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Melicope Affinis
''Melicope affinis'' is a species of shrub or tree in the family Rutaceae and is Endemism, endemic to Queensland. It has Glossary of leaf morphology#trifoliate, trifoliate leaves and small greenish white flowers borne in panicles in leaf axils. Description ''Melicope affinis'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of but also forms flowers and fruit as a shrub. The leaves are trifoliate and arranged in opposite pairs on a Petiole (botany), petiole long, the leaflets usually elliptical, long and wide, the end leaflet on a Petiole (botany), petiolule long. The flowers are Plant reproductive morphology#Bisexual, bisexual and arranged in panicles or long in leaf axils. The sepals are egg-shaped to round, about long and fused at the base. The petals are greenish white, about long and wikt:glabrous, glabrous and there are four stamens. Flowering has been observed in March and the fruit consists of up to four Follicle (fruit), follicles long. Taxonomy ''Melicope affinis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Gordon Hartley
Thomas Gordon Hartley (9 January 1931 in Beaumont, Texas – 8 March 2016 in Canberra, Australia) was an American botanist. Biography In 1955 Hartley graduated in botany with the academic degree Bachelor of Science at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. In 1957 he received his Master of Science and in 1962 his Ph.D. degree at the University of Iowa. From 1961 to 1965 he led an expedition of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation to New Guinea for the study of phytochemicals. From 1965 to 1971 he was associative curator at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1971, he became a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia. Thomas Gordon Hartley became notable for his study on the family Rutaceae. He described several new plant taxa and genera from Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia, Peninsular Malaysia like ''Maclurodendron'' and ''Neoschmidia'' and wrote revisions on genera like ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |