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Psammophora Longifolia
''Psammophora'' is a genus of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It contains the following species: * '' Psammophora longifolia'',L. Bolus * ''Psammophora modesta'' (Dinter & A. Berger) Dinter & Schwantes * '' Psammophora nissenii'' (Dinter) Dinter & Schwantes (type species) * '' Psammophora saxicola'' H.E.K.Hartmann Plants in this genus are known for their ability to entrap sand (psammophory Psammophory is a method by which certain plants armor themselves with sand on their body parts making chances less for them to be eaten by animals. Over 200 species of plants hailing from 88 genera in 34 families have been identified as psammorpho ...), possibly offering protection against being eaten, or against high wind abrasion or insolation. References Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Taxa named by Kurt Dinter Taxa named by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Aizoaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ç€Ai-Ç€Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
The ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a peace park straddling the border between South Africa and Namibia. It was formed in 2003 by combining the Namibian ''ǀAi-ǀAis Hot Springs Game Park'' and the South African ''Richtersveld National Park''. Most of the South African part of the park forms part of the buffer zone of the Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape World Heritage Site, which measures . The Fish River Canyon is located in the park, the largest canyon in Africa. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 17 August 2003 by the presidents of South Africa and Namibia, which formalized the establishment of the park. , Ai-, Ais means ‘burning water’, after the hot springs of the same name. The Sendelingsdrift tourist facilities were opened in 2007 to enable tourists and locals to travel between Namibia and South Africa within the boundaries of the park. Immigration offices were set up on both sides of the Orange River. It is also known for being a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Dinter
Moritz Kurt Dinter (10 June 1868 – 16 December 1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa. Education and career Dinter was born in Bautzen, where he attended the Realschule. Having completed his military service and joined the Botanic Gardens at Dresden and Strasbourg to further his botanical and horticultural interests. He was appointed assistant to Prof. Carl Georg Oscar Drude, the plant geographer, in Dresden. As a result of his keen interest in exotic succulents, he was selected by Sir Thomas Hanbury to manage his acclimatisation garden, the Giardini Botanici Hanbury at La Mortola, near Ventimiglia on the Italian Riviera. This garden had a large collection of South African bulbs and succulents. He also spent about six months at Kew, returned to La Mortola and decided on a trip to South West Africa. He landed at Swakopmund in June 1897, having sailed on the "Melitta Bohlem". Dinter started his collection in the countryside around Swakopmund, moved on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes
Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes (18 September 1881 – 1960) was a German archaeologist and botanist specialist of Aizoaceae (Mesembryanthemaceae). Life and work Schwantes was born in Bleckede and died in Hamburg. The Duvensee paddle is the preserved part of a Mesolithic spade paddle, which was found during archaeological excavations of a Mesolithic dwelling area at Duvensee near Klinkrade (Herzogtum Lauenburg) Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in 1926 by Schwantes. Publications * ''Deutschlands Urgeschichte'' (1908) * "Die Gräber der ältesten Eisenzeit im östlichen Hannover", in: ''Prähistorische Zeitschrift'', vol. 1 (1909), p. 140-162 * ''Die Bedeutung der Lyngby-Zivilisation für die Gliederung der Steinzeit'' (Hamburg, 1923) * ''Führer durch Haithabu'' (1932) * ''Zur Geschichte der nordischen Zivilisation'' (Hamburg: Evert, 1938) * ''Die Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins'', vol. 1, ''Vorgeschichte Schleswig-Holsteins'' (1939) * ''Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins. Die Urgeschicht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aizoaceae
The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...s containing 135 genus, genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and New Zealand. Highly Succulent plant, succulent species that resemble stones are sometimes called mesembs. Description The family Aizoaceae is widely recognised by taxonomists. It once went by the botanical name "Ficoidaceae", now disallowed. The APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998) also recognizes the family, and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The APG II system also classes the former families Mesembryanthemaceae Fenzl, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammophora Longifolia
''Psammophora'' is a genus of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It contains the following species: * '' Psammophora longifolia'',L. Bolus * ''Psammophora modesta'' (Dinter & A. Berger) Dinter & Schwantes * '' Psammophora nissenii'' (Dinter) Dinter & Schwantes (type species) * '' Psammophora saxicola'' H.E.K.Hartmann Plants in this genus are known for their ability to entrap sand (psammophory Psammophory is a method by which certain plants armor themselves with sand on their body parts making chances less for them to be eaten by animals. Over 200 species of plants hailing from 88 genera in 34 families have been identified as psammorpho ...), possibly offering protection against being eaten, or against high wind abrasion or insolation. References Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Taxa named by Kurt Dinter Taxa named by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Aizoaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammophora Modesta
''Psammophora'' is a genus of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It contains the following species: * '' Psammophora longifolia'',L. Bolus * '' Psammophora modesta'' (Dinter & A. Berger) Dinter & Schwantes * '' Psammophora nissenii'' (Dinter) Dinter & Schwantes (type species) * '' Psammophora saxicola'' H.E.K.Hartmann Plants in this genus are known for their ability to entrap sand (psammophory Psammophory is a method by which certain plants armor themselves with sand on their body parts making chances less for them to be eaten by animals. Over 200 species of plants hailing from 88 genera in 34 families have been identified as psammorpho ...), possibly offering protection against being eaten, or against high wind abrasion or insolation. References Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Taxa named by Kurt Dinter Taxa named by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Aizoaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammophora Nissenii
''Psammophora nissenii'' is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is cold desert. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References Flora of Namibia Aizoaceae Least concern plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Kurt Dinter {{Aizoaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammophora Saxicola
''Psammophora saxicola'' is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References Flora of Namibia Aizoaceae Least concern plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Aizoaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammophory
Psammophory is a method by which certain plants armor themselves with sand on their body parts making chances less for them to be eaten by animals. Over 200 species of plants hailing from 88 genera in 34 families have been identified as psammorphorous. The term was first proposed in 1989 by scientists studying the habits of the beetle '' Georissus'' which actively covers its elytra with sand or mud particles. References {{Reflist Botany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insolation
Solar irradiance is the power per unit area (surface power density) received from the Sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of the measuring instrument. Solar irradiance is measured in watts per square metre (W/m2) in SI units. Solar irradiance is often integrated over a given time period in order to report the radiant energy emitted into the surrounding environment (joule per square metre, J/m2) during that time period. This integrated solar irradiance is called solar irradiation, solar exposure, solar insolation, or insolation. Irradiance may be measured in space or at the Earth's surface after atmospheric absorption and scattering. Irradiance in space is a function of distance from the Sun, the solar cycle, and cross-cycle changes.Michael Boxwell, ''Solar Electricity Handbook: A Simple, Practical Guide to Solar Energy'' (2012), p. 41–42. Irradiance on the Earth's surface additionally depends on the tilt of the measuring surface, the height ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aizoaceae Genera
The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large Family (biology), family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genus, genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and New Zealand. Highly Succulent plant, succulent species that resemble stones are sometimes called mesembs. Description The family Aizoaceae is widely recognised by taxonomists. It once went by the botanical name "Ficoidaceae", now disallowed. The APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998) also recognizes the family, and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The APG II system also classes the former families Mesembryanthemaceae Fenzl, Sesuviaceae Horan. and Tetragoniaceae Link under the family Aizoaceae. The common Afrikaans name "vygie" meaning "small fig" refers to the capsule (fruit), fruiting capsule, which resembles the true fig. Glistening epidermal bladder cell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
