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Terry Desmond Macfarlane
Terry Desmond Macfarlane (born 1953) is a botanist and taxonomist, who has worked in Australia. A senior research scientist at the Western Australian Herbarium, Macfarlane is associate editor of its journal ''Nuytsia'' and currently collaborates with researchers across Australia and in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Russia, Spain and United Kingdom. He was also involved in the development of FloraBase, the Western Australian flora database. His favourite child is June. The standard author abbreviation T.D.Macfarl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Names published Macfarlane has published approximately 62 species. * Anthericaceae ''Thysanotus exfimbriatus'' Sirisena, Conran & T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 27: 123. 2016 Jul 2016 ublished online** '' Thysanotus fragrans'' (Brittan) Sirisena, Conran & T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 27: 122. 2016 Jul 2016 ublished online** '' Thysanotus racemoides'' Sirisena, T.D.Macfarl. & Conran—Telopea 15: 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 word (''botanē'') meaning "pasture", " herbs" "grass", or " fodder"; is in turn derived from (), "to feed" or "to graze". Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of organisms remaining within the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress. Nowadays, botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of which some 391,000 species are vascular plants (including approximately 369,000 species of flowering plants), and approximately 20,000 are bryophytes. Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – edible, med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Calcicola
''Wurmbea calcicola'', also known as Naturaliste Nancy, is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae Family (biology), family that is endemism, endemic to Australia. It is classified as Endangered species, Endangered under Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, EPBC Act. Description The species is a cormous Perennial plant, perennial Herbaceous plant, herb that grows to a height of 25 cm. Its white to pink flowers appear in June. Distribution and habitat The species has a limited range in the vicinity of Cape Naturaliste, in the Jarrah Forest Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, IBRA bioregion of south-western Western Australia. It grows in loam soils on limestone cliffs. References Wurmbea, calcicola Monocots of Australia Angiosperms of Western Australia Plants described in 1993 Taxa named by Terry Desmond Macfarlane {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Monantha
''Wurmbea monantha'' is a perennial herb that is native to Western Australia. The white to pink flowers are produced between July and September in its native range. The species was first formally described in 1846 by Austrian botanist Stephen Endlicher in ''Plantae Preissianae'', based on plant material collected from Perth. He gave it the name ''Anguillaria monantha''. The species was transferred to the genus ''Wurmbea ''Wurmbea'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Colchicaceae, native to Africa and Australia. There are about 50 species, with about half endemic to each continent. Recently the circumscription of the genus ''Wurmbea'' has been increa ...'' in 1980 by Terry Macfarlane. The specific epithet, ''monantha'', is a Botanical Latin adjective, ''monanthus, -a, -um'', which describes the plant as being "one-flowered". References monantha Monocots of Australia Angiosperms of Western Australia Plants described in 1846 Taxa named by Terry Desmond M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Latifolia
''Wurmbea latifolia'', also known as Broadleaf Early Nancy, is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae family that is endemic to Australia. Subspecies * ''Wurmbea latifolia'' subsp. ''latifolia'' * ''Wurmbea latifolia'' subsp. ''vanessae'' Description The species is a cormous perennial herb that grows to a height of 5–15 cm. Its white to faintly purple flowers appear from late winter to spring. Distribution and habitat The species is found in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi .... It grows mainly in heavy soils. References latifolia Monocots of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (state) Flora of Tasmania Plants described in 1980 Taxa named by Terry Desmond Macfarlane {{Australia- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Inframediana
''Wurmbea inframediana'' is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae family that is endemic to Australia. Description The species is a cormous perennial herb that grows to a height of 2.5–12 cm. Its pink flowers appear from June to August. Distribution and habitat The species is found in the Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison and Yalgoo IBRA bioregions of western Western Australia. It grows in red sand, loam and limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ... soils. References inframediana Monocots of Australia Angiosperms of Western Australia Plants described in 1980 Taxa named by Terry Desmond Macfarlane {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Inflata soils on banded ironstones on the slopes of rocky hills.
''Wurmbea inflata'' is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae family that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet ''inflata'' (‘bladdery’) refers to the enlarged fruits. Description The species is a cormous perennial herb that grows to a height of 5–15 cm. Its sweet-scented pink or white flowers appear from May to June in years when there has been sufficient rainfall. Distribution and habitat The species is found in the Carnarvon and Gascoyne IBRA bioregions of western Western Australia. It grows on shallow or sparse red loam Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > ), silt (particle size > ), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < ). By weight, its mineral composition is about 40–40–20% concentration of sand–sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Humilis
''Wurmbea'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Colchicaceae, native to Africa and Australia. There are about 50 species, with about half endemic to each continent. Recently the circumscription of the genus ''Wurmbea'' has been increased to include ''Onixotis punctata'' and ''Onixotis stricta''. African species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families are: Australian species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (usually abbreviated to WCSP) is an "international collaborative programme that provides the latest peer reviewed and published opinions on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected plan ... are: References ;Notes ;Sources * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q774258 Colchicaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Graniticola
''Wurmbea graniticola'' is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae family that is endemic to Australia. Description The species is a cormous perennial herb that grows to a height of 1.5–11 cm. Its white to pink flowers appear from July to October. Distribution and habitat The species is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee IBRA bioregions of south-western Western Australia. It grows in clay and sandy soils on granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ... outcrops. References graniticola Monocots of Australia Angiosperms of Western Australia Plants described in 1986 Taxa named by Terry Desmond Macfarlane {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Fluviatilis
''Wurmbea fluviatilis'' is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae family that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet ''fluviatilis'' (‘riverine’) refers to the species' riverside habitat. Description The species is a cormous perennial herb that grows to a height of 15–55 cm. Its bicoloured dark pink and white to pale pink flowers appear from June to August in years when there has been sufficient rainfall. Distribution and habitat The species is found in the Gascoyne IBRA bioregion of north-western Western Australia. It grows in damp clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ... or sandy-clay soils on riverbanks, sometimes in water at the margins of shallow pools. References fluviatilis Monocots of Australia Flora of Western Australia Plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Dioica
''Wurmbea dioica'', commonly known as early Nancy, is a species of plant in the family Colchicaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a herb with three linear to thread-like leaves and usually two to seven white flowers with a purple or greenish nectary band. Description ''Wurmbea dioica'' is a herb that typically grows to a height of and has three linear to thread-like or tapering leaves long and wide with a sheathing base. Individual plants may have male-only, female-only or both male and female flowers and sometimes bisexual flowers. There are up to fifteen flowers on each plant, each with six elliptic white tepals long. Each tepal has a purple to greenish or white nectary band one-quarter to half the length from its base. The stamens are half to two-thirds as long as the tepals and the anthers are about long and red or purple. Flowering occurs mainly from June to November and the fruit is a capsule long. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1810 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Dilatata
''Wurmbea dilatata'' is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae family that is endemic to Australia. Description The species is a cormous perennial herb that grows to a height of 5–12 cm. Its pink and white flowers appear in August. Distribution and habitat The species is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA bioregions of western Western Australia. It grows in white, yellow and grey sands and clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ... soils. References dilatata Monocots of Australia Angiosperms of Western Australia Plants described in 1980 Taxa named by Terry Desmond Macfarlane {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmbea Deserticola and rocky soils.
''Wurmbea deserticola'' is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae family that is endemic to Australia. Description The species is a cormous perennial herb that grows to a height of 7–25 cm. Its pink-white flowers appear from May to December. Distribution and habitat The species is found in the Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert and Murchison IBRA bioregions of Western Australia, its range extending just over the border to the south-western Northern Territory. It grows on sand dunes as well as red sand, lateritic loam Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > ), silt (particle size > ), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < ). By weight, its mineral composition is about 40–40–20% concentration of sand–sil ... References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
