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Melicope Denhamii
''Melicope denhamii'' is a plant in the family Rutaceae. It is named for the 19th century Royal Navy captain Henry Mangles Denham. Description ''Melicope denhamii'' grows up as a shrub or tree up to tall. The roundish fruits measure up to long. Distribution and habitat ''Melicope denhamii'' grows naturally from Borneo to the Philippines and south to Fiji. In Sabah its habitat is forests and swamps from sea-level to altitude. References Melicope, denhamii Flora of Borneo Flora of the Philippines Flora of Papuasia Flora of Fiji Flora of Vanuatu Plants described in 1865 {{Rutaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold Carl Seemann
Berthold Carl Seemann (25 February 1825, in Hanover, Germany – 10 October 1871, in Nicaragua, Central America), was a German botanist. He travelled widely and collected and described plants from the Pacific and South America. In 1844 he travelled to the United Kingdom to study botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. On the recommendation of Sir WJ Hooker, he was appointed naturalist on the voyage of exploration of the American west coast and Pacific by Henry Kellett on HMS ''Herald'', 1847–1851, along with the naturalists Thomas Edmondston, and John Goodridge. The expedition returned via Hawaii, Hong Kong and the East Indies, calling at the Cape in March 1851. Here he met up with his old acquaintance Zeyher, and with Baur and Juritz they climbed Table Mountain on 13 March 1851, Ecklon being unwell and unable to accompany them. On 16 March Zeyher introduced him to Bowie at Wynberg. He left the Cape on 27 March and was back in England on 6 June 1851. The botanical resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |