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Lapageria Alba
''Lapageria'' is a genus of flowering plants with only one known species, ''Lapageria rosea'', commonly known as Chilean bellflower or copihue (''copeewueh'', from Mapudungun ''kopiwe''). ''Lapageria rosea'' is the Floral emblem, national flower of Chile. It grows in forests in the southern part of Chile, being part of the Valdivian temperate rain forests flora. Description ''Lapageria rosea'' is an evergreen climbing plant reaching over high among shrubs and trees. The leaves are arranged alternately and are evergreen, leathery, lanceolate and feature three to seven prominent parallel veins. The vines twine counterclockwise in the Southern hemisphere and clockwise when grown in the Northern hemisphere (likely due to the apparent motion of the sun). The flowers have six thick, waxy tepals which are red, spotted with white. They are most frequently produced in late summer and fall, although they may be produced at other times. The fruit is an elongated berry with a tough skin c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Taxa Named By Ruiz And Pavón
Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez are jointly Author citation (botany), cited as the authors of many botanical names. Between 1779 and 1788 these Spanish botanists (together with the French botanist Joseph Dombey) Botanical Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru, visited Chile, Peru and other South American countries. Their List of botanists by author abbreviation, standard author abbreviations are "Ruiz" and "Pav.", so that they are now jointly cited as "Ruiz & Pav." ''Ruiz y Pavón'' is the Spanish form of the Latin ''Ruiz et Pavón''; both mean "Ruiz and Pavón". Published works Ruiz and Pavón jointly published: * , also aEl Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid*Volume I, 1798*Volume II, 1799*Volume III, 1802*Volume IV sine die, s.d. ], (plates) **Volume IV (plates and text 1958 edition) *Volume V [s.d.] (plates) ''Systema vegetabilium florae peruvianae et chilensis, characteres Prodromi: genericos differentiales, specierum omnium differentias, durati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
