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Sinojohnstonia Moupinensis
''Sinojohnstonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It is native to China (within north-central, south-central, south-east and Inner Mongolia regions). The genus name of ''Sinojohnstonia'' is in honour of Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960), a United States botanist. The Latin suffix of ''Sino-'' refers to ''sinensis'' meaning from China. It was first described and published in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. Vol.7 on page 201 in 1936. Known species According to Kew: *''Sinojohnstonia chekiangensis'' *''Sinojohnstonia moupinensis'' *''Sinojohnstonia plantaginea'' *''Sinojohnstonia ruhuaii'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q9077840 Boraginoideae Boraginaceae genera Plants described in 1936 Flora of China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsen Hsu Hu
Hu Xiansu or Hu Hsien-Hsu (, 24 May 1894 – 16 July 1968), was a Chinese botanist and an influential traditional scholar of his time. He was a founder of plant taxonomy in China and a pioneer of modern botany research in the country. Education and career Hu Xiansu studied preparatory course at Imperial University of Peking in 1909. In 1912 after the 1911 Revolution he went to America, and graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1916. In 1918, he became a faculty member of National Nanking Higher Normal School and then National Southeastern University (later renamed National Central University and Nanking University). He went to America again in 1923 and received a doctor's degree from Harvard University in 1925. His wife died in Nanking in 1926, then he resigned from Department of Biology of Southeastern University and became a full-time research fellow at Institute of Biology of China Science Society. He cofounded Fan Memorial Institute of Biology in Peiping (Beijin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
