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Homalothecium Fulgescens
''Homalothecium'' is a genus of mosses belonging to the family Brachytheciaceae. Species The following species are recognised: *''Homalothecium aequatoriense'' *''Homalothecium afrostriatum'' *''Homalothecium aplocladum'' *''Homalothecium appressifolium'' *''Homalothecium arenarium'' *''Homalothecium aureum'' *''Homalothecium californicum'' *''Homalothecium congestum'' *''Homalothecium decorum'' *''Homalothecium euchloron'' *''Homalothecium fulgescens'' *''Homalothecium gracillimum'' *''Homalothecium incompletum'' *''Homalothecium integerrimum'' *''Homalothecium laevisetum'' *''Homalothecium leucodonticaule'' *''Homalothecium longicuspis'' *''Homalothecium luteolum'' *''Homalothecium lutescens'' *''Homalothecium mandonii'' *''Homalothecium meridionale'' *''Homalothecium neckeroides'' *''Homalothecium nevadense'' *''Homalothecium nuttallii'' *''Homalothecium philippeanum'' *''Homalothecium pseudosericeum'' *''Homalothecium sericeum'' *''Homalothecium sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (January 12, 1808 – March 20, 1880, in Lichtenberg) was an Alsatian botanist with French, later German citizenship. He was born in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, but spent his youth in Offwiller, a village at the foot of the Vosges mountain range in Alsace. He was the father of botanist Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856–1901), and a cousin to naturalist Karl Friedrich Schimper (1803–1867) and botanist Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878). Life Following graduation from the University of Strasbourg, he worked as a curator at the Natural History Museum in Strasbourg, becoming director of the museum in 1839. The museum has a bust of Schimper at the top of the stairs. From 1862 until 1879, he was a professor of geology and natural history at the University of Strasbourg. Schimper's contributions to biology were primarily in the specialized fields of bryology (study of mosses) and paleobotany (study of plant fossils). He spent considerable tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
