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Lysipomia Muscoides
''Lysipomia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae. They are cushion-like mountain plants all endemic to the high Andes. The genus is monophyletic. There are about 40 described species. There are about 10 more recognized taxa not yet described to science. Described species include: *'' Lysipomia acaulis'' Kunth *''Lysipomia aretioides'' Kunth *''Lysipomia bilineata'' McVaugh *'' Lysipomia bourgonii'' Ernst *''Lysipomia brachysiphonia'' (Zahlbr.) E.Wimm. *'' Lysipomia caespitosa'' T.J.Ayers *''Lysipomia crassomarginata'' (E.Wimm.) Jeppesen *''Lysipomia cuspidata'' McVaugh *''Lysipomia cylindrocarpa'' T.J.Ayers *'' Lysipomia glandulifera'' (Wedd.) Schltr & E.Wimm. *''Lysipomia globularis'' E.Wimm. *'' Lysipomia gracilis'' (E.Wimm) E.Wimm *'' Lysipomia hirta'' E.Wimm. *'' Lysipomia hutchinsonii'' McVaugh *'' Lysipomia laciniata'' A.DC. *''Lysipomia laricina'' E.Wimm. *''Lysipomia lehmannii'' Hieron. ''ex'' Zahlbr. *'' Lysipomia mitsyae'' Syvester & D.Quandt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Sigismund Kunth
Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the Americas, American continents, publishing ''Nova genera et species plantarum quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt Bonpland et Humboldt'' (7 vols., Paris, 1815–1825). Born in Leipzig, Kunth became a merchant's clerk in Berlin in 1806. After meeting Alexander von Humboldt, who helped him attend lectures at the University of Berlin, Kunth became interested in botany. Kunth worked as Humboldt's assistant in Paris from 1813 to 1819. He classified plants that had been collected by Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland during their journey through the Americas. When Kunth returned to Berlin in 1820, he became Professor of Botany at the University of Berlin, as well as the Vice President of the Berlin botanical garden. In 1829, he was ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |