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Hugh Shaw MacKee
Hugh Shaw MacKee previously known as Hugh Shaw McKee (1912 – 1995) was a botanist who was born in Northern Ireland, but who collected in Australia and Oceania, and finally in New Caledonia, where together with his wife and other collaborators, he collected over 46,000 specimens. Education Hugh Shaw McKee (later Hugh Shaw MacKee) earned a Bachelor of Botany in 1935 from the University of Belfast, and his doctorate in Plant Physiology in 1938 from Oxford University. Work From 1935 to 1938 he worked in London for the South African Co-operative Deciduous Fruit Exchange. He left Europe in 1938 for Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia, to work in the Queensland Department of Agriculture. In 1940 he was recruited by the CSIRO and with the defeat of the Japanese in New Guinea, he was seconded to the Tropical Scientific Section of the Australian Army to work in New Guinea. From 1954 to 1956 he was seconded to the South Pacific Commission with headquarters in Noumea, from where he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clough
Clough ( ; ) is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits about 3 miles from Dundrum, County Down, Dundrum on the A2 road (Northern Ireland), A2 between Newcastle, County Down, Newcastle and Belfast. The A2 road (Northern Ireland), A2 continues via Downpatrick and the coast via Strangford and the Portaferry - Strangford Ferry to Portaferry to Belfast, whilst most road traffic heads along from Clough along the A24 road (Northern Ireland), A24 via Carryduff to Belfast. It had a population of 255 people in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census. Clough is situated within the Newry, Mourne and Down area. Places of interest *Clough Castle, an excellent example of an Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman motte-and-bailey castle with stone tower. Etymology A map of 1634 marked the village as ''Machaeracate'' and the castle is "Stone castle of the plain of the cat". This comes from a local legend of the chase of magic cat. References NI Neighbourhood Information Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Pacific Commission
The Pacific Community (PC), formerly the South Pacific Commission (SPC), is an international development organisation governed by 27 members, including 22 Pacific island countries and territories. The organisation's headquarters are in Nouméa, New Caledonia, and it has regional offices in Suva, Pohnpei, and Port Vila, as well as field staff in other locations in the Pacific. Its working languages are English and French. It primarily provides technical and scientific advice, and acts as a conduit for funding of development projects from donor nations. Unlike the slightly smaller Pacific Islands Forum, the SPC is not a trade bloc, and does not deal with military or security issues. The SPC's regional development issues include climate change, disaster risk management, fisheries, food security, education, gender equality, human rights, non-communicable diseases, agriculture, forestry and land use, water resources, and youth employment. History The Pacific Community was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codia Mackeeana
''Codia'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains 15 species. The leaves are opposite or whorled, simple, and the margin usually entire. The flowers are arranged in capitula. the ovary is inferior. The fruit is indehiscent and is covered with woolly hairs. An extinct species of ''Codia'', ''C. australiensis'', has been found as a fossil in Australia, resembling the juvenile foliage of a living species in the genus. ''Codia'' is most closely related to the Australian ''Callicoma serratifolia''. List of species (all endemic to New Caledonia) *'' Codia albicans'' *'' Codia albifrons'' *''Codia belepensis'' *''Codia discolor'' *''Codia ferruginea'' *''Codia fusca'' *''Codia incrassata'' *''Codia jaffrei'' *''Codia mackeeana'' *''Codia microphylla'' *''Codia montana'' *''Codia nitida'' *''Codia spatulata'' *''Codia triverticillata'' *''Codia xerophila ''Codia'' is a genus of tree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plerandra Mackeei
''Plerandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae that has long been considered a synonym of ''Schefflera'', which has been a polyphyletic group. Species Species include: * '' Plerandra actinostigma'' (A.C. Sm. & B.C. Stone) G. M. Plunkett, Lowry & Frodin * '' Plerandra baillonii'' (R. Vig.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * ''Plerandra bakeriana'' (Seem.) A.C. Sm. * '' Plerandra brassii'' Philipson * '' Plerandra cabalionii'' (Lowry) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra calcicola'' Lowry & G. M. Plunkett ined. * ''Plerandra costata'' (A.C. Sm.) G. M. Plunkett, Lowry & Frodin * '' Plerandra crassipes'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * ''Plerandra elegantissima'' (Veitch ex Mast.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * ''Plerandra elongata'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * ''Plerandra emiliana'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * '' Plerandra gabriellae'' (Baill.) Lowry, G. M. Plunkett & Frodin * ''Plerandra gordonii'' Lowry, G. M. Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittosporum Mackeei
''Pittosporum mackeei'' is a species of plant in the Pittosporaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia. The species epithet, ''mackeei'', honours Hugh Shaw MacKee, a botanist who collected for over 30 years in New Caledonia, and who collected the type specimen in the high valley of la Tchamba at an altitude of 150 metres on 10 May 1967. Description ''P. mackeei'' flowers and fruits in March, April and May. The inflorescences consist of white flowers, forming an umbel and may be axillary or terminal. Its fruits are bivalve capsules, which are smooth or weakly warty. Conservation status ''Pittosporum mackeei'' is an endangered species due to habitat loss. ''Pittosporum mackeei'' is an uncommon small tree, which occurs exclusively in the Ponérihouen area of New Caledonia at an altitude of 100 to 500 metres above sea level. Its area of occupancy is equal to 20 km² and its extent of occurrence to 428 km². It occurs in just five subpopulations each of which is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solmsia Calophylla
''Solmsia'' is a genus containing one or two species of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. The genus was named to honor Hermann zu Solms-Laubach by Henri Ernest Baillon. It is related to '' Arnhemia'', ''Deltaria'', ''Gonystylus'' and ''Lethedon''.Beaumont, A. J., T. J. Edwards, J. Manning, O. Maurin, M. Rautenbach, M. C. Motsi, M. F. Fay, M. W. Chase, and M. Van Der Bank. (2009''Gnidia'' (Thymelaeaceae) Is Not Monophyletic: Taxonomic Implications for Thymelaeoideae and a Partial New Generic Taxonomy for ''Gnidia''.”Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (4): 402–17. Species *''Solmsia calophylla'' *''Solmsia chrysophylla ''Solmsia'' is a genus containing one or two species of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. The genus was named to honor Hermann zu Solms-Laubach by Henri Ernest Baillon. It is related to '' A ...'' References Octolepidoideae Endemic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Guillaumin
André Louis Joseph Edmond Armand Guillaumin (21 June 1885 in Arrou – 29 May 1974 in Athis-Mons) was a French Botany, botanist. He obtained his License#Academy, license in biology in 1906 and began work in the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' in Paris in 1909 as a preparer. He obtained a doctorate in Doctor of Biological Science, biological science in 1910 and became assistant to the chair of botany and plant physiology. In 1932 he succeeded Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois (1856-1946) as head of the department of horticulture at the museum. He became the deputy director of the museum from 1947 to 1950, retiring in 1956. His work includes the investigation on the parts associated with Oxalidaceae, Rutaceae, Burseraceae, Hamamelidaceae, Haloragaceae, Callitrichaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Mehistomaceae and Crypteroniaceae in ''Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine'' (Flowers of Indo-China; 1910, 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921), ''Arbres et arbrisseaux utiles ou ornementaux'' (Useful an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclophyllum Jasminifolium
''Cyclophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found from New Guinea, Australia and on islands in many parts of the Pacific. Species * '' Cyclophyllum baladense'' Guillaumin * '' Cyclophyllum balansae'' (Baill.) Guillaumin * ''Cyclophyllum barbatum'' (G.Forst.) N.Hallé & J.Florence * '' Cyclophyllum brevipes'' (Merr. & L.M.Perry) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. * '' Cyclophyllum calyculatum'' Guillaumin * '' Cyclophyllum cardiocarpum'' (Baill.) Guillaumin * '' Cyclophyllum caudatum'' (Valeton) A.P.Davis & Ruhsam * '' Cyclophyllum coprosmoides'' (F.Muell.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. * '' Cyclophyllum costatum'' (C.T.White) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. * '' Cyclophyllum cymosum'' S.Moore * '' Cyclophyllum deplanchei'' Hook.f. * '' Cyclophyllum fragrans'' (Schltr. & K.Krause) Mouly * '' Cyclophyllum francii'' Guillaumin * '' Cyclophyllum guillauminianum'' Baum.-Bod. ex Mouly & Jeanson * '' Cyclophyllum henriettiae'' (Baill.) Guillaumin * '' Cyclophyllum j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grevillea Evansiana
''Grevillea evansiana'', commonly known as Evans grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a low, dense, spreading shrub with elliptic leaves and usually blackish-red flowers with a burgundy-coloured style. Description ''Grevillea evansiana'' is a low, dense, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to , rarely to and has branchlets covered with white, woolly hairs. Its leaves are usually elliptic, long and wide, the lower surface sillky-hairy. The flowers are arranged in more or less spherical clusters, usually on a peduncle long, on the ends of branchlets. The flowers are usually blackish-red with a burgundy style, rarely white with a greenish-cream style, the pistil long and the style strongly curved. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a glabrous, oblong follicle long. Taxonomy ''Grevillea evansiana'' was first formally described in 1953 by H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminalia Cherrieri
''Terminalia cherrieri'' is a species of plant in the Combretaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... The dry forest habitat of Terminalia cherrieri has been reduced by roughly 95% over the past 150 years, largely for agricultural use. References Endemic flora of New Caledonia cherrieri Critically endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Hugh Shaw MacKee Plants described in 1984 {{Myrtales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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