant cells generally cannot divide or produce cells of a different type. Meristematic cells are undifferentiated or incompletely differentiated. They are cell potency, totipotent and capable of continued Mitosis, cell division. Division of meristematic cells provides new cells for expansion and differentiation of tissues and the initiation of new organs, providing the basic structure of the plant body. The cells are small, with no or small vacuoles and protoplasm fills the cell completely. The plastids (chloroplasts or chromoplasts), are undifferentiated, but are present in rudime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleichenia Abscida Growing Amongst Alpine Scrub North Of Federation Peak
''Gleichenia'' is a genus of ferns. Its closest relative is the genus ''Stromatopteris'', restricted to New Caledonia. Species include: * ''Gleichenia abscida'' Rodway * ''Gleichenia alpina'' R.Br. * ''Gleichenia cryptocarpa'' * ''Gleichenia dicarpa'' R.Br. – Pouched coral fern, tangle fern * ''Gleichenia mendellii'' (G.Schneid.) S.B.Andrews * ''Gleichenia microphylla'' R.Br. – Scrambling coral fern, parasol fern, umbrella fern * ''Gleichenia polypodioides'' (L.) Sm. * ''Gleichenia quadripartita'' * ''Gleichenia rupestris'' R.Br. * ''Gleichenia squamulosa ''Gleichenia squamulosa'' known locally as yerba loza, palmita and huadahue, is a fern endemic to Chile with a natural distribution ranging from Maule Region (~35° S) in the north to Aysén Region (~47° S) in the south including the Juan Ferná ...'' References External linksSmith's original description of the genus online at Project Gutenberg Fern genera {{Polypodiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Tasmania
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
