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Gyrocarpus
''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. Species * ''Gyrocarpus americanus'' Jacq. (Pantropical A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers Tropics, tropical regions of both hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and ''Bacopa''. ''Neotropical'' is a zoogeogra ...) * '' Gyrocarpus angustifolius'' (Verdc.) Thulin (Africa) * '' Gyrocarpus hababensis'' Chiov. (Africa) * '' Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius'' Domin (Central and North America) * '' Gyrocarpus mocinnoi'' Espejo (Mexico) References * Hernandiaceae Pantropical flora {{Laurales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyrocarpus Americanus
''Gyrocarpus americanus'' is a flowering plant in the ''Hernandiaceae'' family, with a wide pantropical distribution. Its common names include the helicopter tree, propeller tree, whirly whirly tree, stinkwood or shitwood. Description ''Gyrocarpus americanus'' is a slender, deciduous tree with smooth, grey bark. The tree grows to about 12 m in height. The leaves are spirally arranged, crowded near the ends of the branches, and grow up to 150 × 120 mm in size. They are ovate, often 3-lobed, dark green above, paler and greyer below, with velvety surfaces, 3-veined from the base. The veins are yellowish. The cream to yellowish-green flowers grow in compact heads and have an unpleasant smell. The fruit is a woody nut with two long thin wings that help in wind dispersal. The winged fruit and the smell of the flowers have given the tree its various common names. Taxonomy Subspecies * ''G. a. africanus'' Kubitzki (Africa) * ''G. a. americanus'' Jacq. ( East Africa, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyrocarpus Angustifolius
''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. Species * ''Gyrocarpus americanus'' Jacq. (Pantropical A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers Tropics, tropical regions of both hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and ''Bacopa''. ''Neotropical'' is a zoogeogra ...) * '' Gyrocarpus angustifolius'' (Verdc.) Thulin (Africa) * '' Gyrocarpus hababensis'' Chiov. (Africa) * '' Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius'' Domin (Central and North America) * '' Gyrocarpus mocinnoi'' Espejo (Mexico) References * Hernandiaceae Pantropical flora {{Laurales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyrocarpus Hababensis
''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. Species * ''Gyrocarpus americanus'' Jacq. (Pantropical) * ''Gyrocarpus angustifolius ''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. Species * ''Gyrocarpus americanus'' Jacq. (Pantropical A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers Tropics ...'' (Verdc.) Thulin (Africa) * '' Gyrocarpus hababensis'' Chiov. (Africa) * '' Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius'' Domin (Central and North America) * '' Gyrocarpus mocinnoi'' Espejo (Mexico) References * Hernandiaceae Pantropical flora {{Laurales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyrocarpus Jatrophifolius
''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. Species * ''Gyrocarpus americanus'' Jacq. (Pantropical) * ''Gyrocarpus angustifolius'' (Verdc.) Thulin (Africa) * ''Gyrocarpus hababensis ''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. Species * ''Gyrocarpus americanus'' Jacq. (Pantropical) * ''Gyrocarpus angustifolius ''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of flow ...'' Chiov. (Africa) * '' Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius'' Domin (Central and North America) * '' Gyrocarpus mocinnoi'' Espejo (Mexico) References * Hernandiaceae Pantropical flora {{Laurales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyrocarpus Mocinnoi
''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. Species * ''Gyrocarpus americanus'' Jacq. (Pantropical) * ''Gyrocarpus angustifolius'' (Verdc.) Thulin (Africa) * ''Gyrocarpus hababensis'' Chiov. (Africa) * ''Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius ''Gyrocarpus'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. Species * ''Gyrocarpus americanus'' Jacq. (Pantropical) * ''Gyrocarpus angustifolius'' (Verdc.) Thulin (Africa) * ''Gyrocarpus ...'' Domin (Central and North America) * '' Gyrocarpus mocinnoi'' Espejo (Mexico) References * Hernandiaceae Pantropical flora {{Laurales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernandiaceae
The Hernandiaceae are a family of flowering plants (angiosperms) in the order Laurales. Consisting of five genera with about 58 known species, they are distributed over the world's tropical areas, some of them widely distributed in coastal areas, but they occur from sea level to over 2000 m. The family is closely related to the Lauraceae, and many species inhabit laurel forest habitat; they have laurel-like (lauroid) leaves. Based on morphology, chromosome numbers, geographical distribution, and phylogenetic analyses, the family is clearly divided into two groups that have been given the rank of subfamilies Gyrocarpoideae and Hernandioideae. Overview The Hernandiaceae are important components of tropical forests, ranging from low-lying to montane forests. In general, there is a worldwide lack of knowledge about the family; little is yet known about its diversity. At a national level, in some countries with limited economic means, the majority of specimens are poorly determined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Roxburgh
William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE Linnean Society of London, FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish people, Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany. He published numerous works on Indian botany, illustrated by careful drawings made by Indian artists and accompanied by taxonomic descriptions of many plant species. Apart from the numerous species that he named, many species were named in his honour by his collaborators. Early life He was born on 3 June 1751 on the Underwood estate near Craigie, South Ayrshire, Craigie in Ayrshire and christened on 29 June 1751 at the nearby church at Symington, South Ayrshire, Symington. His father may have worked in the Underwood estate or he may have been the illegitimate son of a well-connected family. His early education was at Underwood parish school perhaps also with some time at Symington parish school, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaus Joseph Von Jacquin
Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to Paris and afterward to Vienna. In 1752, he studied under Gerard van Swieten in Vienna. Between 1755 and 1759, Jacquin was sent to the West Indies, Central America, Venezuela and New Granada by Francis I to collect plants for the Schönbrunn Palace, and amassed a large collection of animal, plant and mineral samples. In 1797, Alexander von Humboldt profited from studying these collections and conversing with Jacquin in preparation of his own journey to the Americas. In 1763, Jacquin became professor of chemistry and mineralogy at the Bergakademie Schemnitz (now Banská Štiavnica in Slovakia). In 1768, he was appointed Professor of Botany and Chemistry and became director of the botanical gardens of the University of Vienna. For his work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants that produce their seeds enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Like gymnosperms, angiosperms are seed-producing plants. They are distinguished from gymnosperms by characteristics including flowers, endosperm within their seeds, and the production of fruits that contain the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ancestor of all living gymnosperms before the end of the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. The closest fossil relatives of flowering plants are uncertain and contentious. The earliest angiosperm fossils ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantropical
A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers Tropics, tropical regions of both hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and ''Bacopa''. ''Neotropical'' is a zoogeographic term that covers a large part of the Americas, roughly from Mexico and the Caribbean southwards (including cold regions in southernmost South America). ''Palaeotropical'' refers to geographical occurrence. For a distribution to be palaeotropical a taxon must occur in tropical regions in the Old World. According to Armen Takhtajan, Takhtajan (1978), the following families have a pantropical distribution: Annonaceae, Hernandiaceae, Lauraceae, Piperaceae, Urticaceae, Dilleniaceae, Tetrameristaceae, Passifloraceae, Bombacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Myrtaceae, Anacardiaceae, Sapindaceae, Malpighiaceae, Proteaceae, Bignoniaceae, Orchidaceae and Arecaceae.Takhtajan, A. (1986). ''Floristic Regions of the World''. (translated by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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