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Goniothalamus Grandiflorus
''Goniothalamus grandiflorus'' is a species of rainforest tree in the Custard Apple Family Annonaceae. It is native to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It was first species description, formally described by Otto Warburg (botanist), Otto Warburg, a German-Jewish botanist, using the basionym ''Beccariodendron grandiflorum'' after its big, dark red flowers. These flowers are borne directly on the trunk and major branches (cauliflory), the largest of all cauliflorous flowers. Description It is a tree with gray smooth branches. Its young branches have rust colored hairs. Its petiole (botany), petioles are 1 centimeters long. Its hairless, elliptical to oblong leaves are 20-25 by 8-9 centimeters with tips that taper to a short point and bases that come to a shallow point. The upper surface of leaves are bright colored while the undersides are paler. The leaves have 9-12 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. Its flowers are on 15 millimeter long pedicel (botany), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Warburg (botanist)
Otto Warburg (20 July 1859 – 10 January 1938) was a German-Jewish botanist. He was also a notable industrial agriculture expert, and president of the Zionist Organization from 1911 to 1921. Biography Otto Warburg was born in Hamburg on 20 July 1859 to a family whose ancestors came to Germany in 1566, possibly from Bologna. He completed his studies at the Johanneum Gymnasium in Hamburg in 1879, and continued his education in the field of botany at the University of Bonn which he left after one semester to move to the University of Berlin, and later to University of Strasbourg, where he received his Ph.D in 1883. He went on to study chemistry in Munich and physiology in Tübingen with Wilhelm Pfeffer. In 1885 he embarked on a 4-year expedition to Southern and Southeastern Asia, ending in Australia in 1889. Warburg's cremated remains were brought to Israel and buried at Kibbutz Degania in 1940. Zionism and scientific career In 1911 Warburg was elected president of the Zionis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |