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Monoon Michaelii
''Monoon michaelii'' is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in a very small part of the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It was originally described as ''Polyalthia michaelii'' in 1915 and transferred to its current name in 2012. Description ''Monoon michaelii'' is a tree to tall, the shoots and young branches are covered in soft fine hairs. The leaves are arranged Phyllotaxis#Leaf arrangement, alternately on the twigs and held on a Petiole (botany), petiole up to long. The leaves are mostly and measure up to long by wide. They are Glossary of leaf morphology#elliptic, elliptic to Glossary of leaf morphology#ovate, ovate or Glossary of leaf morphology#lanceolate, lanceolate, with 510 lateral veins either side of the midrib. The inflorescences take the form of a Fascicle (botany), fascicle or raceme, are produced in the or directly from the branches (a process known as ramiflory). They bear up to six flowers, each with two whorls of thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Tenison White
Cyril Tenison ("C.T.") White (17 August 1890 – 15 August 1950) was an Australian botanist. Early life White was born in Brisbane to Henry White, a trade broker, and Louisa ''nee'' Bailey. He attended school at South Brisbane State School, and was appointed pupil-assistant to the Colonial Botanist of Queensland in 1905, a position previously held by his grandfather on his mother's side, Frederick Manson Bailey. White also succeeded his uncle, John Frederick Bailey, in becoming Queensland's Government Botanist in 1917. Personal life White married Henrietta Duncan Clark, a field naturalist and avid hiker, at South Brisbane on 21 October 1921. They married in Baptist tradition. Career As the Government Botanist, White aided farmers and naturalists in identifying noxious weeds and evaluating native species for pastures and fodder. Between 1915 and 1926, he worked on a 42-part series on weeds which appeared in the ''Queensland Agricultural Journal''. His books, ''An Elementary Tex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |