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Salvia Caymanensis
''Salvia caymanensis'', the Cayman sage, is a short-lived perennial plant in the genus ''Salvia'' that is endemic to Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands. It was thought to be extinct for nearly 40 years until it was rediscovered in 2007. After the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, conservationists thought that conditions might be ideal for the reappearance of ''Salvia caymanensis'' if there was still viable seeds in the wild. A wanted poster, offering a 1000 Cayman Islands dollar, CI$ reward, led to the discovery of the first plants seen since 1967. Description ''Salvia caymanensis'' grows tall. The strictly erect stem is canescent above and woody below. The ovate-lanceolate leaves long and a wide. The leaves are pale and tomentose on the underside and pilose and dark green on the upperside. The petioles are one-fourth the length of the blade. Rediscovery In spring 2007 the Department of Environment of the Cayman Islands in cooperation with the Darwin Initiative, placed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Frederick Millspaugh
Charles Frederick Millspaugh (June 20, 1854– September 15, 1923) was an American botanist and physician, born at Ithaca, N.Y., and educated at Cornell and the New York Homeopathic Medical College. He received his medical degree in 1881 and practiced medicine in Binghamton, New York until 1890. From 1891 to 1892, he taught botany at West Virginia University. In 1894 he was appointed as the newly established Field Museum of Natural History's first Curator of Botany, a position he held until his death. From 1897 to 1923 he was also professor of medical botany at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College and lectured on botany at the University of Chicago. Millspaugh conducted explorations in the United States and Mexico, the West Indies, Brazil, and other parts of South America, and was the author of ''American Medical Plants'' (1887); ''Flora of West Virginia'' (1896); ''Contribution I-III to the Coastal and Plain Flora of Yucatan'' (1895-1898); "Flora of Santa Carolina Island" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |