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Hypericum Collenetteae
''Hypericum collenetteae'' is a species of flowering plant of the St. John's wort Family (biology), family (Hypericaceae) that is found in Saudi Arabia. Taxonomy ''Hypericum collenetteae'' was first described by Norman Robson (botanist), Norman Robson in 1993. Robson spelt the specific epithet ''collenettiae''. This is corrected to ''collenetteae'' in the International Plant Names Index entry. According to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, Article 60.8, a connecting ''i'' is not used in epithets formed from personal names ending with a vowel. Iris Sheila Collenette is noted for her work on the botany of Saudi Arabia, and collected the holotype of this species. The placement of ''H. collenetteae'' within ''Hypericum'' can be summarized as follows: ''Hypericum'' : Hypericum subg. Hypericum, ''Hypericum'' subg. ''Hypericum'' :: Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum, ''Hypericum'' sect. ''Adenosepalum'' ::: Hypericum subsect. Adenosepalum, subsect. ''Aden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Robson (botanist)
Norman Keith Bonner Robson (1928 – 6 September 2021) was a Scientific Associate in the Plants Division, Department of Life Sciences at the Natural History Museum, London. He was a member of staff at the Museum from 1962–1988, retiring as Principal Scientific Officer with responsibility for General Herbarium Section I. Norman produced a worldwide taxonomic monograph of genus ''Hypericum'' between 1977 and 2012. Norman’s interest in ''Hypericum'' was stimulated by a final year project on the British species whilst at Aberdeen University. He continued work on the genus for his PhD at the University of Edinburgh (Robson, 1956) with a thesis entitled ‘Studies in the genus ''Hypericum'' L.’ that examined floral anatomy and evolution. At the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and subsequently at the Natural History Museum, Norman contributed accounts of Hypericum for Floras of various parts of the world. Roy Lancaster encouraged him to start work on a ''Hypericum'' monograph in the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |