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Moltkia (plant)
''Moltkia'' is a genus in the family Boraginaceae with 6 accepted species. They are herby semi-bushes (shrubs) with dark green hairy leaves and hanging groups of tube-shaped flowers. The species occur in the south of Europe and western Asia, where they are sparely hardy. It is found in the regions of Albania, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Transcaucasus, Turkey and Yugoslavia. The genus name of ''Moltkia'' is in honour of Joachim Godske Moltke (1746–1818), the Prime Minister of Denmark from 1814 to 1818. He was also father of Prime Minister Adam Wilhelm Moltke and the son of Danish diplomat Adam Gottlob Moltke. It was first described and published in Neue Schriften Naturf. Ges. Halle Vol.3 (Issue 2) on page 3 in 1817. ''Moltkia petraea'', an evergreen shrub, bearing alternate hairy leaves and blooms Lilac/blue tube-shaped hanging flowers in small groups and is found in the South of Europe. The hybrid '' Moltkia intermedia'' is bred from a crossing of the 2 specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Georg Christian Lehmann
Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (25 February 1792 – 12 February 1860) was a German botanist. Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Jena in 1814. He spent the rest of his life as professor of physics and natural sciences, and head librarian, at the '' Gymnasium Academicum'' in Hamburg. A prolific monographist of apparently quarrelsome character, he was a member of 26 learned societies and the founder of the Hamburg Botanical Garden (, now the Alter Botanischer Garten Hamburg). Lehmann died at Hamburg in 1860. Some of Lehmann's later illustrations were executed by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera. Life Early years Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
