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Lindsay Stuart Smith
Lindsay Stuart Smith (27 November 1917 – 12 September 1970) was an Australian botanist, naturalist and public servant. Early years Lindsay Smith was born in Bundaberg in Queensland and attended Bundaberg South State School and later Bundaberg State High School. In 1933 he began work as a clerk in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Except for war service with the Second Australian Imperial Force in World War II, he remained in that department, rising through the ranks to the position of Senior Botanist. After the war, he studied science in the evenings and in 1948 was awarded the degree of First Class Honours in Botany. Career During World War II, Smith made collections of rainforest species in New Guinea and subsequently studied these species with the help of C.T. White and W.D. Francis and some of his collections become the nucleus of the herbarium at Lae. He made extensive studies of the genus ''Lantana'', a group of invasive species in Australia, collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundaberg
Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, and is the tenth largest city in the state. Bundaberg's regional area has a population of 70,921, and is a major centre of the Wide Bay–Burnett geographical region. The Bundaberg central business district is situated along the southern bank of the Burnett River, about from its mouth at Burnett Heads, and flows into the Coral Sea. The city is sited on a rich coastal plain, supporting one of the nation's most productive agricultural regions. The area of Bundaberg is the home of the Taribelang-Bunda peoples. Popular nicknames for Bundaberg include "Bundy" and "Rum city". The demonym of Bundaberg is Bundabergian. The district surveyor, John Thompson Charlton designed the city layout in 1868, which planned for uniform square blocks with wide main streets, and named it ‘Bundaberg’. An early influence on the development of Bundaberg came with the 1868 Land Act, which was a famous Queensland via media, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasive Species
An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage. The term can also be used for native species that become harmful to their native environment after human alterations to its food webfor example the purple sea urchin (''Strongylocentrotus purpuratus'') which has decimated kelp forests along the northern California coast due to overharvesting of its natural predator, the California sea otter (''Enhydra lutris''). Since the 20th century, invasive species have become a serious economic, social, and environmental threat. Invasion of long-established ecosystems by organisms is a natural phenomenon, but human-facilitated introductions have greatly increased the rate, scale, and geographic range of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neostrearia
''Neostrearia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. Its native range is Northeastern Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ .... Species Species: * ''Neostrearia fleckeri'' L.S.Sm. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10336329 Hamamelidaceae Saxifragales genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neorites
''Neorites'' is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Proteaceae. The sole species ''Neorites kevedianus'', commonly called fishtail oak or fishtail silky oak, is a tall tree endemic to the wet tropics rainforests of north eastern Queensland, Australia. Taxonomy and naming Queensland botanist Lindsay Smith named the species in 1969, based on a specimen collected near Kuranda in 1955 by Queensland forestry officers Kevin J. White and H. Edgar Volck. Smith coined the species name from the first names of the finders. Peter H. Weston and Nigel Barker refined the classification of the Proteaceae in 2006, incorporating molecular data. Here, ''Neorites'' emerged as closely related to the genera ''Orites'' and '' Roupala''. They thus placed the three genera in the subtribe ''Roupalinae'', conceding that the next closest relatives of this group is unclear. This group lies within the subfamily Grevilleoideae. Clock dating with molecular and fossil data indicated ancestors of ''Neo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peripentadenia
''Peripentadenia'' is a genus of two species of large trees from the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to the rainforests of northeastern Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. Sometimes they have the common name quandong. Botanists have formally described two species, both endemic to restricted areas of the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland. Both species have official recognition of at risk of extinction in the wild. Species * '' Peripentadenia mearsii'' Buff or Grey Quandong – endemic to a restricted area of the Wet Tropics rainforests ::Synonym and base name: ''Actephila mearsii'' ::Queensland government official "near threatened" species conservation status. * '' Peripentadenia phelpsii'' – endemic to a very restricted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanthostemon Verticillatus
''Xanthostemon verticillatus'' is a species of trees from the plant family Myrtaceae endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ .... References verticillatus Myrtales of Australia Flora of Queensland Taxa named by Cyril Tenison White Taxa named by William Douglas Francis {{Australia-rosid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myoporum Betcheanum
''Myoporum betcheanum'', commonly known as mountain boobialla is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is a shrub or small tree with long, narrow leaves that are a darker green on their upper surface than the lower. Its flowers have five white petals and are arranged in small groups in the leaf axils. The fruits which follow are more or less spherical, soft, cream coloured drupes. As its common name suggests, this plant is restricted to higher places, around above sea level. It occurs in the McPherson Range and nearby mountains of New South Wales and Queensland. Description ''Myoporum betcheanum'' is a shrub or small tree growing to about high. Its branches often have a few to many small, wart-like tubercles and are moderately to densely hairy. The leaves are long or longer, wide, flat, narrow elliptic in shape and with small teeth on the margins. They are darker on the upper surface, but both surfaces are covered with short, soft hairs. The flowers are arrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeocarpus Stellaris
''Elaeocarpus stellaris'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It is a tree, sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, small groups of flowers with greenish-yellow sepals and creamy-white petals, the fruit containing a five-flanged stone. Description ''Elaeocarpus stellaris'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of with a dbh of but sometimes up to and sometimes with buttress roots at the base of the trunk. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are borne in groups of two to five on a robust rachis up to long, each flower on a ridged pedicel long. The sepals are greenish-yellow, long and wide and velvelty-hairy on the back. The petals are creamy-white, about long and wide, with three broad, blunt lobes on the end. There are about fifty stamens. Flowering occurs in December and the fruit is an elliptical d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austromyrtus Dulcis
''Austromyrtus dulcis'' is a species of plant native to eastern Australia. it grows as a small spreading shrub and is easily recognised by its characteristic berries that usually ripen in summer and autumn. Common names include the midgen berry, midyim, and silky myrtle. Description ''Austromyrtus dulcis'' is a small spreading shrub; in height. The leaves are 1–3 cm long and 0.5 cm wide, opposite, lanceolate to elliptical, glossy above with silky hairs beneath. The small white flowers are 7-10 mm in length, they have five petals and a large number of sepals, they are then followed by dotted mauve sweet edible berries which ripen in summer and autumn and contain three to nine pale brown seeds. Distribution and habitat The species occurs in New South Wales and Queensland, from Grafton to Fraser Island. It occurs as a common understorey plant of heathland and woodlands and also growing on sandy soils and occasionally on the margins of rainforests. Uses The berri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selwyn Everist
Selwyn may refer to: Institutions * Selwyn College, Auckland, is a multicultural, co-educational high school in Auckland, New Zealand * Selwyn College, Cambridge, one of the University of Cambridge colleges, UK * Selwyn College, Otago, hall of residence at the University of Otago, New Zealand * Selwyn House School, private independent boys' school in Westmount, Quebec, Canada * Selwyn School, a private school in Denton, Texas, US * Harris and Selwyn Theaters, twin theatres in Chicago, Illinois, US * American Airlines Theatre, New York City, originally called the Selwyn Theatre People * Selwyn (name), including lists of people with the surname and given name * Selwyn (singer), Australian R&B singer Places Australia * Selwyn, Queensland, a ghost town * Selwyn County, New South Wales, one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales, Australia * Selwyn Snowfields, a ski resort in New South Wales, Australia * Selwyn Range (Australia), a range of highlands in north-west Queensla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Naturalists' Club
) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk ( ALP) , legislature = Parliament of Queensland , judiciary = Supreme Court of Queensland , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type1 = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophulariaceae
The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including tropical mountains. The family name is based on the name of the included genus ''Scrophularia'' L. Taxonomy In the past, it was treated as including about 275 genera and over 5,000 species, but its circumscription has been radically altered since numerous molecular phylogenies have shown the traditional broad circumscription to be grossly polyphyletic. Many genera have recently been transferred to other families within the Lamiales, notably Plantaginaceae and Orobanchaceae, but also several new families. - on linhere/ref> Several families of the Lamiales have had their circumscriptions enlarged to accommodate genera transferred from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
