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Gastrolobium Formosum
''Gastrolobium formosum'' is a small, trailing shrub, with red flowers, in the pea family (Fabaceae), which grows up to a metre high, on clays and loam in swamps and along river banks. The inflorescence consists of head of four unstalked flowers which is sheathed by a whorl of large bracts, with the flower petals being obscured by the lower calyx lobes. The standard petal is less than on third the keel petal. It is native to the south-west of Western Australia. It was first described as ''Jansonia formosa'' by Richard Kippist in 1847, with a more detailed description by Kippist in 1851. It was transferred to the genus, ''Gastrolobium'' in 2002 by G.Chandler, Chandler, Michael Crisp, Crisp, Lindy W. Cayzer, Cayzer, and Bayer. The specific epithet, ''formosum'', is a Latin adjective, ''formosus -a, -um'', which describes the plant as "well-formed", "handsome", or "beautiful". References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15479024 Gastrolobium, formosum Rosids of Western Australia Endemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kippist
Richard Kippist (1812–1882) was an English botanist and librarian. Life Kippist was born in Stoke Newington, London, on 11 June 1812. He worked as a clerk in the office of Joseph Woods, F.L.S., architect, with whom he shared an interest in botany. He was employed by the Linnean Society from 1830, holding the position of librarian from 1842 to 1881. His special interest was Australian flora, and he advised George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller and others on this subject. His published works include "On ''Jansonia'', a new genus of Leguminosae from Western Australia" and "On ''Acradenia'', a new genus of Diosmae" in the ''Transactions'' of the society, describing the genera ''Jansonia'' (''Gastrolobium'') and '' Acradenia''. He assisted with the editing of Wood's ''The Tourists Flora'', published in 1830. His important papers include one on the discovery of spiral cells in the seeds of the family Acanthaceae. Kippist was a founding member of The Microscopical Society of Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |