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Hypericum Socotranum
''Hypericum socotranum'' is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family which is endemic to the island of Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and rocky areas. Description The stem has internodes which are long. They are shorter than the leaves which are long and wide in an elliptic to oblanceolate shape. The leaves are acute or apiculate to obtuse and usually have one to three basal veins, though they can sometimes have five. Additionally, there are gland dots on the leaves which are visible on the dorsal surface. The inflorescence has only one flower with a pedicel that is long. The sepals are long and wide and are apiculate to obtuse. The flower petals are long and wide. The stamen fascicles are long. The ovary is ovoid-conic in shape, with coherent styles. The seed capsule measures long by wide. The Pollen, pollen grains of the species are all Colpus, tricolporate, meaning they have three grooves in a roughly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Good
Ronald D'Oyley Good (5 March 1896 – 11 December 1992) was a British Botany, botanist notable for his Phytochorion, floristic regionalization. Good was born in Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester. He studied botany at Downing College, Cambridge, where he obtained an MA and Sc.D. He worked at the Botany Department of the Natural history museum (1922-1928). He worked at the Botany Department at the University of Hull from 1928 until his retirement in 1959. He was the author of ''The Geography of the Flowering Plants'' (1947) a popular work in botany.Moreira-Munoz, Andres. (2011). ''Plant Geography of Chile''. Springer. p. 135. "The English botanist Ronald Good (1896–1992) published the first edition of ''The Geography of the Flowering Plants'' in 1947. The work became one of the most popular books in the field, reaching four editions and two reprints between 1947 and 1974." Publications *''Plants and Human Economics'' (1933) *''The Old Roads of Dorset'' (1940) *''A Geographica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |