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Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert (12 August 1862 – 1 January 1897) was a German botanist. Taubert was born in Berlin, where he studied botany as a pupil of Ignatz Urban. While a student, he collected plants in Cyrenaica (1887). From 1889 to 1895 he was associated with the Botanical Museum in Berlin, working as a scientific assistant in 1893–95. Afterwards, he embarked on a botanical expedition to Brazil, where he conducted botanical investigations in the states of Pernambuco, Ceará, Piauí Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP. Piaui has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66&n ..., Maranhão and Amazonas. He died in Manáos on 1 January 1897 (age 34).BHL Taxonomic li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylosanthes
''Stylosanthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae and contains numerous highly important pasture and forage species. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade of the Dalbergieae. The common name pencilflower is sometimes used for plants in this genus. Description The genus is characterised by trifoliate leaves and small yellow flowers Species may be annual or perennial and morphology varies between species as well as within species in response to grazing pressure. Some species such as '' S. scabra'' grow as a low woody shrub to 1.5 m, while others such as '' S. humilis'' will grow as a herbaceous shrub but can adopt a prostrate growth form and thrive under high grazing pressure. Taxonomy and range Taxonomy of the genus remains unsettled and controversial, with various authors favouring between 25 and 42 species, with at least 40 additional synonyms. The taxonomy is complicated by the existence of numerous natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |