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Lindernia Alsinoides
The genus ''Lindernia'' is a group of plants in the family Linderniaceae. They are native to warm regions in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere. The genus name of ''Lindernia'' is in honour of Franz Balthasar von Lindern (1682–1755), French doctor and botanist in Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ... and also university botanical garden director. ''Lindernia'' consists of 30 species in its most recent circumscription. Species list *''Lindernia alsinoides'' *''Lindernia alterniflora'' *''Lindernia benthamii'' *''Lindernia brachyphylla'' *''Lindernia bryoides'' *''Lindernia capensis'' *''Lindernia crustacea'' *''Lindernia conferta'' *''Lindernia congesta'' *''Lindernia dubia'' *''Lindernia grandiflora'' *''Lindernia hyssopioides'' *''Lindernia jiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Allioni
Carlo Allioni (23 September 1728 in Turin – 30 July 1804 in Turin) was an Italian physician and professor of botany at the University of Turin. His most important work was ''Flora Pedemontana, sive enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum Pedemontii'' 1755, a study of the plant world in Piedmont, in which he listed 2813 species of plants, of which 237 were previously unknown. In 1766, he published the ''Manipulus Insectorum Tauriniensium''. Career In April, 1758 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was appointed extraordinary professor of botany at the University of Turin in 1760 and was also the director of the Turin Botanical Garden. The journal ''Allionia: bollettino dell' istituto ed orto botanico dell' università di Torino'' is named after him. First Pehr Löfling and then Linnaeus named the New World herb genus '' Allionia'' (Nyctaginaceae) after Allioni. Per Axel Rydberg named the genus ''Allioniella'' (now a taxonomic synonym for '' Mirabilis''), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
