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Glyptopetalum Tonkinense
''Glyptopetalum'' is a genus of plant in the family Celastraceae. Species ''The Plant List'' recognises 34 accepted species: * ''Glyptopetalum acuminatissimum'' * ''Glyptopetalum angulatum'' * ''Glyptopetalum annamense'' * ''Glyptopetalum aquifolium'' * ''Glyptopetalum calocarpum'' * ''Glyptopetalum calyptratum'' * ''Glyptopetalum chaudocense'' * ''Glyptopetalum continentale'' * ''Glyptopetalum euonymoides'' * ''Glyptopetalum euphlebium'' * ''Glyptopetalum feddei'' * ''Glyptopetalum fengii'' * ''Glyptopetalum geloniifolium'' * ''Glyptopetalum gracilipes'' * ''Glyptopetalum grandiflorum'' * ''Glyptopetalum harmandianum'' * ''Glyptopetalum ilicifolium'' * ''Glyptopetalum integrifolium'' * ''Glyptopetalum lawsonii'' * ''Glyptopetalum loheri'' * ''Glyptopetalum longipedicellatum'' * ''Glyptopetalum longipedunculatum'' * ''Glyptopetalum marivelense'' * ''Glyptopetalum palawanense'' * ''Glyptopetalum poilanei'' * ''Glyptopetalum quadra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (9 July 1812, Bristol – 11 September 1882, Kandy) was an English botanist and entomologist. Thwaites was initially an accountant and studied botany during his spare time. He was interested particularly in the lower plants such as the algae and the cryptogams. He became a recognised botanist when he showed that the diatoms are not animals, but algae. In 1846 he was lecturer on botany at the Bristol school of pharmacy and afterwards at the medical school. In March 1849, on the death of George Gardner, Thwaites was appointed superintendent of the botanical gardens at Peradeniya, Ceylon. A position he held for thirty years, until he resigned in 1879. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society on 1 June 1865 following the publication of his ''Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniæ'', – (five fasciculi 1859–64). His notes form the most valuable portion of Frederic Moore's ''Lepidoptera of Ceylon'' (3 vols 1880–1889). He established the Cinchona nurserie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |