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Lepidozamia Hopei
''Lepidozamia hopei'' is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. Its English common name is Hope's cycad. It is endemic to the Australian state of Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe .... It is the largest known species of cycad. The largest examples have been over tall and have had a circumference of . File:Lepidozamia Hopei DSC 0233 - 400pix.jpg File:Lepidozamia hopei 2.JPG File:Lepidozamia hopei.jpg References External links * * hopei Endemic flora of Australia Flora of Queensland Cycadophyta of Australia Least concern biota of Queensland Least concern flora of Australia Taxa named by Eduard August von Regel Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Australia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard August Von Regel
Eduard August von Regel (sometimes Edward von Regel or Edward de Regel or Édouard von Regel), Russian: Эдуард Август Фон Регель; (born 13 August 1815 in Gotha; died 15 April 1892 in St. Petersburg) was a German horticulturalist and botanist. He ended his career serving as the Director of the Russian Imperial Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg. As a result of naturalists and explorers sending back biological collections, Regel was able to describe and name many previously unknown species from frontiers around the world. History Regel was the son of the teacher and garrison-preacher Ludwig A. Regel. Already as a child he liked growing fruits and learnt to prune apple trees from a gardener of his grandfather Döring and cultivated the garden of his parents. He visited the Gymnasium at Gotha but left without Abitur Regel earned a degree from the University of Bonn. At 15, Regel began his career as an apprentice at the Royal Garden Limonaia in Gotha in 1830 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |