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Sievekingia Fimbriata
''Sievekingia'' is a genus of orchid, comprising 20 species found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua east to the Guianas and south to Bolivia.Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín. The following species are recognized as of June 2014: #''Sievekingia butcheri'' Dressler - Panama #''Sievekingia colombiana'' Garay - Colombia, Ecuador #''Sievekingia cristata'' Garay - Ecuador #''Sievekingia dunstervilleorum'' Foldats - Venezuela #''Sievekingia filifera'' Dressler - Colombia #'' Sievekingia fimbriata'' Rchb.f. - Panama, Costa Rica #'' Sievekingia herklotziana'' Jenny - Colombia #'' Sievekingia herrenhusana'' Jenny - Ecuador #''Sievekingia hirtzii'' Waldv. - Ecuador #''Sievekingia jenmanii'' Rchb.f. - Venezuela, the Guianas #''Sievekingia marsupialis'' Dodson - Colombia, Ecuador #''Sievekingia peruviana'' Rolfe ex C.Schwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century. His father Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of ''Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae'') was also a well-known botanist. Biography He started his study of orchids at the age of 18 and assisted his father in the writing of ''Icones''. He became a Doctor in Botany with his work on the pollen of orchids (see ‘Selected Works’). Soon after his graduation, Reichenbach was appointed to the post of extraordinary professor of botany at the Leipzig in 1855. He then became director of the botanical gardens at the Hamburg University (1863-1889). At that time, thousands of newly discovered orchids were being sent back to Europe. He was responsible for identifying, describing, classifying. Reichenbach named and recorded many of these new discoveries. He probably was not the easiest of personalities, and used to boast about h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |