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Sapranthus Viridiflorus
''Sapranthus'' is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family Annonaceae. The genus was first described in 1866 by Berthold Carl Seemann. Description Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees. The flowers are solitary and terminal and have six petals. The flowers have a characteristic foetid odour (giving the generic name) and are pollinated by beetles. Species Plants of the World Online gives the following as accepted species: * ''Sapranthus campechianus'' (Kunth) Standl. * ''Sapranthus chiapensis'' Standl. ex G.E.Schatz * ''Sapranthus hirsutus'' van Rooden ex G.E.Schatz * ''Sapranthus isae'' J.G.Vélez & Cogollo * ''Sapranthus microcarpus'' (Donn.Sm.) R.E.Fr. * '' Sapranthus palanga'' R.E.Fr. * ''Sapranthus violaceus ''Sapranthus'' is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family Annonaceae. The genus was first described in 1866 by Berthold Carl Seemann. Description Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees. The flowers are solitary and terminal and hav ...'' (D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold Carl Seemann
Berthold Carl Seemann (25 February 1825, in Hanover, Germany – 10 October 1871, in Nicaragua, Central America), was a German botanist. He travelled widely and collected and described plants from the Pacific and South America. In 1844 he travelled to the United Kingdom to study botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. On the recommendation of Sir WJ Hooker, he was appointed naturalist on the voyage of exploration of the American west coast and Pacific by Henry Kellett on HMS ''Herald'', 1847–1851, along with the naturalists Thomas Edmondston, and John Goodridge. The expedition returned via Hawaii, Hong Kong and the East Indies, calling at the Cape in March 1851. Here he met up with his old acquaintance Zeyher, and with Baur and Juritz they climbed Table Mountain on 13 March 1851, Ecklon being unwell and unable to accompany them. On 16 March Zeyher introduced him to Bowie at Wynberg. He left the Cape on 27 March and was back in England on 6 June 1851. The botanical resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |