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Gunniopsis Rodwayi
''Gunniopsis rodwayi'' is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. The annual herb can have an erect or prostrate habit typically growing to a height of . It blooms between August and December producing white flowers. It is found around salt lakes and other saline areas and was a scattered distribution throughout the Mid West, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, loamy or clay soils. The species was first formally as ''Aizoon rodwayi'' by the botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ... Alfred James Ewart in 1908 in his work ''Contributions to the Flora of Australia'' as recorded in ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria''. Gardner reclassified it into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred James Ewart
Alfred James Ewart, FRS (12 February 1872 – 12 September 1937) was an English-Australian botanist. Early life and education Ewart was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, second son of Edmund Brown Ewart, B.A. and his wife, Martha ''née'' Williams. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute and University College, Liverpool, then graduated with a Ph.D. from Leipzig University and D.Sc. from Oxford. Career Ewart was a demonstrator of botany at Liverpool, and subsequently Science Master at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and lecturer on botany at Birmingham University, where he was for a time deputy professor. In 1905 Ewart was appointed Professor of Botany at the University of Melbourne. He had already completed a laborious and useful piece of work, his translation of Wilhelm Pfeffer's treatise on ''The Physiology of Plants'', the first volume of which was published in 1900, the second in 1903, and the third in 1906. He had also published ''First Stage Botany'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |