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Melianthus
''Melianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species ''M. comosus'' and ''M. major'' that are found in cultivation. The genus contains up to six species of evergreen shrubs. They have large pinnate leaves with prominent stipules, and erect racemes A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ... of nectar-rich flowers. The vegetative parts are very toxic. Species The species include: *'' Melianthus comosus'' Vahl *'' Melianthus dregeanus'' Sond. *'' Melianthus elongatus'' Wijnands *'' Melianthus major'' L. *'' Melianthus pectinatus'' Harv. *'' Melianthus villosus'' Bolus References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melianthus Major
''Melianthus major'', the giant honey flower or ''kruidjie-roer-my-nie'' (Afrikaans for 'herb-touch-me-not'), is a species of flowering plant in the family Francoaceae. It is an evergreen suckering shrub, endemic to South Africa and naturalised in India, Australia and New Zealand. It grows to tall by wide, with pinnate blue-green leaves long, which have a distinctive musky odour. Dark red, nectar-laden flower spikes, in length, appear in spring, followed by green pods. All parts of the plants are poisonous. The Latin binomial ''Melianthus major'' literally means "large honey flower". The plant is also sometimes called ''honeybush'' ( along with many other plants)''.'' In cultivation this plant requires a sheltered location and may also need a protective winter mulch in temperate regions. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. File:Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalibeus) female or juvenile on Honey Flower (Melianthus major) (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melianthus Villosus
''Melianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species ''M. comosus'' and ''M. major'' that are found in cultivation. The genus contains up to six species of evergreen shrubs. They have large pinnate leaves with prominent stipules, and erect racemes of nectar-rich flowers. The vegetative parts are very toxic. Species The species include: *''Melianthus comosus'' Vahl *'' Melianthus dregeanus'' Sond. *'' Melianthus elongatus'' Wijnands *''Melianthus major ''Melianthus major'', the giant honey flower or ''kruidjie-roer-my-nie'' (Afrikaans for 'herb-touch-me-not'), is a species of flowering plant in the family Francoaceae. It is an evergreen suckering shrub, endemic to South Africa and naturalised ...'' L. *'' Melianthus pectinatus'' Harv. *'' Melianthus villosus'' Bolus References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melianthus Pectinatus
''Melianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species ''M. comosus'' and ''M. major'' that are found in cultivation. The genus contains up to six species of evergreen shrubs. They have large pinnate leaves with prominent stipules, and erect racemes of nectar-rich flowers. The vegetative parts are very toxic. Species The species include: *''Melianthus comosus'' Vahl *'' Melianthus dregeanus'' Sond. *'' Melianthus elongatus'' Wijnands *''Melianthus major'' L. *'' Melianthus pectinatus'' Harv. *''Melianthus villosus ''Melianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species ''M. como ...'' Bolus References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melianthus Elongatus
''Melianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species ''M. comosus'' and ''M. major'' that are found in cultivation. The genus contains up to six species of evergreen shrubs. They have large pinnate leaves with prominent stipules, and erect racemes of nectar-rich flowers. The vegetative parts are very toxic. Species The species include: *''Melianthus comosus'' Vahl *'' Melianthus dregeanus'' Sond. *'' Melianthus elongatus'' Wijnands *''Melianthus major'' L. *''Melianthus pectinatus'' Harv. *''Melianthus villosus ''Melianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species ''M. como ...'' Bolus References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melianthus Dregeanus
''Melianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species ''M. comosus'' and ''M. major'' that are found in cultivation. The genus contains up to six species of evergreen shrubs. They have large pinnate leaves with prominent stipules, and erect racemes of nectar-rich flowers. The vegetative parts are very toxic. Species The species include: *''Melianthus comosus'' Vahl *'' Melianthus dregeanus'' Sond. *''Melianthus elongatus'' Wijnands *''Melianthus major'' L. *''Melianthus pectinatus'' Harv. *''Melianthus villosus ''Melianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants native to elevated grassland in South Africa. A common name for these plants is honey flower, which is also the English translation of the Latin name. This name also attaches to the species ''M. como ...'' Bolus References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melianthus Comosus
''Melianthus comosus'', the honey flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Francoaceae. It is native to the mostly dry regions of southern Africa. The attractive multi-stemmed shrubs are popular garden subjects. The Afrikaans name kruidjie-roer-my-nie (''herb-touch-me-not'') alludes to the unpleasant smell that results from bruising of any part of the plant. The vegetative parts are very toxic, as with other ''Melianthus'' species, and extracts of the leaves and stem have anti-bacterial properties. Range It is native to South Africa, western Lesotho and southern Namibia, where it occurs from 400 to 2,000 m above sea level. In South Africa it occurs in the greater part of the Cape and Free State provinces, and locally in North West, Gauteng and Mpumalanga. Flowers The flowers which produce copious black nectarAlso described as dark brown but J. Henning records that black nectar is found in ''M. comosus'', ''M. elongatus'' and ''M. villosus'', and brown nectar in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francoaceae
The Francoaceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Geraniales, including the genera '' Francoa'', commonly known as bridal wreaths, and '' Tetilla''. The Francoaceae are recognized as a family under various classification schemes but under the APG III system the Francoaceae are included within the Melianthaceae. In the APG IV system the Francoaceae are again recognized as a family, with Melianthaceae included in the circumscription of Francoaceae. The Francoaceae are herbaceous perennials characterized by a basal aggregation of alternate petiolated leaves. The leaf blades (''lamina'') are either dissected, or entire. They are endemic to Chile. Genera *''Balbisia'' *''Bersama'' *'' Francoa'' *''Greyia'' *'' Melianthus'' *'' Rhynchotheca'' *'' Tetilla'' *''Viviania ''Viviania'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae. The genus is distributed across is Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in southern South America. Known species A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racemes
A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the shoot grows in height, with no predetermined growth limit. Examples of racemes occur on mustard (genus ''Brassica'') and radish (genus ''Raphanus'') plants. Definition A ''raceme'' or ''racemoid'' is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers (flowers having short floral stalks called ''pedicels'') along its axis. In botany, an ''axis'' means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In indeterminate inflorescence-like racemes, the oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the shoot grows in height, with no predetermined growth limit. A plant that flowers on a showy raceme may have this reflected in its scientific name, e.g. the species ''Cimicifuga racemosa''. A compou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinnate
Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis. Pinnation occurs in biological morphology, in crystals, such as some forms of ice or metal crystals, and in patterns of erosion or stream beds. The term derives from the Latin word ''pinna'' meaning "feather", "wing", or "fin". A similar concept is "pectination," which is a comb-like arrangement of parts (arising from one side of an axis only). Pinnation is commonly referred to in contrast to "palmation," in which the parts or structures radiate out from a common point. The terms "pinnation" and "pennation" are cognate, and although they are sometimes used distinctly, there is no consistent difference in the meaning or usage of the two words.Jackson, Benjamin, Daydon; A Glossary of Botanic Terms with their Derivation and Accent; Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co. London, 4th ed 1928 Plants Botanically, pinnation is an arrangement of discr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrubs
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple stems and shorter height, less than tall. Small shrubs, less than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall are sometimes termed as subshrubs. Many botanical groups have species that are shrubs, and others that are trees and herbaceous plants instead. Some definitions state that a shrub is less than and a tree is over 6 m. Others use as the cut-off point for classification. Many species of tree may not reach this mature height because of hostile less than ideal growing conditions, and resemble a shrub-sized plant. However, such species have the potential to grow taller under the ideal growing conditions for that plant. In terms of longevity, most shrubs fit in a class between perennials and trees; some may only last about five ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
