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Sally T. Reynolds
Sally T. Reynolds (born 1932) is an Australian botanist. She worked at the Queensland Herbarium as principal botanist and as a specialist on Australian Sapindaceae. Paul Irwin Forster, Paul Forster named ''Synima reynoldsiae'' in recognition of her work on the species. Names published She has published 169 names, including: *''Alectryon diversifolius'' (F.Muell.) S.T.Reynolds, Austrobaileya 2(4): 335 (1987): (1987). *''Atalaya calcicola'' S.T.Reynolds, Austrobaileya 1(4): 404 (1981) (1981). *''Cupaniopsis newmanii'' S.T.Reynolds, Austrobaileya 2(1): 49 (1984) (1984). *''Elattostachys microcarpa'' S.T.Reynolds, Fl. Australia 25: 199, 72 (1985). *''Ixora oreogena'' S.T.Reynolds & P.I.Forst., Austrobaileya 7(2): 262 (-264; fig. 4, map 3) (2006). *''Tarenna monticola'' S.T.Reynolds & P.I.Forst., Austrobaileya 7(1): 38 (-40, 54; fig. 2, map 2) (2005). *''Triflorensia cameronii'' (C.T.White) S.T.Reynolds, Austrobaileya 7(1): 46 (2005). (These may not all be accepted names.) Sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botany
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek word (''botanē'') meaning " pasture", " herbs" "grass", or " fodder"; is in turn derived from (), "to feed" or "to graze". Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of organisms remaining within the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress. Nowadays, botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of which some 391,000 species are vascular plants (including approximately 369,000 species of flowering plants), and approximately 20,000 are bryophytes. Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seed Plant
A spermatophyte (; ), also known as phanerogam (taxon Phanerogamae) or phaenogam (taxon Phaenogamae), is any plant that produces seeds, hence the alternative name seed plant. Spermatophytes are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants. They include most familiar types of plants, including all flowers and most trees, but exclude some other types of plants such as ferns, mosses, algae. The term ''phanerogams'' or ''phanerogamae'' is derived from the Greek (), meaning "visible", in contrast to the cryptogamae (), together with the suffix (), meaning "to marry". These terms distinguished those plants with hidden sexual organs (cryptogamae) from those with visible sexual organs (phanerogamae). Description The extant spermatophytes form five divisions, the first four of which are traditionally grouped as gymnosperms, plants that have unenclosed, "naked seeds": * Cycadophyta, the cycads, a subtropical and tropical group of plants, * Ginkgophyta, which includes a single living sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Herbarium
The Queensland Herbarium ( Index Herbariorum code: BRI) is situated at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is part of Queensland's Department of Environment and Science. It is responsible for discovering, describing, monitoring, modelling, surveying, naming and classifying Queensland's plants, and is the focus for information and research on the state's plants and plant communities. Origins The history of the Herbarium as an institution starts in 1855 with the appointment of Walter Hill as Superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, four years before Queensland separated from New South Wales as a colony. In 1859, with Separation, Hill was appointed Colonial Botanist as well as remaining Director of the Gardens, a position he was to hold until 1881. At the time the main function of colonial botanic gardens was usually to facilitate the introduction of suitable economic plants, although native plants would be collected as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Irwin Forster
Paul Irwin Forster (born 1961) is an Australian botanist. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Queensland in 2004 with his thesis ''The pursuit of plants : studies on the systematics, ecology and chemistry of the vascular flora of Australia and related regions''. He has worked at the Queensland Herbarium since 1991 as a plant taxonomist and has been editor of ''Austrobaileya'' since 2005. His research interests are the systematics of vascular plants and reproductive and conservation biology of cycads. He has also published extensively on plant-insect interactions. See, e.g., Plants named in his honour * '' Aristida forsteri'' B.K.Simon * '' Boronia forsteri'' Duretto * '' Hibiscus forsteri'' F.D.Wilson * ''Medicosma forsteri'' T.G.Hartley * '' Marsdenia forsteri'' I.M.Turner * '' Micromyrtus forsteri'' A.R.Bean * '' Parmotrema forsteri'' Elix & R.W.Rogers * '' Parsonsia paulforsteri'' J.B.Williams * '' Prolixus forsteri'' J.J.Beard * ''Psydrax forsteri'' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alectryon Diversifolius
''Alectryon diversifolius'' , commonly named scrub boonaree or holly bush, is a species of Australian small trees of the plant family Sapindaceae. Description ''Alectryon diversifolius'' grows as a shrub up to 4 m high, with simple leaves often clustered on short branchlets. Leaf shape is highly variable even on individual plants, ranging from oval to lanceolate to strongly serrated and holly-like. Distribution and habitat The species occurs in central and south-eastern Qld and north-eastern N.S.W. Usually growing in Brigalow scrub in dark clay. Taxonomy It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1858 as ''Heterodendrum diversifolius'',Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(3): 46 but was moved to the genus, '' Alectryon'' by Sally T. Reynolds Sally T. Reynolds (born 1932) is an Australian botanist. She worked at the Queensland Herbarium as principal botanist and as a specialist on Australian Sapindaceae. Paul Irwin Forster, Paul Forster n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atalaya Calcicola
