Lankesteria (plant)
''Lankesteria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. Its native range is Tropical Africa and it is found in the countries of Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaïre. The genus name of ''Lankesteria'' is in honour of Edwin Lankester (1814–1874), an English surgeon and naturalist who made a major contribution to the control of cholera in London. It was first described and published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. Vol.31 (Misc.) on page 86 in 1845. Known species According to Kew: *''Lankesteria alba'' *''Lankesteria barteri'' *''Lankesteria brevior'' *''Lankesteria elegans'' *''Lankesteria glandulosa'' *''Lankesteria hispida'' *''Lankesteria thyrsoidea'' References

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Lindl
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden. Although he had great horticultural knowledge, the undertaking was not profitable and George lived in a state of indebtedness. As a boy he would assist in the garden and also collected wild flowers he found growing in the Norfolk countryside. Lindley was educated at Norwich School. He would have liked to go to university or to buy a commission in the army but the family could not afford either. He became Belgian agent for a London seed merchant in 1815. At this time Lindley became acquainted with the botanist William Jackson Hooker who allowed him to use his botanical library and who introduced him to Sir Joseph Banks who offered him employment as an assistant in his herba ...
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