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Goniothalamus Laoticus
''Goniothalamus laoticus'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Laos and Thailand. It was originally described by the French botanists Achille Eugène Finet and François Gagnepain using the basionym ''Mitrephora laotica''. In Thailand it is commonly called Khao Lam-dong and is used as a traditional medicine. Description It is a tree reaching 4–6 meters in height. Its rigid, smooth, gray to black branches have sparse lenticels. Its oblong, hairless leaves are 18 by 4.5 centimeters and arranged in an alternate phyllotaxis, phyllotaxy. The base of the leaves are tapered, and their apex terminate in a sharp, stiff point or cusp. Its petiole (botany), petioles are 8 millimeters long, hairless and wrinkled on their undersides, with a channel on their upper surface. Its inflorescences have 3-4 flowers. Its peduncle (botany), peduncles are scaly and covered in fine hairs. Its pedicel (botany), pedicels are equal in length to its flowers, have bracts at their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Eugène Finet
Achille Eugène Finet (1863, Argenteuil – 1913, París) was a French botanist best known for his study of orchids native to Japan and China. Within the family Orchidaceae, he was the taxonomic authority of the genera '' Arethusantha'', ''Hemihabenaria'', '' Monixus'' and '' Pseudoliparis'' as well as of numerous orchid species. With François Gagnepain, he circumscribed a number of plant species from the family Annonaceae. In 1925 Hu Xiansu named the orchid genus '' Neofinetia'' in his honor. Selected works * ''Orchidées nouvelles de la Chine'', 1897 - New orchids native to China. * ''Sur le genre Oreorchis Lindley'', 1897 - On the genus ''Oreorchis'' Lindl.. * ''Orchidées recueillies au Yunnan et au Laos'', 1898 - Orchids collected in Yunnan and Laos. * ''Les orchidées du Japon, principalement d'après les collections de l'herbier du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris'', 1900 - Orchids of Japan, principally from herbarium collections at the Muséum d'histoire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
