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Grossera Angustifolia
''Grossera'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1903. It is native to Madagascar and to mainland tropical Africa. It is dioecious. ;Species # '' Grossera angustifolia'' Barbera&Riina - Equatorial Guinea # '' Grossera elongata'' Hutch. - Príncipe # '' Grossera glomeratospicata'' J.Léonard - East Congo # '' Grossera macrantha'' Pax - East Congo, West Congo, Cameroon, Central African Rep. # '' Grossera major'' Pax - Cameroon # ''Grossera multinervis'' J.Léonard - East Congo, São Tomé # '' Grossera paniculata'' Pax - West Congo, Cameroon, Gabon # '' Grossera perrieri'' Leandri - Madagascar # '' Grossera vignei'' Hoyle - Ivory Coast, Ghana, West Congo ;formerly included moved to ''Cavacoa'' # ''G. aurea - Cavacoa aurea'' # ''G. baldwinii - Cavacoa baldwinii'' # ''G. quintasii - Cavacoa quintasii ''Cavacoa'' is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955. All the species are native t ... [...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] |
