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Sideritis Pusilla
''Sideritis pusilla'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Lamiaceae. Description It is a subshrub that reaches a height of 17-42 cm, without Stolon, stolons. The Plant stem, stems are brown or greenish, hairy on all sides. Leaves measure 8-17 × 3-5 mm, lanceolate or elliptical, with a mucronate apex and 1-3 broad teeth on each side. The inflorescence measures 5-35 × 1-1.5 cm, formed by 3-11 Whorl, whorls each containing 6 non-globose Flower, flowers. Bract, Bracts are 5-10 × 8-10 mm, broadly ovate. The Petal, corolla is 8-9 mm, uniform in color, cream-colored, sometimes white. The Nut (fruit), nutlets (fruits) measure 2 × 1.5-1.7 mm, subtrigonous, ± smooth, shiny, and dark brown. 2n = 22, 26; n = 11, 13. Distribution and habitat This Lamiaceae species has an Iberian-African distribution and inhabits thyme-covered areas and scrubland on calcareous, marly, or gypsum substrates. ''Sideritis pusilla'' can be found in Spain, specifically in the provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Grisebach
August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach (; 17 April 18149 May 1879) was a German botanist and phytogeographer. Biography Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the cloister-school at Ilfeld, and the University of Göttingen. He graduated in medicine from the University of Berlin in 1836. He undertook expeditions to Provence, Turkey, the Balkans, and Norway. In 1837 he became associate professor and in 1847 full professor at the medical faculty in Göttingen and was named director of the botanical garden there in 1875. While his main fields of interest were phytogeography and systematics, especially the Gentianaceae and Malpighiaceae, he considered his ''Flora of the British West Indian Islands'' his most important work. Much of his collection, especially the types of species described by him, are housed at the Göttingen University Herbarium. His taxonomic classification is set out in his ''Grundriss der systematischen Botanik'' (1854). His son Eduard was an author, lawyer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
