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Goniothalamus Sawtehii
''Goniothalamus sawtehii'' is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Myanmar and Thailand. Cecil Ernest Claude Fischer the botanists who first species description, formally described the species, named it in honor of Maung Saw Teh, a plant collector who provided the specimen examined by Fischer. Description It is a tree reaching 6.1 meters in height. Its dark-gray branches are hairless, but its twigs are covered in tawny matted hairs. Its papery, elliptical leaves are 9–19 by 3–6 centimeters, have a tapering tips and bases that are rounded or wedge-shaped. The leaves have minute translucent dots and are initially covered in tawny, matted hair on both sides, but later become hairless on their upper surface. The leaves have 9–11 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs that arch and join one another near the leaf margin. Its petiole (botany), petioles are 4–7 millimeters long and covered in tawny, matted hairs. Its solitary flowers are in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Ernest Claude Fischer
Cecil Ernest Claude Fischer (9 July 1874 – 19 October 1950) was a botanist born in Bombay to European parents. He worked principally in the Indian Forest Service. Life Fischer was born in Bombay, India on 9 July 1874. Prior to university training, he was educated in Switzerland and England. From 1892 to 1895 he attended the Royal Indian Engineering College (also called Cooper's Hill College) where he studied forestry. His first professional posting in 1895 was in the Indian Forest Service in the Madras Presidency, a province of British India. In 1907 he served as a entomologist in Dehradun. From 1915 to 1917 he helped administrate the Madras Forest College (now called the Tamil Nadu Forest Department). From 1919-1920 he taught silviculture at the University of Oxford. From 1920 to 1923 he served as a conservator of forests in Madras. He retired from the Indian Forest Service in 1926. From 1925 to 1940 he served as an assistant for India at the Herbarium of the Royal Bota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |