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Isopogon Villosus
''Isopogon villosus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is Endemism, endemic to Southwest Australia, southwestern Western Australia. It is a tufted shrub with cylindrical leaves with twenty-five to thirty-two widely diverging lobes, and oval heads of cream-coloured to yellow flowers. Description ''Isopogon villosus'' is a tufted shrub that typically grows to a height of and has densely hairy, reddish to dark brown branchlets. The leaves are long with twenty-five to thirty-two widely diverging Pinnation, pinnate lobes, the lowest lobe from the base of the leaf. The flowers are arranged in Sessility (botany), sessile, oval heads about in diameter, often clustered near the base of the plant with hairy, pointed Bract#Involucral bracts, involucral bracts at the base but that fall as the flowers develop. The flowers are up to long, cream-coloured to yellow, and densely hairy. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is a hairy Nut (frui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Meissner
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40-year career he was Professor of Botany at University of Basel. He made important contributions to the botanical literature, including the publication of the comprehensive work ''Plantarum Vascularum Genera'', and publications of monographs on the families Polygonaceae (especially the genus ''Polygonum''), Lauraceae, Proteaceae, Thymelaeaceae and Hernandiaceae. His contributions to the description of the Australian flora were prolific; he described hundreds of species of Australian Proteaceae, and many Australian species from other families, especially Fabaceae, Mimosaceae and Myrtaceae. His health deteriorated after 1866, and he was less active. He died in Basel on 2 May 1874. See also * Meissner's taxonomic arrangement of Banksia Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
