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Leptospermum Speciosum
''Aggreflorum speciosum'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceaeshrub, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has pale bark that is shed in strips, broadly lance-shaped to elliptical leaves, white flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three in leaf axils, and small, woody fruit that falls off when mature. Description ''Aggreflorum speciosum'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of but sometimes a tree to . It has pale bark that is shed in strips, the younger stems covered with fine hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped to elliptical, mostly long and wide with the base almost stem-clasping. The flowers are white, borne singly or in groups of three and are about wide. The floral cup is covered with soft hairs and about long, tapering to a very short pedicel. The sepals are egg-shaped to triangular, about long, the petals long and the stamens about long. Flowering mainly occurs in August and September and the fruit is a woody capsule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmview, Queensland
Palmview is a rural/semi-rural and suburban locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Palmview had a population of 893 people. It is home to Aussie World. History Palmview is situated in the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi) traditional Aboriginal country. With a history in logging and farming, the Palmview area had evolved with small acreage properties to the west of the Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Na ... and the master-planned Harmony development to east. Education Palmview State Primary School is a (P-6) government primary school. Construction of the school commenced in 2020 in preparation for Prep to Year 6 student enrollment and commencement from 2021. Palmview State Special School, co-located with Palmview State Primary School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (26 December 1816 in Mühlhausen – 18 June 1853 in Berlin) was a German botanist. This botanist is denoted by the List of botanists by author abbreviation, author abbreviation Walp. when Author citation (botany), citing a botanical name. He received his education at the Universities of University of Greifswald, Greifswald and University of Breslau, Breslau, earning his habilitation in 1848 at Berlin. He died on 18 June 1853 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The plant genus ''Walpersia'' (synonym ''Phyllota'') is named after him. Walpersia Harv. Selected publications * ''Repertorium botanices systematicæ'' (six volumes, 1842–1847). *References Botanists with author abbreviations 19th-century German botan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Queensland
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
