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Noronhia Cruciata
''Noronhia'' is a genus of 40 known species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, all but one native to Madagascar, the remaining species native to the Comoros Islands north of Madagascar.University of Oxford, Oleaceae information site''Noronhia''/ref> A few have become naturalized in Mauritius, Réunion, and Bermuda. The species are deciduous or evergreen trees. The genus is named in after the Spanish botanist Francisco Noronha. Species ;MadagascarMadagascar Catalogue''Noronhia''/ref> # '' Noronhia alleizettei'' Dubard # '' Noronhia ambrensis'' H.Perrier # '' Noronhia boinensis'' H.Perrier # '' Noronhia boivinii'' Dubard # '' Noronhia brevituba'' H.Perrier # ''Noronhia buxifolia'' H.Perrier # '' Noronhia candicans'' H.Perrier # '' Noronhia crassinodis'' H.Perrier # ''Noronhia crassiramosa'' H.Perrier # ''Noronhia cruciata'' H.Perrier # ''Noronhia decaryana'' H.Perrier # ''Noronhia divaricata'' Scott-Elliot # ''Noronhia ecoronulata'' H.Perrier # ''Noronhia emarginata'' (L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Marie Aubert Du Petit-Thouars
Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (5 November 1758, Bournois – 12 May 1831, Paris) was an eminent French botanist known for his work collecting and describing orchids from the three islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. Introduction Petit-Thouars came from an aristocratic family of the region of Anjou, where he grew up in the castle of Boumois, near Saumur. In 1792, after an imprisonment of two years during the French Revolution, he was exiled to Madagascar and the nearby islands such as La Réunion (then called Bourbon). He started collecting many plant specimens on Madagascar, Mauritius and La Réunion. Ten years later he was able to return to France with a collection of about 2000 plants. Most of his collection went to the ''Muséum de Paris'', while some species ended up at Kew. He was elected member of the prestigious ''Académie des Sciences'' on 10 April 1820. Du Petit-Thouars is remembered as the author of the book ''Histoire des végétaux recueill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |