Serruria Aitonii
''Serruria aitonii'', the marshmallow spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus ''Serruria'' and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape and occurs from the Cederberg and Sandveld to the Groot-Winterhoek Mountains and Piketberg. The shrub is round and grows 1.0 m tall and flowers from July to November. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. Two months after flowering, the fruit falls off and ants disperse the seeds. They store the seeds in their nests. The plant is unisexual. Pollination takes place through the action of insects. The plant grows in a mountainous environment in rocky sandstone soil at altitudes of 900-600 m. In Afrikaans it is known as . Gallery Serruria aitonii 56454342.jpg Serruria aitonii 58804712.jpg Serruria aitonii 58805877.jpg Serruria aitonii 96287458.jpg Serruria aitonii Flipphi 1.jpg Serruria aitonii Flipphi 2.jpg Serruria aitonii Flipphi 4.jpg References Threatened Species Progr ...
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Robert Brown (botanist, Born 1773)
Robert Brown (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming; the observation of Brownian motion; early work on plant pollination and fertilisation, including being the first to recognise the fundamental difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms; and some of the earliest studies in palynology. He also made numerous contributions to plant taxonomy, notably erecting a number of plant families that are still accepted today; and numerous Australian plant genera and species, the fruit of his exploration of that continent with Matthew Flinders. Early life Robert Brown was born in Montrose on 21 December 1773, in a house that existed on the site where Montrose Library currently stands. He was the son of James Brown, a minister in the ...
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