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Sherbournieae ''
Sherbournieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains 54 species in 4 genera. Its representatives are found in tropical and southern Africa. Genera Currently accepted names * ''Atractogyne'' Pierre (2 sp) * '' Mitriostigma'' Hochst. (5 sp) * ''Oxyanthus'' DC. (34 sp) * ''Sherbournia'' G.Don (13 sp) Synonyms * ''Afrohamelia'' Wernham = ''Atractogyne'' * ''Amaralia'' Welw. ex Hook.f. = ''Sherbournia'' * ''Megacarpha'' Hochst. = ''Oxyanthus ''Oxyanthus'' is a genus of plant in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): # ''Oxyanthus barensis'' K. Krause References Ixoroideae tribes[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixoroideae Tribes
Ixoroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae and contains about 4000 species in 27 tribes. Tribes * Airospermeae Kainul. & B.Bremer * Alberteae Hook.f. * Aleisanthieae Mouly, J.Florence & B.Bremer * Augusteae Kainul. & B.Bremer * Bertiereae Bridson * Coffeeae DC. * Condamineeae Hook.f. * Cordiereae A.Rich. ex DC. emend. Mouly * Cremasporeae Bremek. ex S.P.Darwin * Crossopterygeae F.White ex Bridson * Gardenieae A.Rich. ex DC. * Greeneeae Mouly, J.Florence & B.Bremer * Henriquezieae Benth. & Hook.f. * Ixoreae Benth. & Hook.f. * Jackieae Korth. * Mussaendeae Hook.f. * Octotropideae Bedd. * Pavetteae A.Rich. ex Dumort. * Posoquerieae Delprete * Retiniphylleae Hook.f. * Sabiceeae Bremek. * Scyphiphoreae Kainul. & B.Bremer * Sherbournieae Mouly & B.Bremer * Sipaneeae Bremek. * Steenisieae Kainul. & B.Bremer * Trailliaedoxeae Kainul. & B.Bremer * Vanguerieae A.Rich. ex Dumort. Classification Ixoroideae is a subfamily of the family Rub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules and sympetalous actinomorphic flowers. The family contains about 13,500 species in about 620 genera, which makes it the fourth-largest angiosperm family. Rubiaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution; however, the largest species diversity is concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. Economically important genera include ''Coffea'', the source of coffee, '' Cinchona'', the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine, ornamental cultivars (''e.g.'', '' Gardenia'', ''Ixora'', ''Pentas''), and historically some dye plants (''e.g.'', ''Rubia''). Description The Rubiaceae are morphologically easily recognizable as a coherent group by a combination of characters: opposite or whorled leaves that are simple and entire, interpetiolar stipules, tubu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atractogyne
''Atractogyne'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It is found in western and western-central tropical Africa.Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. 1896. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 2: 1262. Species Two species are currently recognised: *''Atractogyne bracteata'' (Wernham) John Hutchinson (botanist), Hutch. & DalzielWernham, Herbert Fuller. 1913. Catalogue of the plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot in the Oban district South Nigeria p 44, ''Afrohamelia bracteata'' - Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon *''Atractogyne gabonii'' Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre, Pierre - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire) References External links ''Atractogyne'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae Rubiaceae genera Sherbournieae {{Ixoroideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherbournia
''Sherbournia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises 13 currently recognized species. It was named after British botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ... Margaret Sherbourne. (1791-1846) References External links ''Sherbournia'' in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae Rubiaceae genera Sherbournieae {{Ixoroideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin Pyramus De Candolle
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus, and he went on to document hundreds of plant families and create a new natural plant classification system. Although de Candolle's main focus was botany, he also contributed to related fields such as phytogeography, agronomy, paleontology, medical botany, and economic botany. De Candolle originated the idea of "Nature's war", which influenced Charles Darwin and the principle of natural selection. de Candolle recognized that multiple species may develop similar characteristics that did not appear in a common evolutionary ancestor; a phenomenon now known as convergent evolution. During his work with plants, de Candolle noticed that plant leaf movements follow a near-24-hour cycle in constant light, suggestin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science. Biography Early years Hooker was born in Halesworth, Suffolk, England. He was the second son of the famous botanist Sir William Jackson Hooker, Regius Professor of Botany, and Maria Sarah Turner, eldest daughter of the banker Dawson Turner and sister-in-law of Francis Palgrave. From age seven, Hooker attended his father's lectures at Glasgow University, taking an early interest in plant distribution and the voyages of explorers like Captain James Cook. He was educated at the Glasgow High School and went on to study medicine at Glasgow University, graduating M.D. in 1839. This degree qualified him for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Welwitsch
Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (25 February 1806 – 20 October 1872) was an Austrian explorer and botanist who in Angola was the first European to describe the plant '' Welwitschia mirabilis''. His report received wide attention among the botanists and general public, comparable only to the discovery of two other plants in the 19th century, namely '' Victoria amazonica'' and '' Rafflesia arnoldii''.Strlič, Matija. "Dr. Friderik Velbič, 1806–1872". ''Proteus, the journal of the Natural Sciences Society of Slovenia''. Year 61, No. 9/10 (pp. 396-404). ISSN 0033-1805. In Angola, Welwitsch also discovered '' Rhipsalis baccifera'', the only cactus species naturally occurring outside the New World. It was found a few years later in Sri Lanka too, which reignited the now already one-and-a-half-century-old debate on the origin of cacti in Africa and Asia. At the time, the debate concluded with the conviction of numerous authors that they were introduced and spread by migrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Fuller Wernham
Herbert Fuller Wernham (1879 - 1941) was a British botanist, who from 1909 to 1929 worked at the British Museum, as an assistant in the botany department. From 1911 to 1921 he published extensively on tropical plants and many genera, retiring in 1921 due to ill health (alcoholism). Names published He published 603 names, including *'' Acrocephalus klossii'' Wernham, J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam iv. 142 (1921). (now a synonym of '' Platostoma cochinchinense'' (Lour.) A.J.Paton) *''Alibertia pedicellata'' Wernham, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914(2): 66 (1914) (now a synonym of ''Sphinctanthus polycarpus'' (H.Karst.) Hook.f.) *''Anthocleista microphylla'' Wernham, Cat. Pl. Oban 67 (1913). *''Cowiea borneensis'' Wernham, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xlii. 97 (1914). *'' Fagraea carstensensis'' Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9(1): 111 (1916). Publications (incomplete) * * * * * * * * * * * * * Honours He is honoured in the ganus & species names: *''Wernhamia'' S.Moore * ''Psychotria wernhamiana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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