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List Of Plant Genus Names With Etymologies (Q–Z)
Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's ''Species Plantarum'' in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. Many of these plants are listed in ''#References, Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners''. William T. Stearn, William Stearn (1911–2001) was one of the pre-eminent British botanists of the 20th century: a Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society, a president of the Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society and the original drafter of the ''International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants''. The first column below contains Spermatophyte, seed-bearing genera from Stearn and other sources as listed, excluding names with missing derivations and those names that no longer appear in more modern works, such as ''List of plant genus names with etymologies (Q–Z)#References, Plants of the World'' by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael Francis Fay, Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigridia Pavonia I
''Tigridia'' , is a genus of bulbous or cormous flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. With common names including peacock flowers, tiger-flowers or shell flowers, they have large showy flowers; and one species, ''Tigridia pavonia'', is often cultivated for this. The approximately 35 species in this family grow in the Americas, from Mexico to Chile. The tigridia flower is short lived, each often blooming for only one day, but often several flowers will bloom from the same stalk. Usually they are dormant during the winter dry-season. The roots are edible and were eaten by the Aztecs of Mexico who called it ''cacomitl'', and its flower ''ocēlōxōchitl'' "jaguar flower". The genus name ''Tigridia'' means "tiger-like", and alludes to the coloration and spotting of the flowers of the type species ''Tigridia pavonia''.Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Iridaceae. In Flora of Guatemala - Part III. Fieldiana, Botany 24(3): 159–178 Species * ''Tigridia albicans'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order (biology)
Order ( la, wikt:ordo#Latin, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between Family_(biology), family and Class_(biology), class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes. An immediately higher rank, superorder, is sometimes added directly above order, with suborder directly beneath order. An order can also be defined as a group of related families. What does and does not belong to each order is determined by a taxonomist, as is whether a particular order should be recognized at all. Often there is no exact agreement, with different taxonomists each taking a different position. There are no hard rules that a taxonomist needs to follow in describing or recognizing an order. Some taxa are accepted almost universally, while others are recognized only rarely. The name of an order is usually written with a capital letter. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangart Rhodothamnus Chamaecistus
Mangart or Mangrt is a mountain in the Julian Alps, located on the border between Italy and Slovenia. With an elevation of , it is the third-highest peak in Slovenia, after Triglav Triglav (; german: Terglau; it, Tricorno), with an elevation of , is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the highest peak of the Julian Alps. The mountain is the pre-eminent symbol of the Slovene nation. It is the centrepiece of Triglav Natio ... and Škrlatica. It was first climbed in 1794 by the naturalist Franz von Hohenwart. Mangart is also the name of the mountain range between the Koritnica Valley and the Mangart Valley, with the highest peak called ''Veliki Mangart'' (Big Mount Mangart). Name Mount Mangart was attested in historical sources in 1617 as ''Monhart''. The name is of German origin, derived from the personal name ''Mainhart'' (from Old High German ''Maganhard''). In addition to serving as the name of the mountain, this German name has also developed into Slovene surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodospatha Oblongata Poepp
''Rhodospatha'' is a genus of plant in family Araceae. It is native to South America, Central America, and southern Mexico.Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín. Species #'' Rhodospatha acosta-solisii'' Croat - Peru #'' Rhodospatha arborescens'' Temponi & Croat - Minas Gerais #'' Rhodospatha badilloi'' G.S.Bunting - Venezuela #'' Rhodospatha bolivarana'' G.S.Bunting - Bolívar State of southeastern Venezuela #'' Rhodospatha boliviensis'' Engl. & K.Krause - Bolivia #'' Rhodospatha brachypoda'' G.S.Bunting - Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, the Guianas #'' Rhodospatha brent-berlinii'' Croat - Peru #'' Rhodospatha cardonae'' G.S.Bunting - Amazonas State of southern Venezuela #'' Rhodospatha densinervia'' Engl. - Colombia, Ecuador #'' Rhodospatha dissidens'' Sodiro - Ecuador #'' Rhodospatha falconensis'' G.S.Bunting - Falcón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
028 Rhipsalis2
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaphithamnus Spinosus-rama
''Rhaphithamnus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Verbenaceae. Traditionally, it has been considered by the locals that the berries of this genus of plants are toxic or poisonous, so their consumption is not recommended. Species * ''Rhaphithamnus spinosus'' ( Juss.) Moldenke Common names in Chile and Argentina ''repu'', ''arayan macho'' and ''espino negro'' ( = 'black-thorn'). * ''Rhaphithamnus venustus'' (Phil.) Rob. Use in Chilean folk medicine In the Los Lagos Region of southern Chile '' R. spinosus'' is one of three plant species believed in local folk medicine to be antidotes to the anticholinergic poisoning caused by the dangerous hallucinogenic plant '' Latua pubiflora'' ( Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ... ). It is used by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhabdothamnus Solandri Kz1
''Rhabdothamnus solandri'' is a small shrub of the family Gesneriaceae endemic to New Zealand. It is the only plant of the genus ''Rhabdothamnus'', and the only member of Gesneriaceae native to New Zealand. Its common names are New Zealand gloxinia and, in the Māori language, , , and . The species is found throughout the North Island, less commonly in the southern part of the island, and its offshore islands, in a variety of locations such as forests, near streams, or on banks. It grows as a shrub up to 2 metres tall. It has distinctive trumpet-shaped flowers that are modest-sized at 2–2.5, and up to 4, centimetres long. The flowers are usually orange, but sometimes brick-red, yellow, purple or pink, and are longitudinally striped by 12–14, even up to 20, red or dark orange veins. It flowers year-round, peaking between October and February. The flowers are pollinated mainly by the bellbird, tui and stitchbird. The silvereye, which is a 19th-century immigrant to New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renanthera Coccinea - Details - Curtis' 57 (NS 4) Pl
''Renanthera'', abbreviated as Ren in horticultural trade, is a genus of large scrambling monopodial epiphytic and terrestrial species of orchid found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ..., the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Melanesia.Rice, R. (2008). Renanthera of Borneo. Malesian Orchid Journal 1: 71-76. Species in this genus produce a branched inflorescence containing numerous flowers ranging in color from yellow and orange to red. These flowers possess large lateral sepals. Cultivation Species in this genus usually require an intermediate to hot climate with good air movement and generally bright light. Their scrambling style of growth means they are best grown on a hanging mount or basket. If they are grown in pots there must be ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphia Farinifera00
Raphia may refer to: * ''Raphia'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae * ''Raphia'' (plant), the genus of raffia palms * Raphia (town) Rafah ( ar, رفح, Rafaḥ) is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate, located south of Gaza City. Rafah's population of 152,950 (2014) is overwhelmingly made up of former Palestini ..., the Ancient Greek name for Rafah, a town in Gaza * Battle of Raphia, a major confrontation between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires. {{Disambig, genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranunculus Aquatilis In Vlkovska Piskovna (1)
''Ranunculus'' is a large genus of about almost 1700 to more than 1800 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots. The genus is distributed in Europe, North America and South America. The familiar and widespread buttercup of gardens throughout Northern Europe (and introduced elsewhere) is the creeping buttercup '' Ranunculus repens'', which has extremely tough and tenacious roots. Two other species are also widespread, the bulbous buttercup '' Ranunculus bulbosus'' and the much taller meadow buttercup '' Ranunculus acris''. In ornamental gardens, all three are often regarded as weeds. Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds. The water crowfoots (''Ranunculus'' subgenus ''Batrachium''), which grow in still or running water, are sometim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
