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Pseudoweinmannia Lachnocarpa
''Pseudoweinmannia lachnocarpa'' is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Common names include rose marara, mararie, scrub rosewood and red carabeen. The species name ''lachnocarpa'' is from the Greek, referring to the "woolly fruit". The genus name refers to the similarity of another genus, ''Weinmannia'', after the German eighteenth century pharmacist J.W. Weinmann. Taxonomy Originally described by Ferdinand von Mueller as ''Weinmannia lachnocarpa'' in 1874, it was given its current name in 1930 by Adolf Engler. It is a member of the family Cunoniaceae. Habitat This tree is found in prime rainforest situations, on the better alluvial and volcanic soils with high rainfall. In riverine, littoral, tropical and sub tropical rainforest from the Richmond River, New South Wales to Cooktown in tropical Queensland. Description A small to large tree, up to 40 metres tall, and a very wide butt of 2.5 metres. The base of the tree is often significantly and widely buttressed. The thin b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria (Australia) by Governor Charles La Trobe in 1853, and later director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. He also founded the National Herbarium of Victoria. He named many Australian plants. Early life Mueller was born at Rostock, in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After the early death of his parents, Frederick and Louisa, his grandparents gave him a good education in Tönning, Schleswig. Apprenticed to a chemist at the age of 15, he passed his pharmaceutical examinations and studied botany under Professor Ernst Ferdinand Nolte (1791–1875) at Kiel University. In 1847, he received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Kiel for a thesis on the plants of the southern regions of Schleswig. Mueller's sister Bertha had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