''Atalaya calcicola'' is a species of trees native to Northern and Eastern Queensland. A small tree, up to 10 metres tall, it is usually found growing in dry rainforests on limestone. The species produces characteristic. The leaves are pinnate, usually with only two leaflets. The leaflet bases are very uneven. References calcicola ''Calcicola'' is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. ''Calcicola'' comprises 2 species of shrubs or treelets native to Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the Un ... Flora of Queensland Taxa named by Sally T. Reynolds {{Australia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupaniopsis Newmanii
''Cupaniopsis newmanii'' is a rainforest plant in the soapberry family. It is native to eastern Australia. The common name is long-leaved tuckeroo. A rare plant, with a ROTAP listing of 2RC-. The habitat sub tropical rainforest ranging from Mullumbimby in New South Wales to Gympie in south-eastern Queensland. Description A shrub or small tree to 6 metres tall with a stem diameter of 5 cm. An attractive plant with pinkish red new growth in springtime and colourful fruit in the autumn. The trunk is crooked, and not buttressed. With dark grey or black bark, marked with vertical lines and cracks. Small branches are relatively thick, shoots and branchlets show rusty brown hairs. Leaves Compound leaves are 35 to 45 cm long with 16 to 24 leaflets. Oblong-elliptic or reverse lanceolate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elattostachys Microcarpa
''Elattostachys microcarpa'', commonly named scrub tamarind, is a species of rainforest trees of north-eastern Australia. They grow naturally in the relatively seasonal rainforests, which may have a drought season and often in association with Kauri pine. The name ''Elattostachys'' refers to "little spikes", a flower feature of other plants in this genus. The specific name ''microcarpa'' refers to the small woody seeds. Description A tree up to tall, with a stem diameter of up to . Leaves pinnate and arranged alternately on the stem. Leaflet blades approximately . Young shoots and terminal buds covered with short pale hairs. Cream flowers form on panicle, followed by round pink or red fruit which split to reveal black glossy seeds References External links * Sapindaceae Sapindales of Australia Trees of Australia Flora of Queensland {{Sapindales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixora Oreogena
''Ixora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only genus in the tribe Ixoreae. It consists of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs and holds around 544 species. Though native to the tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world, its centre of diversity is in Tropical Asia. ''Ixora'' also grows commonly in subtropical climates in the United States, such as Florida where it is commonly known as West Indian jasmine. Other common names include viruchi, kiskaara, kepale, rangan, kheme, ponna, chann tanea, techi, pan, siantan, jarum-jarum/jejarum, jungle flame, jungle geranium, and cruz de Malta, among others. The plants possess leathery leaves, ranging from 3 to 6 inches in length, and produce large clusters of tiny flowers in the summer. Members of Ixora prefer acidic soil, and are suitable choices for bonsai. It is also a popular choice for hedges in parts of South East Asia. In tropical climates they flower year round and are commonly used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarenna Monticola
''Tarenna'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands. They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers. Species * '' Tarenna agumbensis'' Sundararagh. * '' Tarenna drummondii'' Bridson * ''Tarenna hoaensis'' Pit. * ''Tarenna luhomeroensis'' Bridson * ''Tarenna monosperma'' (Wight & Arn.) D.C.S.Raju * ''Tarenna nilagirica'' (Bedd.) Bremek. * ''Tarenna quadrangularis'' Bremek. * ''Tarenna sechellensis'' (Baker) Summerh. Image gallery File:Tarenna asiatica - flowers.JPG, ''Tarenna asiatica'' File:蘭嶼玉心花Tarenna zeylanica 20200417185624 07.jpg, ''Tarenna asiatica'' File:玉心花屬 Tarenna stellulata -新加坡植物園 Singapore Botanic Gardens- (9219895099).jpg, ''Tarenna stellulata ''Tarenna'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triflorensia Cameronii
''Triflorensia cameronii '' is a very rare rainforest plant of the coffee family, growing in a few areas of eastern Australia. Found in Lismore, New South Wales as well as a few other locations in nearby Queensland. Soils are based on basalt, and the rainforest is the drier type, with hoop pine nearby. Description A shrub or a small tree, up to 6 metres in height with a crooked trunk with brown bark. Small branches are pale with thin bark coming off in flakes. The sideways shoots arise from the leaf axils. Additionally, they form well above the leaf axils. Triangular stipules form between the leaf pairs, with a fine tip. Leaves Leaves are ovate to elliptic in shape. 4 to 10 cm long, and 1.2 to 4.5 cm wide. Opposite on the stem, with smooth edges. Thick, not glossy and hairless. Paler below with a short leaf tip. Leaf stems 5 to 15 mm long. The main leaf vein, the ''mid rib'' is raised on the top side with a noticeable channel. There's around 10 lateral veins which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Gay West
Judith Gay West (born 1949) is an Australian scientist currently working as an Executive Director of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. West holds a doctor of philosophy (PhD) by thesis on "A taxonomic revision of '' Dodonaea'' ('' Sapindaceae'') in Australia". She completed her PhD in 1981 from the University of Adelaide, South Australia. West completed her Bachelor of Science in 1970 with majors in Botany and Zoology from the University of Sydney, New South Wales. She completed her Bachelor of Science (Honours) with first class honours in Botany in 1972, also from the University of Sydney. West has been pivotal in raising the profile of Australian plant systematics through her ongoing participation on multiple national and international associations and committees. West's research centres on plant systematics of Australian plants, in particular morphological and breeding system evidence in combination with molecular data. West is proactive in sharing her research so as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
